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The Australian government will increase gas energy projects to meet high demand and support a transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The announcement comes despite global calls to phase out fossil fuels because of global warming.
The International Energy Agency has urged for huge declines in the use of coal, oil and gas to reach global climate targets.
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King says Australia’s Future Gas Strategy will be key to delivering an 82 per cent renewable energy power grid by 2030.
She told the ABC gas will remain an important resource for the country beyond 2050.
"We want to be clear that in our messaging to the Australian people, but also to gas producers that we know we need that resource into the future, but really importantly, the gas production has to lessen its emissions as far as it can be."
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A man accused of stabbing a former partner in an attack outside an inner-Sydney gym has been arrested after an overnight police manhunt.
The man, who is believed to be in his forties, handed himself in at Dee Why police station earlier this morning, nearly 24 hours after the attack on the other side of the city in Alexandria.
Police say the 39-year-old female victim was stabbed multiple times in the car park outside a gym in Alexandria on Wednesday afternoon.
The woman was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Detective Superintendent Rodney Hart says officers are treating the incident as a targeted attack.
"Yes, the offender was known to the victim, we believe that they had been, in the past earlier this year, in a very short domestic relationship. So this is being treated as domestic violence related."
If you or someone you know wants to talk about sexual assault or harassment, family or domestic violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. In an emergency, call 000.
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The New South Wales government has announced $45 million of funding for accommodation for regional health care workers.
This comes after the state government removed a wage cap for health workers in New South Wales in December last year.
Premier Chris Minns says it's important to have accessible housing to attract healthcare workers to regional areas.
"Wages changes are important and necessary, but accommodation and homes, particularly for young employees, is absolutely crucial, and we are missing out on entire cohort, particularly of young people. moving to regional New South Wales to start amazing careers as nurses, paramedics, healthcare workers, physiotherapists, and doctors."
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The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil has climbed to over 100.
Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul is preparing for more rain in the coming hours and days.
More than 163,000 people have been displaced, as the floods have destroyed bridges and buildings and turned streets into rivers.
Brazil's national centre for natural disasters had predicted the southern area of the state was under "high risk" of more floods, with rainfall expected to restart.
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In sport, The Olympic flame has landed in France, arriving in the southern port city of Marseille, after a 12-day trip from Greece.
The flame travelled onboard a 128-year-old ship that once transported sugar from France's colonies in the West Indies to mainland France.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the games celebrate peace.
"The flame is on French soil. It's the end of several years of preparation and it's still very emotional for me to remember July 2017, when we won the right to host the 2024 Olympic Games in Lausanne and we were here in September, a few weeks later, nothing was ready. And today the flame arrives, the Games arrive and enter the lives of the French people."
The torch was brought to land by Florent Manaudou, France's 2012 Olympic men's 50 metres freestyle swimming champion, who handed it to Paralympic athlete Nantenin Keita, a 400 metres gold medallist at the Rio Games in 2016.
She then passed it on to Marseille-born rapper Jul, who lit the Olympic cauldron in front of an ecstatic crowd of around 150,000 people.
