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Australia news LIVE: Energy chief says crisis boosts case for renewables; Russia sanctions 121 Australians; National cabinet meets
Job-seeking and underemployment has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years, adding to pressure on the Reserve Bank to accelerate interest rate rises. Energy Security Board chair Anna Collyer said the pressure on the electricity grid highlighted the need for return to the long-term shift to renewable power.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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Sparkies to upskill ahead of the decade of electric vehicles
Five hundred electricians will take part in a new free pilot program to install and fix charging stations for electric vehicles.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Australia news LIVE: Biloela family return home; Albanese and Ardern meet in Sydney; Calls for national COVID-19 database; state and federal ministers disagree over fossil fuels
Some state and federal ministers are at loggerheads over the future of the fossil fuel, while Australia’s most respected infectious disease experts warn our systems for collecting information on coronavirus infections are fragmented.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Angus Thomson
As it happened: RBA lifts interest rate to 0.85 per cent; UK prime minister survives no-confidence motion
Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers is warning it will be a difficult day for homeowners, with the Reserve Bank of Australia likely to lift the cash rate this afternoon.
- by Latika Bourke, Ashleigh McMillan and Josh Dye
As it happened: RBA expected to lift rates due to inflation; Commonwealth and states to meet on gas crisis; Albanese visits Indonesia
The Reserve Bank could lift rates higher than expected on Tuesday after Treasurer Jim Chalmers said inflation was worse than the March budget forecast. State and federal government ministers will meet on Wednesday to discuss solutions to the gas crisis.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Angus Thomson
Man dies in custody after police use capsicum spray
A man has died in police custody after he was capsicum sprayed in a Murray River town on Sunday night.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Milk from Down Under: Australian company secures approval to send baby formula to the US
Bubs Australia has secured a massive deal to send its baby formula to the US which is in the midst of a dire shortage.
- by Nell Geraets and Ashleigh McMillan
As it happened: Biloela family to return to Queensland; Darren Chester to challenge Barnaby Joyce for Nationals leadership; Peter Dutton set to become Liberal leader
Victorian Nationals MP Darren Chester says he’ll run against Barnaby Joyce for the party’s leadership. French president Emmanuel Macron has agreed to start rebuilding a relationship with Australia based on “trust and respect”.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Nigel Gladstone
Election 2022 results LIVE: Anthony Albanese to become next Australian prime minister; Scott Morrison concedes defeat; Peter Dutton holds on to Dickson
On the final day of the election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison are both campaigning in Melbourne before returning to Sydney to cast their votes.
- by Latika Bourke, Roy Ward and Ashleigh McMillan
Leaders return home to vote after busy morning in Melbourne
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese both made an early start in Melbourne, but by lunchtime, they were home in NSW to cast their votes and finalise their pitch to voters.
- by Tom Cowie, Ashleigh McMillan, Greg Dundas, Paul Sakkal and Rachael Dexter
As it happened: AEC confirms COVID-positive voters to vote over the phone as Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese embark on final day of campaign across the nation
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are making their final pitch to voters today ahead of the election, as Kooyong independent candidate Monique Ryan mounts a legal challenge after COVID-positive Australians were told they could not vote via phone.
- by Latika Bourke, Ashleigh McMillan and Rachel Clun