This morning’s headlines at a glanceBy Clare SibthorpeGood morning, and welcome to our national news live coverage for Thursday, June 25. We’ll be keeping you up to date with today’s news.Here are today’s main headlines.Teal independents to form new political party: Teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender will form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, in a much-anticipated move set to further destabilise the two-party system, and an attempt to grab disaffected One Nation voters.ASIO boss criticises terror threat level: The nation’s domestic spy boss has revealed he is working with the government to overhaul the decade-old terror threat warning system, as he warns that the current threat level underestimates the seriousness of the dangers Australians face.Warning over Labor’s union procurement changes: New federal laws that would allow businesses with union-backed enterprise agreements to be favoured for taxpayer-funded work have sparked warnings they could create a fresh corruption risk in Commonwealth contracts, drawing comparisons with practices exposed in the CFMEU scandal.Trump cancels event, demands voter ID laws ahead of midterms: President Donald Trump’s deteriorating relationship with the US Congress has reached new lows after he cancelled a planned event on Capitol Hill and refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill until lawmakers passed stricter voter ID laws.Meanwhile, in the media world, Today show host Karl Stefanovic will leave Nine following his incendiary podcast interview with far-right British activist Tommy Robinson, potentially defusing a major advertiser boycott.Latest Posts6.46amHousehold electricity usage is forecast to almost halveBy Household electricity usage is forecast to almost halve over the next 25 years due to Australia’s booming adoption of rooftop solar panels and batteries, but overall grid demand could double because of businesses’ power usage and energy-hungry data centres.Data centres, such as this one pictured in the state of Virginia, consume enormous amounts of electricity.BloombergThe Australian Energy Market Operator has modified its 25-year road map for the transition of the power grid to reflect a transformative surge in the number of home battery installations and growing demand for data centres to power AI tools.There are already more than 600,000 homes around the nation with their own battery systems, allowing them to stash their rooftop solar power during the day and discharge it to power their homes after sunset.Millions more are expected to install batteries by 2050, which the market operator now says will slash household electricity consumption by 44 per cent, despite homes having more electric appliances and electric vehicles.Read more in this story by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano.6.38am Britain swelters in its highest-ever June temperatureBy Clare SibthorpeKing Charles was cooled by an aide with a hand-held fan at a palace event on climate change in London on Wednesday as Britain sweltered in its highest-ever June temperature.Charles gets fan assistance from senior aide Vice Admiral Sir Tony Johnstone Burt at the St James’s Palace reception.Getty ImagesFrance recorded its hottest-ever day for the second day running, as Western Europe remains gripped by a heatwave that has claimed dozens of lives, disrupted power supplies, and shut schools.Forecasters warn that the current “heat dome” means extreme temperatures could persist until the end of the week.The King was pictured receiving fan-assistance from the master of the royal household, Vice-Admiral Sir Tony Johnstone-Burt, while greeting delegates at a St James’s Palace event on super pollutants during London Climate Action Week.AP/Reuters/AAPPinned post from 6.31amThis morning’s headlines at a glanceBy Clare SibthorpeGood morning, and welcome to our national news live coverage for Thursday, June 25. We’ll be keeping you up to date with today’s news.Here are today’s main headlines.Teal independents to form new political party: Teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender will form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, in a much-anticipated move set to further destabilise the two-party system, and an attempt to grab disaffected One Nation voters.ASIO boss criticises terror threat level: The nation’s domestic spy boss has revealed he is working with the government to overhaul the decade-old terror threat warning system, as he warns that the current threat level underestimates the seriousness of the dangers Australians face.Warning over Labor’s union procurement changes: New federal laws that would allow businesses with union-backed enterprise agreements to be favoured for taxpayer-funded work have sparked warnings they could create a fresh corruption risk in Commonwealth contracts, drawing comparisons with practices exposed in the CFMEU scandal.1 of 1