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- Coldest start to winter in decades for eastern Australia with power grid under strain
- Grace Brown and Caleb Ewan headline Australia’s cycling team for Games
- Chris Dawson asked if teammate knew anyone who could ‘get rid of’ his wife, court hears
- Russia-Ukraine war: European leaders expected to meet in Kyiv; US pledges further $1bn arms package – live
| Coldest start to winter in decades for eastern Australia with power grid under strain Posted: 15 Jun 2022 09:37 PM PDT Early June temperatures in Melbourne didn't go above 15 degrees for first time in 70 years as cold weather pattern starts to break
Eastern Australia's giant cold snap is finally breaking down but not before temperatures reached lows not seen for seven decades or longer and pushed the country's main electricity grid to the brink. The extended chill was caused by an unusual weather pattern that locked in cool pools of air over southern and eastern states, triggering the deepest snow dumps in the alps since 1968, according to Ben Domensino, a senior meteorologist at Weatherzone. Continue reading... |
| Grace Brown and Caleb Ewan headline Australia’s cycling team for Games Posted: 15 Jun 2022 08:17 PM PDT
Caleb Ewan, Grace Brown and Rohan Dennis will lead a formidable Australian road cycling squad at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Ewan will be one of the top favourites in the men's road race at Birmingham, while Dennis and Brown will target gold in the time trials. Brown will also be one of the top Australian hopes in the women's road race, with the team boasting several riders capable of a big result. Australia's Games cycling team of 34 was announced on Thursday morning, with sprinter Matthew Glaetzer leading the track squad. He is one of few familiar names in the track group, which is rebuilding after a disastrous Tokyo Olympics. Continue reading... |
| Chris Dawson asked if teammate knew anyone who could ‘get rid of’ his wife, court hears Posted: 15 Jun 2022 07:55 PM PDT Defence raises questions about credibility of witness who claims Dawson meant getting rid of his wife Lynette Dawson 'for good'
On a crowded flight from the Gold Coast in 1975, Christopher Michael Dawson asked one of his fellow rugby league players whether he knew someone who could get rid of his wife, a court has heard. Giving evidence at Dawson's murder trial on Thursday, Robert Charles Silkman said the conversation occurred after the Newtown Jets team had been on a short holiday on the Gold Coast. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2022 09:41 PM PDT Volodymyr Zelenskiy to push leaders of Germany, France and Italy to send more weapons to withstand Russian invasion; US package includes additional howitzers, ammunition and coastal defence systems
Russia and the United States must discuss the extension of the START nuclear arms reduction treaty, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the RIA news agency in an interview on Thursday. The matter was important for global security and Russia's military operation in Ukraine was no reason to avoid its discussion, Peskov added. Continue reading... |
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