Thanks for reading Need to Know this Monday. Everyone at The Australian Financial Review wishes you a great evening.

Here’s a few of today’s top stories:

- Sydney’s commuters are in chaos after the NSW government shut down the train network in response to rail workers’ industrial action, with the dispute considered by the Fair Work Commission on Monday.

- Geoff Bainbridge, a co-founder of the Grill’d hamburger chain, may have lied to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald about videos that appeared to show him smoking recreational drugs, which he said were used to extort money from him.

- OZ Minerals managing director Andrew Cole hopes carbon offsets won’t be required to achieve the company’s new net zero by 2030 target, as he used the copper miner’s biggest profit in 11 years to focus on decarbonisation.

- Street Talk brings you all the details on how the AGL bid came together.

- Read the untold story of the Morrison government’s failure on religious freedom laws, part of a bitter struggle between Liberals over religious and gay rights.