price for gas come down from $12 this year to seven dollars, as well as put in pressure on the queenslandabor government to get --n energy who in you engaged in bidding practices where we saw wholesale electricity prices in queensland fall by 25%, mr. speaker. i can inform the house that he family of four in sydney, with electricity costs under $2800 a energyse the government made easy website, switched suppliers, and as a support -- as a result will say $150 a year. and a family of three students in melbourne with electricity costs of about $1420 a year. they use the victorian electricity website and they said $230 a year, mr. speaker. and there is the family of three living in brisbane. they had electricity costs -- $850 a year. as a result of the promotion of the ability to switch retailers and contracts, they use the easynment made energy website, switch suppliers. as a result, they will save $630 a year, mr. speaker. we know come under our proposal recommended to us by the energy security board, the savings to households will be better than the one promoted by the clean as a secondt

it's an absolute honor to be the music director of the queensland symphony orchestra and british and australian. because they're wonderful musicians but also it's a nice challenge because usually i get to go to an orchestra for a week i stay there and by the time we're starting to get to know each other i'm going to the next place the next orchestra where as being the music director you get to work on a long term plan a sound a way of playing and he gets no each other. just rather really understands mahler the very first time i came to do a mother with the resurrection symphony second symphony. and i was blown away and how well the interest of this really a brought changes of character. in rehearsal so about solving puzzles sometimes this puzzles are not as easy to solve mutely and the conductor has to solve them in the rehearsal at the moment but it with the cure so i always feel like we're in it together. for. joy joy. yeah yeah. yeah. oh. the first symphony by gustav mahler the titan is one of the pieces that i've done the most of and many times i have to say it's the best sign i'

place to save some quieter weather for queensland australia as we go on through the next day i also still a child so want to want to still showers coming in have a set that lets the family ounce of trout into central pass down towards south australia fair not the woman here is to go on for the next few days that's because we got the only show winds coming into queensland twenty three celsius the brisbane tells will twenty seven degrees and then we're coming in across the interior to twenty nine degrees there for adelaide and rising to touch that one celsius here on friday some of that warmth also making its way into melbourne twenty four degrees and a similar value across the other side of the country perth with a high twenty five celsius with a fair amount of bright weather and some pleasant sunshine some sunshine say went to new zealand and right will make its way east was as we go one through the next twenty four hours or so by skies then for nor thought a little more clout there for south. twenty one celsius. the race was a little cold but a little dry ab writes across just temperatur

following place to save some quieter weather fir queensland australia as we go on through the next day or so still a chance of one or two on shore showers coming in have a set that lets a fair amount of cloud into central parts down towards south australia fair not the woman here as we go on through the next few days that's because we've got the only sure way is coming into queensland twenty three celsius the brisbane towels will twenty seven degrees and then we're coming in across the interior to twenty nine degrees there for adelaide and rising at thirty one celsius here on friday so that warmth also making its way into melbourne twenty four degrees the similar value across the other side of the country perth with a high twenty five celsius with a fair amount of bright weather and some pleasant sunshine some sunshine so went to new zealand clouds and rain will make its way. east was as we go one through the next twenty four hours or so bright skies then from north out a little more clout there for south out of there because it's a twenty one celsius to make you sweat little further e

is more prevalent i think for the most part except a.c.t new south wales and probably southern queensland look out for storms is still now our system is not really travelling across the tasman sea you'd expect fine weather in new zealand and you've got it so actually quite warm in wellington in sunshine with a southerly breeze it's nineteen degrees but the course coming into north that's the circulation of tropical air swarm twenty two in oakland but it will start to right now it's the picture on friday the rains just touching the north of north island let me take you saturday here taking a glancing blow open might be wet but more likely it's just a little bit to your north. is captivating the only hope for china's panders. when one has ventures deep into the mountains of western china in search of the elusive wildcard. at this time on how does iraq. where ever you are. welcome back with al jazeera a look at stories making headlines now russia has blocked a u.n. security council resolution to a new an international inquiry into who is behind chemical weapons attacks in syria . robert muga

be ahis could really breakthrough for her, in her home state of queensland.d be quite a turn, if she does end up playing this potentiallyole and helping to determine which of the two major parties wins office. weekend. watch this ed, thank you so much. our sydney bureau chief. the party may finally be ending australianes to property investors. market has swelled. bloomberg's australia economy editor now joining us to talk a bit more about the implications. this is kind of a huge part of now.conomy >> it is. i mean, finally australia is something. world in unfortunately, it happens to be the bloated size of the housing market. the sizeid, four times of our gross domestic product. why is that? well, there's been a combination of reasons. australia has a national property, fueled along by low interest rates. banks are very eager to lend, especially to investors. and also, it's just part of the national psyche. have these prime time t.v. shows on every night renovators like sporting heros. >> and also... generous tax breaks. forget australia has actually had a re

