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The Liberals are \u201cnot ruling anything out\u201d when it comes to their revised energy policy \u2013 including abandonment of the Paris agreement \u2013 shadow minister for the environment, Angie Bell,<\/strong> has said.<\/p>\n Speaking on the Sky News program, Sunday Agenda, Bell was at pains to note that the party was going through a long-term project to rethink their energy policy, including net zero, and were \u201cnot quite at the end of that process\u201d yet.<\/p>\n Bell said:<\/p>\n On Friday, we had another meeting of the backbench and I was present at that meeting, and we all agreed that energy prices need to come down and that we need to do our part in global emissions. Now I don\u2019t want to get ahead of that in respect for my colleagues. Dan Tehan<\/strong> is running that show [leading the review] and so I will leave that announcement of our policy to Dan and Sussan [Ley<\/strong>].<\/p>\n <\/span>Liberal MP Angie Bell.<\/span> Photograph: Mike Bowers\/The Guardian<\/p>\n The process of reviewing the policy had been estimated to take between six and nine months, Bell said:<\/p>\n I think we\u2019re around about month six. And so, I\u2019m sure that in the coming weeks or months we will see what our position is. But we\u2019re not in a hurry on this. This is a target for 2050, Andrew. We need to go through our proper processes to make sure that we\u2019re right on this<\/strong> because, clearly, the Labor government is failing when it comes to energy prices.<\/p>\n Asked if the Coalition might resolve to abandon the Paris agreement, Bell said:<\/p>\n I\u2019m not ruling anything out at this point \u2026 Again, that is part of our policy we will work through, in this process that we\u2019re undertaking at the moment.<\/p>\n For more on the ructions in the Coalition over energy policy and net zero, take a look at this analysis from Guardian Australia\u2019s Canberra bureau on Friday:<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.52 EDT<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n <\/span>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Caitlin Cassidy<\/span><\/p>\n All passengers who were onboard the luxury Coral Adventurer cruise have been disembarked and flown home after the 60-day journey was cancelled after less than a week after the death of passenger Suzanne Rees<\/strong>, aged 80.<\/p>\n Rees was left on the Great Barrier Reef\u2019s Lizard Island and wasn\u2019t found until the next day.<\/p>\n On 25 October, the luxury cruise ship arrived on Lizard Island as part of a circumnavigation of Australia. Rees had to pull out of a planned hike to the island\u2019s Cook\u2019s Look summit.<\/p>\n The Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island at 3.40pm. It was five hours before authorities were alerted that she was missing, and a land and sea search-and-rescue operation was launched. Rees was found dead the next day.<\/p>\n <\/span>Suzanne Rees, 80, who died after her cruise ship, the Coral Adventurer, left Lizard Island after an organised excursion without her on board. <\/span> Photograph: Supplied by Rees family<\/p>\n The vessel stayed near Thursday Island from Wednesday until Saturday while it disembarked passengers. As of Sunday, all had disembarked and been flown home.<\/p>\n Coral Expeditions was expected to return to Cairns early this week, where the cruise ship was based. As of Sunday afternoon, it was tracking just south of Haggerston Island, near the Great Barrier Reef marine park off far north Queensland.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Queensland police said the death, which would be investigated by the coroner, was \u201cnon-suspicious\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.14 EDT<\/p>\n Dfat trying to find out whether Australians affected by a mass stabbing attack on UK train<\/strong><\/p>\n The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is working to determine whether any Australians were affected by a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train in the UK overnight.<\/p>\n British police said 10 people have been taken to hospitals, nine of them with life-threatening injuries, and two people have been arrested after the attack near the town of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Dfat said in a statement:<\/p>\n The Australian Government is closely monitoring developments following a mass stabbing on a train in Huntingdon, UK. Our thoughts are with those injured and their loved ones.<\/p>\n Australian officials are urgently making enquiries with local authorities to determine whether any Australians have been affected. We stand ready to provide consular assistance.<\/p>\n Australians in need of emergency consular assistance should contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade\u2019s 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on 1300 555 135, or +61 2 6261 3305 (if calling from overseas).<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.56 EDT<\/p>\n Caitlin Cassidy<\/span><\/p>\n Ballarat Grammar board issues unreserved apology to its community after regulator imposes conditions on its boarding school<\/strong><\/p>\n The board of Ballarat Grammar has issued an apology to its community after the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) banned the prestigious school from accepting new boarding students until it could prove it complied with child safety standards.