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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with some of the stories making headlines this morning and then Emily Wind will take charge.
The independent MPs David Pocock and Kate Chaney have urged the government to act immediately on deepfakes and disinformation, writing to the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the special minister of state, Don Farrell, to call for “truth in political advertising” reform. The letter, seen by the Guardian, criticises Labor for excluding the crossbench on negotiations to cap political donations. That bill was being negotiated between Labor and the Coalition but was pulled by the government in the final sitting days of 2024.
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