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The crowd has been warmed up by a band performing fitting hits like Don’t stop believing, Sisters are doin’ it for themselves and the team’s unofficial anthem Strawberry Kisses.
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Absolutely obsessed that they’re playing ‘Strawberry Kisses’ before the Tillies arrive pic.twitter.com/RNXGAIjEps
— Eden Gillespie (@edengillespie) August 20, 2023
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The Matildas will be honoured for their herculean efforts throughout the tournament. The team secured fourth position last night after a 2-0 loss to Sweden. But it was the furthest Australia has ever placed in a World Cup.
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Earlier on Saturday, the Queensland government announced a statue would be built to tribute the team’s historic success.
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On the status of Palestine and the change to the government’s official position, Wong says Labor has returned to “a more centrist position”. She says the change is “consistent with the UK, the EU and New Zealand dos not prejudge final-status issues including the final status of Jerusalem”.
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On East Jerusalem, Wong says:
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Asked about the Labor party platform which calls for recognition of a Palestinian state “as an important priority”, Wong says she will “not engage in hypotheticals” and that “these are sensitive diplomatic decisions that should be made by cabinet and the cabinet should make such decisions when considering all of the diplomatic issues that would necessarily be before it.”
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What I would say is we have taken the last 15 months, I think you will see, whether it’s in returning Jerusalem to a final-status issue in our re-balancing of our votes, making them more consistent in the UN context, or the return to a more centrist and nomenclature in relation to occupied Palestinian territories around settlements are illegal which is in great response to events on to the ground this year. What you will see is consistency in our we approach this issue.
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Three snowboarders have been injured after a chair detached from a lift at the Thredbo ski resort.
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Two women in their 20s suffered back injuries and a man in his 20s suffered facial injuries after one of the chairs detached from the Kosciuszko ski lift on Saturday afternoon.
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Images posted online showed the injured being assisted by members of the ski patrol and a chair lying in the snow nearby.
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It is believed the incident happened as the chair reached the top station on the lift and was hit by a strong gust of wind.
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A storm system that swept through the ski fields on Friday had dumped fresh snow across the mountain.
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The resort released a statement saying none of the injuries were serious and the incident was being investigated by Safework NSW and an independent engineer.
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Brave Caitlin Foord was sporting a developing black eye and a lump on the side of her head after a Women’s World Cup loss that she said was her “worst nightmare”.
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Foord clashed heads with Sweden captain Kosovare Asllani before half-time but soldiered on, sporting a bandaged head, for the entirety of the 2-0 loss in the bronze medal playoff.
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Foord also played in the 4-3 loss to the US in the bronze medal playoff at the Tokyo Olympics.
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It hurts to be here and get so close and fall short again.
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The exact same thing happened at the Olympics and it was my worst nightmare for that to happen again and it has happened again.
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We just need to grow and learn from it and never let this happen again.
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I feel like we deserved to get something out of this tournament. I know we have, but personally for us to not have something around our neck is very disappointing.”
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The Matildas will compete in the Paris Olympic qualifiers in October.
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And welcome to another Sunday Guardian live blog.
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Matildas forward Caitlin Foord says the 2-0 World Cup loss to Sweden on Saturday night is her “worst nightmare” as the team ended their history-making run to end up fourth place. The Matildas struggled to match Sweden’s tempo through the first half at Brisbane Stadium in what was an at-times bruising game. Sweden’s Fridolina Rolfö netted an early penalty before a second-half goal to Kosovare Asllani capped victory.
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I’m Royce Kurmelovs, taking the blog through the day.
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Hundreds gather to see Matlidas receive keys to city in Brisbane
Eden Gillespie
Hundreds of fans have swarmed Brisbane’s Riverstage stadium to watch the Matildas receive the keys to the city.
The crowd has been warmed up by a band performing fitting hits like Don’t stop believing, Sisters are doin’ it for themselves and the team’s unofficial anthem Strawberry Kisses.
Absolutely obsessed that they’re playing ‘Strawberry Kisses’ before the Tillies arrive pic.twitter.com/RNXGAIjEps
— Eden Gillespie (@edengillespie) August 20, 2023
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The Matildas will be honoured for their herculean efforts throughout the tournament. The team secured fourth position last night after a 2-0 loss to Sweden. But it was the furthest Australia has ever placed in a World Cup.
