1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian. I'm Christinamio with the 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. Israel's government has approved the first phase 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: of a peace deal that will see a cease fire 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: commence in Gaza within twenty four hours and hostages held 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: by Hamas released in the coming days. Israeli defense forces 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: currently stationed in Gaza will also withdraw to new lines 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: in the region. Prime Minister Benjamin Nettania, who told a 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: cabinet meeting it was a momentous development after two years 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: of fighting in the last two. 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: Years before doing these two years to the Tuba warriams, 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: the central one of these warriams, maternal passages, all of 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: the oss living under head. Now we're about to achieve the. 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: Jared Kushner, the son in law of US President Donald Trump, 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: also attended the meeting alongside Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 3: The truth is, as I look back, I don't think 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: we get to this place without Prime Minister Yahoul playing 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 3: in it. How much is saying that not just words? 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 3: The President believes that My President believes that he believes 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 3: that Prime Minister Netanyahu made some very very difficult clause 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 3: and lesser people would not have made those calls. 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, whose administration broke the deal, along with negotiators 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: from Qatar and Egypt, will travel to the Middle East 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: on Sunday to oversee the official signing of the plan. 24 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen appears to have 25 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: conceded he got it wrong when he refuted figures reported 26 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: by The Australian about the scale of the government's renewables 27 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: rollout in question time on Thursday. He referred to reports 28 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 1: by the New South Wales Agriculture Commissioner, not the nationwide 29 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: data provided by Rainforest Reserves Australia. 30 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 4: In relation to protected lands, we have a very strict 31 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 4: environmental approval regime in place and if an environment if 32 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 4: an application is in the wrong place, it won't be approved, 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 4: whether it's for renewable energy or anything else, Missus Speaker. 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 4: That's as it should be. 35 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: It comes as a top scientist called for a moratorium 36 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: on projects until the government could be certain they won't 37 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: be destructive to Australia's biodiversity. The Australian has today launched 38 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: the list Australia's Top one hundred innovators. It's a celebration 39 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: of our most visionary entrepreneurs, judged by an esteemed panel 40 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: of experts. Here's The Australian's Technology editor Jared Lynch. 41 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 5: I think there's a lot of people if the innovation 42 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 5: belongs somewhere else, that in Australia we're no good at it. 43 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 5: But Australia does punch above its weight when it comes 44 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 5: to innovation. We're not just importing stuff from Silicon Valley. 45 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 5: So it's important that we do the lists like the 46 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 5: Innovator's List to celebrate our innovators, to give those who 47 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 5: are out there in the trenches trying to make a 48 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 5: genuine difference a good old pat on the back. 49 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Check out the list Australia's Top one hundred innovation, as 50 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: well as all the latest in newssport, business and politics 51 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: right now at the Australian dot com dot au and 52 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: come back to the front first thing in the morning 53 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: for a frank assessment of the latest book by the 54 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown.