🇦🇺 Sergeant Emily’s Story — Australian Defence Force “The hardest battle I ever fought wasn’t on duty — it was the one against myself.” My name is Emily Thompson, I’m 36, and I serve as a Sergeant in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). I’ve proudly worn this uniform for more than 15 years. But after moving from active field work to an office role, things changed. Long shifts, mess hall food, old injuries and constant stress all took their toll — and soon, I found myself at 110 kg. Far from the

One in three Australian homes now have rooftop solar, that’s more than 4 million systems nationwide providing, on some days, over half of the east coast’s electricity. Australia is leading the world in distributed energy, with home batteries and electric vehicles rapidly changing how our power system operates. But as solar becomes a dominant force in the grid, maintaining stability and security presents new challenges. In episode two of AEMO On Air’s System Security series, Nij sits down with Jo