Australia Briefing: Weaponry for Ukraine

TOPSHOT - Oleksandr Pykhtin (L), 73, tries to open a refrigerator at his house destroyed by a rocket last night as the sounds of gunshots and artillery continue in the distance in Chasiv Yar on January 28, 2023. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)Photographer: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP

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January 30, 2023 at 10:25 PM UTC

Good morning, it's Ainsley here, coming to you from across the Tasman in a waterlogged New Zealand. But first...

Today’s must-reads:
• Australia to supply Ukraine with ammunition
• Sign-on bonuses highlight RBNZ’s dilemma
• NZ’s Hipkins gets a bounce in the polls

Ukraine aid: Australia and France announced they will supply Ukraine with 155 mm ammunition shells after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged partners to supply new weaponry.

More to come: Auckland is bracing for another rain deluge later today that threatens more surface flooding and land slips on ground already sodden after a record downpour. New Zealand’s MetService is forecasting that a new weather system will strike the nation’s largest city from late afternoon and persist into tomorrow morning.