Morning Mail: ‘Less lethal’ police weapons, Pocock on taxing datacentres, and revisiting Strictly Ballroom

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Morning Mail: ‘Less lethal’ police weapons, Pocock on taxing datacentres, and revisiting Strictly Ballroom

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Launchers that shoot “bullet-like missiles”, chemical irritants, stun guns and stinger grenades: today Guardian Australia reveals the “less lethal” weapons that police forces around the country use in crowd control but don’t want you to know about. The rooftop solar revolution is continuing apace, David Pocock writes for us about why datacentres need to be taxed properly, and the Middle East peace process appears to be back on again. Lost at sea | A lone seabird has caused a stir in the nation’s birdwatching community after landing on the Western Australian coast, thousands of kilometres off its usual migratory flight path. Shining example | Australia leads the world in residential solar per capita but the commercial and industrial sector has deployed only a quarter of that, analysis shows . Data point | If datacentres are going to use Australian land, water and power, independent senator David Pocock argues in this column, they should pay their fair share of tax to avoid the country making the same mistake as with its gas resources. ‘ Disgusted’ | Julia Gillard and Anthony Albanese have joined a chorus of politicians criticising a truck-mounted billboard featuring the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, alongside the phrase “ditch the witch” . Secret identity | A Queensland magistrate has suppressed the name of a man with a “high public profile” during an ongoing extortion case in Cairns. Continue reading...

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