Australia politics live: PM pulls out of Khawarja meeting on gambling ads; Qantas profit soars to $1.6bn after tax

<p>Australian cricketer says he’s disappointed and hopes the cancellation is just a ‘scheduling conflict’. Follow today’s 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>Coalition offered support to list IRGC as terrorist group in last parliament, James Paterson says</strong></p><p><strong>James Paterson</strong> says the opposition offered bipartisan support to change the criminal code to allow the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be listed as a terrorist organisation in the last parliament.</p><p>We knew they were intervening in our domestic politics. We knew that they were surveilling Iranian dissident communities and diaspora communities. That was reason enough to list them, and we shouldn’t have required any further evidence to do so.</p><p>It would have to demand even further action from the Albanese government than what they have done already.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/28/australian-politics-live-usman-khawaja-gambling-ads-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-labor-coalition-question-time-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>