US government reopens, Working with children database, Liberals dump net zero

We begin with breaking news out of the US the longest government shutdown in American history has come to an end.

A new national system that would track the criminal history of people working with children is set to be up and running by the end of the year.

There are questions over the future of the Liberal Party this morning, after it followed the Nationals in abandoning its net zero emissions target.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
We begin with breaking news out of the US. The
longest government shutdown in American history has come to an end.
Let's go live to Miley Hogan in our US Bureau
this morning. Miley Donald Trump has signed a key funding deal.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
Sally, Good morning.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
The US President made a late night appearance in the
Oval Office to sign this short term funding bill, officially
ending the forty three day shutdown. This morning, things started
to return to normal. Parks and museums will stagger their opening.
Airports are expected to slowly return to normal operations as
tens of thousands of people go back to their government jobs.

(00:39):
Many of them are still waiting for their back pay
as well.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
Today we're sending a clear message that we will never
give into extortion, because that's what it was. So with
my signature, the federal government will now resume normal operations.

Speaker 5 (00:56):
Now.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Despite this, the US President can't escape the Epstein side.
He didn't take any questions on it in the Oval
Office last night, but he cannot ignore the growing bipartisan
pressure on his administration to reveal more. There will now
be a vote in the House next week to pass
a bill that will force the Department of Justice to
release all of its files on the Jeffrey Epstein case.

(01:20):
But while there may be numbers in the House to
get that bill over the line, it is unlikely to
pass in the Senate, and then it would need to
go to Donald Trump to sign it into law, and
the US President has publicly warned Republicans to stay away
from this one.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
So all right, thank you very much, Monley Hogan.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Out of the US there, we've got some breaking news
now out of Sydney's Southwest. Police are on the hunt
for a firebug who tried to torture home at Bankstown.
Firefighters arrived just after ten pm to find damage to
the outside of the property and a half empty jerry can.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
So far, no arrests have been made.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Queenslanders have been worn they could be in for six
months of weather can chaos. The Weather Bureau is predicting
heat wave, cyclones and flooding as climate conditions become increasingly volatile.
The risk of category three cyclones in particular is much higher.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
The Premier urging people to prepare their homes.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
A new national system that would track the criminal history
of people working with children is to be set up
and running by the end of the year. Let's go
live to political reporter Josh Martin and Camber this morning. Josh,
of course this comes in response to the horrific cases
of abuse at childcare centers across the country.

Speaker 5 (02:33):
Good morning, Silty. Yes, this is the system advocates have
asked for for years now, finally happening after those tragic
alleged crimes by workers in childcare centers around the country. Today,
the nation's Attorney generals will meet in Brisbane. The Federal
Attorney General, Michelle Rowland, will announce thirty seven million dollars
funding for a five year pilot of the national continuous

(02:56):
Checking capability, meaning if someone offends in one state, they
will be rejected from working with children in all states.
The Albanesi government hopes all states and territories are on
board with the irrelevant laws in place by the end
of the year.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
So all right, thank you very much, Josh Martin.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
There in Canberra, well, there are questions over the future
of the Liberal Party this morning, after it followed the
Nationals in abandoning its net zero missions target. Opposition leader
Susan Lee says she won't be pursuing the policy, instead
backing taxpayer support for new coal fired power stations. Anthony
upper Easy slam the move as a clown show.

Speaker 6 (03:34):
Make no mistake, We're not pursuing net zero, but net
zero would be a welcome outcome if it's achieved through technology,
choice and voluntary markets.

Speaker 3 (03:44):
It was a sign of for the Australian people of
how divided they are.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
The Liberals will, however, stay in the Paris Climate Agreement.
The Queensland Premier is consider during appealing the sentence of
a teenage killer who brutally stabbed grandmother Violin White to
death in front of her young granddaughter. The now seventeen
year old boy was sentenced to sixteen years behind bars,
but he could walk free in just over eight under

(04:15):
current laws. His sentence is one of the harshest in
the state's history. Queensland school teachers avowed to strike within
weeks as their wage war with the Christofoley government deepens.
Teachers took to the streets of Brisbane yesterday after pay
negotiations soured, saying they're not being compensated for their heavy
workloads unless the government comes to the table. Teachers will

(04:37):
strike for twenty four hours before the end of tern four.
A suspect has been charged with murder after the body
of an elderly woman was discovered inside a home in
Sydney's West.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
The eighty four year old was.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Found unresponsive on the property on October four. Police immediately
deemed her death suspicious. A post mortem later revealed she
suffered significant injuries. A fifty year old woman known to
her will face court for the first time this morning.
The plan to build a new footy stadium in Tasmania
has cleared its first major hurdle, surviving a late vote

(05:13):
in the state's House of Assembly. Debate over the one
point one to three billion dollar venue at Macquarie Point
raged on for hours. Twenty five MPs voted to approve
the build, nine were opposed.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
The plan heads to the upper House next month.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
Checking Friday's weather now showers and Brisbane twenty six degrees,
Sydney mostly sunny, twenty four sunny in Canberra twenty seven,
Melbourne mostly sunny, heading to eighteen sunny. Voe Are today
fifteen degrees, a late thunderstorm for Adelaide twenty five, Perth
mostly sunny twenty five and a possible

Speaker 1 (05:46):
Storm for Darwin with the top of thirty three degrees.