but on tuesday, australian prime minister julia gillard made it clear she wants to resume trading. australia already exports to places like japan and die want. ms. gillard says in the world's current situation, it makes sense to resume trades with india, both politically and india. >> we have a good relationship with india. it's the worldest largest democracy, a stable democracy. we have worked on our links with india. but as i have described to the australian people before, australia faces a unique set of opportunities in this, the asian century where we live in the right region of the world which will see strong economic growth and india as a riding giant will be part of that strong economic growth. >> certainly asia has been keeping the australian economy motoring along very happily over the past 15 years or so. india is very much part of that, already an important trading partner with australia. it's australia's biggest export market, about $15 billion of australian exports went into india last year. you can see why julia gillard wants to keep relations moving smoothly with indi

and this was the selling point of julia gillard. saying we're going to use that money, spend it on things like infrastructure. also pensions for australian workers. she's saying we want australians to share the wealth of this windfall profits, she would say, from the australian mining companies. she will also use some of that money to cut taxes for small businesses. let's listen to wayne swann, the australian finance minister. >> what's a very big win for 2.7 million small businesses, a very significant tax cut for those small businesses, a $6,500 instant asset write-off will help with small businesses, particularly those that aren't in the fast lane of the mining boom, and it's i very big win for the australian work force. a very big win for 8 million workers. a significant boost over time and a significant boost to some low-paid workers as well. >> mind you, some of these mining companies must be pretty worried here. is this tax likely to stop investments for at least to a certain extent to cut back on mining investment in austral

. >> obama met with australian prime minister julia gillard on wednesday. they agreed to expand the u.s. military presence in australia by stationing 2,500 u.s. marines there. obama says the deployment is important for maintaining security in the pacific and the south china sea. observers believe the move is part of a u.s. military realignment aimed at countering china's growing military power in the region. >>> italy is in desperate need of being pulled back from the brink of an economic disaster. the country now has a new government. to find out more about that and how it's affecting the marks, let's go to auch eed da. >> that's right. the cabinet is made up of entirely technocrats. mario monti has been officially sworn in as italy's new prime minister. he now faces the urgent task of reforming the debt-ridden country. the inauguration ceremony took place in rome on wednesday. monti is a well known economist. he was appointed to succeed former prime minister silvio berlusconi who resigned on saturday after failing to address the country's budget situation

obama met australian prime minister julia gillard on wednesday and they agreed to expand the u.s.ir force presence in australia by stationing 2,500 u.s. marine troops there. obama says the deployment is important for maintaining security in the pacific and the south china sea. observers believe the move is part of the u.s. military re-alignment to counter china's growing military power in the region. >>> italy is in desperate need of being pulled back from the brink of an economic disaster. the country now has a new government. to find out more about that and how it's affecting the markets we go to ai uchida from our business desk. >> thanks a lot, catherine. that's right. out with the old and in with the new. former european commission member mario monti has been officially sworn in as italy's new prime minister. he now faces the urgent task of reforming the debt-ridden country. the inauguration ceremony took place in rome on wednesday. monti is a well-known economist. he was appointed to succeed former prime minister silvio berlusconi, who resigned on saturday after failing to a

julia gillard, the prime minister, gets on very well with barack obama. they're the same age by about two months. yes, i think australia is quite flattered to be playing this role almost as powerbroker between china and the united states. in a sense, it's a victim of, but also a beneficiary of its geographic location, right here in the heart of the asia pacific region, an old ally of america, and now a thriving country doing great business with china. so, -- >> well, that's duncan kennedy there. let's move on now. a russian rocket carrying three astronauts has docked at the international space station. got the moment when the hatches were opened between the crew on the space station and those on the rocket. for the crew on the space station, they've been there for months. it should be said they're very pleased. the previous mission was with an -- was an unmanned cargo, and that was in august. bbc's daniel sandford has more. >> the three-man crew in a tiny capsule blasting off on top of an enormous rocket and slowly making your way through orbit through th

but the president and prime minister julia gillard detailing a more permanent u.s.ilitary presence here in australia. while the president's visit to the apec summit in hawaii had much more to do with the u.s. economic profile in the asia-pacific region and certainly australia is an important trading partner. the u.s. actually maintaining a trading surplus with australia. the president's visit here has much more to do with increasing the u.s. military presence in the region. and that is really attached to this new announcement by prime minister gillard and president obama. >> we've agreed joint initiatives to enhance our alliance. 60 years old and being kept robust for tomorrow. it is a new agreement to expand the existing collaboration between the australian defense force and the u.s. marine corps and the u.s. air force. >> our u.s. marines will begin rotating through darwin for joint training and exercises. our air force will rotate additional aircraft through more airfields in northern australia. these rotations, which are going to be taking place on australian ba

