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The United States says it will issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family who have been widely reported to have fled Brazil.
The State Department says the 45 year old will be allowed into the country, despite a senior Brazilian Federal Police official saying the senator's Brazilian and diplomatic passports have been cancelled.
Brazilian police say there is no formal record of Flavio leaving the country.
Brazilian President Lula de Silva has called the Senator's departure a shameful act.
"If the Federal Police suspected he was going to leave Brazil, he ought to have surrendered his (passport). Regrettably, that is the Bolsonaro family for you. Brazil is their second homeland; their first homeland is the United States.”
MPs are debating amendments to the federal government's digital duty of care bill to place greater obligations on online service providers to prevent harm.
During a second reading in the lower house of parliament, Communication Minister Annika Wells has said the current industry codes and standards are not enough to keep Australians safe.
"The duty will change the foundation of Australia's Online Safety laws and would put the onus on digital platforms to put systems in place to prevent online harm before it occurs. Mr Speaker, calling a bill un-salvageable is not a policy position. It is simply throwing in the towel and refusing to do the work. Voting against the digital duty of care is a vote for endorsing the status quo."
The Coalition has confirmed it will not support the bill, saying they have concerns about political censorship and threats to free speech.
New figures show that deaths from an under-recognised lung disease are on par with prostate cancer, claiming 11 lives in Australia every day.
The Burden of Pulmonary Fibrosis Report says 22,000 Australians are living with irreversible and progressive lung scarring, a number that is significantly higher than previous estimates.
The report says 21 percent of cases are from workplace exposure in mining, farming, construction, and even hairdressing.
Dr Rolf Gomes from Heart of Australia says regional patients especially face critical delays in diagnosis.
"For a whole heap of reasons, patients in regional areas sometimes don't mention their symptoms for a while, or there may even be an element of denial. It might be oh look I've got this cough that's been around for months but we've just had a dust storm that's come through here. Or I've just been spraying some crops and it's been irritating my lungs. So when patients do present it's often at a later stage of disease."
After a disappointing finish in the Constellation Cup, National coach Stacey Marinkovich says the Diamonds team aren't being driven by a fear of losing their number one netball ranking.
The Diamonds have their final game against New Zealand at John Cain Arena in Melbourne tonight, but have already lost the trans-Tasman trophy after losing the first three matches.
If they lose this final game it could elevate the Kiwis to the status of the world's best, and dent the Diamonds' confidence ahead of their World Cup defence in Australia next year.
But Marinkovich maintains the ranking isn't their primary motivation.
