,6364960678112,fb,global,msn,world,yt,HxJNXWBCKLM,UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, Politics,Society, channel_UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, video_HxJNXWBCKLM,Ukraine has reportedly fired British-made storm shadow missiles into Russia for the first time.
Earlier this week it emerged that the US had granted Ukraine approval to fire long-range missiles into Russia.
Russia believes US President Joe Biden is escalating the conflict.
,6364961652112,australia,fb,msn,politics,yt,kNcF-oM3TA8,UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, Politics,Society, channel_UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, video_kNcF-oM3TA8,Treasurer Jim Chalmers has claimed a lot of progress has been made to address the cost-of-living crisis.
The Treasurer delivered a speech to Parliament yesterday, saying increased expenditure has protected the country from falling into recession.
Mr Chalmers added the government remains committed to supporting Australians through economic uncertainty - including the fight against inflation.
,6364960930112,australia,fb,msn,yt,-1IRfjrlLGs,UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, Society, channel_UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, video_-1IRfjrlLGs,A nightclub in Melbourne has gone up in flames after a fire broke out in a two-story building on Chapel Street in South Yarra around 2 am.
It took crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control.
No injuries have been reported.
,6364944744112,fb,msn,opinion,yt,50iyf3N5-9Y,UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, Society,Television_program, channel_UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, video_50iyf3N5-9Y,Sky News host Liz Storer, Caleb Bond and James Macpherson have reacted to Jaguar’s bizarre new car-less ad.
The TV host compared the new ad campaign approach from Jaguar to other failed “woke” marketing attempts by companies like Bud Light and Gillette.
“These institutions, somehow market these ideas, but it never, ever has once gone well for any company," Ms Storer said.
“Why would Jaguar go for this?”
,6364945912112,fb,msn,opinion,yt,S5ROMz1tscA,UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, video_S5ROMz1tscA,Sky News host Liz Storer claims Australia should have a “comprehensive plan” in place for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.
Her remarks come after a First Nations Cultural Centre museum has been proposed for the Olympic Games.
“How about we just settle for any kind of comprehensive games at all?” Ms Storer said.
“Do we even have a comprehensive plan in place yet Brisbane before we start worrying about the trimmings?”
,6364941131112,fb,msn,opinion,ritapanahi,yt,kku4r5w4n6k,UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw, video_kku4r5w4n6k,Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to Jennifer Rubin claiming Republicans want to "kill your kids".
,1,Sky News host Chris Kenny has reacted to climate “lunatics” who have continued to obstruct rail lines into the Port of Newcastle.
The group of activists over the past eight days have attempted to block coal trains going into a major port as they draw attention to the climate crisis.
“Apart from sort of questioning the sanity of all of this, I get the feeling that these people are retirees looking for a hobby, looking for something to fill in their days and we're all paying the price,” Mr Kenny said.
,1,Today marks the end of the financial year and the start of Labor's so-called cost of living relief, with stage three tax cuts the centrepiece.
Workers earning $30,000 per year will receive an extra $354 back and every household will receive a $300 energy rebate which automatically comes off energy bills.
However new data revealed the number of NSW households forced onto hardship plans because they can't pay their energy bills has risen by 97 per cent since the last federal election.
Meanwhile, inflation is up four per cent and that is even before the state and federal stimulus measures have come into force.
Judo Bank Chief Economic Advisor Warren Hogan joined Sky News host Danica De Giorgio to discuss whether or not it’s the right time to be providing families with income tax cuts.
,1,Seattle University Professor of American Politics Patrick Schoettmer says US President Joe Biden “absolutely failed” in proving to people in CNN’s presidential debate that he was “up to serving for another four years”.
Mr Schoettmer says he the US President “came off flat”.
“He left a lot of people doubting whether or not he was up to the job for another four years,” Mr Schoettmer told Sky News Australia.
,1,REA Group Senior Economist Eleanor Creagh says the risk of an interest rate rise before the end of the year has “increased”.
Economists believe there is a 50 per cent chance of a recession if the Reserve Bank is forced to raise interest rates.
There is a 40 per cent chance interest rates may be hiked in August after monthly inflation came in above market expectations at four per cent.
