Good morning. The high court has been told that Coalition amendments, which aimed to beef up the government’s regime of electronic monitoring and curfews for people released from immigration detention, may in fact have made the measures unlawful. Lawyers for a stateless man from Eritrea who is challenging the laws have argued the mandatory measures are unconstitutional, punitive and breach the separation of executive and judiciary.
Meanwhile, it’s claimed that almost half of Brisbane Metro’s new, state-of-the-art electric buses could be left in the shed following cuts to the transport system’s scheduled services.
Missing the bus | Two dozen multimillion-dollar electric buses could be left sitting idle in a shed when the Brisbane Metro service starts operations, because it will operate less frequently than planned.
Exclusive | Coalition amendments beefing up the Albanese government’s electronic monitoring and curfews for people released from immigration detention have been cited in the high court as a key reason to strike the laws down.
Online safety | Australia’s regulator has accused Apple and Google of financial motives in deciding not to remove Reddit and X from their app stores for hosting pornography in violation of their own policies.
Energy | Origin Energy offered to sell Eraring power station to the NSW government for $544m, three years before they reached a deal to keep Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station open until 2025.
Laura Tingle | The ABC managing director has rejected a suggestion the broadcaster “cowered to a News Corp pile-on” amid a backlash over the political journalist’s remarks at the Sydney writers’ festival. Continue reading...
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