Australian politics live: climate debate heats up question time; national 70% Covid vaccine milestone hit; Victoria records 1,841 cases, NSW 283

Morrison government to announce more funding for global climate finance as Bridget McKenzie says Coalition adopting net zero without the Nationals will be ugly'; Christian Porter will not be referred to privileges committee; Victoria records 1,841 local cases overnight, NSW 283 - 19 people have died with Covid across both states; Australia hits 70% vaccination target. Follow updates live

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AAP has an update on the resumption of the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial:

The resumption of Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial has been put off until at least the middle of January but no date has been set due to COVID-19 disruption.

Australia's tax commissioner, Chris Jordan, faces an inquiry into whether he disobeyed a lawful order of the Senate" by declining to release information about jobkeeper payments.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to refer the issue to the powerful privileges committee, the latest development in a long-running battle between non-government senators and the Coalition over the key pandemic economic stimulus measure.