Australia news live: cool change for south-east states; Labor prepares to defend budget choices

Cooler temperatures have brought relief for South Australia and Victoria; ABC given $83m boost in midyear economic update

The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, is in the Labor-held seat of Richmond in New South Wales this week alongside the party’s candidate, Mandy Nolan.

Nolan received a 4.9% swing in the 2022 election, while Justine Elliot retained it with a swing against her of -2.9%.

When the Greens were last in a power-sharing parliament in 2010, we got dental into Medicare for kids.

Under Labor and the Coalition, one in three big corporations pays no tax. By making big corporations pay tax, we can fund dental into Medicare.

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