Key Points
- Former Nationals leader Joyce defects from party
- Federal Government says work needed to meet new emissions reductions target
- Arne Slot admits his job is on the line after Liverpool’s shock loss against PSV
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New England MP, Barnaby Joyce, has announced he is leaving the Nationals party after three decades as a member.
Former party leader, Joyce, says he has been placed in the "ejection seat" and has been pushed to leave by colleagues.
He says he has had no communication with Nationals Leader David Littleproud, to resolve the issues between the pair.
He says he is considering defecting to Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party but would not confirm his next move.
"So, after 30 years with the national party, I am resigning from the party. That really leaves me with a heavy heart, and I apologize for all the hurt that that will cause other people I really do."
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Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen says Australia will need additional work in order to meet the 2035 target.
The government has set a national target to reduce emission by 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and 62 to 70 per cent by 2035.
Mr Bowen says while Australia is on track to achieve the 2030 target in budget term, but the government projects that additional work will be needed to get to the 2035 goal.
"It's normal for there to be a gap between projected emission and a target ten years into the future. That's why you set a target, and as new policies are now developed and implemented, emissions outlook improves, that's what a target is for, it drives new initiatives and work."
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Opposition leader Sussan Ley has accused Labor and the Greens of making what she calls a dirty deal, after the two parties reached a consensus to pass the environmental law this week.
Ms Ley says the bill will push energy prices up and accuses Labor of making the cost of living worse.
"What is very clear from the reaction so far to the dirty deal done by the Labor party with the Greens, a deal that wasn't necessary to conclude today or this year, what is absolutely clear is that this is going to put energy prices up."
Angie Bell, the Opposition's environment spokesperson, says the bill will deliver more red tape for energy producers, and says it will not just have impacts on gas and electricity prices, but also jobs and productivity.
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A bystander has been praised by police for saving the life of a swimmer who was attacked by a shark in New South Wales mid north coast.
Two swimmers, a man and a woman, were attacked by the shark on Thursday morning [[November 27]]. The woman died before paramedics arrived at the scene, and the man has suffered from serious injuries.
New South Wales Superintendent Joshua Smyth says a witness of the attack has played key role in saving the swimmer's life.
"It's really important to know that a very good bystander's first aid was administered to the male patient, she made a tourniquet on the male's leg, obviously potentially save the male patient, allow paramedics to get there and render further medical aid."
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New South Wales emergency services have received over 2000 calls for assistance due to the severe thunderstorms overnight.
The state's central west and Western Sydney were hit by heavy rainfalls and strong winds yesterday, leading several communities to power outage.
An SES Spokesperson says there were around 100 volunteers working in the impacted areas in Blacktown and Paramatta, which received over 1000 calls for assistance last night.
"Central West, we did receive a surge of calls across Belfast, Orange and Dubbo, significant property damage was experienced in Nvertire, where the entire roofs were blown off homes and sheds. And in those area, we are gonna expect clean up to take several days."
A heatwave warning is in place across the state till November 29.
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To sport now and in football, Liverpool has hit a low, with a four to one defeat by PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League.
Liverpool has lost nine of their last 12 games across all competitions, dropping to 12th place on the ladder on nine points.
After the win, PSV climbed to 14th in the Champions League table, with eight points.
Reds manager, Arne Slot, shared his shock at the home ground loss - the first in the past 14 games the side has playerd at Anfield.
Slot, acknowledging that after such a miserable season, he could lose his job.
“No, I am not worried. What I mean with that, is that my focus is on other things than worrying about my own position. I try to analyse, try to help the players as much as I can, and it is obvious that I don’t do it in the way I did that last season, because when you talk about individual errors, I think that’s also something that comes from a team effort. So, again, I need to do better and that’s what I am trying to do every single day, to improve the team, and that is where my main focus is, to be honest.”
