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Australian households could be hit with “cold showers” due to ­energy shortages, with the nation’s largest gas pipeline operator warning expensive gas will have to be imported into the country to fill the gap if pending projects are not approved.

Years of sustained pressure from governments and activists to reform the way they go about their work has left Australian farmers feeling undervalued by the public, but new research shows primary producers have more community support than they believe.

We need a mindset change, and we need this quickly.

By ignoring the views of the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council and siding with green activists when deciding to veto a $1bn goldmine in central-west NSW, federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has cast aside the job prospects and economic wellbeing of local Indigenous people and Australia’s reputation among investors.

Supplies of several crucial medicines are running short around the nation, including morphine products vital to ease the suffering of palliative care patients, as some medical specialists reject claims by the nation’s health ministers that the shortage of IV fluids – which has thrown hospitals into chaos – is easing.

Liberal and National MPs are pressing Peter Dutton to expand tax breaks for regional and rural Australians in a bid to help ease the cost-of-living squeeze.