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Aurora australis over Werribee South Beach. Photograph: Ye Myo Khant\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\nAurora lights up night sky<\/p>\n
Stargazers were given a rare treat last night when the southern lights were visible across wide parts of the Australian night sky.<\/p>\n
Aurora australis over Werribee South Beach. Photograph: Ye Myo Khant\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
A severe solar storm had paved the way for the spectacular display of aurora australis, particularly in Victoria and as far north as the Blue Mountains where they were seen over the Three Sisters near Katoomba.<\/p>\n
The lights were also seen in New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Updated at\u00a014.48 EST<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Wong says Coalition<\/a> wars over climate change \u2018fused in their minds\u2019<\/p>\n The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said this morning the Coalition \u201cstill haven\u2019t learned\u201d in its fight over net zero policies.<\/p>\n Wong spoke to ABC News this morning, saying the opposition was seeing the same infighting over climate change as it has for the past 15 years. She said:<\/p>\n What we see the Coalition is the same conflict, the same climate chaos, the same leadership wars which has defined them on this issue for, you know, what is it, 15 more years. What is the consequence? Well, we\u2019ve seen it. The consequence is higher energy prices \u2026<\/p>\n What we need is policy certainty. That\u2019s what the Albanese government is giving. The Coalition still haven\u2019t learned \u2013 the climate wars and leadership contests have become fused in their minds for almost 15 years and it all continues.<\/p>\n Penny Wong. Photograph: Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.14 EST<\/p>\n Liberal senator says those seeking to drop net zero commitments for political win are \u2018wrong\u2019<\/p>\n Andrew McLachlan, a Liberal senator from South Australia, said Coalition<\/a> colleagues who believe scrapping net zero commitments will help them politically are \u201cwrong\u201d.<\/p>\n McLachlan spoke to RN Breakfast this morning after members of the opposition met in Canberra to discuss their stance on net zero. Sussan Ley is poised to dump the target after the meeting after senior MPs advocated for doing so.<\/p>\n McLachlan said he is a \u201cbig supporter\u201d of Ley, but said those seeking to abandon net zero pledges would fly against momentum in business and the opinions of the broader community. He told RN Breakfast:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been in the Liberal party a long time. There\u2019s been good days and bad days. You pick yourself up, you move forward, and you fight for your values. I\u2019m passionate about the natural world. I think, as a person of a conservative disposition, I owe it to advocate for it. \u2026<\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t be advocating for net zero if I didn\u2019t think it was important. I do so because I have a strong commitment to emissions reductions, but I also think it\u2019s exceptionally good politics, but that\u2019s my secondary factor. \u2026<\/p>\n I\u2019m a financial services executive before I came to parliament. I lived every day under targets. I don\u2019t know why there\u2019s a fear of targets.<\/p>\n Andrew McLachlan. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.04 EST<\/p>\n Measles alert issued for north Brisbane<\/p>\n Queensland Health issued an alert after a confirmed case of measles <\/a>spent time in two hospitals last Saturday, warning members of the public to be on alert for signs and symptoms of the virus.<\/p>\n The confirmed case spent several hours at Brisbane Northside Emergency at St Vincent\u2019s private hospital in Chermside between 8am and 12pm on Saturday 8 November. They also spent time at North West private hospital in Everton Park between 12pm and 1pm that day.<\/p>\n The health department said \u201cmembers of the public who visited the above areas on the specified dates and times may have been exposed to the disease and need to be alert for symptoms for up to three weeks from the exposure date\u201d:<\/p>\n Measles is a highly infectious virus that is spread by coughing and sneezing or through direct contact with secretions from the nose or mouth. Symptoms usually start 7-10 days after contact with an infected person but can sometimes take as long as three weeks.<\/p>\n The measles virus is also airborne and can spread via aerosols which can survive for up to two hours in the air after an infected person leaves a room.<\/p>\n Early symptoms include fever, lethargy, runny nose, moist cough and sore red eyes, followed a few days later by a blotchy, red rash that often starts on the face before spreading to the body.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.43 EST<\/p>\n Victoria government to lengthen family violence orders and change stalking laws<\/p>\n Victoria will reform stalking laws to create better clarity about the offence, under proposed laws to be introduced by the state government on Thursday.<\/p>\n The Allan government will also introduce legislation to create a two-year minimum term for all family violence intervention orders to reduce the number of times victim-survivors need to go to court.<\/p>\n The stalking reform involves creating better clarity over what constitutes a stalking offence under state legislation. It was a key recommendation from a 2022 report commissioned after the murder of Melbourne woman Celeste Manno in 2020.