Earlier on Saturday, the Queensland government announced a statue would be built to tribute the team’s historic success.
CPAC Australia: hardline culture warriors rail against Indigenous voice, ‘fake news’ and ‘woke corporates’
“We are one,” the motto above the CPAC logo proudly blared on the lanyards around the necks of attendees for the Conservative Political Action Conference in Sydney on Saturday.
It clashed somewhat incongruously with the even bigger text attached to the bright red media passes given to the few journalists who came to cover the event: “FAKE NEWS”.
Parroting a Trump catchcry wasn’t exactly surprising for the CPAC event, a local franchise of the long-running American conservative gathering. In keeping with its US roots, the event hosted a smattering of devotees of the Donald, alongside several Sky “after dark” favourites and one-fifth of the Nationals partyroom.
But the real headliners were the leaders of the no campaign in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, with CPAC for a second year turning into a rally against the advisory body. With “vote no” stickers and Liberal-authorised leaflets available at the door, the conference positioned the campaign not just as a vote on the voice itself, but a proxy battle of conservatives versus progressives in a fight for Australia’s political ascendancy.
For more on this story, read the follow report from Guardian Australia’s political reporter Josh Butler who will once again be on the ground at CPAC on Sunday.
Anthony Albanese will seek to fulfil a second term at next election
Prime minister Anthony Albanese says he will go to the next election with the intention of securing a second term – and seeing it out.
Speaking to Sky News in an exclusive interview as Labor meets for its national conference, the PM said he does not see his age as an issue and has plans for beyond 2025.
I’ve just got here 15 months ago. I have enormous energy for the task. One of the themes of this conference is Working for Australia. And that is the focus … of my government. Working for Australia to put in place a long term Labor government. That’s my focus.
Doing good government. Securing the support of the Australian people on the journey of change because if you don’t change the world moves past you and we have enormous opportunities this decade to set Australia up for a bright future.
We live in the fastest growing section of the world in human history.
I’m very energised and when I was at the Nato summit recently I was certainly not one of the older leaders who was there.
I have the great honour of being elected prime minister in May of last year. It’s not something that when I went into parliament was on my to do list.
It’s a job I’m enjoying and regard as an incredible privilege. I love this country.
I certainly will be going to the next election with the intention of fulfilling a term. Politics can change quickly of course and we take nothing for granted, certainly not the next election … but during the last term I spoke about plans for 2022 and beyond, and beyond 2025.
Albanese was also asked in the interview if he knew the price of petrol, which is currently above $2.10 but said though he doesn’t fill up the car, the last time he did it was $1.80.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison was asked the same question at the National Press Club in February 2022 and also could not name the price.
Labor has returned to ‘a more centrist position’ on Israel: Penny Wong
On the status of Palestine and the change to the government’s official position, Wong says Labor has returned to “a more centrist position”. She says the change is “consistent with the UK, the EU and New Zealand dos not prejudge final-status issues including the final status of Jerusalem”.
On East Jerusalem, Wong says:
I think East Jerusalem, has been regarded under international law as occupied. So by using the term that others use and the majority of the international community use of occupied Palestinian territories dos not mean that the Australian government would prejudge final-status issues including of Jerusalem, despite the fact that some people wish to say that that is what we are doing. We are not, and neither is the international community, and I think on this issue – I know this is an issue that people feel deeply about – we tried to take a principled, consistent and coherent position. That is how we have approached this issue, not through the prism of domestic politics, but to try to return Australia to more consistent and principled position internationally and domestically.
Asked about the Labor party platform which calls for recognition of a Palestinian state “as an important priority”, Wong says she will “not engage in hypotheticals” and that “these are sensitive diplomatic decisions that should be made by cabinet and the cabinet should make such decisions when considering all of the diplomatic issues that would necessarily be before it.”
What I would say is we have taken the last 15 months, I think you will see, whether it’s in returning Jerusalem to a final-status issue in our re-balancing of our votes, making them more consistent in the UN context, or the return to a more centrist and nomenclature in relation to occupied Palestinian territories around settlements are illegal which is in great response to events on to the ground this year. What you will see is consistency in our we approach this issue.
