Australia news live update: cabinet meets to finalise 2050 net zero deal, Victoria to lift Covid travel restrictions by Friday

In exchange for Nationals' support for the climate emissions target, the Morrison government will sign off on a regional transition package. Follow the day's developments liveNationals agree to net zero target by 2050 despite Barnaby Joyce's oppositionMost Victoria restrictions to lift next month, but 'vaccinated economy' to stay for 2022Vaccine rollout tracker; cases and data trackerGet our free news app;get our morning email briefingBut why can't people know now what is in the deal which has ensured the Nationals 'in-principle' support for climate policy?David Littleproud:That's part of the Cabinet process and you're just going to have to wait another 24 hours because obviously it has to be ratified by Cabinet as a Cabinet document. And I could go to jail if I start talking about it and I'm sure that you done want to see that! Well, obviously the prime minister has been very respectful to the National party from the start saying that regional Australia wouldn't be impacted and there would be mitigants put in place and, so long as they appear in that, the National party is onboard. And we have no reason to believe that it will be anything other than that, because it's been a respectful process, one that we started last Sunday in seeing the detail of the technology roadmap, and now we work through that in a mature and sensible way to get to the resolution, and tonight that will be ratified and obviously, the prime minister will make those announcements, I would suspect, tomorrow morning. Continue reading...