Hello and welcome to our national news live coverage for Thursday, June 25. We\u2019ll be keeping you up to date with today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n
Here are today\u2019s main headlines.<\/p>\n
Teal independents to form new political party: Teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender will form a new political party<\/a>, Community Strong Australia, in a much-anticipated move set to further destabilise the two-party system, and an attempt to grab disaffected One Nation voters.<\/p>\n ASIO boss criticises terror threat level: The nation\u2019s domestic spy boss has revealed he is working with the government to overhaul the decade-old terror threat warning system<\/a>, as he warns that the current threat level underestimates the seriousness of the dangers Australians face.<\/p>\n Warning over Labor\u2019s union procurement changes: New federal laws that would allow businesses with union-backed enterprise agreements to be favoured for taxpayer-funded work have sparked warnings they could create a fresh corruption risk<\/a> in Commonwealth contracts, drawing comparisons with practices exposed in the CFMEU scandal.<\/p>\n Trump cancels event, demands voter ID laws ahead of midterms: President Donald Trump\u2019s deteriorating relationship with the US Congress has reached new lows after he cancelled a planned event on Capitol Hill<\/a> and refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill until lawmakers passed stricter voter ID laws.<\/p>\n