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The New South Wales Minister for Emergency Administration has blasted Optus outage as “completely disgraceful”.
Chatting with the ABC on Sunday morning, McBain stated this was the second in “solely a few years” and “not adequate” from the Telecom.
The truth that no state or federal authorities was suggested of this outage I believe is past reprehensible
The Minister stated the final outage prompted a overview that delivered 18 suggestions that have been adopted by authorities.
Optus clearly must overview its protocols. Little doubt that they are going to be using disaster communications specialists to return in and assist them, however what they must be doing is getting their techniques so as in order that Australians can trust that after they dial triple-0, it’s going to get by to one in all our emergency operators.
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Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state
Anthony Albanese says he’ll push for improved international peace and safety throughout conferences with world leaders this week, as allies of Donald Trump warn Australia’s recognition of Palestine might spark “punitive measures” from the US.
Albanese arrived in New York on Sunday morning, Australian time, forward of the UN common meeting and his attainable first assembly with the US President.
Australia will use the UN talks to formally recognise Palestinian statehood, in live performance with nations together with France, Canada and the UK, however the resolution has sparked a backlash from Israel and allies of Trump in Washington.
“What we wish to see is elevated peace and safety and stability all over the world,” Albanese stated. “Australia performs an vital position. We’re a trusted associate and an ally.”
A bunch of 25 senior Republican lawmakers, together with Texas senator Ted Cruz and Trump loyalist Elise Stefanik of New York, have written to the prime minister, in addition to French president Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer of Britain and Mark Carney of Canada, urging a rethink.
Republican Elise Stefanik. {Photograph}: Rod Lamkey/AP
The letter was despatched to Trump and the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.
This can be a reckless coverage that undermines prospects for peace. It units the harmful precedent that violence, not diplomacy, is probably the most expedient means for terrorist teams like Hamas to attain their political goals.
For extra on this story, learn the total report at Guardian Australia:
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Low tariffs not depending on sit-down assembly with Trump, Bowen says
On the potential for a gathering between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump, Bowen has poured chilly water on whether or not any appeal offensive by the Australian PM might need turned the US from its current course.
There are many world leaders who’ve met with Donald Trump who haven’t had good outcomes, who have gotten very excessive tariffs. Who’ve come over, had conferences, left optimistic after which they’ve bought excessive tariffs. The way in which Anthony Albanese has managed the connection, we’ve got the world’s lowest tariff on Australia.
Requested whether or not the assembly or outcomes matter, Bowen says:
Outcomes matter, David. After all, the prime minister has made it clear he’s very completely satisfied to fulfill, however outcomes matter. And this prime minister and this overseas minister and this authorities have delivered fairly good outcomes with regards to the bilateral relationship.
Requested whether or not a sit-down assembly is a precedence, Bowen provides:
It’s not my place to announce this stuff, David. I’m a humble cupboard minister.
Requested whether or not it’s not a precedence, personally, Bowen says:
After all a gathering with the president is at all times a great factor. However I’ll let you know what’s much more vital is outcomes. I’d a lot quite Anthony Albanese get an amazing consequence for our economic system with the world’s lowest tariff with no assembly, than to have a gathering and get the other consequence, which is what many different world leaders have discovered themselves in that state of affairs.
And that’s a wrap.
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‘Israel might be actually free and safe when Palestine is’, Bowen says
Bowen is requested about Australia’s resolution to assist Palestinian statehood and a letter written by quite a few US Republicans warning that any such transfer would threaten Israeli safety and that “there might be penalties for doing so”.
Bowen is requested whether or not that worries him “in any respect”.
Properly, we clearly have set Australia’s overseas coverage primarily based on our pursuits and our values. And whereas everyone seems to be entitled to their views, we’ll decide Australian overseas coverage, not anybody else. And we’ve decided a few issues – that the time is true, in live performance, as you stated, with like-minded states.
We’ve got been ready 80 years for a two-state answer, and that we now see recognising Palestine as a step in direction of a two-state answer, not the results of negotiations.
And to your query, I consider that Israel might be actually free and safe when Palestine is. That’s what I consider. And vice versa. That these two states have to return to a peaceable coexistence, understanding we’re a great distance from that as we converse.
And we consider, as different nations have reached an identical conclusion, that recognising Palestine this week is a significant step ahead to that two-state answer which has eluded us for 80 years.
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Australia speaking privately to Turkey about rival bids to host Cop31 summit, Bowen says
On Australia’s bid to host an upcoming worldwide local weather convention, Bowen stated the federal government is speaking to their Turkish counterparts about their competing bid.
We’ve got overwhelming assist for our bid. This example hasn’t actually modified for some time, David. We’ve got the overwhelming assist from nations all over the world for our bid.
The method, as Bowen suggests, depends on consensus and so “the 2 bidding nations sorting it out”. If they’ll’t …
In any other case it goes to Bonn. I’m not going to debate with my Turkish counterpart by you on the lawns of the UN. I’ll do it privately by him.
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‘I don’t have a lot respect for these in federal politics who interact in local weather change denial’: Bowen
Bowen is requested about Donald Trump’s view on the problem – which is basically that it isn’t a difficulty in any respect and nations ought to pursue fossil gas extraction in any respect prices.
Bowen:
The president has views about this, about local weather change. I’ve my views. I’m not right here to touch upon the views of others in different political techniques. I’ll touch upon the views of my opponents and colleagues in Australia. And I don’t have a lot respect for these in federal politics who interact in local weather change denial, smooth or exhausting.
The minister is requested whether or not Treasury modelling assuming the US can even play its position in local weather motion is “old-fashioned”.