<\/p>\n On Friday evening, VRQA\u2019s CEO, Stefanie Veal,<\/strong> announced the regulator had imposed six interim conditions on the school\u2019s boarding premises registration while it continued a review.<\/p>\n She said the conditions included that until the review was complete, \u201cBallarat Grammar is prohibited from enrolling or accepting any new students at its school boarding premises\u201d.<\/p>\n As part of the conditions, Ballarat Grammar must notify the VRQA of any incident or complaint relating to child safety within 24 hours.<\/p>\n Ballarat Grammar has previously announced changes to its school leadership team and stronger boarding supervision after media reports in the ABC and Nine Newspapers alleged a hazing culture was operating at the school\u2019s boarding houses by older schoolmates, prompting investigations by police and regulatory agencies.<\/p>\n In a statement on Sunday, the board said it accepted the \u201cseriousness of the findings and the impact on students, families and the wider school community\u201d.<\/p>\n We recognise that the events this year have not met our school community\u2019s expectations, we unreservedly apologise … The school will continue to undergo a period of transformation as we take sustained action to demonstrate that the School has addressed the VRQA\u2019s findings and, most importantly, that students and families can continue to have full confidence in our commitment to safety, wellbeing, and care.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.37 EDT<\/p>\n Chinese premier could visit Uluru next year, Albanese says<\/strong><\/p>\n The prime minister says he\u2019s \u201coptimistic\u201d about the future of global trade as he prepares for China\u2019s premier to visit Australia next year, AAP reports.<\/p>\n As he wrapped up his visit to the Apec summit in South Korea, Anthony Albanese<\/strong> said China\u2019s Li Qiang<\/strong> could travel to Uluru on his next trip to Australia.<\/p>\n Albanese said he encouraged his counterpart to do so when the pair met in Malaysia on Monday, arguing the visit could bring tourism benefits for the region.<\/p>\n He told Sky News on Sunday:<\/p>\n I think that would be a very good thing to showcase Central Australia to what is, after all, well over a billion people.<\/p>\n Li last visited Australia in mid-2024, which was widely seen as a warming of the relationship between Canberra and Beijing.<\/p>\n <\/span>Chinese premier Li Qiang shakes hands with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese in Kuala Lumpur on 27 October. <\/span> Photograph: Huang Jingwen\/AP<\/p>\n While Albanese met with a number of world leaders on the sidelines of Apec, the summit was overshadowed by major talks between the American and Chinese presidents in the South Korean port city of Busan.<\/p>\n The US and China have agreed to wind back some trade restrictions after Trump slapped tariffs on goods linked to production of the drug fentanyl, and Xi clamped down on the sale of crucial rare earth metals to the west. Both barriers will now be eased.<\/p>\n Albanese also indicated he had written to the Turkish prime minister as Australia tries to negotiate hosting rights for the UN climate conference in 2026. Turkey has lodged a rival bid for the Cop event and is refusing to budge.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.14 EDT<\/p>\n Queensland premier says state cleaning up after weekend\u2019s storms<\/strong><\/p>\n The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli<\/strong>, has sought to reassure Queenslanders that the state is prepared for cleanup efforts after this weekend\u2019s storms brought giant hail, downed trees, blocked roads and damaged buildings.<\/p>\n Since Saturday morning Queensland SES had received 277 requests for help, the vast majority of those for leaking and damaged roofs, with some of the most affected by the storms included Somerset, Brisbane and Ipswich, AAP<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n Crisafulli said emergency crews had been busy overnight helping Queenslanders affected by the storms. One of the 120 attendees at a wedding at Biloela needed to be hospitalised after the wild weather.<\/p>\n Crisafulli said it had been a tough week with crop netting, irrigation equipment and some fruit and vegetables in Bundaberg also significantly affected by storms on Friday.<\/p>\n He said:<\/p>\n I want Queenslanders to know we\u2019re prepared for this \u2026 I think that\u2019s what makes the state so resilient, the ability to be able to deal with what Mother Nature throws at us.<\/p>\n <\/span>Queensland premier David Crisafulli.<\/span> Photograph: Darren England\/AAPShare<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.05 EDT<\/p>\n Cait Kelly<\/span><\/p>\n Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests<\/strong><\/p>\n Centrelink has been issuing payment suspension notices to jobseekers and those on disability support pensions at a rate of more than five a minute, new analysis suggests, amid concerns over the legality of the troubled system.