Morning Mail: Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader; Sydney datacentre scrapped; and SpaceX rocket blasts off

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Morning everyone. The Greens will choose a new leader next week after Larissa Waters shocked Australian politics last night by announcing she was standing down due to ill health. There will also be intense focus on the Reserve Bank at 2.30pm this afternoon when it is expected that interest rates will be lifted again to curb inflation.

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Leaving party | More than half of the One Nation MPs elected to state or federal parliaments have left the party before the end of their term, according to Guardian analysis , with 28 of the 51 people elected under Pauline Hanson’s banner either resigning midterm or being expelled.

Rate risk | Two or even three more Reserve Bank interest rate hikes would be “devastating” for the property market but still leave housing more unaffordable than ever as higher borrowing costs trump lower prices, experts say. Waters quits | The Greens leader, Larissa Waters, has announced she will step down due to ill health, with a party room meeting scheduled for next week to choose her successor. Deputy leader, Mehreen Faruqi, and senators Sarah Hanson-Young, David Shoebridge and Nick...

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