Australia news live: Coalition ‘can and should reform’, Paterson says; Aly condemns Morrison’s Islam speech as ‘abhorrent’

Shadow finance minister backs Sussan Ley as Liberal leader, saying she has ‘majority’ party room backing. Follow the latest updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anne Aly says it is ‘huge relief’ there were no casualties at Perth Invasion Day rally Anne Aly, the minister for multicultural affairs, as well as a counter-terrorism expert, says she is relieved no one was hurt in the potential terrorist act as an improvised explosive device was thrown into a crowd at an Invasion Day rally in Perth. Well, first of all, I guess it was relief, really, that nobody was hurt. When you throw an IED, an improvised explosive device, into a crowd, and if it’s a successful, it could have been a mass casualty attack. So the huge relief that nobody was hurt. The distinction we need to draw here when we say David Littleproud has done X, Y, Z … David Littleproud [has] only done that because the room has agreed to do that and he has requested what is the room’s view … David Littleproud has never run off and done anything unless he has had the complete support of the Nationals party room. Continue reading...