Here’s what’s making news further afield:
Vauban (left) will attempt to win the Cup today, his third running in the race.Credit: Getty Images
The Melbourne Cup will be held today at Flemington Racecourse. Despite a rainy day forecast for Melbourne, the program will kick off with the first race at 9.45am (Queensland time), and the Melbourne Cup at 2pm. Follow along our live coverage of race day here.
Power companies will be forced to offer three hours of free power in the middle of the day to all Australian households, under new regulations in force from next July aimed at soaking up the nation’s abundant daytime supply of solar power, helping to stabilise the grid and offering potential savings of hundreds of dollars to customers who opt in.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is facing increasing pressure to drop the Liberal Party’s pledge to net zero as she fights to hold the Coalition together and fight off looming threats to her leadership. Top conservative members of Ley’s leadership team – led by Angus Taylor, Michaelia Cash and James Paterson – shifted their stance on the 2050 pledge after a dramatic few days in which the Nationals cast the target aside and Ley was hit with record-low polling.
While the federal police were raiding his company’s headquarters as part of a probe into insider trading allegations, WiseTech Global co-founder Richard White was selling off $20 million worth of shares.
A medieval tower in Rome partially collapsed while under renovation on Monday, trapping one worker underneath the rubble for hours and critically injuring another. Three workers were rescued unharmed after the initial midday collapse, while Italian media reported that another worker, age 64, was hospitalised in critical condition, but there was no immediate update on his condition.
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