What we learned: Friday 15 May
With that, we will wrap the blog for the evening. It’s time to go rewatch Delta Goodrem’s Eurovision performance and marvel at her pitch. Until then, here were today’s major developments:
The minister for home affairs, Tony Burke, says the government has listed the National Socialist Network, also known as White Australia, as a prohibited hate group.
The federal court upheld a landmark decision that found a women-only social media app and its founder unlawfully discriminated against Roxanne Tickle after the transgender woman was denied access to the app.
A charter plane carrying the passengers from the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, landed in Perth.
One Nation has recorded a higher primary vote than Labor and the Coalition, in post-budget polling by Roy Morgan, which finds that if an election were held tomorrow, Australia would see a hung parliament.
And 11 Australians have left Turkey on a Global Sumud Flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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Biggest downpour of the year possible in Adelaide, Weatherzone predicts
Weatherzone is predicting Adelaide could be lashed with its wettest rainfall of the year, with up to 4omm possible over the next four days.
The weather app said on Friday that Adelaide started the year with a completely dry January and had close to average rainfall since, without any “exceptionally wet spells”.
From this Friday to next Tuesday, Adelaide could potentially see its wettest spell of the year – with the likelihood of 15 to 15mm over the five-day period, although some models are predicting as much as 40mm.
The rain that falls in Adelaide and elsewhere in SA this week will obviously help top up water storages, and it could boost water levels in Lati Thanda-Lake Eyre, where there’s extensive water to a depth of as much as 2.2 metres, according to the Lake Eyre Yacht Club.
The Bureau of Meteorology has said Adelaide can expect rainfall of up to 20mm on Friday, with up to 10mm on Saturday.
The bureau said there is a chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon or evening, with winds north-easterly at 15 to 25km/h, becoming light in the late evening.
