3000 jobs will be cut under bains new ownership. Bain capital ownership, which in addition to these details relating to jobs, we are also expecting to hear about aircraft fleet and the future as well, this after bain bought Virgin Australia in what is a pretty bold that on an industry that has been shattered by the travel restrictions and the coronavirus pandemic. Virgin australia committed to regional and charter flying. Of targetsindication and priorities when they are restructured in addition to 3000 jobs being cut. Also getting data out of australia. Manufacturing pmi, services as well as composite index coming through. Dropping from that preliminary number for july. The composite number of 67. 8 also a little bit weaker. The performance of Construction Index coming in at 42. 7, higher than 39. 5. Lets take a look at the aussie dollar. Largely to do with the situation in victoria. We have that renewed lockdown, stricter stage four restrictions. At this time, later on today and tomo
From some of the top golfers on the pressing issues facing the world during this difficult time. We hope you enjoy and find value in our discussions. We will be taking audience questions and encourage you to submit yours located at the bottom of the screen. These briefings from general hr mcmaster senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. It was the National Security advisor to the president and also Service Commission officer for 34 years before retiring as lieutenant journal in june of 2018. His latest book is battlegrounds and will be released in september and is available for pre order on amazon. Thanks for your service and for joining us today. I know youve been watching these briefings regularly and the aspects. A lot of our discussions have been focused on the impact. With you i would like to discuss those that have been accelerated and i will ask you to take a run around the world so to speak which should be a lot of fun. Lets start with the country on everybodys mind. What do m
Around. It is incredibly difficult, but important. The Contact Tracing is something that were launching. San Francisco Mayor london breed says her city is preparing to expand the way it treats the interactions of people with covid19. And those who may have been exposed in recent days. Allow people to keep track of their symptoms and to check in with people who are monitoring their conditions, and also determine whether or not they should or should not be tested. The process involves a lot of man power and technology to get it started, the Health Department is partnering with ucsf and tapping into librarians and Research Fellows and the goal is to identify every at risk and quarantine them before it can spread to others. If we really get a handle on this epidemic, we need to look at contacts, and so they can stay in quarantine for the 14 days. Faster response to new cases, means slower spread, and fewer cases over time. In order for us to even approach a point where we can move away fro
Will go back to the auditorium at the Cato Institute for the 2019 cato surveillance conference. Senior fellow, thank you both to those watching at home for joining us. As i mentioned at the start of the conference we focused on issues of surveillance oversight and this years conference or this morning you heard about an array of institutions and entities and persons who work to oversee the secret use of intelligence collection. This ranges from the pfizer court to the inspectors general to government, billy office to the Intelligence Committee of congress and one of the newer and in many ways most publicly useful entities overseen the Intelligence Committee is the piracy and Civil Liberties oversight board. Its a number of valuable reports that have given us unique insights into the programs weve heard discussed earlier such as section 702 and section 215 the authority used for the phone records collection program. Im sure it will be a fascinating discussion so i will pass it off to ou
Julian welcome back to the Cato Institute for the 2019 cato surveillance conference. I remain senior fellow julian sanchez. Thank you to those present and those watching at home for joining us. As i mentioned at the start of the conference, we focused on issues of surveillance oversight at this years conference. This morning, you heard about an array of institutions that work to oversee the secret you seven the secret use of intelligence collection ranging from the fisa court to the inspectors general to the Government Accountability office to the Intelligence Committee of congress and one of the newer and in many ways most publicly useful entities overseeing the Intelligence Community is the privacy and Civil Liberties oversight, which has produced a number of valuable reports that have given us unique insight into some of the programs that were discussed earlier, like section 215, the authority used for the phone records collection. What im sure will be a fascinating discussion, i wi