Morrison vows new approach to Closing the Gap as he says latest results ‘not good enough’ – politics live

By Amy Remeikis

Prime minister tables ‘stark and sobering report’ as Senate turns up the heat on the government to release the PM&C report into the sports grants affair. All the day’s events, live

1.34am GMT

Alan Finkel has begun his National Press Club address:

Growing up in the 1960s we lived with the possibility that our beautiful planet would be wiped out in unconstrained nuclear war.

The United States and Soviet Union had armed themselves with enough nuclear weapons to obliterate the human race several times over, with both sides publicly committing to immediate retaliation in the event of a first strike.

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No matter what you may think of politicians in general, there are those who actually care about outcomes.

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