What we learned, Friday 10 April
Thanks for joining us for another day of breaking news. Here are today’s top headlines:
Anthony Albanese was in Singapore today, travelling to meet his counterpart, Lawrence Wong. The two prime ministers hold a leaders’ meeting annually, but the summit takes on a new focus this year, with the two nations finalising a fuel security deal.
A Queensland state politician has been found dead at his home.
An underground coalmine has been given the green light to dig for a further two years, with the New South Wales planning commission arguing it’s needed to guarantee electricity supply as the state transitions to renewables.
The Greens want the federal government to put direct pressure on Israel to stop its deadly strikes on Lebanon, including cancelling weapons contracts to protest against the “disastrous, illegal, immoral war”.
Transit safety and public housing officers in the Northern Territory will soon be armed with guns, in what the territory’s First Nations legal service has labelled an “inherently dangerous and unnecessary” move that would “disproportionately impact Aboriginal Territorians”.
A man is accused of murdering his partner after allegedly telling police she was injured in a car crash with a kangaroo on an outback highway.
Global oil markets could take as long as a year to return to something like pre-Iran war normality even if the conflict ended tomorrow, leading experts warn.
Road traffic is falling on Australia’s east coast as fuel prices bite, with most key Sydney highways recording 20% fewer weekend trips.
‘Really bummed’: fuel crunch blame as festival scrapped
Music festival OUT 2 LUNCH has been postponed weeks out from its first national tour, with organisers blaming the fuel crunch, AAP reports.
The festival, organised by major industry player TEG Live, was to have starred Australian DJ FISHER in May.
“I’m really bummed at the moment, at what is happening. And no one more than me would like to put on this show for you guys,” he said in a statement.
OUT 2 LUNCH started on the Gold Coast’s Coolangatta Beach in 2024, and was to have toured nationally for the first time, adding events in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
