Political and international editor Peter Hartcher joins Bianca Hall to discuss the outcomes of the G20 summit in Rome,and Australia’s diplomatic stumbles along the way.
If world leaders could not reach a deal in Rome,the outlook for the unwieldy UN summit looks as dismal as the Glasgow weather forecast.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will be “slinging the doors open” to Singaporean holidaymakers from November 28.
Leaders from the 20 largest economies are struggling to agree on concrete measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,phase out coal or set a 2050 deadline.
Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations,a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises.
Angus Taylor rules out taking a more ambitious 2030 target to the next election as the G20 considers replacing 2050 net zero deadline with “mid-century” goal.
Scott Morrison arrived in Rome on Friday knowing one of his meetings at the G20 summit would overshadow all the others.
Australia is pressing the world’s biggest economies to force social media giants to reveal the identity of anonymous “trolls” who harass people online.
Without higher-income countries increasing assistance through donations of doses and supplies such as syringes,aid organisations say low vaccination rates in low-income countries are a risk to everyone.
Scott Morrison will not support a push by leaders of the world’s largest economies to set a date to end coal mining,joining China and India in objecting to a deadline.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will target big tech companies allowing anonymous users to defame others,putting the issue on the G20 agenda.