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- The renewable energy sector says Australia has the business and trade opportunity of a lifetime...
- Survivors mark the 30th anniversary of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since World War II...
- And in AFL, Carlton coach Michael Voss acknowledges threats on his life amid the Blues struggling season.
The head of the Smart Energy Council says Australia has the business and trade opportunity of a lifetime through becoming a renewable energy superpower.
CEO John Grimes told the National Press Club that Australia must accelerate its renewable energy strategy due to the country's natural strengths.
"As a nation we have a staggering national advantage. If you put a solar panel in Australia and the exact same panel in Germany, the one in Australia will produce up to four times more energy than the one in Germany. Same panel, much stronger sun. The solar panel costs the same but the economic return is four times greater. And that's why it's so important that Australia does lean in because this is the trade and investment and business opportunity of a lifetime."
He also says Australia must learn lessons from its trade partner China and work as a team, across the political aisle, to ensure the country seizes this energy production and exporting opportunity.
are skeptical of the latest announcement from United States President Donald Trump that he is considering additional heavy sanctions on Russia, saying the Trump administration has been unreliable in its support of Ukraine.
President Trump announced the potential sanctions while approving a new delivery of defensive weapons to Ukraine.
It come after a recent decision by the Pentagon to halt some shipments of weapons to Ukraine which prompted warnings from the Ukrainian leadership last week.
Mr Trump's failed efforts at ending the Russia-Ukraine war have angered the US leader whose frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin has only been increasing.
Dr Matthew Sussex, a visiting fellow at A-N-U's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, tells Sky News that the possible sanctions should be taken with a grain of salt.
"The White House had held up air defence missiles for Ukraine for a while. It then reversed that. It said that it's been quietly winding back some of the sanctions on Russia. Now, Trump says he's considering this very heavy sanctions deal, so whether or not it's good for Ukraine, it might be good for them in the short term. But the short term with this particular administration can be measured in hours rather than days or weeks."
Nearly 7000 people have embarked on a three-day peace march through the forests of eastern Bosnia in memory of the thousands of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's only acknowledged genocide since World War II.
The 30th anniversary of the mass killing of more than 8000 men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group, primarily Muslims, in a UN-protected safe area in Srebrenica by Bosnian Serbs, has also been commemorated at a sombre event at the UN General Assembly in New York.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ruled that the massacre and the mass expulsion of Bosniak civilians constituted a genocide.
The annual 100 kilometre march retraces a route taken by the Bosniaks who were massacred as they tried to flee Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of the country's 1992-95 interethnic war.
One survivor, Amir Kulaglic says he has returned to support his son and cousin retrace his steps.
“I am the survivor of this path, march of the dead, from Srebrenica to the village Nezuk. My trip lasted for seven days and eight nights. And today I'm here so I can see my son, Sultan, on this walking path.”
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia have sworn in three new dogs into their National Court Dog Program to help calm victims of trauma and hardship.
The courts have welcomed the trained facility dogs Molly, Lani and Sunny into the Parramatta, Sydney and Newcastle registries respectively.
In welcoming Molly to the Parramatta court, Chief Justice Will Alstergren says the dogs represent a more trauma-informed and sensitive approach to victims who find court processes difficult to bear.
"Our courts are extremely pleased to be able to welcome Molly as our official court dog for the Parramatta registry. This is such an incredibly important registry and it represents real challenges for people who come to this court under serious trauma and anything we can do to lessen that trauma is so incredibly important. A professionally trained facility dog can provide support to people who are experiencing severe stress and offer a positive and calming distraction."
In AFL,
Carlton coach Michael Voss has responded to what has been described as "death threats" on his life amid the Blues struggling season.
The AFL's integrity unit is reportedly investigating a message directed at the Blues coach referencing a brutal end to his life.
The threat, delivered to the MCG's venue service hotline during Carlton's 56-point loss to Collingwood on Friday is not currently being treated as a credible death threat by Victoria Police.
It also comes after vandals targeted the Blues headquarters with graffiti last month.
Michael Voss says this kind of behaviour cannot be tolerated.
Voss, a three-time premiership captain with the Lions, has been assured of his job until at least the end of this season.