Australia ‘retains concerns’ about ongoing detention of Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun: Wong
Wong says Australia “retains concerns” about the ongoing detention of Australian journalist Cheng Lei and writer Dr Yang Hengjun.
We continue to advocate for their return to their families. We continue to advocate for their interests, and our concerns are expressed and raised in every senior interaction that we have with the Chinese government. We will continue to do that.
Wong however says “Australians do want to see a mother reunited with her children”.
Wong on potential visit to Australia by a Chinese official
On the potential for a visit to Australia by a Chinese official, Wong says officials are “talking through when that would be convenient”.
The engagement does matter. The way I’ve described it and I think we’ve made clear we will cooperate with China where we can, disagree where we must and we will engage in our national interests, because even if you don’t agree, it is important to engage. That’s central to the navigation of both cooperation but also of difference.
Pressed on when this visit might take place, Wong says she would “anticipate that dialogue to occur in Australia at an appropriate time”.
Aukus does not lead to greater proliferation of nuclear material: Wong
Wong is asked about whether Australia will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and says that she wants to stress that “No, Aukus does not lead to greater proliferation of nuclear material. I want to say that really clearly”.
We will work with the International Atomic Energy Agency to make sure it is consistent because we have quite frankly gold standards when it comes to nuclear none proliferation and we will protect that.
On the treaty itself, Wong says the government is “considering very closely the treaty” but won’t comment on whether Australia will commit, saying instead that she personally feels the treaty is a “very important tool internationally for progressing this discussion”.
We’ve set out the principles by which we would consider it, but I again want to say – I know the TPNW is a very important articulation, particularly from civil society about why people rightly want a world without nuclear weapons. The way you deliver that best, the way you deliver outcomes best is through the non-proliferation treaty.
Storing nuclear waste generated by subs a ‘big challenge’, Wong says
Wong says union membership won’t be a requirement to work on the nuclear subs.
I don’t recall that ever being part of our procurement processes, but my point is I think the unions are a very important part of the tripartite approach to making sure we improve our national capability which is what Aukus is about and what the Defence Strategic Review is about.
On the issue of where nuclear waste generated by the submarines will be stored and disposed of, Wong says that is an open question and represents a “big challenge”.
It is one of the consequences of going down this path that we will have to deal with and we know that, which is why we are already starting the process of working through how this will happen. Obviously we are talking decades away, given the time-frame, we are talking – we don’t get the first Aukus submarine for a number of decades.
So, the reality is this is some decades off, but it is right that people are raising it. We know this is a challenge and we will make sure there is a process in place to address it.
Aukus helps ensure a strategic balance in the region, Wong says
Wong is asked about whether China’s activities in south-east Asia is leading to a new arms race but says she does not want to “talk about this hypothetically”.
I want to talk about what is really happening. What is happening is we are seeing a change in strategic balance in the region. We are seeing more challenging strategic circumstances. The question is not commenting about it, the question is what we do about it, and what we have to do with other countries is to ensure that there is a strategic balance in the region, that we want to make sure that, you know, no country ever thinks that conflict is worth it. That’s the calculus we always have to change and we do that both by deterrence and reassurance. That’s what Aukus contributes to, just as that’s what our diplomacy, our development assistance and engagement contribute to.
Speers asked Wong directly about whether “China is making the world more dangerous”.
Wong:
I think we know, and I think we’ve been very upfront about it what is happening in terms of the military buildup in the region. We know that there is greater strategic competition between the great powers. We know what has been happening in our region. We’ve seen recently exercises in the Taiwan strait and events in the Philippines.
Foreign minister Penny Wong on ABC Insiders
Foreign minister Penny Wong says Labor has been transparent about discussing the “strategic rationale for Aukus” at its national party conference with prime minister Anthony Albanese and senior government ministers clearly articulating the need to acquire nuclear submarines.
I think about this as how do we achieve and ensure a peaceful, stable and prosperous region in which sovereignty respected? A key part of that is strategic balance. That includes military deterrence, but it also includes reassurance through diplomacy and engagement.
