What’s making news todayBy Emily KaineHello and welcome to our national news live blog for Tuesday, May 26. I’m Emily Kaine, and I’ll be helming our coverage for the first part of the day. Here’s what is making headlines. Labor will attempt to pass its tax changes through parliament on Thursday without any carve-outs, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. A second, more detailed set of legislation will be introduced after a period of Treasury consultation with business stakeholders.The teals responded to revelations in this masthead yesterday that the independent MPs had held talks to form a political party. Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele and Mackellar MP Sophie Scamps said they would consult their community about their next steps, while Wentworth MP Allegra Spender and Warringah MP Zali Steggall said there was space for a centrist alliance that could challenge Labor and the Coalition’s models.AFL great Neale Daniher has died after a 13-year battle with motor neurone disease. Yesterday, football figures and politicians, including the prime minister, paid tribute to Daniher. AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon said the sport was “heartbroken”.A second cohort of IS-linked women and children will return to Australia from Syria today. It is unclear whether any of the two Melbourne women and five Sydney women will be arrested upon their arrival. US President Donald Trump dramatically expanded the scope of Iran peace talks by demanding Arab nations sign agreements with Israel and threatening to freeze key Gulf allies out of the negotiations if they failed to do so.Latest Posts6.45amTrump demands Arab allies sign peace deals with Israel as part of Iran talksBy Michael KoziolDonald Trump dramatically expanded the scope of Iran peace talks by demanding Arab nations sign agreements with Israel and threatening to freeze key Gulf allies out of the negotiations if they failed to do so.The US president confirmed that during a phone call on Saturday with the leaders of Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan, he pressed them to join the Abraham Accords – a diplomatic agreement from his first term by which Arab nations normalise relations with Israel.US President Donald Trump. Bloomberg“It may be possible that one or two have a reason for not doing so, and that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able to make this Settlement with Iran a far more Historic Event than it would, otherwise, be,” Trump posted on social media.He said he was “mandatorily requesting” that all countries join the accords. “It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit. If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention.”Trump also claimed Arab leaders would be “honoured” to have Iran join the Abraham Accords once a deal to end the war was signed – as would he. “Wow, now that would be something special!” he said.6.45amSenator billed taxpayers over trip that included son’s engagement partyBy Annika SmethurstVictorian senator Bridget McKenzie claimed taxpayer-funded flights to Tasmania on the weekend of her son’s engagement party, 10 months before she billed taxpayers to travel to his Tamar Valley wedding, according to expenditure records.The fresh revelations come after senior Coalition MP Tim Wilson questioned the optics of McKenzie using public money to partially fund her four-day trip to Tasmania for the family wedding in 2023.Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie at Parliament House yesterday. Alex EllinghausenPublished by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority, the expenditure records show McKenzie also invoiced taxpayers for flights in the days around her son’s engagement party in 2022 when she was a senior cabinet minister within the Morrison government.On Friday, April 29, 2022, McKenzie’s domestic flight schedule lists a trip – with no price listed – from Melbourne to Devonport, where her son lives.The following night, she attended her son’s engagement party, where she posed for photos with her family.Read the full story from Annika Smethurst. Pinned post from 6.45amWhat’s making news todayBy Emily KaineHello and welcome to our national news live blog for Tuesday, May 26. I’m Emily Kaine, and I’ll be helming our coverage for the first part of the day. Here’s what is making headlines. Labor will attempt to pass its tax changes through parliament on Thursday without any carve-outs, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. A second, more detailed set of legislation will be introduced after a period of Treasury consultation with business stakeholders.The teals responded to revelations in this masthead yesterday that the independent MPs had held talks to form a political party. Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele and Mackellar MP Sophie Scamps said they would consult their community about their next steps, while Wentworth MP Allegra Spender and Warringah MP Zali Steggall said there was space for a centrist alliance that could challenge Labor and the Coalition’s models.AFL great Neale Daniher has died after a 13-year battle with motor neurone disease. Yesterday, football figures and politicians, including the prime minister, paid tribute to Daniher. AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon said the sport was “heartbroken”.A second cohort of IS-linked women and children will return to Australia from Syria today. It is unclear whether any of the two Melbourne women and five Sydney women will be arrested upon their arrival. US President Donald Trump dramatically expanded the scope of Iran peace talks by demanding Arab nations sign agreements with Israel and threatening to freeze key Gulf allies out of the negotiations if they failed to do so.1 of 1