,1,Sky News contributor James Morrow says US President Joe Biden is like a “cartoon frog” who only “performs for his owner”.
“This performance we saw there – not going great, not high energy,” he told Sky News Australia.
“Democrat donors are starting to panic; CNN interestingly is also saying that there is ‘aggressive panic’ behind closed doors in Democrat circles.”
,1,The daughter of US President Joe Biden, Ashley Biden, was roasted online during a speech on Wednesday.
President Biden’s second child joined her mother and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House for the Pride Month celebration.
It was during her speech at the celebration that users on X mocked the 43-year-old’s attempt to say LGBTQ.
“She's definitely Biden's daughter,” jokingly wrote one user.
Ashley joined her mother on the South Lawn where Pride decorations were seen all over the White House.
The 43-year-old’s speech called for children to feel “loved, accepted and supported” and spoke about how many are bullied.
,1,Institute of Public Affairs Daniel Wild says Labor Senator Fatima Payman not being expelled from Labor for crossing the bench over Palestine “reinforces” the Prime Minister’s weakness.
“Senator Payman is a lightweight – she’s barely able to defend her position on any sort of coherent manner there,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“Basically you’ve got the Palestinian wing of the Labor Party that's essentially running government policy.”
,1,Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says the Taungurung Land Council has “too much power” after they launched a legal challenge against Goulburn Murray Water, which granted a license for a mini hydroelectricity plant.
“It’s another day, another dollar and another claim by these councils,” she told Sky News host Caleb Bond.
“It’s almost becoming like a lucky dip – they’re putting out thousands of claims across the country, seeing which one might come back as successful.”
,1,Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton says Donald Trump will return to Ronald Reagan’s “peace through strength” style of foreign policy if he is re-elected.
“Robert O’Brien, who was the final national security [advisor] … wrote something recently in Foreign Affairs, an establishment magazine, saying basically it would be a return to Ronald Reagan style peace through strength,” Mr Whiton told Sky News Australia.
“Trump does want to negotiate with Russia which, for some reason, is controversial.
“Most significantly, in that O’Brien essay that he wrote … is a major shift in attention to the Pacific to the Indo-Pacific, including deploying the entire US Marine Corps there as it was in World War Two.”
,1,Joe Biden is deteriorating before our eyes. The president had another shocking week of gaffes that were broadcast across the globe as he humiliated himself on the world stage at the G7.
Sky News All Stars James Morrow, Rita Panahi and Alex Stein take a look at Joe Biden’s rapid decline and ask what’s next for the frail and feeble president.
,1,Hezbollah has launched a barrage of rockets at Israel, vowing to increase force against the nation.
The group says they are in response to an Israeli air strike that killed a senior Hezbollah official.
There are no reports of casualties, but the attack started fires in Northern Israel.
,1,Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has “no idea” on how to reduce the cost of living, says One Nation’s Chief of Staff James Ashby.
Mr Ashby’s comments come as a petrol tax is set to hit Australians.
“The Prime Minister recalled the Labor cabinet and every single MP two weeks ahead of this parliament to talk about ways in which he can save the ordinary Australian on cost of living,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray.
“Why wasn’t this raised? Why wasn’t a plan put forward to say ‘we’re going to put this on ice, we’re not going to do this?'
“But instead – no, no, no – that was all another lie.”
,1,Australia's oldest person Catherina van der Linden has died at the age of 111.
In an interview to celebrate her last birthday, Ms van der Linden credited her longevity to an active lifestyle and finding contentment.
She shared her title of the oldest Australian with the title of oldest Dutch person.
Ms van der Linden was born in the Netherlands in 1912 and migrated to Australia in 1955.
Her philosophies included keeping moving and staying content with what you have.
,1,Independent MP Zali Steggall has called for the 100-year-old “thriving” Balgowlah Golf Course to be shut down and handed to the local school, says former professional golfer Mark Allen.
Mr Allen joined Sky News host Steve Price to discuss the push to shut down the popular golf course.
“When I came back on my little trip I was looking at all the parks everywhere – nobody was in a park on a beautiful Melbourne day, I went past Brighton Golf Club and there are people everywhere enjoying themselves,” Mr Allen said.
