Australia news live: Chalmers says migration needed for falling birth rate; city of Sydney bans smart glasses

Follow the day’s news live. Chalmers made the comments to ABC’s 7. 30 program last night, after a mother allegedly fatally stabbed a child and wounded two others in the Blue Mountains and, separately, three other women were allegedly murdered inside their homes across the state. I work closely with the prime minister and [women’s minister] Katy Gallagher and the relevant ministers to make sure that police and others get the resourcing they need, working with state governments. Migration is a force for good in our economy and in our society.