Australia news live: poll piles pressure on Jacinta Allan; women ‘biggest losers from NDIS cuts’

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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.

Jacinta Allan will be feeling the heat today after a poll showed her Labor party trailing the Coalition and One Nation before November’s state election. More coming up.

Women and families of disabled Australians will be unfairly affected by a sweeping rewrite of the national disability insurance scheme, advocacy groups have warned. More soon.