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Australia news live update: international border reopens as those stranded set to return home; Morrison doubles down on Aukus deal | Australia news
Scott Morrison insists Australia has made “the right decision” by ditching a multi-billion dollar French submarine contract even though his management of the fracas has infuriated Emmanuel Macron and prompted an implicit public rebuke from Joe Biden.
Speaking to reporters at the G20 summit in Rome on Saturday, Morrison insisted he had kept the Biden administration up to date “with the status of the conversations and discussions with the French government”.
Morrison’s account contradicts an observation from Biden during a meeting with Macron ahead of the G20 summit.
The US president told Macron, with television cameras present, that he was “under the impression that France had been informed” about Australia’s intention to ditch a $90bn contract with the French Naval Group “long before” the Aukus nuclear powered submarine pact was revealed publicly.
17:48
Speaking of Cop26, Scott Morrison has met French president Emmanuel Macron for the first time since for the first time since the Aukus pact was announced, terminating Australia’s submarine deal with France.
Morrison described the moment to the press:
I said g’day … he was having a chat to someone. I went up and put his arm on his shoulder and said, ‘G’day, Emmanuel. I look forward to catching up over the next couple of days.’
That’s the way these events work. He was happy to exchange those greetings. We’ve known each other for a while. It is part of the process of the way back.
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17:40
The minister for energy and emissions reduction Angus Taylor will be speaking on ABC Insiders this morning.
Prime minister Scott Morrison is currently in Glasgow today for the UN’s climate change conference, Cop26. Australia has faced international pressure to ramp up its action on climate change. As such, over the last few weeks, Morrison and Taylor raced to secure Nationals party room support for a target of net zero emissions by 2050.
In order words: expect questions about the deal struck with the National party, the lack of detail around Australia’s plan to reach net zero, and why Australia hasn’t increased its 2030 emissions reductions targets, which have been widely criticised as inadequate.
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17:34
Good morning, it’s Justine Landis-Hanley here to bring you the news today, Sunday 31 October 2021.
Let’s dive straight in:
From tomorrow, vaccinated citizens will be allowed to travel overseas and return without quarantining as New South Wales and Victoria open their international borders for the first time since the pandemic began.
Prime minister Scott Morrison has headed to Glasgow for the UN’s climate change conference, COP26. There, Morrison has already come face-to-face with French president Emmanuel Macron for the first time since the Aukus pact was announced, terminating Australia’s submarine deal with France.
Australians are remembering the life of entertainer Bert Newton, who passed away yesterday, aged 83.
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