Theresa May has promised MPs a meaningful vote on her Brexit deal by the twelfth of March, after remain-supporting ministers threatened to revolt.

If the vote fails, two votes will follow. The first will be for a no-deal exit from the EU, but only with explicit consent in the house. The second vote will occur if the first fails, wherein MPs will vote by the 14th of March to request an extension from the EU to delay withdrawal beyond the 29th of March.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called the delay “grotesquely reckless”.

In local news, Brisbane ferry drivers have walked off the job this morning for the third time in three months, expressing their anger over the lack of job security and low wages.

Jason Miners of the Maritime Union of Australia says we want to deliver a pay rise to these workers and make their cost of living a bit easier.

Tilly Landsborough, Transdev’s Queensland managing director, says although CityCat services will still be running during the strike their frequency will be significantly reduced.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has told the BBC there is “no way the US can crush” his company, after US officials warned the tech giant’s equipment could be used for espionage.

The US, New Zealand and Australian governments have banned the use of Huawei equipment in the rollout of next generation 5G mobile networks, following pressure from the Trump administration.

Chinese spokesperson Geng Shuan has slammed the US, accusing it of “trying to fabricate an excuse to suppress the legitimate development of Chinese enterprises”.

The publisher of a New South Wales year 10 history textbook has rejected complaints from federal Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly that it misrepresents facts about climate change.

Kelly says the book’s description of Tony Abbott as a climate change denier is an offensive slur equal to holocaust deniers, adding natural disasters are nothing out of the ordinary.

A spokesperson for the publisher, Pearson, says they build textbooks to support the Australian curriculum, and stand by the book and its author.

Residents have demanded a stay of execution for a local Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Teneriffe, which is expected to be cut down by the council on Thursday.

Members of the Teneriffe Progress Association will stage a ‘tree sit’ in protest, and are urging local member Vicki Howard to reconsider the decision.

Councillor Howard maintains in this case it cannot be avoided and says, “the removal of trees is an issue Brisbane City Council takes very seriously.”

In international news, up to 90,000 bottles of Russian vodka have been confiscated en route to North Korea by Dutch authorities who found the haul aboard a Chinese ship.

Authorities suspect the container was heading for North Korea, where international sanctions are in place against the Kim Jong-un government.

International Trade Minister Sigrid Kaag says the sanctions include the import of luxury goods, so it’s entirely justified that this container was taken off the ship.

Looking across the nation, the Labor party has announced a $3.2 million plan that will entail mentoring rural and regional students to encourage more of them to receive tertiary education.

Tanya Plibersek, Labour’s deputy leader and education spokeswoman, will commit to the plan at the Universities Australia conference in Canberra on Thursday where it is also expected she will promise a new commissioner to aide in the increase of rural students in tertiary education.

Looking across the nation, Paladin staff have walked off the job at immigration centres on Manus Island, claiming they are overworked and underpaid.

A petition has been circulated demanding pay rises for all local staff, overtime for long shifts, and the provision of three meals a day.

Scott Morrison has continued to defend his decision to award Paladin the $423 million contract, while Paladin declined to comment on the petition.