annelise: hello, and welcome to question time wrap where we look at the first sitting fortnight of the new morrison government. in february of this year, the government introduced a bill that would allow the minister to exclude anyone from entering australia for up to two years if they were suspected of being involved in any terrorist activity. with a strong mandate off the back of their win, they moved to pass the bill. they did ignore a number of recommendations on the drafting of that bill from the powerful parliamentary committee. the labor of the opposition, much less lofty i suspect. [laughter] we will say the answer. my question is to the prime minister and it goes to national security. does the prime minister doubt which side people are on when they support the unanimous position of a parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security? thank you, mr. speaker. i think he raised the role of the joint standing committee the joint standing committee on these m
committee. the leader of the opposition now, i less lofty suspect, mr. speaker. [laughter] we will say the answer. my question is to the prime minister and it goes to national security. does the prime minister doubt which side people are on when they support the unanimous position of a parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security? mr. morrison: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank him for raising the role of the joint standing committee . the joint standing committee on these matters does important work in the parliament. when members come to that committee, they bring forward the positions of the various parties to address the national security issues that the countries face. what i have noted in my time in this place is that it has always been those who sit on this side of the house who have always brought the stronger position. it is always on the side of the house, with the measures for the committee, that the matters have .een found to be watered down theref
to the bbc news at 5. our main story: theresa may has said president trump was wrong to retweet videos posted by the far right group britain first. but despite donald trump hitting back at the prime minister in a tweet for criticising him, she stressed the special relationship between britain and the us is in both nations‘ interests, and should continue. she has continued to reject calls to cancel a state visit by the us president. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. i d like to start by saying how delighted i am that as the leader of the free world you took the time to tweet out three of my videos on twitter today. this is jayda fransen, deputy leader of britain first, an organisation established by former members of the far right bmp. her posts that donald trump re tweeted included footage that a dutch man was attacked by a muslim. l it is special relationship we have. it is an endearing relationship that is there because it is in both our national int
schools should play a bigger role in preparing children for social media s emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, england s children s commissioner says. the leader of the council in windsor is calling for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the royal wedding in may. britain s andy murray pulls out of the australian open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. he hasn t played a competitive match since wimbledon last summer. good morning and welcome to bbc news. donald trump s lawyers have intervened in his bitter row with his former chief of staff steve bannon. they ve threatened him with legal action for speaking to the author of an explosive new book about the president which, amongst other claims, describes him as being unprepared for thejob, poorly informed about the basics, and ridiculed behind his back. in the book by the journalist michael wolff, mr bannon was quoted as describing the presiden
our main story at five. the prime minister has apologised for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows it s difficult, frustrating and disappointing. her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the nhs this winter. bbc analysis has found that one in eight patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england so far this winter has had to wait more than half an hour to be handed over to nhs staff. figures also show a record number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period. the prime minister today in frimley park hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. the national health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. yes, it has pressures overwinter. yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. the staff are dedicated, we ve put extra resources in. figures from nhs england give us a snapshot int