⏱️This edition of the National Account’s newsletter is a five minute read.

👋 G’day everyone, Archie here.

In today’s newsletter, we’re looking at a murder, nuclear power plants and ministerial diaries.

First: the 1933 murder that saw police wear the skin of a dead man’s hand in order to identify him.

Then: how One Nation Victoria's nuclear plan leaves more questions than answers.

Finally: why are the diaries of our federal politicians kept a secret?

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I submit there will not be a similar happening; the husband is dead and Morey is in gaol for life

Mr. T.P. MacMahon, counsel for Lillian Anderson — the woman who shot her husband after he gave evidence in the Human Glove murder trial, of which her secret lover was accused - November 1934

🗣️ Why did he say that?

Christmas Day, 1933. A decaying body is found in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga.

The corpse is so badly decomposed that police in Sydney have to fish out the skin of the dead man's hand and wear it like a glove to get fingerprints.

That's how the victim was identified.

What followed involved a secret admirer, a love letter written under a fake name, and a witness shot dead by his own wife after giving evidence.

For my full rundown check out today’s video:

Nuclear not making sense ☢️

Earlier this week, One Nation Victoria announced it wants to lift the state's ban on nuclear energy and extend the life of coal-fired power stations.

But when it comes to cost, timeline and technology, the party's leaders have been lacking on answers.

Party leader Warren Pickering named multiple types of reactors that could be used in the future, including thorium, micro and small modular.

But there isn't a working, commercially available example of any of these types of reactors in the world that Australia could use.

Watch my rundown below:

Secret diaries 🤫

Queensland, NSW, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania all proactively release ministerial diaries.

At the federal level, you need a freedom of information request, and what comes back is often mostly redacted.

Watch my rundown below:

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I’ll be back on Monday.

Cheers, Archie

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