getting news from camera come -- canberra. the budget being updated. been trimmed from in april, $5 saw billion expected down from $7.1 billion that had been forecast. the following year, also revised downward to $6.1 billion down from $11 billion. the government also cutting half a percentage point off of its growth forecast. to quarter percent, now the oneth forecast down to quarter percent. with moretyre is here on the outlook. so what is it going to mean for the government, the surplus getting narrower, credit forecast that as well, what now? >> it seems the government is on track to getting to a surplus. the numbers indicate there is a lower expectation of wages. that makes sense given the data. they have adjusted almost down to where the reserve bank forecast was that we were seeing last week or the week before when they released their statement on monetary policy. we have yet to see the finer points about iron ore. iron ore has been relatively high. an assumption of $55 a ton. this is $95 we have been seeing more recently. there might be capacit

consumed more than 40000 square kilometers of land the disaster has prompted australia's capital canberra to cancel the new year's fireworks show in contrast to sydney which has decided to go ahead with their fireworks spectacle over the harbor bridge and the opera house despite a petition signed by more than a quarter 1000000 people to cancel b. event they want the money instead to go to emergency services and bushfire victims for more on the bushfires i'm now joined by journalist roger may now in sydney roger welcome thousands have signed a petition to stop the sydney harbor fireworks other fireworks displays have been cancelled how thorough he's justifying this. well as it at the new year's eve fireworks on sydney harbor has been given the go ahead but amid a lot of criticism a lot of control has to be said today the lord mayor of sydney defended the decision to go ahead with fireworks and said that about $600000.00 would be donated by the organizers to bushfire related charities and to help victims of the book the fires. the it was difficult as it did like of course because you know t

professor david lindenmayer leads a team of ecologists at the australian national university in canberra. thank you for speaking to us here at bbc news, professor. first off then, talk us through the impact these fires are having on ecosystems and the wildlife? well, these are no doubt unprecedented fires in a0 years i've never seen unprecedented fires in a0 years i've never seen anything like this, where we have a pharisees and in south—eastern australia that starts in september. and it's still blazing. we know in east gippsland, on the border between new south wales and victoria, we will have catastrophic fire conditions today. the impact on ecosystems is enormous, we are seeing some systems that should never burn being burnt at very high severity. and the impact on wildlife is also massive. which ecosystems? would you talk as do that a bit more? there are a whole range of ecosystems in new south wales, subtropical rainforest that are being burnt that shouldn't be burnt. in east gippsland, in victoria, we are seeing cool, temperate rain forest and warm, temperate rain forest and warm,

speaking to reporters, one former fire commissioner said there is "a leadership vacuum in canberra" whenh climate change and the deadly bushires that have swept across the country over recent months. 0ur correspondent phil mercer was following the press conference and gave me the details. they are a very influential group performerfire and emergency officials. they believe that australia's centre—right prime minister, scott morrison, is missing in action during those bushfire crises that just seem to keep going and going. they are calling for a national summit to address this fire emergency that is stretching from coast to coast here in australia. the prime minister, scott morrison, has acknowledged a link between climate change and australia's extended bushfire season. he was reluctant, though, to get into that sort of conversation at the early parts of this fire crisis a few weeks ago. he has been accused of not showing enough leadership and that really is the thrust of this press conference here in sydney in the last 45 minutes or so by those fire and emergency chiefs, orformer fire a

professor david lindenmayer leads a team of ecologists at the australian national university in canberrahave directly lost to half a billion individual animals but i think people need to recognise that, not only are animals directly burnt in fires but also habitats change was often made it is unsuitable for animals to continue occupying the places they used to and, u nfortu nately places they used to and, unfortunately in australia, we have also have problems with feral animals like cats. wildlife has to deal with the direct effects of fire, the loss of habitat and also the impacts of these feral animals so the impacts of these feral animals so quite catastrophic effects on a range of animals. we're talking about huge of reptiles, native birds, large number of animals, upwards to 8000 or more and koalas and other animals such as the greater glider which is essentially a small gliding koala. those animals are already in steep decline as a consequence of high temperatures, logging, now fire so those animals are logging, now fire so those animals a re really logging, now fire so those anima