“The only parks that are worth going to are one where people carry around a gold club.
“But they forget that people pay green fees to keep these beautiful courses the way they are.”
,1,Independent MP Zali Steggall has called for Balgowlah Golf Course to be “transitioned” into a public space as there is “no shortage” of public golf courses in her electorate of Warringah on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Steggall has called for the local golf course to be shut and repurposed for other sports as there are “three public golf courses available” in a “five-kilometre radius”.
“I think that the Telegraph and 2GB are misrepresenting a few things,” Ms Steggall told Sky News Australia.
“The P&C approached me because they were blindsided by a consultation process happening over the school holidays when no one in the school community was there around the plans for the Balgowlah Golf Course.
“That Balgowlah Golf Course has been on notice for four years that it was to be transitioned to public space for all the community to use – and not just playing golfers and sporting fields.
“I’ve obtained an extension to the consultation period, so the whole community can have their say.
“I have no issue with golf, but we have no shortage of public fields.”
,1,Multiple injuries are being reported following a building collapse in the US state of Idaho.
Emergency crews are at the scene in Boise, conducting search and rescue efforts.
The collapse occurred at a facility near the Boise Airport.
Police have warned the incident is causing traffic issues around the area.
Local officials are expected to address the media soon.
,1,Jordan Belfort says the “mistake” people make when they invest is to think they’re going to end up ok, but the playing field is “dramatically tipped against you”.
“The mistake people make when they invest – because, you’re right, you have to have fun; and I specifically say you should speculate, and I go through how to speculate carefully – have fun, make money,” Mr Belfort told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan.
“But the bottom line is if you think you can take your money that you save and speculate and you’re going to end up ok, you’re not.
“You’re going to mostly get destroyed because the playing field is dramatically tipped against you.
Mr Belfort joined Mr Morgan to discuss investing, Wall Street, cryptocurrency, Donald Trump, his time in prison, and the first thing he did when he was released.
,1,Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer says the flood of migrants at the US southern border is part of the Democrat Party’s plan.
“This is not a sign of weakness – this is actually their plan – they want to allow people to come in”, Mr Spicer told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“They had said since day one, ‘our border is open, everybody is welcome’.
“They are bringing people in, they want them as future voters, there is no question that’s what they are doing.”
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer sat down with Sky News host Andrew Bolt to discuss the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US border crisis and Donald Trump.
,1,The Princess of Wales has returned home after two weeks in hospital.
The details of her surgery have not been revealed.
Kensington Palace has released a statement confirming her release.
Princess Catherine is now in her Windsor home.
She is expected to undergo recuperation over the coming months.
,1,Sky News host Paul Murray says “Invasion Day” protests this year were joined by Palestinian protests but the majority of Australians went about their business “quietly”.
“Yeah, okay, I’ll talk about the Invasion Day thing,” Mr Murray said.
“I want to talk about it through a slightly different way than most people talk about this stuff.
“Now obviously I can’t tell you what every person was thinking in the crowd, but the signs were pretty obvious – to unsettle the colony.
“The twist this year was that the Palestinian flag was just as prominent as the Indigenous flag in many protests – while I do not doubt the passion and the want for dramatic change – it is obviously not true that it is the majority … view of Australians.”
,1,Australian solo rower Liz Wardley has set a new race record in the ‘World’s Toughest Row’.
She crossed the finish line in Antigua in the Carribean after racing at sea for 44 days.
The 45-year-old rowed her seven-metre boat almost 5,000 kilometres across the Atlantic.
Liz endured some tough conditions and, in the last 24 hours of the race, capsized in wild seas.
“Getting off the boat and stepping onto the dock was definitely an amazing experience – I couldn’t actually stand up,” Ms Wardley told Sky News Australia.
“It took a lot out of me.
“Just getting to the finish line – a massive accomplishment.
“I knew it wasn’t going to be an easy feat, but coming in as the third solo ... and taking out this record – I'm a bit lost for words ... I’m extremely proud of my achievement and also everyone who’s been around me to help me.”
