Michelle Nicol

As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at a million miles an hour. Without our magnetic field to protect us, our atmosphere would have been lost to space long ago. Those colours in the sky are Nature reminding us that we’re very lucky to be here amidst the violence. And perhaps therefore also reminding us not to shite it all up :-)

"We're self-funded retirees. We get nothing from the government", says the questioner. Oh, honey. You get tax concessions worth far, far more than the Age Pension. Give it a bone, ploise. #QandA #AusPol

It’s now clear that voting for an IND has real consequences for you and your kids. The Teals committed to be local champions but are powerless to stop Labor coming after your superannuation and hard-earned income. @ZDaniel and @Mon4Kooyong are helping Labor. Vote them out!

Coles is struggling to move Australia Day merch, with multiple confirmed reports of its meagre offerings being priced to clear in recent days. It's another blow to Peter Dutton and follows revelations his failed boycott was the only thing less popular than the tacky bric-a-brac.

Three quarters of Australians want gambling ads banned. Big Gambling which gets privileged access to government thinks they’ve got the Minister to walk away from a ban. I joined Tim Costello and Kate Chaney MP to call on the PM to make a ban on gambling ads his legacy.