What we learned, Tuesday 14 June
We are going to put this little blog to bed now. Thanks, as ever, for your comments, correspondence and company. I hope the lights are staying on where you are.
Be well, all of you.
A brief summary of today’s developments:
- The Australian Energy Market Operator has again warned of the threat of widespread blackouts caused by power shortages. Five states face supply gaps in coming days.
- Western Australia will shut its last coal-fired power plant by the end of the decade
- Foreign minister Penny Wong will visit her NZ counterpart.
- Former Wallabies captain David Pocock has become the first independent candidate to win a territory senate seat, elected to parliament as a senator for the ACT.
- Australian stocks plunged, following a global sell-off of stocks on fears of worsening inflation, and ...
- The Australian Socceroos will play in a fifth straight World Cup Finals, thanks, in the significant part, to the rubber-limbed genius of goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne.
Updated
Curiouser and curiouser...
Startling change to the count in Groom. Independent Suzie Holt has reached the final pair after preferences despite polling 4th with only 8.3%. 2022 is a remarkable election. #ausvotes https://t.co/dd9JKEXSEk
— Antony Green - elections (@AntonyGreenElec) June 14, 2022
