from sydney, phil mercer reports. good phil mercer reports. afternoon.ternoon. hazel is a part-time representative l good afternoon. hazel is a | part-time representative is part—time representative is cindy, but still needs help from charity for a hot meal. i have to struggle day by day —— is me. —— sydney. it covers the rent, but not with the food in the electricity and transport costs. it's really hard. the minimum _ costs. it's really hard. the minimum wage _ costs. it's really hard. the minimum wage for- costs. it's really hard. the minimum wage for workers age over 21 is about $60 an hour. in the last five years, increases have been overtaken by inflation —— $i6 increases have been overtaken by inflation —— $16 an hour. it's terrible to see people come _ it's terrible to see people come in _ it's terrible to see people come in here who might have a full-time — come in here who might have a full—time job and falling further behind. the working poor— further behind. the working poor is— further behind. the working poor is too kind a turn. businesses

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.spended all operations after senior employee was kidnapped in the capital of tripoli. the bank announced the abduction of its information technology director in a statement on sunday. they said he was taken from his home by an unidentified party and other employees had been threatened with kidnapping. the central bank is the only internationally recognised depository for all revenues that are vital to the economy. that is it for business today from singapore. i will see you again at the same time tomorrow. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm 0lly foster. haaland scores for city in his 100th appearance as they start their title defence with a win. it's an underwhelming la liga debut for kylian mbappe, as the champions real madrid are held at mallorca. and sabalenka serves up her sunday best to beat swiatek in their cincinnati semifinal. hello there. the manchester city manager, pep guardiola, hailed erling haaland's scoring record as he helped them start their premier league title defen

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. stay with us here on bbc news. to seek hospital treatment is undermining efforts to tackle the outbreak of mpox. a doctor in one province, where there have been more than 4,000 cases and 30 to a0 new infections every day, said a lack of drugs was also a problem. last week the world health organization declared the mpox outbreak — that has been spreading rapidly across parts of central africa — a public health emergency of international concern. health ministers from across southern african are due to meet on tuesday to come up with a coordinated response to the disease. here's our africa correspondent, simijolaoso.

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. from the world's lowest paid to the richest.. the idea of a tax on billionaires has been gaining traction recently. injuly, the g20 group of major economies agreed to work together to ensure the ultra—rich are effectively taxed. agreeing a concrete plan on how to do so will be a huge challenge. today, a new report from the taxjustice network is pointing to spain as an example, saying that countries could raise $2.1 trillion a year by targeting the richest 0.5% of households. andrew speke from the high pay centrejoins me now. thank you forjoining us. give us more detail. why do you think spain is an example others should follow? i think that if we look at the research from the tax justice network, they have shown that if you sized up the kind of tax that has been implemented or is being implemented in spain, globally, we would have the possibility of raising $2.1 trillion, which is actually twice the amount needed to support countries vulnerable to climate change. so, there is... we are in a time when we need money to tackle some

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.y in pakistan with a new plant. it is the first major new ev entrant in the pakistani market, where there is a lack of charging infrastructure. let's cross live now to singapore and our business reporter pierre—antoine denis. what do we know about this new arrival? what do we know about this new arrival? we definitely know that it arrival? we definitely know thatitis arrival? we definitely know that it is part of a global push from the chinese carmaker b y d to try and spread its wings across the world. it is doing a big showcase on saturday and they announced they will start to sell three of their models in pakistan. three showcase shops, if you want, where they will show the different models and, as you said, there is a definite need for infrastructure and charging infrastructure to connect the different major hubs. karachi and islamabad and the third city. this is why be widely are now partnering with mega motors, an arm of the large pakistani energy provider, hub co— which will pro

from sydney, phil mercer sent this report. households with solar on their roofs but it is now about getting that solar to the rest of the population. we are about the democratisation of power. we want more people to have access to cheap power and reduce the cost of living. australia�*s first large—scale solar garden is 500km from sydney. it can power about 700 homes. residents in apartments, for example, can buy or lease solar panels. the electricity it generates is credited on energy bills. the plan is to build smaller projects in towns and cities. i am a renter, can�*t get solar. i have lived in apartments, could not get solar. in the beginning it was definitely important to have localised renewable energy embedded within the city to provide energy resilience, energy independence, stabilise the grid. it has many benefits. but some experts believe many community solar projects will not save residents much money or make a meaningful contribution to decarbonisation. they insist, however, landlords should be required to install

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. and that�*s it for this edition of business today. foster. great britain have their first 800m olympic champion for 20 years. keely hodgkinson lights up the stade de france. reaching new heights, duplantis retains his 0lympic pole vault title with another world record. biles is strangely off balance on the beam as she fails to add to her golden tally on the final day of the gymnastics. it�*s been another really good day for great britain at the olympic games, keely hodgkinson�*s 800m gold, moving them back up to fifth in the medal table and after taking silver three years ago in tokyo, and also finishing second at the last two world championships — she�*s now the olympic champion,

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. that is all for now. thanks for watching.lly foster. great britain have their first 800m olympic champion for 20 years. keely hodgkinson lights up the stade de france. reaching new heights, duplantis retains his 0lympic pole vault title with another world record. biles is strangely off balance on the beam as she fails to add to her golden tally on the final day of the gymnastics. it's been another really good day for great britain at the olympic games, keely hodgkinson�*s 800m gold, moving them back up to fifth in the medal table and after taking silver three years ago in tokyo, and also finishing second at the last two world championships. she's now the olympic champion, finishing ahead of ethiopia's tsige duguma and kenya's mary moraa. hodgkinson had set the fastest time this year and by the second lap had moved to the front to set the pace, kicking on down the final straight. hodgkinson is the first british 800m champion since kelly holmes completed the 800/1500 double in athens in 200a. i think for me with the calibre we

from sydney, phil mercer reports. good afternoon, may i please have a hot meal?l needs help from charities for a hot meal. ijust have to struggle day by day. the earnings that we receive just covers the rent but not with the food, electricity, and transport costs. it's really hard. australia's minimum wage for workers aged over 21 is about $16 an hour. in the last five years, increases have been overtaken by inflation. it is terrible to see the people coming here who might have a full—time job and are falling further behind. the working poor is too kind a term. businesses really have too too much of an upper hand and they have had it for, in australia, for the last ten years. some industries argue that annual increases to the minimum wage are not sustainable. and are pushing some businesses, especially in hospitality, to the brink of collapse. as an industry, we l value the workforce. at the same time, we need to be mindful that small. businesses can't always continue . to pay a certain amount of increase every yearoverandl overand overagain. it sends many of the