what you re saying. i interviewed a lot of people who were anonymous for this book as well. sometimes they would tell me something. i would think this is very explosive. when i bodying into it i would find out that there was perspective, it was completely wrong, not bolstered by any other facts and so i didn t use it. and i would he see some of those same things appear other people s books because they hadn t checked it out. that s the problem with over-reliance on anonymous sources with a failure to verify what they re claiming. anyone can claim anything at any time. doesn t make it true. howie: i agree that the best sources are ones that have documents or something to back up or other people that can corroborate. you ve gotten as we talked about this, most journalists don t have, whichs is access to donald trump. you ve been to mar-a-lago three times, the chance to sit down with him. has that influenced your thinking and perhaps made you more similar threatsic to him. sympathetic
distribution centre staff and truck drivers are all reasons why the goods can t be unloaded. now, our next factor is politics. when donald trump fired up a trade war between the us and china, he placed an emphasis on local and regional manufacturing over a reliance on china. and trump s successorjoe biden has also turned to the of over reliance. we need to prevent the supply chain crisis from hitting in the first place, and in some cases, building resilience will mean increasing our production of certain types of elements here at home. this is both practical and political. practical because relying on something from the other side of the world brings an increased risk that it won t arrive. political because being so reliant on china can also be framed as a risk that impacts health and national security in america. that was particularly acute the start of the pandemic when countries had shortages of ppe. here s biden on that.
alone in experiencing labour shortages, and along with covid and shipping, this is the next factor to impact the supply chain. forbes magazine wrote this summer. and if we go back to those ships waiting to dock in la, a lack of port workers, distribution centre staff and truck drivers are all reasons why the goods can t be unloaded. now, our next factor is politics. when donald trump fired up a trade war between the us and china, he placed an emphasis on local and regional manufacturing over a reliance on china. and trump s successorjoe biden has also turned to the of over reliance. we need to prevent the supply chain crisis from hitting in the first place, and in some cases, building resilience will mean increasing our production of certain types of elements here at home. this is both practical and political. practical because relying on something from the other side
but due to the outbreak in sydney, new south wales health has lowered its age limit. now local residents a0 and above can receive an astrazeneca jab if they are briefed on the risk of potential blood clots by their gp. those age limits have meant there s an over reliance on pfizer to vaccinate the majority of the country. that is the other vaccine approved in australia. the distribution of pfizer vaccines has been sluggish. but there s hope the pace could soon improve. last week, the government and pfizer agreed to ramp up the delivery of vaccines, bringing millions of doses that were planned to arrive in september forward to august. latika bourke, london based journalist for the sydney morning herald. we always appreciate you coming on the programme. was scott morrison right here that he was being true to
an accident waiting to happen, but you can t have multibillion dollar destroyers running into commercial container ships. that s not acceptable. how does it happened? an over-reliance on technology. i m grateful for the affect that the u.s. navy never goes into the fight without having an unfair advantage. we re the most technologically advanced. unfortunately that leads to an over-reliance on technology and an abdication of basic seamanship. these are ships that have radars that can see into outer space, they can track everything from a cruise missiles to a ballistic missile to a satellite, the crew has a tendency occasionally to get lacks and forget their basic responsibilities of using their eyes and using their short-range radars to avoid collisions at sea. this is unacceptable, once, twice in two months the navy has