Follow today’s news headlines live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Welcome to Guardian Australia’s Sunday live news blog. My name is Stephanie Convery and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news today. First up this morning, 1,549 Australians have been repatriated from the Middle East as of 5.30am this morning on nine direct flights, the prime minister’s office has said. Two flights from the United Arab Emirates are expected to land today and two more flights are scheduled to depart Dubai airport pending airspace remaining open. We’ll bring you more on that in a moment. Continue reading...