SBS Korean Progam anslyeses and sums up the top stories featuring today in the Australia's mainstream newspapers.
The Australian
Australia's electricity market was plunged into crisis when a searing
heatwave in South Australia and Victoria forced the system operator to tap its
emergency powers to avoid blackouts as failed generators stretched the grid to
breaking point.
Julie Bishop yesterday claimed visiting American fashion icon Anna Wintour had
made some "pretty pertinent points" after the powerful media executive launched
an extraordinary attack on Scott Morrison and Australian tennis legend Margaret
Court over gay rights.
Leading businessmen and former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Roger
Corbett has attacked the ALP's policy to rip up the nation's franking credits
system for dividends, savaging the plan as divisive and plundering the
retirement savings of Australians who can least afford it.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Prominent Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has accused Beijing of seeking to coerce the
Chinese diaspora and foreign governments by detaining Yang Hengjun, issuing the
declaration as Mr Yang's lawyer said the Australian citizen was facing espionage
charges.
Seven towers up to 40 storeys high and another 12 towers climbing to 32 storeys
would be concentrated within a small area in Sydney's inner south under the
government's preferred plans for the redevelopment of the Waterloo public
housing estates.
The Morrison government has warned the security of electoral data "is
fundamental to our democracy", as it emerges four of the five firms granted
access to the names and addresses of 16 millions voters run massive digital
marketing operations.
The Age
Police will deploy Protective Services Officers on tram routes with higher
incidences of crime as figures show nearly a third of Victorians feel unsafe on
public transport at night.
The Morrison government has delivered a much-needed boost to its electoral
chances in Victoria, with new figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics
showing the state's unemployment rate falling to its lowest level since the
1970s.
Swimmers were twice as likely to have been drinking, and four times as likely to
have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) greater than 0.05 per cent last
Australia Day compared to other summer days, new research by Royal Life Saving
Society Australia and James Cook University shows.
Warren Mundine's first wife, Jennifer, has claimed the aspiring Liberal MP was
physically violent after the couple's marriage broke down in the 1980s, accusing
him of hitting her on one occasion.
The energy market operator has warned the nation's coal-fired power plants will
break down more often after it had to ask businesses to shut down to keep the
lights on during a scorching day in Victoria.
The Daily Telegraph
Vagrants in the homeless camp outside the CBD's most prestigious
shopping strip are now smashing beers and sucking bongs in broad daylight.
A man is fighting for his life after being mauled by two american
staffordshire terriers at a Western Sydney house yesterday. The man aged in his
40s was attacked at 1.10pm at Tregear and suffered a heart attack in addition to
serious cuts caused by the dog bites.
A record number of migrants across the nation will become Australian citizens
tomorrow. Despite controversy regarding the themes of our national day in some
quarters, The Daily Telegraph can reveal 16,212 foreign-born residents will take
the step - a 35 per cent increase on 12,087 who were naturalised on Australia
Day last year.
