Australia news updates live: thousands of NSW students to sit HSC exams

Students sitting their English exam today will be required to wear a mask and asked to confirm they have no flu-like symptomsIn case you missed it, it seems Scott Morrison is a big electric vehicle fan now, despite once famously saying that they would end the weekend. The prime minister has announced $250m in federal "future fuels" funding (which he hopes will be matched by private investment) to install 50,000 charging stations and get 1.7 million electric vehicles on roads by 2030.Another day, another pamphlet from this government. A government that, during the last election campaign, were saying electric vehicles would end the weekend, a government that had a violent opposition to the use of electric vehicles and now we would have it believe they have converted. The same government whose fuel security strategy consisted of having fuel storage in the Gulf of Mexico. The past 18 months have been challenging, but I know that HSC students across the state will walk into their exams [on Tuesday] determined to smash their goals.We are all behind the class of 2021 as they head towards the finish line. Continue reading...