Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on Albanese and Trump meeting in New York

Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump came face-to-face in New York - and locked in plans for a formal meeting in Washington for October.

Albanese posted a photo of the pair to his Instagram and claimed it was good to chat with the US President as part of a welcome event for world leaders. 

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says it's 'crucial' for the leaders to have a meeting.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business. Which sets a great example, doesn't it.
Oli Peterson six pm, pers Live, Good afternoon.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'll tell you what my children are seven and four.
They is some great art.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
I'm happy.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'll happily sell it to you for two thousand dollars.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
Yeah, you can keep it. Albow Elbow is getting a
bit of art of his own. Is selfie with Trump?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Well yeah, I'll tell you what. Albo might need to
go and see the dentist just looking at Donald Trump's
pearly whites. But look he's chucked. He got the selfie,
He's got the meeting in October. He'll be back at
the White House. And I think it was very important.
As I said to you earlier in the week, it's
crucial that they have a face to face meeting. So
that will happen next month. And it just coincides with
Anthony ALBINIZI just addressing the UN General Assembly in the

(00:47):
last couple of hours and he has resurrected Australia's bid
for a place on the powerful UN Security Council. This
has immediately been backed up by the Federal opposition here
in Australia, and he's called for reforms of the Institution
to ensure it remains a force for good and strongly
endorsed the economic opportunity of renewable So it would be very,

(01:07):
very strategic for Australia to have a seat at the
table on the Security Council at United Nations, whether or
not we garner enough support from other nations around the world.
I think, as we all know here in this part
of the world, don't we ryan that our regional security
is just as important and it's looking like it's a
little bit shaky, So be good to have at least
an Australian at at the table. If we can't get a.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Key, we well, yeah, we're not even really trying. Hey,
family doctors are, our independent assessments are, and this is
all about spiraling costs.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah. Indeed, the National Disabily Insurance Scheme is now worth
forty eight billion dollars. It has just ballooned and will
continue to balloon. So what the federal government has decided
they will do is ask an independent doctor to go
through a procedure with somebody applying for the NDIS. Now

(01:59):
that could take up to about three hours, So are
trained assessor employed through a particular agency rather than you
going to see your family doctor who might sign off
on your condition. They're trying to get some independence into
the system because they believe there are thousands of people
who are currently wroughting the scheme. Visibility advocates today quite
concerned by that because they indicate that when you are

(02:20):
not seeing somebody who is familiar to you and what
you are going through, it creates additional sources of anxiety
and pressure put on that particular individual. But we've got
to do something, Ryan, This is now becoming a points
of being completely and utterly unaffordable the ndis, so they're
trying to look to rain in costs.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
You might get me surfing with news of a bite
proof witsuit.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Really, you still might do it. I'm thinking about just
sticking to the pool, to be perfectly honest. But yes,
it's the latest tool of protecting swimmers against ducks, and
it just so happens. I don't know if the video
has gone viral where you are, Ryan, but we've had
about a dozen sharks where I am in Perth just
to being described as being lurking around the Freemantle Harbor
in the last couple of days as they're watching on
as they're reconstructing the Fremantle traffic Bridge. And can you

(03:05):
imagine that as you're just looking down at the water
and you see about a dozen bull sharks just wandering
around or lurking in the waters. But this is, yes,
a new byte proof wetsuit. It's the latest storm and
protecting swimmers against sharks. It's been tested by experts here
in Australia, Flinders University has looked at this. It's the
Southern Shark Ecology Group tested the effects of four byte

(03:25):
resistant wetsuit materials so aqua amor Sharkstop action ts and
Brewster and it's something which could be hitting our shelves
sooner rather than later. So we might see you in
the surf here at Coddslow Beach.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yeah maybe, Ollie. Thank you. Olli Peedterson six PR Perth
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