Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRobert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serving more than five years in jail.Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan were detained in Baghdad in 2021 after flying in for a meeting with bank officials to resolve a dispute with his engineering firm, CME Consulting.We were innocent when we were taken on the 7th of April 2021, and we remain innocent today.I was released from prison hours away from death.