Morning everyone. Shortly after 6pm, local time, in Rome, plumes of white smoke emerged from the roof of the Sistine Chapel, sending the crowds packed into St Peter’s Square into raptures. A new pope has been chosen and his name is Robert Francis Prevost (now Leo XIV), the first ever US pontiff.
Plus, Bob Brown has urged the Greens to stand up to “arrogant” Labor, Queensland’s floods spark the flowering of Lake Eyre, and Sam Kerr celebrates the birth of her son.