<\/p>\n In total, government data collated by the Antipoverty Centre shows there were 2,683,605 suspension actions between June 2024 and July 2025.<\/p>\n They have taken place under Centrelink\u2019s mutual obligations regime, which is meant to ensure recipients are actively looking and preparing for work. If they do not fulfil activities \u2013 such as completing job applications or attending meetings with job providers \u2013 their payments can be suspended.<\/p>\n According to the Antipoverty Centre, the data shows this is still frequently occurring, despite new rules offering a five-day grace period for people to contact their job provider before their payments are blocked. However, the majority of suspensions are lifted before a person\u2019s income is impacted.<\/p>\n Read the full exclusive story here:<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.42 EDT<\/p>\n Little Creatures recall batch of Hazy Lager beers<\/strong><\/p>\n The producers of popular beer brand Little Creatures have issued a recall of a batch of its 375ml cans of Hazy Lager after it was found to be too strong and the cans potentially explosive due to over-fermentation.<\/p>\n In a product recall notice published by Food Standards Australia on Saturday, Lion – Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd said the affected batch was marked with the best-before date of 10\/11\/2025.<\/p>\n The problem was secondary fermentation, the notice said, adding:<\/p>\n Products affected may contain excess alcohol and carbonation, which can lead to over-pressurisation of the can. This may cause the can to burst, potentially resulting in injury.<\/p>\n Consumers were advised that they should not open or drink the product but rather dispose of it safely, and any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice.<\/p>\n The affected cans had been available for sale in Dan Murphy\u2019s and BWS in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia, IGA and Independent liquor retailers in NSW, and Coles in WA.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.15 EDT<\/p>\n Albanese takes swipe at Sussan Ley while answering question about \u2018Australian character\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier we brought you some comments from Anthony Albanese<\/strong> in Korea after meeting with Donald Trump<\/strong> and Xi Jinping<\/strong> at the Apec summit. Taking questions from the media, the prime minister was asked about Trump as \u201ca character\u201d, and what they had in common.<\/p>\n Albanese responded:<\/p>\n We have got on very well in the phone conversations that we\u2019ve had as well. I deal with people on an equal basis. I think Australians are like that. And I bring the Australian character to my prime ministership.<\/p>\n When asked what constituted the Australian character, the PM allowed himself a little snark, in reference to the recent Sussan Ley-led kerfuffle around him wearing a Joy Division T-shirt when he got off a flight from the US:<\/p>\n I think we\u2019re all a bit different, but we\u2019re all pretty relaxed, and we\u2019re all straight-talking. We\u2019re less formal than some cultures. That\u2019s the truth. Some of us even wear T-shirts when we get off planes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.13 EDT<\/p>\n The Liberals are \u201cnot ruling anything out\u201d when it comes to their revised energy policy \u2013 including abandonment of the Paris agreement \u2013 shadow minister for the environment, Angie Bell,<\/strong> has said.<\/p>\n Speaking on the Sky News program, Sunday Agenda, Bell was at pains to note that the party was going through a long-term project to rethink their energy policy, including net zero, and were \u201cnot quite at the end of that process\u201d yet.<\/p>\n Bell said:<\/p>\n On Friday, we had another meeting of the backbench and I was present at that meeting, and we all agreed that energy prices need to come down and that we need to do our part in global emissions. Now I don\u2019t want to get ahead of that in respect for my colleagues. Dan Tehan<\/strong> is running that show [leading the review] and so I will leave that announcement of our policy to Dan and Sussan [Ley<\/strong>].<\/p>\n <\/span>Liberal MP Angie Bell.<\/span> Photograph: Mike Bowers\/The Guardian<\/p>\n The process of reviewing the policy had been estimated to take between six and nine months, Bell said:<\/p>\n I think we\u2019re around about month six. And so, I\u2019m sure that in the coming weeks or months we will see what our position is. But we\u2019re not in a hurry on this. This is a target for 2050, Andrew. We need to go through our proper processes to make sure that we\u2019re right on this<\/strong> because, clearly, the Labor government is failing when it comes to energy prices.<\/p>\n Asked if the Coalition might resolve to abandon the Paris agreement, Bell said:<\/p>\n I\u2019m not ruling anything out at this point \u2026 Again, that is part of our policy we will work through, in this process that we\u2019re undertaking at the moment.