For a modern and progressive country Australia has too many health failures22/04/2021|5min
Sky News host Peter Gleeson says there is a litany of health failures published in the tabloids every day of the week that it was surprising to have seen how in a progressive country Australia still had these problems.
The remarks came as The Mercury newspaper reported Tasmania s peak doctor association had asked for more funding to upgrade the state s hospitals. [Tasmania] wouldn t be the first state or territory in this country to have major health department implications and problems at the moment - we re seeing that in Queensland, he said.
Real sense of unity between two major parties over Belt and Roads veto22/04/2021|4min
Psychiatrist Dr Tanveer Ahmed says there was this real sense of unity rarely seen in the past between the two major parties over the government s recent foreign policy decision to can the Belt and Road deal with China. You got the sense there was a real political unity on this whereas in the past sometimes the Labor Party s been a bit wishy-washy where they ve tried to attack the government but haven t always had a united stance on foreign policy, he told Sky News host Peter Gleeson.
Marise Payne takes Victorian government head on over Belt and Road21/04/2021|5min
Sky News contributor Caleb Bond says it was a “ballsy move” by Foreign Minister Marise Payne for taking the Victorian government “head on” and vetoing the Belt and Road deal they made with China.
“It’s a ballsy move, you have to say, from Marise Payne because she’s taking the Victorian government head on and she is . setting a bit of a precedent here,” he told Sky News host Peter Gleeson.
“If a country is giving money to other foreign entities, in this case Victoria … they’re not doing this for no reason.
Brisbane’s Gabba set for $1b upgrade pending Olympic bid21/04/2021|3min
Brisbane’s Gabba is set to receive a $1 billion refurbishment pending whether the city wins the 2032 Olympic Games.
Sky News host Peter Gleeson said July 22 is “D-Day for the Queensland bid” and the state is currently in “targeted dialogue status”.
“That means that the International Olympic Committee are only talking to Queensland right now so we’re in the box seat”.
“The Gabba announced yesterday as the likely, well in fact the place where we will have the opening and closing ceremony”.
“One billion dollars, the structure as we know it now would be demolished and it would make way for this 50,000 seat stadium, it would completely transform that whole Gabba precinct.”
Truly shocking Derek Chauvin case sees justice served21/04/2021|7min
Sky News contributor Caleb Bond says “justice was served” regarding the “truly shocking” case which saw Derek Chauvin convicted for the murder of George Floyd.
“I think justice was served in this case, he told Sky News host Peter Gleeson.
“When you watch the video of what was done to Floyd – it’s just beyond comprehension.
“Why would anyone let alone a police officer need to kneel in that position with their knee on someone’s neck for minutes and minutes and minutes – when clearly they are in distress clearly he could not breathe and ultimately died because of it.