Morning Mail: Pfizer supplies to falter, the case for net-zero, sex-shy pandas

Friday: Australian states and territories will receive fewer Pfizer vaccines in October as frustrated overseas nurses are blocked from NSW hospitals. Plus: Adelaide's giant pandas begin their mating ritual

Good morning. Australian states and territories will receive fewer Pfizer vaccines in October. Foreign nurses are being blocked from work in New South Wales because of bureaucratic hurdles. Josh Frydenberg will make the economic case for Australia adopting a net-zero climate commitment, warning the country has a lot to lose if others believe we are not transitioning in line with the rest of the world". And, at the Adelaide Zoo, sex-shy pandas will try it the old fashioned way" in the hope of conceiving a cub.

Leaked figures, seen by Guardian Australia, confirm concerns that the supply of Pfizer vaccines to states and territories will be reduced in October, the critical month that NSW and Victoria intend to reach the 70% vaccination target and push towards further reopening at 80%. The national cabinet told the states and territories their allocations of Pfizer will fall from 10.9m in September to 8.4m in October.