Australia politics live: boost for national domestic violence helpline after huge increase in calls for help | Australian politics

Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I Martin Farrer with the best night stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.

Once the final session week reaches its peak, we will head back to Canberra where we may hear more reaction. Pauline HansonYesterday’s burqa demonstration was widely condemned.

Labor is still trying to reach a deal in the Senate to pass major environmental law reforms, but so far neither the Greens nor the Coalition have been persuaded to support them.

And today you can see the color orange around our nation’s parliament; this is because this is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which kicks off 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The government is signaling this by providing more funding to the 1800 Respect helpline, which it says has seen a huge increase in calls for help.