Renewable energy generation is lifting its overall share of a growing national electricity market and pushing wholesale prices down, according to official data.
Authorities have intercepted almost half a million illegal vapes in the largest sting of its kind since import laws came into effect at the start of the year.
Crushing rent increases are becoming the new normal with lower-income earners and people on welfare priced out of the market, Anglicare Australia has warned.
When it comes to choosing themes, International Music Festival director Roland Peelman is notoriously cavalier. But for his final one he's adopted a more serious tone, titling the event “Mulanggari” (Alive), says HELEN MUSA.
"We are more informed and better educated today about... the harmful health impacts of smoke from wood heaters, despite what the wood-heating industry claims," says letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON, of Tuggeranong.
"A good wedge gets voters off the fence. Voters become very much engaged and very much angry. Time to take that anger out at the ballot box," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.