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

Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action. There will be plenty of politics to come but we start with good news: thanks to the recent boom in batteries connected to the national power grid, we’re going to save money on new transmission lines. That’s despite our power use being expected to nearly double in the next decade or so. Plus: as debate still swirls around Labor’s tax changes, Domain predicts the three cities where house prices will still continue to rise, despite … everything.