Australia politics live: bird flu vaccine to begin rolling out to ‘priority species’; Victoria’s new premier pauses right to work from home bill

From The Guardian's coverage of Australian politics: the country is beginning to roll out a vaccine for bird flu to native birds, marking the first step in bird flu countermeasures. In parliament, opposition shadow foreign minister Ted O'Brien has criticized Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over comments regarding crown melons the PM received as a gift, calling it a national embarrassment—though Japan's government reportedly sent a memo suggesting they didn't believe the comments were made with ill intention. Australia is also debating restrictions on gambling advertisements to protect children from unnecessary exposure to betting promotions.

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