Time wrap, the First Episode of the 46th parliament, im tom connell. The election, of course, ended on may 18 and there was much commentary about whether or not australian voters had not supported more ambitious action on Climate Change given that was the agenda of labor and they lost the election, but the greens are not lying down saying the action of other countries highlights australias lack of action. My question is to the leader of the government representing the Prime Minister. Minister, 717 jurisdictions across 16 countries have made a declaration that we are living in a Climate Emergency. The Uk Parliament indeed the Uk Parliament led by a conservative government supported the declaration of a Climate Emergency and showed global leadership. So, minister, how does your government justify having such pathetic pollution reduction tags at only 16 when you take into account carryover credits, how do you justify having targets that are completely inconsistent with keeping warming bel
Haidi welcome to daybreak australia. I am haidi stroudwatts in sydney where markets have just come online. Annabelle i am Annabelle Droulers in hong kong and we are counting down to asias Major Trading opens. The top stories this hour, asia is set for a week open ahead of key u. S. Inflation numbers. Fed officials empathizing data will drive the pace of Interest Rate cuts. Haidi earnings in focus in late u. S. Trade, paramount still swollen even as streaming subscribers beat the street. Snowflake melting down after its forecast missed estimates. Annabelle plus, bitcoin tiktokking 60,000, as etf driven demand triggers a bull run. Haidi all right, lets get you to the start of trading this thursday session as we get that staggered just creeping online when it comes to sydney stocks. Seeing a bit of a flat start to trading. Looking at the bit of a retreat bringing set up in the asian equity session. Both treasuries and the dollar strengthening ahead of the key inflation metric expert on th
finland will become the 31st member of nato later on tuesday. the application to join the western military alliance was prompted by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this story. finland only said it wanted to join nato last year. this afternoon, its flag will be raised at the headquarters in brussels, the quickest accession process in nato s recent history. president putin went to war against ukraine with a declared aim to get less nato. he wanted nato to remove our forces, our structures, from all allies that havejoined after 1997, meaning all allies in central and eastern europe. and he wanted nato to make it absolutely clear that nato s door was closed for any new membership. he s getting the exact opposite. he s getting more nato presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and he s getting two new members, with finland and sweden. finland s long frontier with russia, the scene of fig
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to