What we learned, Monday 24 June
Thanks for following today’s blog. Here is a wrap of the major headlines.
The government has struck a deal with the Greens to pass its anti-vaping legislation, which will see medicinal vape products available over the counter at chemists.
Former NSW Liberal MP Matt Kean is the new head of the Climate Change Authority.
The Greens have said the supermarket code released today won’t do enough to bring down food prices.
The Victorian government has opened expressions of interest on a huge parcel of land near Melbourne’s CBD it says could be home to up to 20,000 people by 2051.
The former ACCC chief Rod Sims, who now chairs the renewables thinktank the Superpower Institute, said nuclear power will increase household power bills.
More than 50 people gathered at Queensland’s LNP headquarters in Brisbane on Monday as the fallout over Peter Dutton’s controversial policy continues.
Amy Remeikis will be back with the Politics Live blog from Canberra tomorrow morning.
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See how Australia’s new voting maps mean entire electorates are disappearing
The Australian Electoral Commission has redrawn the voting map for parts of Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales ahead of the 2025 federal election.
Matilda Boseley explains what the new map could mean for Australia’s democratic fault lines: