Morning Mail: Hanson’s gas policy flip-flop, homeless man shot with Taser, Trump rages at AI ‘conspiracy’

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Morning everyone. Pauline Hanson has appeared to perform a significant policy U-turn after shelving One Nation’s commitment to a gas reservation in favour of stance more aligned with the corporate interests of her benefactor Gina Rinehart.

It comes as figures show the country’s dependence on gas in the evening energy peak has slumped dramatically, a homeless Queensland man is in hospital after being shot with a Taser by police, the alarming rise of STIs, and Donald Trump rages against a “conspiracy” to undermine AI stocks.

Theatre royal | Six years after the historian Jenny Hocking won her battle to release secret correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II, Malcolm Fraser and the governor general John Kerr, her fight to reveal the truth about Gough Whitlam’s dismissal is being adapted for the stage . Gas price | One Nation has come under fire for quietly shelving support for a new domestic gas reservation policy in preference for a policy that favours the party’s billionaire patron, Gina Rinehart.

Australia’s dependence on gas for power during the evening, when the grid is under the most pressure, has fallen by almost nearly 70% over the past year as batteries surged in, replacing the fossil fuel. Exclusive | A homeless man was shot with a Taser by police in Brisbane after attempting to take his own life during a tent city clearance ,...

Read the original report at The Guardian.