Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. The Coalition warns of foreign interference in by-elections and how Tasmania could reduce energy costs by 20pc.

Good afternoon, readers. The Coalition has warned of potential foreign interference in the upcoming by-elections and how Tasmania could reduce energy costs by 20 per cent.

Attorney-General, Christian Porter, during a media conference on the High Court decision on Katy Gallagher in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary RamagePicture Gary Ramage

Foreign interference could mar by-elections

The Turnbull government has warned of potential interference in the ‘Super Saturday’ by-elections following a report giving the green light to new espionage laws.

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Guy Barnett and Hydro Tasmania CEO Steve Davy commenting on renewable energy. Picture: Richard Jupe

Tassie could be ‘battery of the nation’

Tasmania could provide 20 per cent of dispatchable electricity needs at 20 per cent less than the cost of relying on gas, a report suggests.

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June 21, 2014, Shanghai, China -Amy Chen, 30, stands a model of central Sydney at a Sydney property showcase by Lend Lease at the Four Seasons Hotel. Chen works at an estate agent that specialises in properties in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. She says she plans to move to Australia because of the lack of pollution and what she feels is a more comfortable and easier lifestyle than in China.

‘An unstoppable juggernaut’

Cities across the globe want to slow the flood of Chinese property buyers, but nothing is working.

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Screen grabs of Vikki Campion and Barnaby Joyce during their first interview since the birth of their baby - interviewed on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night program, 03 June 2018. Credit: Channel 7

Joyce defends abortion lobbying

Barnaby Joyce says he is entitled to lobby NSW Nationals to vote against a bill for ‘safe zones’ around abortion clinics.

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Liberty leading the people by Eugene Delacroix

#Politicalcorrectness rules

If a university can teach victimhood-obsessed gender studies, surely it can’t hurt to provide balance with a degree on Western civilisation, writes The Mocker.