Pauline Hanson adds to confusion over One Nation’s immigration policy – as it happened
This blog is now closedNepal flash flood disaster – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says Dfat officials are ready to provide consular assistance to Australians in Nepal, after the devastating flooding in the country.A local tourism official said they believed 34 Australians were missing in the area, among hundreds of foreign nationals. Australian officials were not confirming numbers at this stage, and were working to check on the welfare of people they know were in the affected region.Australians in the affected area should follow the advice of local authorities. We are aware of a number of Australians in the area and Australian officials are urgently working to confirm their welfare. We are liaising with local authorities as well as tour operators.We stand ready to provide consular assistance.The images are very disturbing indeed. We do know that there are Australians in the area. We don’t know exactly how many. Continue reading...
South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has defended national cabinet’s decision to drop strict mandates requiring new AI data centres to be powered entirely by renewable energy. After a meeting of national cabinet, prime minister Anthony Albanese flagged exemptions for jurisdictions including Queensland and the Northern Territory. Speaking on ABC’s 7.30 on Wednesday evening, Malinauskas denied the PM had been rolled by state leaders, adding there was a “genuine desire” to manage the national rollout together.
“It’s pretty clear... to any objective observer that the way we’re going to see these datacentres roll out in an Australian context will be powered by renewables, because that is where the generation can come from,” he told host Sarah Ferguson. That’s where the very large scale of energy is able to be procured at relatively quick speed... we can get renewables online sooner rather than later... What you saw today was a nationally consistent position, that gas will have a role