Speaker 1: Well, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his senior minister,
Speaker 1: Tony Burke, appear to be at odds on Labor's own
Speaker 1: migration policy. The Prime Minister decided against a plan to
Speaker 1: reduce the annual refugee intake. The federal government had decided
Speaker 1: to reduce the humanitarian intake from 20,000 people to just
Speaker 1: under 14,000 next financial year. Last night, Anthony Albanese intervened
Speaker 1: to confirm his plan to keep that annual quota at 20,000.
Speaker 1: The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, He had this to say
Speaker 1: about it when I asked him about that refugee intake
Speaker 1: a moment ago.
Speaker 2: They're all over the shop. I mean, our political opponents
Speaker 2: were all over the shop in immigration yesterday. Labor announced
Speaker 2: a policy that was gone by mid-afternoon, was gone. And meanwhile,
Speaker 2: we saw at the Bush summit, I don't know what
Speaker 2: their policy, it keeps changing. It changed about three times
Speaker 2: in three minutes.
Speaker 1: The Prime Minister's decision overrides Tony Burke and the targets
Speaker 1: set in the May budget to reduce net overseas migration
Speaker 1: at 225,000 people. So the number of Australians missing following
Speaker 1: the flash flooding in the Himalayas has now risen to
Speaker 1: at least 39. Foreign Minister Penny Wong has just released
Speaker 1: a statement confirming the government is attempting to confirm their welfare.
Speaker 1: Australia will also send $ 5 million in assistance as part
Speaker 1: of its response to the disaster. Three humanitarian response specialists
Speaker 1: will also be sent to assist within the next 48 hours.
Speaker 1: Rescue teams are racing against time to retrieve any survivors
Speaker 1: after the natural disaster destroyed homes and swamped roads. On
Speaker 1: the ground, the landslide has torn apart entire villages. One
Speaker 1: Nation is set to unveil the former New South Wales
Speaker 1: Trade and Investment Commissioner He's also an ex-banker. Mike Newman
Speaker 1: as the party's state leader. Mr Newman will run in
Speaker 1: the seat of Cessnock, targeting a Labor-held seat in the
Speaker 1: Hunter region. The party is obviously confident of winning. He
Speaker 1: says One Nation has a plan for the state. High-profile
Speaker 1: party member Stuart Bonds is expected to lead the Upper
Speaker 1: House ticket. However, he could also make a run for
Speaker 1: the Nationals' held Upper Hunter seat as well. US President
Speaker 1: Donald Trump confirmed Russia will not attack NATO territory. Earlier
Speaker 1: in the week, Donald Trump hinted something may come out
Speaker 1: of Tuesday's unannounced meeting between America's CIA and figures from
Speaker 1: Russian intelligence services. It comes after speculation over why CIA
Speaker 1: Director John Ratcliffe went to Moscow days ago, arriving on
Speaker 1: board a military aircraft and then leaving just hours later.
Speaker 1: The president today reassured NATO that Russia is not planning
Speaker 1: to attack its territory. European and US intelligence officials are
Speaker 1: monitoring Russia's attacks in the war against Ukraine. The CIA
Speaker 1: has reportedly declined a comment and there has been no
Speaker 1: word from the Kremlin. But Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance
Speaker 1: on NATO's safety.
Speaker 2: Well, war criminal Ratko Mladic, who was nicknamed the butcher
Speaker 2: of Bosnia, has died in jail at The Hague, aged 84.
Speaker 1: The Bosnian Serb military commander was serving a life sentence
Speaker 1: for genocide and crimes against humanity. He oversaw a campaign
Speaker 1: of ethnic cleansing as Yugoslavia was broken up in the 1990s.
Speaker 1: An international court found him responsible for the massacre of
Speaker 1: about 8,000 Muslims in a UN designated safe area of Bosnia.
Speaker 1: Ratko Mladic was arrested in 2011 and lived the rest
Speaker 1: of his life in custody.