Australia politics live: new rules for public service aim to prevent another Robodebt scandal; social media summit to look at age limit

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The Labor government has proposed changes to rules for the oversight of the public service. Follow today’s news live

Good morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage from Canberra. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories before Amy Remeikis gets into the main action soon.

One of the most senior advisers in the Albanese government claims she has effectively been sacked from her job as chief of staff to deputy prime minister Richard Marles. Jo Tarnawsky claims she has been barred from her office and has had no direct engagement with her boss in five months.

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