Australia news live: Sydney trains delayed and cancelled amid industrial action; more wild weather for south-east Queensland

City network faces ‘challenging period’ between now and New Year’s Eve; Victorian Liberal MPs will decide whether Moira Deeming should be allowed back. Follow the day’s news headlines live

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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Emily Wind.

Commuters in Sydney are facing more delays today amid protected industrial action on the city’s train network. Matt Longland, the chief executive of Sydney Trains, warned that it would be “a challenging period on the rail network” between now and New Year’s Eve after a failed legal attempt to quash the strike action. More coming up.