Hello and welcome to our national news live blog for Tuesday, August 4. Here’s what is making headlines this morning.

• One Nation leader Pauline Hanson barred The Age,the ABC andThe Guardianfrom her press conference in Melbourne yesterday, as the party’s new leader in the Victorian upper house Warren Pickering threatened legal action against journalists for “character assassination attempts”.
• Environment Minister Murray Watt has said Australians should expect more mass mortality events in Australian wildlife caused by H5N1 bird flu. As of yesterday, the Department of Agriculture confirmed there were 74 cases of the strain in Australia.
• Evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into Labor’s contentious gambling advertising package yesterday aimed to pressure senators to ban betting inducements, which are designed to lure betters back to gambling platforms.
• US President Donald Trump has told Iran that a round of newly planned talks are its “last chance” to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of military strikes on the country.
• The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a statement, in part to discuss a new disarmament deal the board reached with Hamas.