Australia news live: Woolworths workers continue strike as shelves go bare; worst state for business named

Warehouse workers are entering their 13th day of industrial action. Follow today’s news headlines live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories to get things started before Daisy Dumas takes the reins. It may have passed a stack of new laws last week but the Albanese government is in election peril if our latest Guardian Essential poll is anything to go by, with voters deeply underwhelmed by Labor’s performance in the two critically important policy areas of housing affordability and improving wages. Continue reading...