Good morning. It's Friday. Thomas Morgan here with your AM NewsMail.

Leading today's newsletter: federal politics, with exclusive data showing bulk-billing rates failing to improve. Plus, can our political leaders grapple with the growing Neo-Nazi movement in Australia?

Also making headlines, we break down why critical minerals are so important, a nervous wait for Darwin as Tropical Cyclone Fina nears, and scientists discover just how hardy moss can be.

What's the story? Our federal politics reporter Jake Evans can reveal this morning that GP bulk-billing rates are flatlining, despite the Commonwealth pouring billions into Medicare. The opposition is warning the lack of affordable access to GPs will pile even more pressure on stretched emergency wards.

Could this change? The government is hoping its new GP incentive scheme beginning this month will lift those numbers. But it held similar hopes in 2023 when it poured $3.5 billion into the system, only to see bulk-billing rates continue to stagnate.

Environmental reforms: Elsewhere in federal politics, Sussan Ley says the Coalition would back Labor's proposed changes, but only if the government is open to amendments on seven key areas. "However, if the government rejects sensible suggestions and chooses to put jobs at risk, then we will vote against them," Ley says.

Neo-Nazis: An Australian bank has frozen the accounts of a prominent Neo-Nazi leader , while the nation's corporate watchdog has also revoked a group's proposed company name, White Australia. But as Michelle Grattan writes, there are no simple, direct answers to the "wicked problem" of Neo-Nazis.

• Powering our lives: Beijing's supply chain dominance of critical minerals is shining a spotlight on the hot commodities, but what they are and what they are used for is attracting far less attention. So exactly where can you find rare earths in your day-to-day life? The answer is everywhere, starting from the moment your alarm goes off in the morning.
• Banned on flights: A place where you won't be able to find one particular critical mineral from next month? On flights. Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia are implementing a number of new rules around lithium power banks next month, after a string of fires on flights overseas.
• Rewiring the nation: Amid a rush to facilitate the renewables rollout, Australia is pursuing ambitious plans to roll out new transmission lines. We're far from alone, with the whole world building transmission capacity. But as delays mount and costs climb, we break down whether the plans to build new powerlines to power our homes still stack up.

• Ukraine peace plan: European diplomats are warning the US off what they describe as "capitulation". Trump administration officials have quietly put together a peace plan that critics say is giving in to many of Moscow's key demands.
• Cyclone Fina: The category one system is still off the Top End coast, and is expected to make landfall early tomorrow morning. Darwin is now under a cyclone watch. 
• Planning for an emergency: One evening around a table has made our lifestyle reporter Amy Sheehan feel much more confident about how her family will fare when it next has to deal with severe weather. Her household sat down to make an emergency kit and emergency plan, and found putting them together wasn't as daunting as it seemed.

Yep, you read that right. Scientists have discovered that some super-tough mosses are so hardy they can handle the vacuum of space.

A handful of moss spores have survived nine months strapped to the side of the International Space Station and then gone on to reproduce, a new study out today has found. Molecular biologist Tomomichi Fujita from Hokkaido University says that is opening the door to some incredible future scenarios for how the plant could be useful elsewhere in the galaxy, far far away.

PLUS: Today marks the six-year anniversary of the Cybertruck's unveiling, an event that went somewhat awry when Elon Musk threw a metal ball at what eventually became known as "the world's most hated car".

In the past seven days, night skies across Australia were lit up by stunning aurora australis displays. But what caused it?

If you think you know the answer, and the answer to nine other questions on recent big developments, our weekly news quiz is here.

And that's it for today! Thanks for reading. We'll be back at the same time on Monday with more. Have a great weekend!

Thomas and the ABC News Digital team.

While federal and state governments, police and national security agencies grapple with how to respond to the National Socialist Network, several financial institutions and service providers have acted independently to restrict the flow of funds to the white supremacy group.