Australia news live: WA to get Blue Poles in painting’s first interstate trip in two decades; power line repairs cause Sydney trains chaos

Anthony Albanese will announce a loan of the work to the Art Gallery of Western Australia from April to September 2027. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSecond wave of bee-killing parasite leads to ‘really scary time for beekeepers’A second incursion of a bee-killing parasite has brought a more chemically-resistant wave of the pests, raising concerns over their impact on Australia’s food security, AAP reports.But if you keep that story going, it’s a scary time for pollination and a scary time for food security. Continue reading...