Afternoon Update: Jacinta Allan faces leadership spill; Pauline Hanson loses court bid; and AusAlert blares nationwide

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterGood afternoon.Victoria’s deputy premier, Ben Carroll, has confirmed he will nominate for the leadership of the Labor party, after a group of MPs told the premier, Jacinta Allan, she no longer had the support of caucus.Pauline Hanson loses bid to overturn Mehreen Faruqi racial discrimination findingSeven suspected new bird flu cases are ‘evidence of spread’ into Australian wildlife, experts warnSenior politicians supported young NSW Liberal power brokers trying to shift party to right, corruption watchdog hearsEVs now almost quarter of Australia’s new car sales as fuel crisis bitesFamily of Indigenous man who died in custody launch legal action over decision not to charge policeTwo dead in shootings at Bite of Seattle food festival, say authorities Continue reading...