News live: Bandt urges Albanese to ‘stare down Gina Rinehart’ and pass nature positive bill; NSW students injured during science experiment

The Greens federal leader, Adam Bandt, has said the prime minister “needs to stare down Gina Rinehart” after Anthony Albanese killed off a potential deal with the Greens last week to pass a “nature positive” bill after an intervention from the WA premier.

Bandt told ABC’s Afternoon Briefing:

I think the takeaway message is that the prime minister needs to stare down Gina Rinehart, but nature can’t wait. We have an environment…