<\/p>\n Last year Luay Sako pleaded guilty to murdering his former colleague after stalking her.<\/p>\n As part of a suite of reforms to strengthen family violence orders, courts will extend the length of these to align with a perpetrator\u2019s prison sentence if they are behind bars. An additional 12 months will be added after the perpetrator is released from prison to help reduce the heightened family violence risk at this time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.25 EST<\/p>\n Good morning, and happy Thursday \u2013 Nick Visser here to pick up the blog. Let\u2019s see what the day has in store.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>100 community groups call on parliament to reject nature law reforms More than 100 community groups have called on the federal parliament to reject the Albanese government\u2019s legislation to reform Australia\u2019s nature laws.<\/p>\n In a letter<\/a>, which was expected to be handed to the environment minister Murray Watt last night, 130 organisations said the proposed changes to national laws would take environmental protection and community rights and interests backwards:<\/p>\n We are dismayed that the Albanese government has put forward national environment law reform that experts tell us will take us backwards \u2013 backwards on protecting environments, backwards on integrity, and backwards on community rights and interests.<\/p>\n The signatories include more than 60 regional conservation councils and environment groups and 19 national organisations such as 350.org<\/a> Australia, Friends of the Earth Australia and Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action.<\/p>\n The groups are concerned about several aspects of the bills, including a new streamlined assessment process that reduces community consultation and fast-tracks approvals, a proposal to hand approval powers under national laws to state and territory governments, and a new \u201cpay to destroy\u201d environmental offsets scheme.<\/p>\n Georgina Woods, head of research and investigations at the Lock the Gate Alliance, said the reforms took \u201ca hatchet to already inadequate environmental protections and the public\u2019s right to participate in decisions that affect us all\u201d:<\/p>\n Kirsty Howey from the Environment Centre NT said the government had promised laws that would protect nature but instead \u201cthey\u2019re fast-tracking destruction\u201d and the legislation locked out regional communities on the frontlines of the biodiversity and climate crises:<\/p>\n This is a message from the heart and soul of the environment movement. Grassroots groups across the country say no to Labor\u2019s nature law betrayal.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.10 EST<\/p>\n Liberals to unveil their energy policy Following a \u201cconstructive\u201d meeting of the Liberal party<\/a> yesterday (Dan Tehan\u2019s words) that went for nearly five hours, the party will today reveal its energy policy with the likelihood that it will be dumping the net zero by 2050 target.<\/p>\n The shadow energy minister, who has been charged with creating the policy, spent last night writing up a submission which he\u2019ll present to the shadow ministry at 9am this morning.<\/p>\n Shadow minister for energy, Dan Tehan. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAP<\/p>\n At a press conference last night, Tehan gave little away, and said we\u2019d all know the policy \u2013 which he and leader Sussan Ley will announce \u2013 by midday today.<\/p>\n That policy will reflect two foundational principles and eight guiding principles that were handed out following yesterday\u2019s marathon meeting.<\/p>\n The two foundational principles are to create a stable energy grid with affordable power, and reduce emissions in a responsible way that ensures Australia \u201cdoes its fair share\u201d \u2013 in that order.<\/p>\n The eight guiding principles include: putting affordable energy first, technology neutrality, a commitment to Paris (but with no legislated mandates or interim targets), social licence requirements for electricity infrastructure and scrapping carbon taxes, tariffs and mandates such as the national vehicle emissions standards.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.08 EST<\/p>\n Aurora lights up night sky<\/p>\n Stargazers were given a rare treat last night when the southern lights were visible across wide parts of the Australian night sky.<\/p>\n Aurora australis over Werribee South Beach. Photograph: Ye Myo Khant\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n A severe solar storm had paved the way for the spectacular display of aurora australis, particularly in Victoria and as far north as the Blue Mountains where they were seen over the Three Sisters near Katoomba.<\/p>\n The lights were also seen in New Zealand.<\/p>\n A spectacular display over Brighton Beach in Dunedin, New Zealand. Photograph: Sanka Vidanagama\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.48 EST<\/p>\n Welcome<\/p>\n Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I\u2019m Martin Farrer, setting the scene for the day, and then it will be Nick Visser to guide you though the day.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4914.jpg\")
A spectacular display over Brighton Beach in Dunedin, New Zealand. Photograph: Sanka Vidanagama\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Adeshola](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Adeshola_Ore.png\")
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