president barack obama and australian prime minister julia gillard announced the 250 u.s. troops will alive next year with 2,500 personnel by 2015. obama met gillard in canberra on wednesday during his first trip to australia as president. the two leaders announced at a joint news conference their countries agreed to deploy u.s. marines and air force troops on australian soil. >> it is a new agreement to expand the existing collaboration between the australian defense force and the u.s. marine corps and the u.s. air force. >> the united states will station about 250 marines at multiple bases, including one in a northern city of darwin. >> we'll enhance our abilities to train, exercise and operate with allies and partners across the region. that in turn will allow us to return to nations with a wide range of challenges. >> obama says deployment is important for maintaining security in the pacific and the south china sea. observers believe the move is part of a re-alignment of troops to counter china's growing influence in the region. >>> meanwhile, china has openly expresse

the president met there with australia's prime minister, julia gillard, to salute the 60th anniversary of anzus, the australian, new zealand, united states security treaty. anzus came into being in 1951 as a mutual defense pact. an attack on one nation would trigger a retaliation by all three countries. the anzus commemoration came on top of a new military agreement between the u.s. and australia. that agreement will deploy 2500 u.s. marines and u.s. naval ships to darwin. the move is intended to counter the growing military presence of china. question, was china's reaction to our announcement of the marine base in darwin, was it too strident a reaction for china, a putative friendly trading partner to have made, pat? >> john, the chinese provoked our reaction by their stupidity and their belligerence. they have said that the american fleet must get out of the south china sea, the east china sea, the straits of taiwan, the yellow sea. they have frightened all these countries in southeast asia p even japan and others who are now deciding maybe we don't want the americans to go home, so

in prime minister julia gillard art, the president has a political partner to press home his wider mission. we are engaging in foreign policy in the aging -- in the pacific region. stationing 2500 marines and texter aircraft around it. china was not mentioned by name, but the president's security message was clear enough. >> with my visit to the region, i am making it clear that the united states is stepping up its commitment to the entire asia- pacific. this work february deeply grateful for our alliance with australia and the leadership role that it plays. as it has been for six decades, our alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future. the security we need and the prosperity that we see, not only in this region but around the world. >> america and australia already carry out military exercises together. this represents a much more muscular presence in the region. the signal to allies they have a reliable friend and to china they cannot act alone. america has already had disagreements with china over trade policy and currency, and it does not want that to escalate into anyt

with an age of rent of only two months, julia gillard and barack obama share a world view.t really bind them our strategic ties, like this joint exercise. no one says publicly is to impress the chinese, but washington needs the likes of australia in a part of the world where american influence is not always on solid ground. >> countries around southeast asia wanted the americans involved because they want to do something about china. they do not want to have a military confrontation with china. that would be disastrous for the region. but they do not want to be dominated by china. they want another big country involved as the center around whom they can use in their own relationships with china. >> american and australian military links were at their closest in the vietnam war, as these photos show. rick was one of the diggers who spent a year in vietnam. now retired, he believes both sides still need each other, even if the partnership is not exactly equal. >> i like to think it is a very good insurance policy. you have got to have someone who has the resources to meet any

the government of julia gillard says australia must move away from the fossil fuel economy and meet its international obligations on climate change. australian opinion polls say most are against the tax but now that it is the law, what is the view? >> i think the carbon tax is great. it is good not only for the country but the environment. >> it will heavily impact the businesses and make small businesses struggle. >> next month's south africa hosts the latest conference on global climate change. the australian carbon tax may be a timely influence on the debate that continues to challenge government policy and resources everywhere. duncan kennedy, bbc news, sydney. >> at least 60 people were killed in a stampede at a hindu religious ceremony in northern india. of the crash was triggered by pilgrims wishing toward the fire to make offerings. for the first time ever, nine of leonardo de vinci's greatest paintings are going on display together at britain that a national gallery. it is a headline-grabbing display. one of the worst has not been seen outside of france and the other has only r

australian prime minister, julia gillard is allowing about 250 u.s. marines to be stationed in her country starting next year. that number will eventually rise to 2,500. obama's asia pacific strategy is winning praise in japan. chief cabinet secretary, osamu fujimura, spoke in tokyo about the u.s. president's announcement. >> translator: i welcome the plan to step up u.s. military capabilities in the asia-pacific region, as it will insure greater security in this area. >> fewer mu >> fujimora indicated the agreement will not involve the realignment of the u.s. bases in japan. >>> let's take a look now at why the united states decided to build up its military ties with australia. american forces in asia are currently stationed in japan and south korea as well as the u.s. territory of guam. china's ballistic missiles have a range of about 3,000 kilometers. now, that means they can reach all three of those places. but australia is out of range. the united states has decided to deploy forces in the country's north. the u.s. military will keep an eye on th

