Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.In this bulletin;Residents in the regional electorate of Farrer are heading to the polls today to elect a new MP, following the resignation of Sussan Ley.Labor is not in the contest, but the Coalition are running candidates in the seat that polling suggests neither partner party will win.Independent Michelle Milthorpe is running again after coming in second in last year's poll."We need to be listening to the people in our electorate, we don't need to be continuing to put up with mediocre because that's all anyone wants to put into this place, the time is now for us to look at different representation, and we know that the major parties have been letting us down for far too long, and that's why I'm standing as an independent So our success then will be a big, big message to the rest of Australia that Australia is ready for change."—The United States says it expects an Iranian response soon to its latest proposal to end the war, despite the two sides exchanging fire in the region and the United Arab Emirates coming under renewed attack.Recent days have seen the biggest flare-ups in fighting since a ceasefire began a month ago, despite signals from Washington and Tehran that they were closer than ever to a deal.Sporadic clashes between Iranian forces and US vessels have taken place in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates says its air defences have engaged with two ballistic missiles and three drones from Iran.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters in Rome that the US delegation were expecting to hear back from Tehran soon."But we're expecting a response from them today at some point