What happened on Monday 14 November, 2022
With that, we’ll wrap up our live coverage of the day’s news.
Here’s a summary of the day’s main news developments:
Following years of souring relations between Australia and China, Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will meet with China’s president, Xi Jinping, in Indonesia as the leaders arrive in Bali for the G20 summit.
As early voting centres opened in Victoria ahead of the state’s election, Glenn Druery, a so-called preference whisperer, has told Guardian Australia he was the victim of “the most elaborate sting in minor party history” after the Animal Justice party switched its allegiances at the last minute to unravel a deal he had orchestrated.
The Queensland police officer in charge of the state’s watch houses has publicly apologised for the “sickening and disturbing” remarks by officers in leaked audio recordings published by Guardian Australia.
Residents have described how flood waters moved through the small rural town of Molong in central-west New South Wales “like an ocean”, flooding homes and businesses overnight. Meanwhile in the town of Eugowra, more than one in five of the roughly 700 residents had to be rescued from flood waters in the past 24 hours. Victoria was also hit with flash flooding, while storms wreaked havoc in South Australia, triggering blackouts.
An AFL umpire is among four people to have been arrested by Victorian police as they investigate allegations that someone with inside knowledge of the Brownlow medal tallies leaked information to a betting ring.
The crew on an army helicopter that started Canberra’s devastating 2020 bushfires were landing for a toilet break when they inadvertently ignited the monster blaze, an inquest has heard.
More than a tonne of antibiotics was used to control a potentially deadly fish disease at two salmon farms in southern Tasmania earlier this year, but the companies and government made no public announcements at the time.
Have a great evening, we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.
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For all you Neighbours fans out there. Lior Harel, the Labor candidate in the battleground seat of Caulfield, appears to count Ian Smith, who played Harold Bishop on the long-running TV show, as a supporter.
Caulfield has some good neighbours. Now it just needs an MP who represents its modern values. Thanks to Ian Smith aka Harold Bishop for the support! Lior4caulfield pic.twitter.com/D0jWZIS9HJ
— Lior Harel - Labor4Caulfield (@lior4caulfield) November 14, 2022
Early voting centres opened in Victoria today ahead of the state’s election on 26 November.
You can read the latest election coverage from Guardian Australia’s Victorian state team, Benita Kolovos and Adeshola Ore, here and here.
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