Australia politics live: humanitarian visa numbers to rise amid calls to fix migration system; RBA to explain interest rate rise

Migrant advocacy groups suggest five solutions to fix ‘broken’ system, as RBA prepares to release minutes from last meeting

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Hold onto your lattes: a Labor MP has called for Parliament House to ban single-use coffee cups, calling for a major change to the fuel that keeps federal politics running.

We hope you haven’t spit your soy flat white all over your phone or keyboard in shock, but Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale wants to see the heart of our democracy phase out single-use cups and instead transition to keep cups or mugs for all.

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