Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has reiterated New Zealand s position on the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement, in a press conference with her Australian counterpart, Marise Payne.
OPINION: Slowly and then all of a sudden, the Government has come under massive pressure from Five Eyes partners to take a bolder stance on China, ramp up its rhetoric and take sides. The Five Eyes is often misunderstood. It is an intelligence-sharing treaty between Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. In the past it was extremely secretive but now it’s a bit more open. More recently, some Five Eyes partners have joined together on various statements.
Greens lash Q&A panellist for âappalling behaviourâ
News 23rd Apr 2021 5:35 AM The Greens have taken aim at the host of ABC s Q&A and a panellist on Thursday night s show who has been accused of mocking and patronising Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Much of the conversation on Thursday s episode was about Australia s use of fossil fuels and whether the country was falling behind the rest of the world in achieving net zero carbon emissions. There was particularly spirited debate between Ms Hanson-Young and fellow panellist Andrew Liveris, the former chief executive of the Dow Chemical Company and current board member of the Saudi Aramco petrol and natural gas company.
Apr 19, 2021 10:33 PM EDT
According to the top American diplomat, the Biden administration is prepared to take on countries that are failing to address the climate crisis, including those that refuse to reduce their dependence on coal.
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Hours after Australia s prime minister, Scott Morrison appeared to emphasize the costs of acting on climate change, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for even more efforts to combat global warming over the next decade.
On Monday evening, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told the Business Council of Australia that achieving net-zero emissions would not be possible by taxing our businesses that provide livelihoods for millions of Australians off the earth.
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CNN’s Brian Stelter is obsessed with Fox News. He can’t stop talking about his news competitor and now the
Reliable Sources host is turning to. an ex-Australian prime minister for proof of the network s terrible influence? Malcolm Turnbull was supposed to be a conservative. Yet, as the country s former Prime Minister, he veered left on abortion and other issues. Ultimately, he was removed by his own conservative party.
But he hates Fox News and that’s good enough for Stelter! On Sunday, the host touted him sliming Rupert Murdoch’s “market for crazy.” The CNN journalist marveled, “
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