Australia news LIVE: Trump tells thousands of Myanmar citizens on temporary protection visas to go home; Hanson under fire for use of expenses in racism case

Yesterday, the Senate passed a censure motion against One Nation’s Pauline Hanson, after the senator wore a burqa into the chamber on Monday. She is now suspended from the Senate for seven days. Hanson said at a press conference yesterday that the censure “didn’t worry [her] at all”. She cannot take part in any parliamentary delegation for the remainder of her term, which ends in 2028.

Sticking with the One Nation leader, she also came under fire yesterday for billing taxpayers thousands for flights, private cars and hotels to attend a private court matter in Sydney where she was found to have racially discriminated Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.

A total fire ban has been declared for Sydney, the Hunter and Illawarra with temperatures expected to reach the mid-30s on Wednesday, as residents in western NSW face the first catastrophic fire warning issued in the state for over two years.

The Trump administration has told thousands of Myanmar citizens on temporary protection visas in the US that they have two months to go home because their war-torn and deeply impoverished country is now safe. The decision from the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has appalled advocates, who say it is “deluded” and predicated on falsehoods “so egregious that it is hard to imagine who would believe them”.

The White House has signalled optimism about efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia while warning that additional negotiations to address remaining sticking points would be necessary. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he believed “we’re getting very close to a deal” while conceding “it’s not easy”.