In June, Transgrid said its Western Sydney network is almost full after it cleared 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of data centres to connect, and said it’s “in advanced discussions” over another 8 GW of prospective load.

The general rule of them is that network costs are fixed and divided by the number of customers. Given the boost in data centres, Ausgrid, which runs the poles and wires that take electricity from transmission lines to homes and businesses, wants to see the benefits of that improved network use now.

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A police officer allegedly bashed a naked, handcuffed man then sought to cover up the incident following his arrest, according to explosive court documents.

An email exchange between police officers has been released by the courts to the ABC as part of the man's civil case for compensation.

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The Commonwealth doesn't admit the allegations and is due to file a defence to additional claims next week.

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The National Tertiary Education Union says two decorated academics were illegally sacked because of their advocacy and is taking legal action to have them reinstated.

Macquarie University denied the accusations "in the strongest possible terms", saying its redundancy process was "rigorous and fair".

What's next?

The union said it was extremely rare for it to fund this kind of legal action.

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Senior doctors at a Melbourne hospital are warning people not to take counterfeit weight-loss drugs labelled as "retatrutide" after seeing multiple cases of life-threatening illness.

Among them is a woman who found herself in acute liver failure within a week of her second dose of the drug, who has ongoing health issues six months later.

The US developers of the drug called retratrutide say it is still in a clinical testing phase, and that anyone purchasing products sold under its name is getting an untested and unregulated medication.