Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste

Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action. We’ll wrap up some of the overnight news before Krishani’s on deck, and also bring you a preview of today’s press club speech from the defence industry