Wong said that the government wants to “contribute to the strategic balance which underpins the sort of stability and prosperity and peace that we all seek in our region” through both deterrence but also dialogue.
Matilda the platypus shows her fighting spirit
A rescued female platypus being cared for at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has been named Matilda after Australia’s fourth-place finishing team at the Fifa Women’s World Cup.
The puggle was around four months old when she was admitted to Taronga’s Wildlife hospital in April. She was in poor condition and weighed only 280 grams.
Matilda had been found under a bush on the NSW Central Coast and was weak, severely malnourished and covered in ticks, which compromised her waterproofing making it difficult for her to swim and survive on her own.
Thanks to around-the-clock care from Taronga’s platypus team she now weighs in at 694g and is eating and foraging on her own.
NSW premier Chris Minns said naming the platypus in honour of the Matilda’s was fitting.
We are incredibly proud of the Matildas and the spirit they have shown throughout the Women’s World Cup and Tilly is emblematic of that perseverance.
We know their legacy will be remembered for generations and, now one of our most iconic native animals shares the same name.
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Suspicious fire guts Adelaide restaurant
A suspicious fire has destroyed a restaurant in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs but quick work by fire crews has saved eight neighbouring shops.
The fire broke out at about 3am on Sunday in the complex at Toorak Gardens.
Flames quickly spread to an air-conditioning system but efforts to prevent the blaze from escalating were successful.
The Metropolitan fire service says the damage has been put at about $200,000 but could have been more than $2m if the other shops had been gutted.
Police say investigators attended the scene and believe the fire was deliberately lit.
About an hour later a stolen car was found on fire at Osborne and checks are being made to determine if the two incidents are linked.
– AAP
Snowboarders hurt as wind gust hits Thredbo ski lift
Three snowboarders have been injured after a chair detached from a lift at the Thredbo ski resort.
Two women in their 20s suffered back injuries and a man in his 20s suffered facial injuries after one of the chairs detached from the Kosciuszko ski lift on Saturday afternoon.
Images posted online showed the injured being assisted by members of the ski patrol and a chair lying in the snow nearby.
It is believed the incident happened as the chair reached the top station on the lift and was hit by a strong gust of wind.
A storm system that swept through the ski fields on Friday had dumped fresh snow across the mountain.
The resort released a statement saying none of the injuries were serious and the incident was being investigated by Safework NSW and an independent engineer.
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Matildas loss Foord’s ‘worst nightmare’
Brave Caitlin Foord was sporting a developing black eye and a lump on the side of her head after a Women’s World Cup loss that she said was her “worst nightmare”.
Foord clashed heads with Sweden captain Kosovare Asllani before half-time but soldiered on, sporting a bandaged head, for the entirety of the 2-0 loss in the bronze medal playoff.
Foord also played in the 4-3 loss to the US in the bronze medal playoff at the Tokyo Olympics.
It hurts to be here and get so close and fall short again.
The exact same thing happened at the Olympics and it was my worst nightmare for that to happen again and it has happened again.
We just need to grow and learn from it and never let this happen again.
I feel like we deserved to get something out of this tournament. I know we have, but personally for us to not have something around our neck is very disappointing.”
The Matildas will compete in the Paris Olympic qualifiers in October.
– AAP
Foreign minister Penny Wong will be speaking to ABC Insiders this morning.
We’ll bring you all the latest as it happens.
Good morning
And welcome to another Sunday Guardian live blog.
Matildas forward Caitlin Foord says the 2-0 World Cup loss to Sweden on Saturday night is her “worst nightmare” as the team ended their history-making run to end up fourth place. The Matildas struggled to match Sweden’s tempo through the first half at Brisbane Stadium in what was an at-times bruising game. Sweden’s Fridolina Rolfö netted an early penalty before a second-half goal to Kosovare Asllani capped victory.
Three snowboarders have been injured when a chair on the Kosciuszko ski lift in the Thredbo resort detached. Two women in their 20s suffered back injuries and a man in his 20s received facial injuries. It is believed the incident occurred as the lift approached the top station and was hit by a strong gust of wind.
I’m Royce Kurmelovs, taking the blog through the day.
With that, let’s get started …
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