Australia politics live: PM says opposition ‘pining for time that has never existed’; Ben Roberts-Smith not attending war memorial event due to illness

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith invitation to war memorial event ‘appropriate’, says MarlesRichard Marles says it’s appropriate that the accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith will attend the official opening for the centrepiece of the revamped Australian War Memorial.It’s appropriate that Ben Roberts-Smith be given an invite to this, as a Victoria Cross recipient.The Victoria Cross recipients have been invited to this, which is appropriate, I’m comfortable about that. What will be opened – the Australian War Memorial, it’s an utterly fantastic extension to what is, I think, the most sacred