The Greens criticise the government's migration strategy overhaul. The phasing-out of fossil fuels omitted from a draft climate deal at the COP28 summit. And in football, Ange Postecoglou admits he may have treated his players unfairly following Tottenham's 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle.
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- The Greens criticise the government's migration strategy overhaul.
- The phasing-out of fossil fuels omitted from a draft climate deal at the COP28 summit.
- Ange Postecoglou admits he may have treated his players unfairly following Tottenham's 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle.
The Greens have criticised the government's new migration strategy, saying Labor is unfairly blaming migrants for the housing crisis.
The government has unveiled its overhaul of the immigration system, announcing plans to halve net migration over the next two years while attracting more and highly skilled essential workers over the coming decade.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neill says migration levels need to be brought back to sustainable levels after a post-pandemic peak of 500,000 arrivals in the last financial year.
She says tighter rules for international students will reduce exploitation while also easing pressure on resources like housing.
But Greens leader Adam Bandt says the government's plans to cut migration are focused on appeasing the Opposition rather than tackling cost-of-living pressures.
"Migration hasn't caused Labor's housing crisis. It's Labor backing unlimited rent rises, unlimited interest rate rises, and not building enough public and affordable housing. That's what's got us into the housing crisis that we're in, but now, Labor has joined the Liberals in blaming migration for the housing crisis. Stop trying to out-tough Peter Dutton, because there's nothing he won't do."
The phasing out of fossil fuels that has been demanded by many countries at the COP28 summit has not been included in a draft climate deal.
The draft, published by the United Arab Emirates' presidency of the summit, proposed various options but did not include the phase out which was included in a previous draft.
European climate and energy ministers have said the draft does not meet their expectations, and they are prepared to continue the conference into overtime to secure a different outcome.
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra says leaders should continue negotiations to ensure a stronger outcome.
"There is a great majority of countries who actually want and demand more in terms of phasing out and in terms of what is in the text. And in terms of getting rid of coal. And in terms of making this decade, the decade in which we show the most urgency."
Papua New Guinea's leader still views Australia as its main security partner and has kept talks with China limited to the economy
PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with both the Chinese president and premier while in Beijing earlier this year, but says he told the two leaders he only wanted to discuss economic links.
Australia and PNG have since signed a defence pact that mandates consultation if either nation is attacked or if the peace and stability of either nation is threatened.
Australia will also provide 200 million dollars to help boost PNG's policing and justice system, including a training centre for the Pacific in Port Moresby.
Prime Minister Marape has told a Lowy Institute event the most important thing China and Western allies can do for PNG is discuss economic strategies.
"The greatest threat facing humanity after climate change - if not greater than climate change - is poverty. Poverty. The gap in poverty must be filled. And the West cannot be ignorant to this. Economies need to survive, (the) market has to be maintained. And China's given us great respect by keeping us to that space. We've told them before we went to Beijing: don't talk security, don't politics. Let's talk commerce and trade."
In football, Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has admitted he and his team have been too strict on the players recently in an attempt to get better results.
It comes after the Spurs thrashed Newcastle United 4-1 a the Tottenham Stadium, with Brazilian Richarlison scoring a brace.
This was the first win for Postecoglou's team since October 28, giving them a huge breather in the hunt for a spot in the top four of the Premier League.
The Australian manager says thinks have not been easy during that time.
"We're kind of trying to build something here and part of that is to, through the tough periods, just not allow the lads too much latitude in terms of excuses but the reality of it is, that I've probably been too hard on them, in retrospect. We got decimated after the Chelsea game. And it's not a coincidence that now that we're getting some players back, we're starting to look a little bit stronger and, I'm not going to speak on Eddie Howe's behalf but I can see what he's going through."
