Australia news live: Labor working on release of Oscar Jenkins in Russia; record low snowfall in NSW as winter ends

Snowy Hydro data shows that two thousand twenty-six recorded the worst end to a season since records began in nineteen fifty-four, The Guardian reports. The Australian government is in talks with Russian officials to try to secure the release of Australian citizen Oscar Jenkins, according to Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Matt Thistlethwaite, who declined to confirm whether a prisoner swap is being discussed but said they are negotiating within international law and hope he returns safely. Officials said they will keep working with their Russian counterparts to achieve that outcome.

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