Michael Thompson

Good news story, Michael.

Yeah.

It is, isn't it?

The largest expansion of Australia's power grid in decades has finally been completed, opening up a new 900 kilometre link between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia that will soon make it easier to add wind and solar farms to the network before the closure of more coal-fired power plants.

The lack of enough high-voltage power lines to connect more renewable energy zones to major cities has become one of the biggest obstacles to expanding the clean energy rollout.

Yeah.

Turning to international news now, airline profits are expected to be cut in half this year because of the jet fuel shortage driven by the Middle East war.

According to the International Air Transport Association, the global airline industry is expected to make 23 billion US dollars this calendar year compared to 45 billion last year.

Does everyone actually call him Willie Walsh or is it just his close friends?

Ah, there you go.

You made it into the inner sanctum, if you can call him Willie Walsh.

Yeah.

There you go.

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