on it because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in queensland evening. when it happened, it almost happened too quickly. a letter read out in parliament that would herald the biggest political change the country has known for decades. and then, gently, like a ripple, word spread until it hit the streets, stopping conversations in mid flow, starting tears — unbidden, unhidden and unembarrassed. robert mugabe no longer rules zimbabwe. that much still needs to sink in. tonight we ask how this very peaceful coup has managed to do what it set out to do, and whether zimba bwe‘s next leader will truly be a break with what has gone before. we also get the world's first interview after the news broke with zimbabwe's opposition leader and one—time prime minister morgan tsvingirai. all that to come, but we start, where else, but harare. our correspondent shingai nyoka is there. tell us what kind of david has been for you. it's been the most extraordinary day that i can remember since independence in 1980. i was a young girl then but i remember the celebrat

three young girls happen to spot this little mud skipper right there in northern queensland.hey decided to chase it, follow it along with their camera, they're in an area where the river meets the ocean. >> why wouldn't they? the one thing in the australia that can't kill you. >> keep following. >> oh! >> that is not a mud skipper, boo. >> in australia, you can't relax. >> we're laughing, we got a good fright but so did the three girls. however, one of the three got clipped by that croc's jaws, and had to go to the hospital. thought they were safe, they were staying out of the water. >> whoa! >> that's like on so many grave stones in australia "they thought they were safe." >>> australia is popular for the hooligan, hooliganism, burn rubber in the street. you got the red light. australians drive on the opposite side of the road that we do. just as he gets the green light, here come into two hooligans into the intersection, spinning out, spinning out and take off across the intersection out of the way. >>> in the dark of night, they make a terrible, terrible discovery. >> we k

welcome to townsville here on the north queensland coast.first ashes test in brisbane, and england arrived here hoping to fine—tune their preparations for the final warm up game starting on wednesday. matches like this are a chance for players to explore a bit of the area and this morning, moeen ali and alastair cook visited a local wildlife sanctuary where they got to feed a crocodile named willie post—op can you imagine the headline writers having fun with that? moeen ali has not played either of england's matches so far because of a side strain, but the good news is he says he is fit and ready for whatever australia have to throw at him. that is part the game. it is not something i have not had before. these things happen. australians like to talk about a lot and big themselves up. for us guys, we need to stay calm and make sure we are ready. i know it will be tough. i have always backed myself and my ability to stop hopefully, i will back that even more in this series and do well for england. moeen ali set to play on a four—day match it

seven they received wedding gifts from around the world including from the australian state of queensland it gave the newlyweds five hundred cases of tinned pineapple our number three a thoughtful present because fruit was in short supply in post-war britain the royal couple donated the pineapple to schools and hospitals. in twenty fifteen berlin welcomed queen elizabeth to germany with military honors and this painting by german artist and you colin leyden frost it's number two on our list of the five unlikely is to give is ever given to the queen the work depicts queen elizabeth as a child riding a blue horse led by her father the queen was not impressed was your german president laughed off the embarrassing incident adding. if you don't like you know. it's hard to go wrong with sweets. in britain the queen subjects' include all of the unmarked mute swans but they're not the only animals queen elizabeth the second owns she's been given many on her countless trips abroad the brazilians thought a pair of straw offs would make an appropriate gift for her majesty that tops our list the anim

a patient nearing the end of her life was being taken to the hospital in queensland where she made af the paramedics. she wanted to see the beach one last time so the pair went above and beyond the call of duty making a special detour along the way. >> picked a he will rely good spot where she could see the pier and she says absolutely just ecstatic with it all and she said to danielle, you know, she's content now, everything is just as it should be. >> one of the paramedics even used a medical bag filling it with sea water so that the patient could feel and taste the water during their trip. a photo of one of the paramedics standing here with the woman went viral liked more than 42,000 times on facebook. >>> we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> many towns in the region decking the halls for the holidays and it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in manayunk right now. folks filled the sidewalks to watch the tree lighting ceremony tonight and there's santa walking through the streets smiling and waving at friends and families. the community event even had christmas carolers on hand sing

should be above your heads and even in sydney at twenty one it should feel fine but the coast of queensland looking a little bit rough for the breeze but all this time perth has been enjoying briefly a drift of weather wind from the north warmish twenty seven but bright sunny. a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of have fled ethnic cleansing you mean more for bangladesh one of the world's poorest countries when used investigates what their future holds at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. every. time for us to take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera. the french president emmanuel mccraw made a surprise visit to riyadh he held talks with the saudi crown prince amid a deepening crisis in lebanon the lebanese prime minister saad hariri resigned whilst in the saudi capital capital last week mr harris political party is demanding his return in order to restore stability. australia's immigration minister is blamed refugees refusing to leave the closed mannus island prison camp for the deteriorating conditions they're living in the australian run camp in papua new guinea was close als

