Australia news live: Gareth Ward’s legal bid to avoid parliament expulsion; stronger NSW laws to target sexually explicit deepfakes

<p>Jailed MP seeks court order restraining NSW parliament from expelling him. Follow today’s news live</p><p><strong>Some electric cars fall short of claimed range by up to 23%</strong></p><p>A government-funded program to test the true performance of vehicles has found the driving range of five popular electric cars is between 5% and 23% lower than results from laboratory testing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/07/australia-news-live-nsw-deepfake-gareth-ward-mp-expulsion-acoss-property-tax-break-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>