Liberal MP is first to be suspended from lower house in five years – as it happened

Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines: The health minister, Mark Butler, said the government has raised “in the strongest possible way” its concerns with the Israeli government over the treatment of Australian and international activists detained by Israel after their flotilla was intercepted in international waters. Penny Wong headed to India today to meet with foreign ministers from India, Japan and the United States for the third Quad meeting in 18 months. It’s expected energy security will be among the hot topics the four countries discuss amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Both Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender fronted up to the media to confirm conversations are taking place for a potential teal party, but both aren’t promising anything and say there’s nothing yet to announce. Spender joined ABC Radio Sydney, saying that people have come up to her saying they’re worried about the political landscape and want to see change. Helen Haines and Monique Ryan ruled themselves out of the party. The Bondi terror attack was a “surprise attackâ