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The Israeli government has approved Gaza's ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of the US plan already agreed to by Hamas. Today we'll hear from the former US Middle East Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs about what the deal means for all sides, and from a former US AID official on how it will impact aid delivery in Gaza. Will it now ramp up?Then, we learn details of an Israeli journalists conversations with Donald Trump, and what Palestinians think about other parts of the President's plan. We'll also wrap a big week in federal politics. And you'll meet Australia's most decorated Winter Paralympian... hoping to return to the slopes after nearly two decades. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap
The government felt the heat this week in federal parliament over the recent deadly Optus network outages. While the Coalition was consumed by leaks and in-fighting.The Friday political panel broke it all down.Guests: Mark Kenny (Professor at ANU's Australian Studies Institute), Katina Curtis (Canberra Bureau Chief at The West Australian), Brett Worthington (Radio National Breakfast political correspondent).Producer: Jason Whittaker
Global pop superstar Taylor Swift's new album The Life of a Showgirl is breaking records and redefining the music industry.The record has already sold three-and-a-half million copies in its first week of release, setting a new opening-week benchmark, surpassing Adele's album 25.Guest: Adrian Horton, arts writer, Guardian USProducer: Eddy Diamond
Qantas is among 40 major corporations that have been threatened by hackers who are vowing to leak sensitive passenger data unless ransoms are paid by today.The airline is still cleaning up a massive data breach in June that saw cybercriminals access nearly 6 million accounts.Guest: Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness, Australia's Cyber Security CoordinatorProducer: Grace Stranger
The federal government's plan to increase taxes on super balances above $3 million has returned to the spotlight.
The Israeli cabinet is meeting to approve a Gaza ceasefire, paving the way for the release of hostages and Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. Speaking at his own cabinet meeting in Washington, US President Donald Trump says he expects the remaining hostages will be released on Monday or Tuesday. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis continues in Gaza. Guests: David Satterfield, former US Middle East Envoy for Humanitarian issues and former US Ambassador to Türkiye, now Director of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in the USJeremy Konyndyk, President of Refugees International and former USAID official in the Biden and Obama administrations Producer: Eleni Psaltis, Teodora Agarici
Gisele Pelicot's mass rape trial has come to a close in the French courts, after judges dismissed an appeal from one of the convicted men, adding one year to his nine-year sentence.
Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells has spent the week defending her handling of the Optus triple-0 outage, amid criticism from the opposition that the government should have responded to the incident sooner.But the minister insists it's Optus that should shoulder the blame for the failure linked to three deaths. Guest: Luke Coleman, CEO of the Australian Telecommunications Alliance Producer: Isadora Bogle
Australia lacks the border controls to prevent the import of goods made by child or slave labour, according to a stark assessment from the nation's first anti-slavery commissioner.Chris Evans says while Australia takes biosecurity measures seriously at the border, it isn't serious about regulating human rights abuses in supply chains.Guest: Chris Evans, Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner Producer: Eddy Diamond
Australia's most decorated Winter Paralympian is hoping to make one of Australia's greatest sporting comebacks.Skier Michael Milton has announced a return to the slope, almost two decades after ending a career that netted him 11 Paralympic medals — six of them gold.Now his eyes are focused on conquering his sixth Games next year, with just five months left to qualify for the event in Milan. Guest: Michael Milton, Australia's most decorated Paralympic skier.Producer: Grace Stranger
The Israeli Government says a ceasefire will likely take effect in Gaza this evening, with a hostage and prisoner-detainee exchange scheduled for early next week.This would mark the first phase of the US-brokered 20-point peace plan for Gaza.But how likely are Hamas and Israel to progress to the next part of the deal?Guest: Khalil Jahshan, Palestinian-American analyst and Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DCProducer: Teodora Agarici
US President Donald Trump has announced Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal for Gaza. The Israeli cabinet has been meeting overnight to ratify the first part of the US-brokered peace deal.Under the terms of the agreement, Israel will partially withdraw from Gaza, while Hamas will release all remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Guest: Neria Kraus, Senior White House Correspondent for Channel 13 News in Israel and Middle East analystProducer: Teodora Agarici
Who knew what... and when... about the Optus triple zero outage? Those are the key questions asked this week in parliament following the disastrous outage linked to three deaths. We'll get clarity on the timeline, and hear from the federal government. Then, the French President says he will name a new prime minister in the next 48 hours. Yet he's still under pressure to follow his ex-Prime Minister out the door too. One of his Renaissance party colleagues joins us. In Queensland, mining giant Glencore has accepted a $600 million support package from the state and federal governments to save its ailing sites.And we'll find out why an Australian has been hit with a 14 year prison sentence in absentia by Russia, over his role fighting in the war in Ukraine. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.