he's in canberra, near the area where many of the fires are burning.rs are having ecosystems and the wildlife. these are no doubt unprecedented fires. in a0 years, i've never seen anything like this where we have a fire season in south—eastern australia which starts in september and is still blazing and we know that in east gippsland, on the border between new south wales and the courier, we will have catastrophic fire conditions today so the impacts on ecosystems is enormous. “— so the impacts on ecosystems is enormous. —— victoria. we are seeing places that shouldn't earn burning at high severity and the impact on wildlife is massive. which ecosystems 7 wildlife is massive. which ecosystems? a whole range of ecosystems. in northern new south wales, sub tropical rain forests that have been burned that really shouldn't be burned. east gippsland, in victoria, we are seeing cool temperate rain forest and warm temperate rain forest and warm temperate rain forest that shouldn't be burned but extensive areas of forest, woodland, native grasslands, burnt and

the adelaide strikers and sydney thunder which had to be abandoned because of poor air quality in canberraame between the perth scorchers and melbourne renegades. this is england‘s chrisjordan plucking the ball out of the sky for perth, as they won by 11 runs. well worth a replay or two. he may have lost his job at spurs last month, but mauricio pochettino certainly hasn‘t lost his magic touch. take a look at this. he‘s currently in qatar for the club world cup, as a guest of fifa s supreme committee — but found time for a game of footgolf. and as you can see, nailed a hole—in—one! that is the impressive. if only his camera was in landscape, it would have looked better. we will finish with a few shots from doha. it is the second half of extra time for the second half of extra time for the club world cup, liverpool are leading 1—0. so in what, eight and a bit minutes, they will be winning their second silverware of the season. it is a big dealfor them. they want to win the league. but this would be good. it would be incredible, they‘re on an amazing run, top of the premier league and it cou

live now to canberra and to climate scientist, dr imran ahmed, from the australian national universityuch for your time. i know it is difficult to link particular events and even particular events and even particular disasters to climate change but surely no doubt something big is changing and there is a new normal? of course. this is now, we have to accept, that this is going to be the new normal. we're living in an of adaptation. australia has experienced bushfires in the past. it isa experienced bushfires in the past. it is a national disaster but what is happening and it is clear that climate change has exacerbated the conditions under which bushfires happen. the intensity and frequency has been increased, we are clearly, since 2005, we have added the nine hottest years in australia. all of these things have had an impact. this year, the bushfire season has started much earlier, the intensity is quite a lot and we are clearly seeing the linkages and if this is a time to really address this issue on a longer term basis. and yet climate change is still not recognised by australian po

i have met with julianne finney just last week here in canberra. we had another very productive discussion. her son david had died by suicide earlier this year. i also met with many other parents in sydney recently to discuss their proposal for a royal commission to be held for veteran suicide. we all know that the rate of mental illness among veterans is unacceptably high. the suicide rate for men under 30 is 2.2 times that for australian men of the same age. about a third of those who have left in the past five years have reported high to very high levels of psychological distress. mr. speaker, this has been a matter that has been made a national priority by my government as part of its broader focus toward the goal to address mental health issues and address suicide prevention. christine morgan has been appointed as the national suicide prevention advisor. we have helped a number of detailed policy decisions with officials, including with the head of the defense corps and those responsible for the department of veterans affairs. there are many c

james o'doherty is a political journalist based in canberra. hejoins me now.trouble is the prime minister in over this? he's been made to look pretty ridiculous, hasn't he, going on holiday all the way to hawaii at a time when these bushfires are raging in state after state ? bushfires are raging in state after state? a fair amount of trouble indeed, ben and for two reasons. scott morrison was on holiday in hawaii at a time when these catastrophic fires were burning across australia, particularly in new south wales, where a number of people have already died and around 700 or 800 homes have been lost by two big fires in particular. scott morrison made this decision to go away with his family to hawaii some seven weeks ago he says, but he cut short his holiday during the week after the tragic loss of two firefighters, who died fighting those fires. 32 byjeff keating and 36—year—old andrew, both with small babies. scott morrison was under pressure for taking the holiday but also his office has been under pressure for the way in which it had handled the fact that

now over $100.00 doctors have made an impassioned plea to destroying government they want canberra to intervene in the case of whistleblower jane songe kind in prison destroy the nationals health is in grave danger in an open letter to the country's foreign minister the medical professionals urged him to put pressure on the u.k. where he's being held they want to stanch to be returned to australia but urgent treatment. should mr sloan's die in a british prison people want to know what you did to prevent his death it is an extremely serious matter for history and citizen survival to be endangered by a foreign government obstructing his human right to health it is an even more serious matter for the citizens' own government to refuse to him to remain against historical precedent and numerous converging lines of medical advice while last month a medical group present their 1st letter to the british home office after june signed you paid in court there was a blower struggle to record his date of birth claiming that he couldn't think properly assigned also complained about the prison condi

