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Australia is collectively sweating through an unusually muggy start to summer.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has announced a proposal for "emergency backstop" measures to turn down, or switch off, rooftop solar to stabilise the energy grid. This is what it means for households.

The Launceston monkeys are the last remaining population of Japanese macaques in Australia and if the motion passes, they'll die out within 30-years. 

Launceston's popular City Park macaque monkeys could be gone in 20 years, as a motion to restrict their breeding goes before the council.

Thunderstorms are likely to hit Australia's south-east over the weekend as "very humid" weather normally felt in the Far North takes hold, the Bureau of Meteorology warns.

According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, patients are waiting longer in public emergency departments to see a doctor. 

As a new Spirit of Tasmania vessel sits in storage in Scotland, its operator is "urgently" trying to find someone to lease it to in Europe. Interest from New Zealand has been ruled out, while a new Sydney service has been considered.

The government has revealed it's paying almost $50,000 a week to store the latest Spirit of Tasmania ferry in Scotland.

Right to information documents have revealed that parcels of native forest that could soon be available for logging in Tasmania contain vast swathes of "old growth" forest and threatened species. The information was released against the government's wishes.

A man has been shot dead by Tasmania Police after allegedly threatening officers and members of the public with a knife in Launceston. 

Homes Tasmania was established in 2022 to deliver housing, and homelessness and crisis accommodation. Just two years later, an interstate auditor will conduct a review to determine if the new entity is meeting its targets.

Tasmania Police say they "attempted to negotiate" with the man, but he "ignored repeated warnings".

Driving in later life can bring its own challenges, and while rules around older road users vary widely across the country, options for navigating those challenges include licence assessments and conversations around so-called "driving retirement". 

It's unclear how long the recently-completed ferry will be kept in Scotland and how much it will cost.

Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.

Award-winning actor, educator and community leader Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, who starred in the film Manganinnie, is being remembered as a "national treasure" after her death at the age of 85.

Mum of two Jane Dutton has shut down her kids' social media before the ban comes into effect from the end of next year.

Controversy surrounds the legislation amid news the centre developers had donated to the Liberal party.

A cloudband extending 4,000 kilometres from the Top End to Tasmania will produce intense downpours during the last days of spring – threatening to bring areas of flash and river flooding to multiple states and territories, with other capital cities in the firing line.

Tasmanian politicians could be required to disclose any donation that exceeds $1,000 after opposition parties banded together to force a Greens bill through the lower house.