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The NSW government has announced a number of initiatives aiming to boost gender equality and increase women's workforce participation. Many of the key recommendations were put forward by an expert panel, chaired by President of Chief Executive Women, Sam Mostyn.

States and territories are set to have greater power to decide who gets to supply the grid, according to a draft plan on a capacity market issued by the Energy Security Board. It could mean that gas and even coal will have a role to play - meanwhile, overseas, Germany has restarted its coal fired power plants, as Europe tries to conserve its gas.

Australia will attend, as an observer, a UN meeting of countries that have outlawed nuclear weapons. It comes as a group of 55 former Australian diplomats have written an open letter to the Prime Minister urging the government to sign up to a treaty banning nuclear weapons.