Australia politics live: ‘We got lucky’ with failed Perth attack says Burke; treasurer says economy will be ‘buffeted’

Minister tells security conference many people could have been killed in Invasion Day incident; Treasury working ‘full tilt’ on budget measures. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Change.org petition has collected 32,000 signatures demanding that the Australian government does not pay for any security costs for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s forthcoming mini-tour.Organised by Beyond Australia, the petition says the visit next month should be treated as a “strictly” private visit and that Australian taxpayers should not be burdened with the costs at a time of “cost of living pressures”.They’re the sorts of measures that we’re taking to make sure that people have got petrol to put in the tank and diesel for farm equipment, as well as for vehicles in the cities. But any talk of rationing, I think it’s way too soon to be talking about that. Continue reading...