Australia news live: Sarah Hanson-Young tells government to get on with real gambling reform or ‘we’ll do it in the Senate ourselves’

Australia's Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young is demanding gambling reform, threatening to move it through the Senate if the government won't act. The Guardian reports she's also calling for a moratorium on data center construction until proper regulation protects energy, water, jobs, and ensures community benefit. Without those guarantees, she warns, there won't be sufficient political support. Separately, an expert says bird flu detected in the Murray-Darling basin should be ringing alarm bells.

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