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Opposition leader Sussan Ley denies the party is taking its lead from Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, as it seeks to cover lost ground on net-zero and now immigration.The Liberal leader also faces questions about her security in the top job, as a key ally quits the party in protest over undermining of the leadership.Hear our extened interview with Sussan Ley. Then, we'll also speak to the CEO of the CSIRO as it plans to shed hundreds of staff and scale back research programs in a significant restructure.And we'll find out what the UN Security Council's endorsement of the US proposal for Gaza means for people on the ground. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.
On this International Men's Day, a rare display of bipartisanship in Canberra this morning.Labor, Liberal and cross-bench MPs are launching the Parliamentary Friends of Healthy Masculinities group, teaming up with preventative health charity the Man Cave to bring awareness to mental health issues and empower boys to become better men.Guests:Senator David Pocock, Independent Senator for ACTDan Repacholi MP, Special Envoy for Men's Health and Labor Member for HunterProducer: Tyler Hall
Parents are being warned to be on the look out for dangerous toys heading into the Christmas season, after consumer group Choice found some online retailers were failing button battery safety standards.It comes just days after the consumer watchdog issued recalls for children's play sand contaminated with asbestos, leading to dozens of school closures around the country.Guest: Francis Ventura, CEO, Kidsafe ACTProducer: Grace Stranger
Music is important for learning and building confidence, but not every school has access to quality music education. Today's Changing Australia looks at different ways this is being brought to schools.Bernie Heard from the Australian Youth Orchestra directs the Music in Me Program, which for the last 10 years has been mentoring primary school teachers in music education.Musician Elvis Kernaghan meanwhile has been using his skills to teach kids in the outback how to write and record songs. Guests: Bernie Heard, director of the Music in Me Program, Australian Youth Orchestra Elvis Kernaghan, musician
There's been widespread dismay in the research and development sector over significant cuts to the national science agency, the CSIRO.Up to 350 jobs could go across its research units, as the agency focuses on on areas such as climate resilience and advanced technologies. Guest: Ryan Winn, CEO, Science and Technology AustraliaProducer: Jason Whittaker
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says the cost of net zero emissions by 2050 is a matter for Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Over the weekend, the Coalition settled on an energy and climate policy which abandons the net zero target. Ms Ley has indicated the Liberals and Nationals will now focus on a new immigration policy.Guest: Sussan Ley, Leader of the OppositionProducer: Isadora Bogle
Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke, says details of the government's memorandum of understanding with Nauru will become public "in time."The $400 million deal, which will see hundreds of people who were held in indefinite immigration detention be resettled in Nauru, was signed in August. Guest: Tony Burke, Minister for Home AffairsProducer: Isadora Bogle
US President Donald Trump has defended Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, under questioning about the murder of a journalist seven years ago.
National science agency the CSIRO will shed hundreds of staff and scale back research programs in a significant restructure it says will help safeguard its future. Up to 350 jobs could go, following an 18-month review which has already seen 800 jobs slashed.Guest: Dr Doug Hilton, Chief Executive of CSIRO Producer: Jason Whittaker
Australian musicians will be celebrated at tonight's annual ARIA Awards.But behind the glitz and glam, a new report has found many artists are struggling to make ends meet.The survey by Musicians Australia — a division of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)— also reveals significant concern about artificial intelligence models robbing an already overworked and underpaid profession.Guest: Kimberley Wheeler, MEAA Musicians Federal President and folk artist Producer: Eddy Diamond
The United Nations Security Council has approved a United States-drafted plan for Gaza, backing a new international stabilisation force and a so-called "board of peace" to oversee security and reconstruction.Hamas has rejected the resolution, describing it as foreign control, while Israel says it will only support the plan if Gaza is fully demilitarised.The resolution leaves major questions unanswered - including who will deliver aid, who will govern Gaza, and how the devastated territory will be rebuilt.Guest: Daniel Forti, senior UN analyst at the International Crisis GroupProducer: Anne Barker
Bangladesh has formally asked India to extradite Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister ousted last year, after student protests in which about 14-hundred people were killed. A tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced her to death, but she can't appeal unless she returns to Bangladesh, or is arrested within 30 days - and India has given no sign it will hand her over.Guest: David Bergman, investigative journalist and long-term Bangladesh watcherProducer: Anne Barker
Australia's hospitals are wasting $1.2 billion on avoidable spending, according to a new report by the Grattan Institute.The report comes as a public hospital funding stoush between the Commonwealth, states and territories continues. Guest: Peter Breadon, Health Program Director at Grattan Institute Producers: Brooke Young and Eddy Diamond
New polling published in the Australian Financial Review shows One Nation is more trusted than Labor or the Coalition to deal with the influx of migrants.In response, Pauline Hanson says her party has been "setting the agenda for many years now" from migration, to climate change and the Voice."Everything that we've set in place, the Coalition have followed our lead … this is just another one."It comes as the Coalition mulls its own immigration policy. We'll hear about the polling from Redbridge's Tony Barry, and get analysis from Melissa Clarke. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.
Youth homeless services in Western Australia are crying out for new funding … Amid reports of children being kept in mental health wards and hospitals because they have nowhere else to go.On average, almost 70 unaccompanied children and young people under the age of 25 are competing for one available bed in crisis accommodation every night in Perth.Guests: Elise Jorgensen, Regional Leader of Community Service Operations with Mission Australia in Western AustraliaKaya, 23-yr old from Perth who has experienced periods of homelessness from the age of 13.Producer: Grace Stranger
A question posed by ABC North America Correspondent Carrington Clarke has led to a potentially seismic answer from the US President."Would I launch strikes into Mexico to stop drugs? OK with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs," said Donal Trump.Its the latest escalation from the President as he increasingly threatens Latin American countries with military action.
Have you ever been scammed? Has your email ever been hacked - or have your personal details been stolen in a data breach?If you're one of the millions of Australians who have fallen victim, it's likely you've been told to contact the not-for-profit organisation, IDCARE.It's Australia's national identity and cyber support service and a critical cog in responding to scams, cybercrime and identity theft.
Climate Minister Chris Bowen has touched down at COP30 in the Brazillian city of Belém to help push Australia's hosting bid for next year's climate conference.Despite a final decision on where COP31 will be held expected by the end of this week, Australia and Turkiye remain locked in a stand-off, with both nations refusing to cede their bid. Guest: Richie Merzian, CEO Clean Energy Investor Group Producer: Eddy Diamond
Future funding for public hospitals remains in limbo across the country, with states and territories on a collision course with the federal government over a new agreement.They are holding the Commonwealth to a promise to fund 42.5 per cent of public hospitals by 2030.But a demand from the Prime Minister to rein in hospital spending drew an angry rebuke from some health ministers yesterday.Guest: Ryan Park, Minister for Health of New South WalesProducer: Jason Whittaker
1New polling published in the Australian Financial Review shows One Nation is more trusted than Labor or the Coalition to deal with the influx of migrants.In response, party leader Pauline Hanson says while "it is just polling," Australians no longer trust the major political parties. It comes as the Coalition mulls its own immigration policy. Guest: Pauline Hanson, Leader of One Nation and Senator for QueenslandProducer: Lexie Jeuniewic
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Maybe we put weapons on Mexico from China and Russia to learn about senseless wars.
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.