Morning, everyone. After Labor ministers confirmed they were taking the nuclear-powered option for defence, the erstwhile party leader Mark Latham is planning to challenge the country’s longstanding nuclear power ban – if he and One Nation end up with the balance of power after next week’s New South Wales election. In Queensland the government wants to ban swastika tattoos, and there’s a powerful warning about the “price of easy money” in the financial system, as market watchers speculate on the risk of more collapses in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank. Plus, energy regulator modelling suggests we might not have enough gas for our power needs over the next four years.
