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Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Albanese due to meet tech bosses in California during a week long trip to the US. The PM will meet Apple's former CEO Tim Cook at the company's Silicon Valley HQ after a formal invitation earlier this year. The pair are set to discuss Apple's new parental control measures, which were inspired by Australia's world leading under 16s social media ban. Digital safety will also form a key part of the PM's agenda when he travels to New York later in the week. to take part in the UN General Assembly. The International Rowing Body says the Queensland government's claim that the Fitzroy River has been signed off as an Olympic venue is untrue. The Courier-Mail reports world rowing was shocked at Premier David Krishafooli's claim that Rockhampton has been locked in for the Brisbane 2032 Games. The body's technical assessment found the Fitzroy River could deliver fair competition. However, there are still more stages before the venue can be confirmed. The Premier used the confirmation earlier this week as an apparent final approval for the river, which would be the first since 1948 to host Olympic rowing events. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating claims the Orca submarine deal will commit Australia to conflicts between the US and China in the future. The vocal AUKUS critic is pointing to comments from Republican Congressman Michael McCaul this week, saying Australia is already a target for enemies of the US. Mr McCaul also stated it was logical to assume the nuclear-powered submarines could also be nuclear-armed after 2032. Mr Keating believes the US would certainly lose a conflict with China and that this would leave Australia vulnerable. The opposition is vowing to restore Australian classroom standards with a national curriculum overhaul after unveiling the education policies it will take to the next federal election. It follows the NAPLAN results this year that found almost one third of students are not meeting expectations in literacy and numeracy. The opposition now announcing its own national school education policy, improving classroom discipline, cutting screen time use for students and a school funding guarantee. Among its major commitments, it says its policy is built on five key pillars, including shortening the national curriculum, streamlining pathways into teaching, enhancing discipline and raising behavioral standards. implementing effective teaching methods and maintaining parents' right to choose the school that's right for them. The Kremlin continuing to launch drone strikes across the border at Ukraine as its own citizens head to the polls. Officials in Ukraine say at least 10 people were injured in a double-tap drone strike on the southern port city of Odessa. Emergency services claim a second drone struck around 30 minutes after the first, targeting those first responders that had got to the scene of the initial attack. On Telegram, Russia's defense ministry said cargo ships and a logistics hub in the area were the intended targets. Meanwhile, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, a Russian drone strike, a Russian drone struck a suburban train, killing one person and injuring eight others. Local officials say the train was stationary at the time of the attack and passengers had been evacuated. On the other side of the border, Russians are heading to the polls for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine back in 2022. Parties who are against the war have been barred from registering to run. Yabloko, the only party against the conflict, was taken off the ballot in August. President Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party is expected to dominate the counts. The Kremlin expected to use the results of the vote to gauge the Russian public's support for a war which is now more than four and a half years old.
Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Albanese due to meet tech bosses in California during a week long trip to the US. The PM will meet Apple's former CEO Tim Cook at the company's Silicon Valley HQ after a formal invitation earlier this year. The pair are set to discuss Apple's new parental control measures, which were inspired by Australia's world leading under 16s social media ban. Digital safety will also form a key part of the PM's agenda when he travels to New York later in the week. to take part in the UN General Assembly. The International Rowing Body says the Queensland government's claim that the Fitzroy River has been signed off as an Olympic venue is untrue. The Courier-Mail reports world rowing was shocked at Premier David Krishafooli's claim that Rockhampton has been locked in for the Brisbane 2032 Games. The body's technical assessment found the Fitzroy River could deliver fair competition. However, there are still more stages before the venue can be confirmed. The Premier used the confirmation earlier this week as an apparent final approval for the river, which would be the first since 1948 to host Olympic rowing events. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating claims the Orca submarine deal will commit Australia to conflicts between the US and China in the future. The vocal AUKUS critic is pointing to comments from Republican Congressman Michael McCaul this week, saying Australia is already a target for enemies of the US. Mr McCaul also stated it was logical to assume the nuclear-powered submarines could also be nuclear-armed after 2032. Mr Keating believes the US would certainly lose a conflict with China and that this would leave Australia vulnerable. The opposition is vowing to restore Australian classroom standards with a national curriculum overhaul after unveiling the education policies it will take to the next federal election. It follows the NAPLAN results this year that found almost one third of students are not meeting expectations in literacy and numeracy. The opposition now announcing its own national school education policy, improving classroom discipline, cutting screen time use for students and a school funding guarantee. Among its major commitments, it says its policy is built on five key pillars, including shortening the national curriculum, streamlining pathways into teaching, enhancing discipline and raising behavioral standards. implementing effective teaching methods and maintaining parents' right to choose the school that's right for them. The Kremlin continuing to launch drone strikes across the border at Ukraine as its own citizens head to the polls. Officials in Ukraine say at least 10 people were injured in a double-tap drone strike on the southern port city of Odessa. Emergency services claim a second drone struck around 30 minutes after the first, targeting those first responders that had got to the scene of the initial attack. On Telegram, Russia's defense ministry said cargo ships and a logistics hub in the area were the intended targets. Meanwhile, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, a Russian drone strike, a Russian drone struck a suburban train, killing one person and injuring eight others. Local officials say the train was stationary at the time of the attack and passengers had been evacuated. On the other side of the border, Russians are heading to the polls for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine back in 2022. Parties who are against the war have been barred from registering to run. Yabloko, the only party against the conflict, was taken off the ballot in August. President Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party is expected to dominate the counts. The Kremlin expected to use the results of the vote to gauge the Russian public's support for a war which is now more than four and a half years old.
