1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamio with the 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The coalition is done again. National's leader 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: David Littlebrowd announced his party was walking away for the 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: second time after eight senators quit the shadow cabinet on 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: Wednesday night. Little Browd said differing positions on the government's 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: new hate speech legislation was behind the split. 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: We acted in good fight to get to this position, 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 2: but we could not be forced intoviting for a position. 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: The National Party is our own sovereign party and certainly 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: cannot force us to vote one mo or. 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: Another, the Nationals leader said. Senators Bridget mackenzie, Susan McDonald 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: and Ross Caddell, whose resignation from the shadow front bench 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: triggered the split, weren't in the wrong when they crossed 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: the floor to vote against the amended Hate Speech Bill 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: because it didn't go through the usual party room processes. 16 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: This was a rush process. We are talking about national 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: security matters with complex legislation, complex legislation that should be 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: scrutinized and understood before we're forced to vote on it. 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 2: That was the disappointing fact of it. 20 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: But in her resignation letter to Liberal leader Susan Lee, 21 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: Mackenzie herself acknowledged she'd breached coalition solidarity. Mackenzie shot down 22 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: suggestions National backbencher Matt Canavan is driving from the back seat. 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: I can categorically say that Matthew Canavan is not running 24 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,279 Speaker 3: the National Party. The National Party party room this week 25 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 3: made a very difficult decision to not support the hate 26 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: law bills. We drafted amendments. We were unable to get 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 3: to an agreement with the Liberal Party on what that 28 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 3: looked like. After all sides acting in good faith and 29 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: doing their very best. 30 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: McDonald said the whole debarcle could have been avoided if 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: Lee simply refused the trio's resignations. Little prowd did leave 32 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: the door open to reunification, just not while Susan Lee 33 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: is at the helm. In the meantime, his party will 34 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: keep their distance from the Liberals in Parliament. 35 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 2: Well, we have sat by ourselves, we will sit and 36 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: we will undertake what we have done. 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: The Australian's National editor, Dennis Shanahan writes the turmoil within 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: the coalition takes the heat of Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi, 39 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: who's been under pressure for his government's response to the 40 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: December fourteenth terror attack at Bondi Beach. Australians observed a 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: national day of mourning for the victims of the Bondai 42 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: terror attack on Thursday. The Prime Minister said, it's a 43 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: time for unity. 44 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 4: It's an opportunity for us as a nation that wrap 45 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 4: our arms around the Jewish community today we share their grief, 46 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 4: a grief with no ending, only a beginning. 47 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: Albanzi will address a memorial service at the Sydney Opera 48 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: House on Thursday night and incouraged Australians once again to 49 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: place a candle in their windows to commemorate the dead. 50 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: A moment of silence will be observed at seven oh 51 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: one pm, while flags on state and government buildings will 52 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: be flown at half mast. In Davos, US President Donald 53 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: Trump walked back his threat to impose additional tariffs on 54 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: several European nations at a meeting of the World Economic Forum. 55 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: Trump said he'd reached an agreement on the framework of 56 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: a future deal that would allow the United States to 57 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: acquire Greenland. Trump says the US needs to take control 58 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: of the Danish territory to curb expansion into the region 59 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: by China or Russia, but European leaders, including America's NATO allies, 60 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: have firmly resisted the move, saying it's unnecessary and dangerous. 61 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian 62 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: dot com dot a U and come back to the 63 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: front first thing in the morning.