The pair had celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary last month. The Monty Python star said she died “peacefully”. Michael Palin’s wife dies | The actor announced his wife, Helen, has passed away, describing her as “the bedrock of my life”. The police action comes amid a crackdown on environmental activists in the state. Police raid | A Western Australian journalist who was taking photos of the removal of ancient rock art from the site of a fertiliser plant says she was repeatedly stopped by police and eventually had her images seized during a raid. Michael Palin and his wife, Helen, in 2009. Albanese also told conservative broadcaster Piers Morgan that a referendum over Australia becoming a republic is not “imminent”. Republic debate | Despite being a “lifelong republican”, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he will pledge his allegiance to King Charles III.

The announcement allows gas production in the region between Katherine and Tennant Creek, a move environmental organisations and scientists have warned will have an unacceptable effect on the climate. Since the April meeting, the RBA had seen evidence that “asset prices – including the exchange rate and housing prices – are responding to changes in the interest rate outlook”, he said.īeetaloo Basin | The NT government says it is satisfied the recommendations of an independent inquiry into fracking have been met, clearing the way for gas production and the expansion of wells in the area. Interest rate rises | The RBA governor, Philip Lowe, told a dinner in Perth that April’s rate pause gave the board “more time to assess the pulse of the economy” before Tuesday’s surprise hike. Environmental and First Nations activists protest against Northern Territory fracking plans in Sydney, in 2021.

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