they have been handled -- canceled in canberra. the smoke is too bad.tivals have been canceled in australia. the falls festival in lauren, the annual music festival on the great road down there, it has been canceled. about 9000 festivalgoers have been told to pack up and leave because of the danger of fires. paul: these have been burning for weeks. some of the pictures were of volunteer firefighters who are unpaid. scott morrison says they will be compensated for all of their work. let's listen to what he had to say. this is a prolonged fire season and it is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular. the callouts have been more extensive than in previous years, going well and above what is normally expected of those who are engaged in volunteer service. expectede assistance but it is a reactive measure. have we seen anything proactive? reactives been a measure from the prime minister. he was rejecting calls days ago for payment to be made to the volunteer service, saying it spirit andmine the culture. the government has been on the ba

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of thick smoke have affected cities and towns in the eastern states and has started descending on canberra australia's capital. >>> i live look at the capital right now hidden in all the fog and washington dc where the judiciary committee will soon be hearing from lawyers on both sides of the aisle as the impeachment process takes another step forward. chairman jerry nadler said the votes on articles of impeachment could happen this week. and a reminder cbs news will have a special report on the hearings, local news will continue on cbsn bay area that you can access on multiple devices and platforms. download the cbs news app or go to kpix.com to watch. >>> a synagogue shooting survivor is suing the shabbat of power away, they allege in the suit that the synagogue did not use $150,000 of federal funds to hire guards and protect worshipers and a gunman stormed the building on the last day of passover killing one person. officials have not commented on the suit. >>> a southern california church is using a nativity scene to spark debate about separation of the us-mexico border and a display a

period where the country dealing with hundreds of bushfires saturday's big bash cricket match in canberra between adelaide and sydney was called off by the umpires during play smoke was creating a lack of visibility and poor quality and the game was abandoned. by contrast in europe heavy snow disrupted the sporting should do at the world cup skiing with 2 events canceled on saturday the men's downhill advantage in italy and women's downhill in velda say a france able to take place in vose conditions the men's tennis tour is getting ready to break new ground with its new multi-city team tournament in australia the a.t.p. cup was launched in brisbane on saturday perth and sydney will need to stage matches it's the 1st team event on the tour since 2012 and we've got none of the top 10 mile prize or 26 of the top 30 playing across trillian we've never had that cross a strategy before plays really got behind this event and already the field is a fantastic thing in addition to the players love playing teams events and i think to see the passion of certainly the strains all the nations of the co

period where the country dealing with hundreds of bushfires saturday's big bash cricket match in canberrabetween adelaide and sydney was called off by the umpires during play smoke was creating a lack of visibility and poor air quality and the game was abandoned by contrast in europe heavy snow disrupted the sporting showed you at the world cup skiing with 2 events cancelled on saturday the men's downhill advo gardener in italy and women's downhill in the se of france and able to take place in those conditions the denver nuggets prepared for their western conference showdown with the l.a. lakers with a victory over the minnesota timberwolves jamal murray and nickel york which combine for 50 points and combined here to turn defense into attack mary with 28 points on friday the nuggets are 2nd behind the lakers in the west ahead of sunday's game. last season's champions the frontal raptors were tied with washington with 3 minutes to go if smith leveling about for the wizards car lowry then brought it back for the raptors scoring 26 points and helping to secure a 4th win in a row final score

nightly news outside after smoke from the nearby fires set off the studio's alarms in the capital canberra. this is 14-year-old ambrose hayes speaking at the protest outside e the prime ministerer's home. >> we want to be listened to. we want a future. and if our government does not act, there will be more protests like this. there have been 70 recently andd it just shows how much of an issue this is. amy: a new study has found united nations peacekeepers stationed in haiti between 2004 to 2017 fathered and abandoned hundreds of children. the study is based on interviews with over haitians who l lived 2000 near the u.n. peacekeeper'' bases and who spoke about the sexual exploitation and abuse of haitian women and girls as young as 11 years old. the study is the latest evidence of international peacekeepers' pattern of s sexual abuse in haiti, which included trading food for sex with women and children in desperate poverty. in the democratic republic of congo, families are suing some of the world's biggest tech companies after their children were killed or injured working in the country's c

with the fallout from the bushfires sweeping the countryside saturday's big bash cricket match in canberra between adelaide and sydney was abandoned by the umpires in the 2nd innings juta the smoke and by contrast in europe the world cup skiing was cancelled on saturday due to snow the men's downhill at val gardena in italy and women's downhill involved france unable to take place in the conditions should be our here at the club world cup final i think that's all the sport for now and i'm sure it will be ok paul thank you very much sir and that's it from paul myself and the news hour for the time being but we're back in just a few moments much more news coming your way right here on al-jazeera all the day's top stories we'll see you in a minute thanks for watching. what was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for oz multicultural society it's not about you. pretty damning allegations that would allow you to go true how worried are you that the conditions are still ripe for another i think they are right join me man in the hot sun as i put u