arrive over the next few years the plan was unveiled by president obama under strain prime minister julia gillard it seems by some as an attempt to offset china's growing global influence beijing's immediately questioned whether bringing in u.s. ships aircraft and vehicles would help stability in the region a lot more of a story that we're talking about in more depth on a website r.t. dot com here's what else we got for you lined up as well tonight washington's plans of retaliating against a following the kids and not just didn't cyberspace got the story online also while you there this morning for you two passports the theatre the legendary bolshoi is come up with stranded by the legal ticket sales for ford's rock just weeks ago against. dot com it's a. more thoughtful debate coming up shortly but the big news stories of the day cross talk in a few minutes gets to grips with where the tipping point might be for western nations we convene in syria let's get across the business update before that with an intriguing. good evening and a warm welcome to business arts acceptance of the w.t. means russ

expected to arrive over the next few years was a bell by president obama under strain prime minister julia gillard it's seen by some as an attempt to offset china's growing global influence they give the media the question whether bringing in u.s. ships a problem because it would help stability in the region. programs continue next year from inside europe's financial elite tonight a belgian. tells us what he thinks went wrong for the euro zone why the debt crisis can't be resolved until the e.u. addresses its leadership problem. europeans will storm this building the european parliament in a repeat of the french revolution according to epping member of the european parliament why are people so fed up with the e.u. well i've been become a bit less optimistic because since i wrote the book many things happened and particularly we're facing now a euro crisis a crisis in the eurozone and nobody actually knows what to do we go from one summit to the other every time we think we found a solution just to find out a few weeks later that the problem is still there and even in a bigger size so i think that.

for the planet yesterday as australia passed eight you harben tax law australian prime minister julia gillard gerar chilled arctic season played a key role in the walk through the lower chambers of government and in fierce opposition by big pollution interests she said that her nation made history and the law was finally passed beginning next july australia's five hundred biggest polluters will begin paying for the damage that they're causing the tax on every tonne of carbon emissions similar legislation was passed by democrats here in the united states the house of representatives back in two thousand and nine but it died in the senate thanks to republican filibuster former vice president al gore applauded the new australian writing this is a historic moment but this vote the world has turned a pivotal corner in the collective effort to solve the climate crisis the day we celebrate tomorrow we do everything we can to ensure that this legislation is obsessed for so what does this new law mean and what are the chances of similar carbon taxes coming to the united states for some insight i'm joi

he hosted the asian pacific economic conference and met there with australian prime minister julia gillardhis week, they'll discuss increasing military cooperation between our two nations. >> lawmakers on the hill close to a batch of spending cuts that will keep the federal government funded for now. the $180 billion measure includes cuts to nasa and community development programs. it avoids cuts to nutrition programs and food stamp aid. that bill would fund uncle sam through december 16th. lawmakers hope to have more long-term funding in place by then. >>> the little bits of soap bar you leave behind in hotel room could soon do good. hilton worldwide will donate leftover soap to chair. it's teamed up with more than 3700 hotels with an atlanta- based organization. it recycles the little bits of soap to give them to poor communities around the globe. the group is called clean the world. it estimates american hotels throw out one million used bars of soap each and every day. >>> 6:39. howard says another great day. highs in the 60s today. cooldown is coming up. he'll tell you when. >> here i

president barack obama and the australian prime minister julia gillard on their visit to darwin in northern. this was in fact an address to the troops. you had the joint news conference yesterday. this was in fact a short speech. certainly compared to the other speeches that mr. obama has delivered on his very brief trip to australia. what they are doing in darwin is essentially reaffirming that troop commitment which mr. obama announced yesterday in cambera. 250 marines will be arriving by next year. ultimately that number will increase to 2,500. it is a very small but a very symbolic commitment of u.s. forces in the asia-pacific region. one of the biggest troop deployments in fact to australia since world war ii. mr. obama touched on world war ii, talked about darwin's being essentially australia's pearl harbor. for the history there. that was back in 1942 when darwin was bombed by japanese forces. more bombs actually dropped on darwin than pearl harbor by comparison. that is when the alliance was formed. he also talked about the 60-year bond of the anzus treaty that is the australia-new

the announcement came in canberra, after a meeting with prime minister julia gillard. >> what it allowsto do is to not only build capacity and cooperation between our two countries, but it also allows us to meet the demands of a lot of partners in the region that want to feel that they're getting the training, they're getting the exercises, and that we have the presence that's necessary to maintain the security architecture in the region. >> suarez: a small force of u.s. marines would lead the way. some of them operating out of darwin in the north using australian military facilities. >> from mid-2012, australia will welcome deployments of a company-sized rotation of 200 to 250 marines in the northern territory for around six months at a time. over a number of years, we intend to build on this relationship, in a staged way, to a full force of around 2500 personnel. >> suarez: but the move was widely seen as a response to china's growing military power in the region. increasingly, the chinese have been asserting territorial claims over parts of the pacific and resurrecting old disputes i

