Australia news live: nation’s first Indigenous treaty passes Victorian parliament; five-year-old girl dies after being hit by ute

<p>Follow the latest news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>National children’s commissioner says work still needed to fix ‘accountability gaps that are obvious wherever we look’</strong></p><p><strong>Anne Hollonds</strong>, the national children’s commissioner, spoke to RN Breakfast this morning on the eve of finishing her five-year term in the role.</p><p>I think there’s a growing recognition that the old ways of thinking about how we deal with child safety and wellbeing is no longer working and that we need to work together across the federation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/31/australia-news-live-politics-parliament-coalition-labor-net-zero-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-epbc-nature-laws-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>