map you can see conditions getting more dangerous easy fireworks were called off in the capital canberra and other cities the state of victoria is the among the hardest hit more than $260.00 new fires have been counted in just 36 hours including me of the terrorist town of melaka as more. as a massive wildfire rolled towards the town of mello cusa $4000.00 people fled towards the beach those with boats went one step further is now the 5 fronts come through. the front sight sound it's got to get out of the dogs up to that supplies and there is a the market. the fire was burning across 730 square kilometers is the day began it encircled resistance and 10 day tonight this video was recorded at 9 am but just getting the same invisible and i have a new side i reckon that they say. that it's the. it's the north east at the moment and it started in the town of military to get me a military there is currently under attack at the moment there's another house we believe was lost in and around that community we've got 3 straw tames sitting in with the community literally standing sort of us all wit

have a canberra so wherever i go the lights will follow with me —— canberra.les at the moment. this link to those weather fronts you can see in the child's working from west to east. we will see things writing up. sometimes you start the day once again across parts of scotland, northern ireland. shower was packing in. it is a sunshiny, showery day was the rain has cleared, the heaviest and most resistant body and of the rush hour. through the day, the best of the sunshine will be some areas. showers in the west. some heavy with hail and thunder. at the moment, temperatures in double figures for most. some holding onto 11-13 in figures for most. some holding onto 11—13 in the south this afternoon. further north across scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, single figures later as the cold as not to push on. that does mean for tonight will be a julian night across the country. temperatures down into single figures for many. maybe a touch of frost —— chilean eyed. 0ne figures for many. maybe a touch of frost —— chilean eyed. one or two showers in t

also canberra and melbourne about to heat up as well. sydney?dney but you are not going to get any of it, i'm afraid. and we are going to have half an hour on what adelaide is doing because, frankly, iam losing adelaide is doing because, frankly, i am losing the will. the heat is pushing eastward to canberra, melbourne and sydney. and new south wales, the wildfires won't help things. it won't be until the weekend when things tactical down. shall we move on to what is happening here? can you move on? shall we move on to what is happening here? can you move 0mm is getting warmer here but not quite as one. it has been quite a cold week so far. 0h, as one. it has been quite a cold week so far. oh, there we go! nothing to see here. push a button again, see what happens. australia temperatures getting higher, there we go. right, uk. just forget this last two minutes. sunny but cold to the north and east. this is cornwall just a short while ago. it has been rather grey, wet and windy. it is changing now. lots of cloud, wind and rain coming in with this

but other cities in australia including canberra, the capital, canceling theirs.h australian firefighter lose his life as they continue to battle to try to rescue those people who are trapped. this morning, thousands of tourists trapped behind a curtain of fire slung across parts of eastern australia. the evacuation of a popular tourist area east of melbourne sunday was considered one of the largest evacuations in australian history. >> it's time that you left. there's not enough trucks to go around. so don't count on a fire truck protecting your particular house. you need to get out of there. >> reporter: but then, authorities warned the fire had moved. it had become too late to leave. ordering residents and tourists to shelter in place. massive clouds of smoke quickly approaching homes and buildings near australia's biggest cities as conditions nationwide worsened. >> extreme fire dangers. the strong winds that were forecast and the very hot temperatures have all come as we thought. >> reporter: more than 2,000 firefighters battling the flames on the ground, and

canberra does not quite as low as they were last night. quite a sharp frost —— temperatures.ust drifting away towards near continent. we have more isobars pushing in. breezy in the north—west. for southern england we have light winds and clear skies thatis we have light winds and clear skies that is the recipe for dense fog patches. there could be slow to clear for a patches. there could be slow to clearfor a time on patches. there could be slow to clear for a time on tuesday, especially in the south. further north we have more of a breeze and a little more cloud for the north—west of scotland. we are looking at a dry day across the board on tuesday and again some sunshine after a cold, frosty, and foggy start. temperatures 6— seven for most of us. temperatures 6— seven for most of us. double figures in the south—west. after that cold, frosty start, things will turn milder. some rain in the north and west. many of us rain in the north and west. many of us back into double figures for the coming week. enjoy that chris, wintry, but frosty and sunny weather today. active stop th