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president obama and australian prime minister julia gillard announcing a significant new partnership between australia's defense force and the u.s. air force and u.s. marines. 200 to 250 u.s. marines we will be seeing by the middle of next year permanently stationed in the northern territory of australia. so the part of australia that borders -- that really looks on to asia, and those troops would come in and out in six-month deployments, and you will see that force increased over a few years. up to 2,500 u.s. marines. in addition, the u.s. air force seeing more access to this northern military base of darwin, u.s. military aircraft that would have more access along with the australian air force doing training. the question, of course, is why. when you heard president obama and the prime minister talk about this, the first thing they used to explain this move is to better be able to respond to humanitarian crises, like natural disasters, like what we saw with the indonesian tsunami and earth wake in japan. of course, an obvious question, what about china? it's military star very much

president obama revealed the plan during a joint news conference with australian prime minister julia gillard. marines will begin rotating through darwin for joint training and exercises. our air force will rotate additional aircraft through more airfields in northern australia. this in these rotation, take place on australian bases, will bring our militaries even closer and make them even more effective. >> and while u.s. officials say this increased presence is necessary in case of natural disasters, they also acknowledge china's growing military was also a fact torch the president kur represently in australia as part of his nine-day trip through the asia pacific region. >>> a group of deserters from the syrian army claim they are now striking sites important to the assad regime, including intelligence bases. also today the arab league said again that syria's membership in their organization is suspended. the united nations says 3,000 people have died in the violence in syria. >>> one week. one week. that is how long the super committee has to figure out how to cut at least $1.2 trillion fr

his remarks come after he and australian prime minister julia gillard announced a new military partnership between the two countries. from canberra australia this is 30 minutes and comes from apac public affairs channel. >> mr. president gives me great pleasure to invite you to address the house. >> prime minister gillard, leader abbott thank you both for your very warm welcome. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the house and senate, ladies and gentlemen. i thank you for the honor of standing in this great chamber to reaffirm the bonds between the united states and the commonwealth of australia. two of the world's oldest democracies and two of the world's oldest friends. to you, and the people of australia, thank you for your extraordinary hospitality and here in the city, this ancient meeting place, i want to acknowledge the original inhabitants of this land and one of the world's oldest continuous cultures, the first australians. i first came to australia as a child traveling between my birthplace of hawaii and indonesia where i would live for four years. as an 8-year-old i couldn't

julia gillard answered questions about the decision by australian airline qantas to ground all flightsdue to a labor union this view. other questions related to immigration in the recent g20 meeting in france. this 40 minute program is courtesy of aipac, the australian public affairs channel. >> hello, i am david. over the next half-hour will bring you highlights of the biggest italian parliament. during the month, qantas grounded its entire fleet of aircraft in the political debate that follows over australia's workplace lives dominated the parliamentary. the government made its unhappiness and decision quite clear. the prime minister returned from the g20 talks in france, urging european leaders to take more action to address their financial problems and the constant issue of immigration and boosted arrivals of asylum-seekers also dominated the parliamentary decision with the government urging the opposition to embrace its plan to allow offshore processing asylum seekers in malaysia. here now are the highlights of the latest decision. ♪ >> christians -- are there any other questions?

his remarks come after he and australian prime minister julia gillard announced a new military partnership between the two countries. rum canberra australia, this is 30 minutes and comes courtesy of aipac, australia's public affairs channel. >> mr. president gives me great pleasure to invite you to address the house. >> prime minister gillard, leader app it, thank you your very warm welcome. mr. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the house and senate, ladies and gentlemen i thank you for the honor of standing in this great chamber to reaffirm the bonds between the united states and the commonwealth of australia. two of the world's oldest democracies and two of the world's oldest friends. to you and the people of australia, thank you for your extraordinary hospitality and here, in this ancient meeting place, i want to acknowledge the original inhabitants of this land and one of the world's oldest continuous cultures, the first australians. i first came to australia as a child traveling between my birth place birthplace of birth place of a white and indonesia where i would live for four