1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian Unclair Harvey with the 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. It's been a big twenty four hours 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: for Pauline Hanson. First, the One Nation leader created global 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: headlines by wearing a burker with black stockings and high 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: heels in Parliament. Then she got suspended from the Senate. 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: Now she's on video wooing rogue national Barnaby Joyce with 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: a steak dinner for two in her office. But it's 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: Hanson's cooking method. And remember she is a hospitality professional, 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: having once owned a fish and chip shop that has 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: sparked fierce debate. She sizzled the prime beef on a 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: sandwich press before serving it to Joyce, prompting The Australian's 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: food writer Elizabeth Merrimant to accuse Hanson of a crime 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: against cooking. Merriman says best practice would see the meat 14 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: brought to room temperature, salted and see it on a 15 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: very hot grill or barbecue lennox hasty style to form 16 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: a golden, caramelized crust and juicy interior. Hungry now, Liz says, 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: marbled wag you like the ones hands and cooked will 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: set you back about one hundred dollars apiece from a 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: premium butcher. Meanwhile, Joyce's NAT's colleagues say they're getting sick 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: of the courtship and say Joyce only wants to join 21 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: one nation because it's soaring in the polls. Chinese President 22 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: Shijinping rag us President Donald Trump to discuss Taiwan and Ukraine, 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: and the leaders have issued mutual invitations for state visits. 24 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: The calls prompted a diplomatic flurry in both countries and 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: around the world as experts frantically analyze what it all means. 26 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: Trump says he'll visit she in Beijing in April and 27 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: will host the Chinese leader in Washington, DC for a 28 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: state visit later in twenty twenty six. That's as Trump's 29 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: pro Russia twenty eight point piece plan, originally rejected by 30 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,919 Speaker 1: the Ukrainians, is adapted to be much more acceptable to Kiev. 31 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: Ukraine's volodome Zelenski says he's feeling more optimistic about the 32 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: proposed deal and we'll now discuss directly with Trump. The 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: original plan would have required Ukraine to give up its 34 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: Donbas region and shrink its armed forces by a third, 35 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: while also giving up hope of joining NATO. Now, the 36 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: Ukrainians say initial talks in Geneva with US Secretary of 37 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: State Marco Rubio have indicated those demands are off the table. 38 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian 39 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: dot com dot au and come back to the front 40 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for one of our favorites, 41 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan to work out what the Donald 42 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: Trump Shijinping bromance is all about and whether those state 43 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: visits are a good thing.