<\/p>\n For more on the ructions in the Coalition over energy policy and net zero, take a look at this analysis from Guardian Australia\u2019s Canberra bureau on Friday:<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.52 EDT<\/p>\n Nine people attending a school fair were injured by giant hailstones in a supercell thunderstorm in Queensland yesterday, AAP<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n Giant hailstones, some measuring as big as 9cm, and heavy rain smashed south-east Queensland on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Paramedics assessed nine people, all with hail-related injuries, at the 150th Anniversary of Esk State School, about an hour from Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n One woman was taken to Ipswich hospital with neck and head injuries, a man in his 20s was taken to Gatton hospital with minor burns, and two women \u2013 one in her 20s and another in her 30s \u2013 were taken to hospitals privately, also with minor injuries.<\/p>\n <\/span>Cars were left with smashed windscreens after large hailstones hit the Queensland town of Pratten.<\/span> Photograph: Richard ManleyShare<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.54 EDT<\/p>\n On the bulk-billing announcement this morning, Guardian Australia\u2019s health reporter Natasha May<\/strong> spoke to GPs and practices, who don\u2019t all accept the government\u2019s claims that the scheme will help as much as they say it will.<\/p>\n Prior to the election, GPs were already warning that not everyone would make changes to bulk billing if the incentives were too low:<\/p>\n This feature, from April, paints a picture of why the outcomes of the funding aren\u2019t as obvious as the government would like them to appear:<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like a little refresher on the politics of the overhaul of federal environmental laws, Guardian Australia\u2019s climate and environment editor Adam Morton<\/strong> had this analysis last week:<\/p>\n He writes:<\/p>\n There are some things we know. The proposed changes to the EPBC Act do not deal with its fundamental problem: despite its name, the law does not prioritise protecting the environment. Its principle role is to allow projects \u2013 including fossil fuel developments \u2013 to go ahead, with some conditions attached to limit environmental damage.<\/p>\n That approach has failed, partly because the environment minister of the day has a remarkable amount of discretion to approve what they see fit. Ministers have routinely approved offsets that do not compensate for the nature that has been lost. Conditions have not been enforced. The cumulative impacts of multiple developments have not been considered.<\/p>\n \u2026 Added up, it means major surgery will be needed to address the systemic problems set out in the last major state of the environment report. The risk is that the overhaul ends up as tinkering rather than transformation.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.53 EDT<\/p>\n Giving Matthew Canavan<\/strong> and \u201cthe ghost of Barnaby Joyce<\/strong>\u201d responsibility for climate and energy policy \u201cis like handing Dracula the keys to the blood bank,\u201d the environment minister, Murray Watt<\/strong>, has said.<\/p>\n Commenting on ABC TV\u2019s Insiders on the expectation that the Nationals will formally drop their commitment to a net zero target by 2050 today, Watt said it seemed like \u201cthe tail wagging the dog in the Coalition\u201d.<\/p>\n He continued:<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got the National party which didn\u2019t even rate 4% of the vote in the last federal election dictating terms to the Liberal party who claim to be the majority party in a Coalition. It\u2019s a repeat of what we saw with nuclear, where the National party went out first, dragged the Liberal party into supporting nuclear only to be resoundingly rejected by the Australian people at the last election.<\/p>\n I mean, the idea that you would hand over climate and energy policy to the likes of Matthew Canavan and the ghost of Barnaby Joyce is like handing Dracula the keys to the blood bank.<\/strong> Half the National party don\u2019t believe in climate change, the other half just want to wish it away. What they are doing in dragging the Liberal party to this position is getting in the way of the incredible economic opportunity that transitioning to net zero provides.<\/p>\n So it\u2019s a real test for the Liberal party about whether they\u2019re going to continue being dictated to by a junior partner in their coalition who doesn\u2019t believe in climate change or whether they\u2019re going to get with the rest of the world and take the economic opportunities that transition involves.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.57 EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liberals \u2018not ruling out\u2019 abandoning Paris agreement, Angie Bell says The Liberals are \u201cnot ruling anything out\u201d when it comes to their revised energy policy \u2013 including abandonment of the Paris agreement \u2013 shadow minister for the environment, Angie Bell, has said. 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Liberals \u2018not ruling out\u2019 abandoning Paris agreement, Angie Bell says<\/h2>\n
Giant hail and weather chaos leaves nine injured in Queensland<\/h2>\n
Giving Canavan and Joyce responsibility for climate policy \u2018like handing Dracula the keys to the blood bank\u2019, Watt says<\/h2>\n