Australia news live: Nationals meet to decide on reuniting Coalition; 9,000 still isolated after NSW floods

Today’s big stories in Australia include the Nationals party debating whether to reunite with the Liberals under a Coalition agreement—with tensions over free votes for cabinet members—while thousands remain cut off by floodwaters in New South Wales. Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie is pushing back on claims about conditions for the partnership, as the political and humanitarian situations unfold.