Australia politics live: business lobby fury at ‘sneaky’ IR bill changes; Telstra fined over triple-zero failure

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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ‘blindsided’ by changes to legislation. Follow the day’s news live

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Good morning and welcome to our rolling politics coverage. I’m Martin Farrer and these are some of the best overnight and breaking stories to get you started before the main political dishes are served throughout the day by Amy Remeikis.

The battle to stop the spread of vaping is intensifying amid a surge in the number of shops selling the products. Our top story this morning shows that 600 outlets in New South Wales looked to cash in on the highly profitable trade despite tough new federal rules coming in next year. Anti-nicotine campaigners are concerned the surge shows that they believe the industry will succeed in watering down a federal ban on the importation of nicotine and non-nicotine vapes from March next year.

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