The success of Adelaide-made 'Hollow Knight: Silksong', which crashed gaming stores on release, and sold more than 6 million copies in a month, has shown what local gaming developers are capable of.The success of the industry, worth $4.4 billion annually, is being celebrated in Melbourne during its International Games week, as more creatives try their hands at producing something more interactive.
In 2011, Arrernte elder William Tilmouth helped form a community-led solution in Alice Springs to improve the prospects of future generations of Indigenous people.He became the founding chair of Children's Ground — a not-for-profit organisation led and run by First Nations people.It set out on a 25-year plan, with a heavy focus on education, to support the next generations of Indigenous children and empower the local community to walk in two worlds.Guest:William Tilmouth, Founding Chair of Children's Ground
If you're a treasure hunter, surely the job is done once you find the chest? Or perhaps when your find gets a tick of approval by the experts. Shayne Thompson and Leon Deschamps have been on a years-long search for answers since uncovering a bronze Ming Dynasty Buddha statue buried in the red sands of Shark Bay in Western Australia.Guests: Shayne Thompson and Leon Deschamps, prospectors from Western AustraliaProducer: Eddy Diamond
Much of the focus of parliament this week has been on the government's response to the Optus triple-0 outage last month which has been linked to at least three deaths.Communications Department officials told Senate estimates Optus sent two emails alerting the department to the outage to an incorrect address, leaving the department in the dark.Guest: Kristy McBain, Minister for Emergency ManagementProducer: Isadora Bogle
The opposition is calling for legislated mandatory minimum jail sentences for child exploitation offences.While in parliament, the government has introduced a bill to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp as a terrorist organisation.Guest: Julian Leeser, Shadow Attorney-GeneralProducer: Isadora Bogle
North Queensland copper processing plants will remain open for at least another three years, thanks to a $600 million injection from the state and federal governments.It ends months of negotiations with the Swiss mining giant Glencore, which had threatened to end operations this year.Guest: Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry, Innovation, and ScienceProducer: Eddy Diamond
Mining giant Glencore has accepted a $600 million support package from the Queensland and federal governments to save its ailing sites.The deal aims to keep the Swiss multinational's Mount Isa Copper Smelter and adjoining Townsville Refinery operational until the end of 2028. Guest: Peta MacRae, Mayor of Mt Isa City Council Producer: Grace Stranger
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Thank you for giving an interview to a moran. Bring him back again so we can enjoy the graves extending even more in Ukraine while he is safe at home in the U.S.
You wanted to do the interview because you want to say Putin is a liar. A dictator. And gone crazy. You deserve the shit. Ukraine is not corrupt, right? They speak gospel.
This is your man, Australia. He is worth a try .
You mean elites will lose money on the remote control in their palms of their hands to adjust the sun, the wind, the rain, the moon, the stars, the whole weather. They have the remote control and not the universe
Is this what it is?
Garbage
You still got your Al Gore mask on from a century ago
young people can't afford to buy homes, and babies and young kids need early learning/schools in proximity to stable longterm housing.
Garbage
18 months? What is next 4 minutes?
Garbage
In Death Valley, California. U S A
Garbage. None of you are Trump. You all work for your masters. You will get rotten eggs thrown at you. None of you are worth going to jail for. Lightweights.
The guest is a coward. Sending other people to die. There is no way Russia is going to be defeated. That is the reality.
Australia is a dog to America. The United Stares created the threat, then got the other two drag into something they were not to be involved in the first place. Fear. China China China. Russia. Russia. Russia Nearly a thousand military bases all over the world and surrounding countries America does not have control over. Australia, you did not build air defence before. Now you build them now against hypersonic missiles. Do you like fetching the stick back & forth from a command from your master.
Stage my rear end.
The 5 eyes nations have no problem surrounding Russia or China. Why the concern?
There is no one else. The most popular ones are dead or are thrown in jail? Garbage. I hope both of you playing stupid are proud of yourself. We are here because people like being mouthpiece of real evil. Like Putin is evil, and we are so good like America and N.A.T.O.
You mean what the Western countries have been doing for decades to the people of Africa stealing and leaving their garbage at the same time.
You can't beat Russia with lies