Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here , and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter Good afternoon. Anthony Albanese has stood firm on the decision not to set up a federal royal commission into the Bondi beach terror attack, calling for national unity and criticising the politicisation of the incident . The energy minister, Chris Bowen, had earlier accused Sussan Ley of “disgusting” conduct , saying she was “not the arbiter of grief” after her broadside yesterday on the foreign minister, Penny Wong. The opposition leader, for her part, made “no apology for my passion”. Travel entitlements for MPs’ families will be wound back on advice of expenses watchdog, Anthony Albanese says Victoria to get first publicly owned windfarm with 33-turbine Latrobe valley project Trump complains Epstein files are damaging people who ‘innocently met’ him Pat Cummins out of rest of Ashes series as Australia make two changes for MCG Test England defend mid-Ashes beach break but will look into reports claiming excessive drinking Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74 Continue reading...