Australia politics live: speculation grows over Barnaby Joyce defection to One Nation; AI ‘nudify’ service blocks Australians

Former Nationals leader could announce his decision to quit as early as today, reports claim. Follow today’s news live

Good morning, Krishani Dhanji here with you, thanks to Martin Farrer for getting us started.

It’s the last sitting day of the year – it’s d-day for the government on environment and it needs to make a deal today to pass the laws through the Senate. If it does, it’s like there’ll be a very short sitting of the House tomorrow morning to pass the environment laws with the amendments made by the Senate.

We know ‘nudify’ services have been used to devastating effect in Australian schools and, with this major provider blocking their use by Australians, we believe it will have a tangible impact on the number of Australian school children falling victim to AI-generated child sexual exploitation.

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