Australia politics live update: parliament returns for final time this year; NT braces as Covid cluster grows to 35

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Welcome to the start of the final parliament sitting for 2021.

The next two weeks were meant to be about Australia’s ‘new normal’ but instead, it’s about what legislation the Morrison government can get through its own party room.

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