it s been a while now since australia officially reopened its borders to tourists and it s been so good to see so many people heading there. and today, we ll be looking back at some of my favourite travel show moments from the country i still call home. of course, australia is a vast country and we can t possibly attempt to cover the whole nation in just this one program but hopefully, we ll give you a flavour. one of my favourite stories saw me back in my home state of victoria way back in 2016, when i headed to phillip island to see the efforts that were being made to look after what were undoubtedly some of the cutest penguins i ve ever seen. it s a place that attracts millions of tourists every year and this year marks the 185th anniversary of a sea voyage that changed the world. it was december 1831 when charles darwin set off on the hms beagle to see sights that would lead to his radical theory of evolution. and a key moment came when he visited australia, when he was s
polls and winning local elections. my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the afd. is his party stirring sentiments that threaten german stability? peter boehringer in munich, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, stephen. good to hear you again. well, it s great to have you on the show. and i dare say you are delighted to look at german national opinion polls which put your afd party at 20% plus in terms of public support. but you know as well as i do that federal elections don t come until 2025. how sure are you that you and the party can keep this level of support up? well, you can never be 100% sure here, especially mid term. the opposition usually is better off because at the end of the terms, the coalition parties, the government do things that please the people, so that might be difficult. and in afd s case, they usually do a lot of things defaming us. so we re expecting something. 0n the other hand, well, if they continue governing like this, we shouldn t go do
50s to the 70s but now often in a state of serious disrepair. it s a problem that has been known about for years. problem that has been known about foryears. five problem that has been known about for years. five years ago, a primary school building in kent collapsed, leading to wider concerns. good morning, sir. so the questions many parents are now asking of governments to mimic why act only now, just days before the start of the new school year in england? we the new schoolyear in england? we went the new school year in england? - went through this exhaustive survey of 22,000 schools after the initial incident in 2018. then, in the summer months, new information came to light that suggested that some of the buildings that had previously been classified as safe might not be. and so the education secretary acted immediately on that. the chancellor acted immediately on that. the chancellor said acted immediately on that. the chancellor said the government would spend what
however, we should tell our viewers. we are going to do a different dance, are we? i know you are a keen ballroom dancer. there is a widespread expectation you are likely to cut national insurance, there is a widespread expectation you are going to nick labour s policy of tightening up the rules for so called non doms, people who earn huge fortunes abroad. but aren t permanent residents. you said these are foreigners who could leave easily in ireland, france, portugal, or spain, they all have these schemes, i d rather they stayed here and spent their money here. do you want to take that back? as i said, laura, i m not going to talk about individual taxes. 0h, oh, i m asking on principle. out of principle do you agree withjeremy hunt from 2022? i don t disagree withjeremy hunt from nearly everything i said in the past, but sometimes. let me say this, the country sees through gimmicks and we are not going to do gimmicks on wednesday. it s going to be a budget for responsible, l
because people need to know that when a conservative government cuts taxes, we will do so in a responsible and sensible way. but we also want to be clear that the direction of travel we want to go in is to lighten the tax burden. and that s notjust about putting more money in people s pockets, although i do believe that we should put as much money as you can into people s pockets that s a very conservative view. it s because in the end that s how we ll grow the economy, if we are. we know the right sort of tax cuts help boost our growth. live now to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, who s at westminster for us. the chancellor basically saying don t expect any bumper tax giveaway. don t expect any bumper tax giveaway- don t expect any bumper tax aiveawa . . v v don t expect any bumper tax aiveawa . . , ~ , ., giveaway. that s right. and it s a messa . e giveaway. that s right. and it s a message directed giveaway. that s right. and it s a message direct