I opened with the truth that renewable power is double fossil gas funding, for instance, and that renewables will surpass coal this 12 months because the world’s largest supply of power. The Treasury modelling isn’t primarily based on any political selections by another nations – United States or anyone else – it’s primarily based on the sensible, actual market details.
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Bowen accuses Nationwide get together of betraying farmers
Bowen is requested about calls from the Coalition and commentators on the suitable wing of Australian politics to desert the nation’s dedication to pursuing internet zero – and particularly whether or not he thinks the loudest voices are “cranks and crackpots”.
I believe they’re each. I believe there are folks of unhealthy religion in Australian politics exploiting this subject. The Nationwide get together, they’re, in my opinion, betraying regional Australia. The nationwide danger evaluation I put out in the course of the week confirmed folks in regional Australia have so much at stake in coping with local weather change. Farmers know that. I believe the Nationwide get together betrays farmers and other people in regional areas after they interact on this low-cost politics.
Bowen says factors to a number of figures throughout the Nationwide get together – Barnaby Joyce, Matt Canavan and others – and says they’re selling “disinformation”.
There are individuals who interact in local weather change denial, who simply ignore all of the science, and I believe that’s deeply unlucky. I don’t have any respect for that.
For real Australians going about their enterprise, listening to debate who’re confused, after all, I’ve respect for what they’re involved about and the necessity to give them the proper and factual data in opposition to the disinformation they hear from so many on the suitable of politics.
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Bowen says of the 60,000 Australians with residence batteries: ‘A lot of these folks won’t ever get an power invoice once more’
Bowen is being grilled by expert on the expectations for any transition of the Australian economic system away from fossil fuels and in direction of renewable power, significantly the necessity to quadruple offshore wind and increase EV gross sales uptake.
It’s value reminding that the existential menace posed by international heating requires a fast, international transition away from fossil fuels with a view to restrict the worst results. There are very actual constraints on this course of – abilities, funding, and even, in some circumstances, regulation – and in lots of circumstances Australia’s efforts right now have suffered from a failure to behave previously.
The minister acknowledges there are issues however is bringing the dialog again to the broad sweep of applied sciences which are making a change a actuality however is attempting very exhausting to not decide to particular numbers – and never be drawn on whether or not there could also be extra public spending to assist it on the way in which.
In a single instance, Bowen factors to the rollout of residence batteries:
We’re already seeing impacts of insurance policies with downward stress on costs. So, for instance, the 60,000 Australians who put a house battery in since 1 July, that’s helped them. A lot of these folks won’t ever get an power invoice once more.
Though some folks can’t afford them proper now, Bowen says the impact of that is already being seen as these folks have, largely, exited the grid in periods of peak demand. Requested whether or not the general public can count on the value to return down, he says:
We’ll see over coming years. This isn’t a political promise. The Australian Power Market Operator, with all their work, and this has successfully been backed by the Treasury, discovered power costs coming down 13% if we persist with the plan of rolling out extra of the renewable power over the subsequent decade.
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‘Renewable power funding is continuous at a fast tempo,’ Bowen says
The worldwide embrace of renewable power is continuous with twice as a lot funding as fossil fuels, whilst governments look like falling behind on their local weather objectives.
The power and local weather minister, Chris Bowen, is chatting with ABC Insiders host David Speers stay in New York the place he acknowledged that efforts to succeed in the Paris local weather goal are lagging.
Renewable power funding is continuous at a fast tempo – $2tn, double the funding in fossil fuels. A while this 12 months, renewables will surpass coal because the world’s largest supply of power. A while subsequent 12 months, wind and photo voltaic individually will surpass nuclear as sources of power.
So, huge quantities of renewable power funding, together with clearly in China and in India and within the international south, in creating nations.
However you’re proper. The world’s motion has taken us from a monitor of 4C warming 10 years in the past to now someplace between 2C and a pair of.8C. That’s good progress however not but sufficient, so we’ve all gotta maintain going.
The power and local weather minister, Chris Bowen. {Photograph}: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
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PM lands in New York forward of attainable assembly with Donald Trump
The prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has arrived in New York for the UN common meeting and a collection of conferences with world leaders.
The PM left Sydney early on Saturday morning and might be away for 11 days, with the journey together with stops in London and the United Arab Emirates.
Albanese stated local weather change might be entrance and centre in New York – days after federal Labor introduced its 2035 local weather targets in Australia.
“What we wish to see is elevated peace and safety and stability all over the world,” he stated. “Australia performs an vital position. We’re a trusted associate and an ally.
We’re a rustic that performs a constructive position in our area, within the Pacific, in addition to after all, with our Asean neighbours, and our conventional allies, equivalent to our 5 eyes companions, together with america and the UK.
Albanese stated he’ll take the chance to work together with counterparts gathering in New York.
We even have explicit points to advance, equivalent to our social media ban, the place Australia is main the world.
Anthony Albanese and associate Jodie Haydon arrive at John F Kennedy airport in New York. {Photograph}: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
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Chris Bowen on Insiders
The minister for local weather change and power, Chris Bowen, will converse to ABC Insiders host David Speers this morning.
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has appeared on Sky Information this morning to speak about local weather change adopted by the Local weather Change Authority’s Matt Kean.
We’ll deliver you the newest because it occurs.
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Good morning
And welcome to a different Sunday morning Guardian stay weblog.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has landed in New York forward of a gathering of the UN common meeting and a attainable one-on-one with the US president, Donald Trump. The PM left Saturday morning with stops in Dubai and London.
Optus has pledged to analyze a 10-hour outage that stopped emergency calls being related throughout which at the very least 4 folks died. The outage was brought on by a botched firewall replace to the telecom’s community and acknowledged it had been contacted by the business ombudsman.
I’m Royce Kurmelovs and I’ll be taking the weblog by the day.
With that, let’s get began …
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