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Erin Patterson to learn fate in Victorian supreme court
Adeshola Ore
We’ll bring you live updates of triple murderer Erin Patterson’s sentencing in the Victorian supreme court this morning.
Justice Christopher Beale is expected to begin the sentencing hearing at 9.30am.
The court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time in the state.
Patterson faces the prospect of life behind bars. In July, a jury convicted her of deliberately feeding her lunch guests beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in 2023.
After an 11-week trial, the 12-person jury found Patterson guilty of murdering Don and Gail Patterson, the parents of her estranged husband, Simon, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson. The jury also convicted Patterson of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson.
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2035 emissions reduction target will ‘deal with the real world’, Albanese says
Anthony Albanese will warn Australia has to “deal with the real world” on the country’s shift to cleaner energy as his government prepares to announce a 2035 emissions reduction target.
In a speech to be delivered on Monday night to the Business Council of Australia’s (BCA) annual dinner, the prime minister will outline his plans to repay voters through boosting productivity, driving investment and cutting red tape.
Albanese will point to Australia’s “ideological conflict of the climate wars”, which he will say damaged Australia’s economy and its standing internationally.
Even as 24 out of 28 Australia’s coal-fired power stations were announcing their timeline for closure, there was no coherent plan to replace them.
Business and industry don’t have that luxury of pretending change is not occurring.
You have to deal with the real world – and you have to be able to plan for the long term.
Albanese will acknowledge the global shift to clean energy is the “biggest transformation since the Industrial Revolution” but will say it is a “profound economic opportunity for Australia”.
On Friday, the BCA released a report claiming Australia would need up to $530bn in capital investment and to potentially curb coal and gas exports to achieve a 2035 emissions target of 70% or more.
The modelling does not factor in the cost of not acting on the climate crisis nor measure the economic benefits of new clean investment.
The Climate Change Authority – the commonwealth’s advisory body on emissions targets – is considering its final recommendation on a 2035 emissions target before the government announces its goal later this month.
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Good morning
Daisy Dumas
Good morning all, and welcome to our live news coverage today.
We’re expecting triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence this morning, with the Victorian supreme court hearing to be broadcast live in a historic first for the state. We’ll bring you updates as soon as they land.
Last night’s blood moon did not disappoint the early risers in Australia who made the effort to see the spectacle – we’ll bring you some of the best photos of the blazing phenomenon soon.
For now, let’s get going with other news.
