Afternoon Update: Barnaby Joyce’s bungled interview; 100,000 cockroaches seized; and a ‘kick in the bollocks’ for music

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Barnaby Joyce and a One Nation colleague have struggled to detail the party’s housing policy, with Joyce requesting a second TV appearance to do so and Senator Sean Bell being cut off during what a radio host described as a “trainwreck” interview.

More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust

Bondi attack hero Ahmed al-Ahmed says he’s ‘shocked’ after being charged with assaulting his father

Police sergeant avoids jail over death of 16-year-old Indigenous teenager Jai Wright

Pam Bondi claims Todd Blanche was ‘in charge’ of ‘entire release’ of Epstein files

Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns storms out of meeting after discussion of Henry Nowak murder

NBA fans given life bans for selfie with superstar Wembanyama