srees reducing the rate of veteran suicide should be a priority. Finney met with julianne whos son died earlier this year. It has attracted a quarter of a million signatures. Will the Prime Minister agree ath the call and establish role into veteran suicide . It is passed. Thank you, i met with julianne last weekend we had a productive discussion that her son died by suicide earlier this year. Other mit with many met with other peers to discuss the proposal for a Royal Commission to be held into veteran suicide. We know the right of Mental Illness among veterans is high. 30 is 2. 2e rate under times that for australian men of the same age. About one third of those who have lived in the past five years have reported high levels of psychological distress. Mr. Speaker, this is a matter that has been made a National Priority by its governor. The goal to address Mental Health issues and address Suicide Prevention. Christine morgan has been appointed as the Suicide Prevention advisor. We hav
Donald trump impeached. Only the third president in u. S. History and the first from queens. [laughter] that put into perspective on what people are interested in. Pedro with that in mind when i say close to home i am thinking the planet. This is the first to the planet has gotten the attention it deserves with the rise of the young climate activist, greta thunberg. New years eve tonight in new york city the climate is the theme. I dont know how they mixandmatch that with the revelry. But i think we are finally beginning to get serious about the dangers facing the planet from climate change. Pedro demonstration take on foot climate agreement. As far as the future, do you think the administration is done with climate . Will it continue on criticizing this administration is requesting value time. There will be one after this one. President trump will not be president for life. I think whoever succeeds him will have more realistic views on that topic. Pedro the story about the queens news
sat by while donald trump used the rally to go farther than he has before in this cultish alliance with this dangerous sometimes amorphous group called qanon by pushing lies that may sound bizarre and absurdist you can underestimate how serious they are and how they re building a following. i m not going to repeat or amplify all of them, but among them is the claim that certain hollywood actors and democrats are part of some secret pedophile group aligned with satan or who eat children. it goes on like that. i m not going to do much more of it for you tonight. i ll tell you why that is the top story. what does that have to do with midterm campaigns other than villainizing a few democrats? one of the theories is that trump will lead a battle against the forces and by the way, there are many versions and it rations of these conspiracy theories. it matters in many ways. you may recall right after donald trump was elected, a gunman opened fire in a washington, d.c. restaurant und
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Speaker his excellency president of the peoples republic of china iso delighted you could join us here and davos with the invitation night issued over one year ago. President xi a warm welcome to you and your highlevel delegation to your first davos visit even if the temperatures outside are freezing by your presence as a special significance and as the First Chinese president to address the Civil Society leaders to come on as an important moment in time so to make impressive achievements to of the industrys to reform and open up. Under your leadership there is an ever increasing of Global Affairs from Climate Change and i would like to congratulate you to be marked by great uncertainty into continue the responsible leadership with confidence and stability. Thank you for your countries continuous support of civil reform. Ladies and gentlemen, his excellency xi jinping the president of the peoples republic of china. [applause] translator for the state and the government at bbn your spon