,1,Author Douglas Murray points out the problems with the idea of a two-state solution, saying it’s “very strange” foreign statesmen have been calling for it in recent months.
“In Israel, the two-state solution question has been arguably sort of settled for some years,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Liz Storer.
“In that, it’s perfectly obvious as what happened on October 7th that Israel cannot live – the Israeli people cannot live beside a terror group that wishes to annihilate them.
"Because sometimes that terror groups will get lucky and actually have a go.
"What’s strange is in that same period, seeing foreign statesmen and others come into Israel and say, ‘this is why you need to double down on the two-state solution’.”
,1,A group of South Australians has not taken its council's decision to dump Australia Day citizenship ceremonies lightly.
The patriotic group has opted to organise its own community festivities, dropping invitations into letterboxes across the city of Unley.
More than 80 councils across the country will forego the Australia Day traditions on January 26.
Liberal Senator Alex Antic has called for only one flag to be flown at any Australia Day celebrations as he slammed an “overarching self-loathing creeping into the country”.
Mr Antic confirmed he would attempt to stop by and show support for the ratepayer-organised event which has been decided upon as a barbeque in Heywood Park, Unley.
,1,Fourth person dies in Phillip Island drowning, Australia's population reaches 27 million, Victoria’s councils snub citizenship ceremonies, illegal Western Australia gold refinery dismantled, Chris Hemsworth named most influential Australian on Instagram, Johnson & Johnson to pay over opioid crisis and rainforest treehouse turned in a classroom.
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,1,Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas says there is a “strong case” for Virgin Australia to win the bid for the rights to more weekly flights between Australia and Indonesia.
The remarks come as Australia's International Air Services Commission is considering applications from both Virgin and Qantas for the rights to almost 2,500 extra weekly seats between Australia and the holiday hotspot.
The Transport Workers Union is backing Virgin Airlines for the rights to run extra flights to Bali - arguing the airline prioritises local aviation jobs.
Geoffrey Thomas agrees telling Sky News Australia: “A lot of people would argue, particularly for Western Australia where there is no top quality airline flying to Bali with premium service that a virgin product is what they want.
“Which offers business class, and those sorts of products - so I think there is a very strong case for Virgin on this one.
From a market share perspective Virgin should get the nod, and from a product offering perspective I think also Virgin should get the nod.”
,1,Sharri reveals Scott Morrison's shock new job. Anthony Albanese calls his MPs for an urgent cost-of-living summit, is this strong leadership or a panic move? Plus, Elon Musk continues his anti-Semitism apology tour.
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,1,Sky News host Caleb Bond says “something has to give” as pro-Palestinian rallies are costing the Australian taxpayer over $200,000 each time they go through with a protest.
“$220,000, something has to give, at some point,” Mr Bond said.
“Surely, whether it is the state government stepping in or the police simply saying well we’re going to show you and we’re not going to rock up and patrol this protest.
“Then someone will have to do something about it after that.
“It cannot continue as it currently is.”
,1,King Charles hosts secret annual award ceremonies for MI5 spies.
News Corp Columnist Louise Roberts discusses the "spy Oscars" with Sky News host Caroline Di Russo.
"Apparently, he does host the spy Oscars which has been going on since 2012," she told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo.
"It's an opportunity the MI5 awards for those who work in the shadows, who really are stopping terror attacks and huge drug industries and so forth.
"So it's great to see that they are being recognised for their great work."
,1,Ukraine's military supplies are dwindling, prompting calls for further aid from western allies.
Resupply trucks in Ukraine only bring a few more rounds to soldiers as they struggle to recapture cities taken over by Russia.
With US military aid ground to halt, things could get tougher for the Ukrainians soon.
Moscow’s forces face no ammo shortages, Ukrainians say, after getting around a million rounds from North Korea in the past year.
Ukrainians are already innovating on the battlefield despite the shortages, with a few soldiers mounting a Soviet-era launcher on a US-made pickup truck.
,1,Buses in Queensland will soon use Chinese-made security cameras which were previously blacklisted from public buildings.
Chinese company Hik-vision will provide CCTV for 200 rail replacement buses.
The company's products have been removed from Australian government buildings over national security concerns.
Security analysts say the move could give the Chinese government direct access to the cameras.
Government infrastructure in Europe as well as the UK and the US have also taken down Hik-vision cameras over security concerns.
,1,The ASX 200 finished the day up on Friday, gaining 1.02 per cent.
The top performers included The Lottery Corp, which rose 6.02 per cent, Xero, which lifted 4.80 per cent, and Weebit Nano, which gained 4.52 per cent.
Bottom performers included Boss Energy, which fell 3.23 per cent, and Emerald Resources, which slipped 3.07 per cent.
The price of Bitcoin also dropped this week, sitting at $62,600 this afternoon.
It comes one week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s ETF approval.
,1,Prince William could become the first British monarch in centuries to break ties with the Church of England when he becomes King.
Royal biographer and commentator Angela Levin said Prince William is “not at all religious”, unlike the late Queen Elizabeth and King Charles.
“He goes to church at Easter and Christmas, but he’s not really interested, and he doesn’t feel comfortable in a spiritual sort of place,” she told Sky News host Paul Murray.
“So he’s thinking that when the time comes, he doesn’t want to be leader of the church, which is what King Charles does.
“It will be the first time since Henry VIII wasn’t in charge of the religion of the country.”
,1,Sky News host James Macpherson has questioned the “strangest” of all the “flexes” a politician could do as New South Wales Premier Chris Minns bragged about his state having the longest escalator in the Southern Hemisphere.
Chris Minns posted on X that ‘NSW is now home to the longest escalators in the southern hemisphere.’
“Of all the flexes a politician could do, this one was the strangest,” Mr Macpherson said.
“When the electricity grid fails, does that mean we will have the longest stairs in the southern hemisphere?
“And speaking of flexes, southern hemisphere: the people in Congo must really be kicking themselves that their escalators aren’t as big.”
,1,Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has criticised the Albanese government for not yet fulfilling its promise to triple its presence in Bahrain to assist Western allies in the Red Sea.
The Albanese government has only sent one or two staff officers to the US Central Command, according to The Australian.
“It has been lacking in substance and now it’s seemingly lacking in delivery as well,” Mr Canavan told Sky News Australia.
“I think the Albanese government has a lot of explaining to do here.”
Mr Canavan also noted that he has not been directly critical of the Albanese government for its decision not to send a warship to the Red Sea.
,1,Pro-Palestine supporters have gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy in Canberra.
The protesters could be seen waving both the Palestinian and South African flags.
This comes after South Africa launched a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, claiming the country is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
“So long as you, safe in your office, continue to murder entire bloodlines of Palestinians in their homes, in the streets, in hospitals,” one protester said.
“You, Israeli diplomats, you murderers, you will not be welcome here.”
,1,Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has offered his congratulations to the new Taiwan president following the country’s election overnight.
Taiwan’s vice president Lai Ching-Te has been elected as the nation’s new president.
“We welcome and congratulate the incoming president,” Mr Dutton said during a media conference on Sunday.
“Obviously an experienced vice president, and particularly in a troubling time it’s important that democracies are able to implement the outcome of the will of the people.
“That’s what’s happened in Taiwan, and we welcome that outcome.”
,1,Taiwanese people are “frustrated” with “malicious” Chinese interference in their elections, but they did a “very good job” of identifying misinformation early, Foundation for Defence of Democracies Senior Fellow Mark Montgomery says.
The Taiwanese elections have been described as a choice between peace and war in a race that has drawn global tension.
“I’m not sure – I think the Taiwanese did a very good job at identifying disinformation early, getting stories squashed as quickly as they could, so it may not influence the results much.
“It is a close election … this is going to be decided by a few points, so any interference is bad.
“The interference does sometimes have a negative effect, when properly discovered and reported, people are somewhat frustrated at Chinese malicious activity.”
,1,Centre of the American Experiment President John Hinderaker says things are “just spinning out of control” ahead of this year’s US presidential election.
“We’ve never seen anything like it," he told Sky News host James Macpherson.
“We’ve got the party in power trying to put their number one opponent in prison.
“We’ve had two states now rule that Donald Trump can’t be on the ballot in the 2024 election, that matter now in the United States Supreme Court.
“So, in many ways, we are in uncharted territory.”
,1,Sky News contributor Kel Richards says it is “really distressing” how the word ‘genocide’ has been “cheapened” by accusations Israel has committed war crimes in its war on Hamas.
The International Court of Justice is set to begin hearings later this week after South Africa filed a case against Israel.
They have accused Israel of war crimes by violating the Genocide Convention in its war on Hamas.
Crossbench Senator David Pocock has urged the Labor Party to ‘publicly support’ the international probe.
“It really bothers me as a wordsmith the way the word genocide is being cheapened,” Mr Richards said.
“The word was coined in 1943 by a bloke named Raphael Lemkin, who was a Jewish lawyer in Poland … in order to describe … what was happening to the Jewish people.
“When you’re using genocide, you need to be able to point to the concentration camps and the gas ovens.
“When you apply it to something which is not genocide, it cheapens the word, and you can’t use it when it really happens.”
,1,With just two days left until Taiwan elects its new president, one candidate is looking to ride a wave of young voter support straight to the island's top job.
With a pivotal election just days away, former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-Je says he can ease tensions with neighbouring China and shatter the two main parties’ stranglehold on power.
If Ko Wen-Je can win Saturday’s race, he would be the first to do so from outside of Taiwan’s two main parties.
Ko finds himself in a race divided by views on neighbouring China, which claims Taiwan as its own.
The maverick former surgeon says he can find a middle ground in straddling relations with China.
,1,In the final set of redacted Jeffrey Epstein documents, prominent figures such as Bill Richardson, Marvin Minsky and Les Wexner have been accused of sex trafficking.
As part of the deposition into the 2015 lawsuit between Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell, Giuffre alleged that all three of the men were involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.
Giuffre alleged that she had sex with Wexner on multiple occasions, including another incident that involved Epstein accuser, Sarah Kellin, having sex with Wexner at the same time.
Wexner cut ties with Epstein in 2007 and has previously denied any knowledge he had of other Epstein-related allegations.
French model scout, Jean-Luc Brunel, was also accused by Giuffre of sex trafficking her.
Brunel died in a French prison while awaiting trial for separate sex trafficking charges in 2022.
There is no suggestion that any of the associated individuals who are named in the documents have committed crimes or wrongdoing.
,1,Pope Francis’ calls for a global ban on surrogacy are “not anything new” because it has been opposed to these kinds of “reproductive technologies” since the 1960s, ANU Bioethics Senior Lecturer Dr Nathan Emmerich says.
Pope Francis has called for a global ban on surrogacy, calling the act “deplorable” and a “grave violation” of the dignity of the mother and the child.
This comes just weeks after he authorised Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples in a significant shift in the church’s approach to LGBT people.
“They are not anything new, really,” Dr Emmerich told Sky News Australia.
“Ever since the Catholic Church affirmed its opposition to contraception back in the 60s, it has been opposed to these kinds of reproductive technologies.
“Obviously, the focus tends to be abortion, but it is also against things like IVF and, of course, in order to have surrogacy, you have to go through IVF processes.”
,1,Sky News host Andrew Bolt has praised Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek for blocking the Victorian government’s plan to build a wind turbine plant at Port of Hastings.
The Victorian government had planned a program of locally-produced wind turbines in the Port of Hastings for use in offshore wind farms.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek ruled against the offshore wind farm terminal due to its ‘unacceptable risks’ to local flora and fauna.
Ms Plibersek said the production facility's planned 600-metre wharf southeast of Melbourne would cause irreversible damage to the wetland, and its native flora and fauna.
Mr Bolt said he agreed with the environment minister saying the project sure would hurt wetlands in the area.
,1,A 90-year-old woman has been miraculously rescued from the rubble of her collapsed home 124 hours after the New Year's Day earthquake.
The woman from Suzu City had survived more than 5 days after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit her area last Monday.
The discovery of this elderly lady has spurred hope, as survival rates diminish greatly after 72 hours.
More than 500 people were injured, at least 27 of them seriously.
More than 200 people remain unaccounted for, following the quake.