Australia news live: thunderstorm asthma warning for Victoria’s north as wild weather threatens east coast

<p>This blog is now closed</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/26/australia-must-step-up-avoid-loss-life-amid-trump-cuts-tom-frieden-former-cdc">Australia must ‘step up to prevent catastrophic and preventable loss of life’ amid Trump cuts, former CDC boss says</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Trump shadow looms large as PM scales regional summits</strong></p><p>World leaders, including&nbsp;<strong>Anthony</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Albanese,</strong>&nbsp;will jostle for position at major regional summits as talks between&nbsp;<strong>Donald</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Trump</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Xi</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Jinping</strong>&nbsp;take centre stage.</p><p>I’d love to keep him part of the team.</p><p>I think he is, David. Because support for net zero is dropping off a cliff. There was a poll just a couple of weeks ago to show that net zero has net zero support, which is a big turnaround in just a few months, and I think that Barnaby played a role in that, and the net zero promise we were made is not delivering and working for the Australian people. Because they’ve seen their power bills go up, and the jobs go offshore, and it’s time to think again about this.</p><p>It’s got nothing to do with One Nation. I don’t care about One Nation. I care about the thousands of hard-working men and women, many of whom are members of