Morning Mail: woman and children feared dead in NSW floods, voters back emissions trading, St Petersburg metro explosion kills 11

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Tuesday 4 April 2017 g Woman and children feared dead in Tweed river Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Among the stories leading our website this morning: the search resumed today for a woman, her son and daughter feared dead in the Tweed river after their car was swept into the swollen river near Tumbulgum on Monday afternoon. A 10-year-old girl was able to escape as the vehicle was washed into the water. Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines Majority of voters back emissions trading scheme, Guardian Essential poll finds 51% in favour of ETS, including 46% of Coalition voters, in survey that also finds 74% support a ban on political donations from foreign companies Who'd want to dump Australia's nuclear waste here? Well, this guy At Kimba in the heart of the country, a community is divided – in one case literally so – over a plan to deposit the national stockpile of radioactive waste No 'Buffett rule' for Labor at next election, says Chris Bowen Shadow treasurer rejects minimum tax rate for the wealthy: 'It's not all about redistribution. You've got to grow the pie' St Petersburg metro explosion leaves 11 dead and dozens wounded Vladimir Putin holds meeting with security chiefs following blast on train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologicheskii Institut metro stations George Calombaris's restaurant empire hands staff $2.6m in unpaid overtime 'I am devastated by what has happened and we have been working extremely hard to fix this,' celebrity chef says Australian news and politics Australia's rate of Indigenous child removal 'unique', UN investigator says Victoria Tauli-Corpuz says child protection policies are contributing to Indigenous incarceration rates, which are among worst in the developed world Can Labor win on progressive, leftwing policies? – Australian politics live podcast Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen joins Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy to talk about Paul Keating's turn against neoliberalism, the values debate people are 'craving' and intergenerational inequality Scott Morrison evasive over impact of smaller corporate tax cuts package Treasurer will only say Treasury modelled full package and found it would lift the size of the economy by 1% Australian government lowers safe exposure levels of toxic firefighting chemicals Move brings tolerable daily intake levels in line with US standards and follows months of controversy over contaminations near airports and military bases Manus healthcare provider forced to leave for practising unlicensed IHMS replaced by skeleton staff from PNG company providing detainees only basic and emergency medical care 'We're not bluffing': construction union on collision course over building code Builders risk losing government work as CFMEU refuses to renegotiate workplace deals that don't comply with code Narcha's remains have been repatriated. But colonialism's malevolence lingers As the remains of Ngadjon elder, Narcha, are repatriated from Berlin, I'm drawn again to the connection between he and Douglas Grant Around the world Colombia landslide: search continues for missing after mud deluge kills hundreds At least 43 children among those confirmed dead, as survivors in Mocoa are still being pulled from mud and wreckage left in wake of overwhelming floods EU at odds with Trump administration over Assad's role in Syria EU reasserts that Bashar al-Assad has no future in Syria, on the eve of a major aid conference in Brussels aimed in part at boosting peace talks Trump says US will act alone on North Korea if China fails to help 'If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will', says US president as he prepares for meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week Global productivity slowdown risks creating instability, warns IMF Christine Lagarde says governments must invest in education, cut red tape and encourage innovation to drive up growth Tunisian nightclub shut down over Muslim call to prayer remix Owner held and English DJ apologises after playing recording at Orbit festival in north-east of country

One last thing For 18 years, I thought she was stealing my identity. Until I found herA woman apparently using my name meant a nightmare of unpaid traffic fines and a criminal record. But when I tracked her down, a different story emerged. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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