Australia politics live: boom in home batteries means fewer new transmission lines will be needed, models show

Aemo modelling shows electricity use will nearly double by 2050. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, Krishani Dhanji with you, thanks to Martin Farrer for getting us started.The sitting week is ending with a bang, as teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender announce the formation of a party after months of ‘will they, won’t they’ speculation. More on that shortly.The easy political option in that situation is to kick the can down the road. To try and explain away, or work around, a system that isn’t working.And while that might