degrees a sort of order the active from the boat the cold air is a long way off it's been stormy in queensland we left behind was quite a skies a wednesday with not much improved in the weather slow improvement tension that was up to ninety but then sydney's dying to nineteen it's often the case warmer in perth at twenty seven dropping a little to twenty five by the time we get to about twenty one by this point but adelaide does better a warm humid rather cloudy twenty eight as to storms with the time being queen's and looks rather more settled. for twenty three years has collected objects. enough to fill his museum enough to break a guinness world record. with a story for every object he's become an environmental activist and inspired. for the plight of countless migrants. this time on al-jazeera. again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has left the door open to negotiations over north korea has said the u.s. and its allies in the region can take military action against pyongyang if necessary trump has been meeting its south korean counterpart in seoul ways o

and mark wood, one of england might fastest bowlers, injury prone, is playing tomorrow against queenslande starting line—up. they need someone who is quick and can be hostile. it can be flat wickets with the new kookaburra ball gets old. how is joe root doing? when it comes to converting 50s into a hundred, he was showing up a little bit by steve smith. smith produced a magnificent 100. he made 51, he is now mentally and certainly tactically i thought he was brilliant. he will you tried every trick in a book in the field to keep and lead in command. theyjust lack that little bit of incisiveness to really break open innings that then you bowler gave him a chance in. that you so much for sharing your insight. good to speak to. —— speakto —— speak to you. the head of armed groups and his deputy had been suspended by police scotland under allegations of gross misconduct. assista nt allegations of gross misconduct. assistant chief constable bernard higgins was suspended by the scottish police authority. it is the latest in a series of suspected of senior officers in the uk's second largest pol

through the next few days as just the chance of one or two showers perhaps around the coast of queensland as we head through monday elsewhere the draw i settled and now getting born say for melbourne will be up at twenty nine degrees and adelaide all the way up thirty two for perth so not that whole we'll get to around twenty one degrees but the temperatures will be rising as we head through the next few days so they'll get to thirty degrees again but not till about wednesday. short films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects at this time. for a little over the top stories here at al-jazeera the youth wing or zimbabwe is reeling zanu p.f. party has demanded the president sat down and that his wife be expelled from the party it says robert mugabe's attempt to have his wife grace succeed him destroyed the government party members a meeting to decide on the president's future. palestine is threaten to suspend all communication with the u.s. over the trumpet ministrations warning that it could close the pillow

eastwards over the next few days now the intense rain that brought us our active weather across queensland is also stretching down across new zealand this is giving us some very very heavy downpours some places are likely to see one hundred eighty millimeters of rain from this system by the time it eventually is away a wednesday so we're going to be clinging on to the north island there but eventually as we head into thursday it should be a fair amount dry air so folks will be a seventeen degrees lots of sunshine here but for the south island it's more the way of cloud edging its way towards us that will be giving us some wet weather along the western coast there but across judge does look like it should be true right. ambitious endeavors to create drought proof crops amazing to think that the plan b. sawyer that looks now looks completely alive i'm the international efforts to combine the pests that threaten so they bring in their samples they show you the infected hops just like a doctor writes your prescription you're doing the same thing here you're writing a prescription for the farme

eastwards over the next few days now the intense rain that brought us our active weather across queensland is also stretching down across new zealand this is giving us some very very heavy downpours some places are likely to see one hundred eighty millimeters of rain from this system by the time it eventually clears away a wednesday so we're going to be clinging on to the north island there but eventually as we head into thursday it should be a fair amount drier so for him will be a seventeen degrees lots of sunshine here but for the south island it's more the way of cloud edging its way towards us that will be giving us some wet weather along the western coast there but what christchurch does look like it should be true right. ambitious endeavor to create drought proof crops amazing to think that the plan b. sawyer that look. looks completely life and the international efforts to combine the pests the threats and so they bring in their samples they show you the effect of crops just like a doctor write your prescription you're doing the same thing here you're writing a prescription for the

grexit throws more uncertainty in northern queensland. both major parties premier.ty.eral national it's expected to create thousands of jobs directly and indirectly. the major point between the parties was whether or not they're going to back about $900 million of federal funding proposed railing that was needed to take cold to the coast for the export. now palace shades is expected to win a second term and she has vetoed federal funding. it does make the funding task more complicated and more costly , the federal funding was seen as something that would help lock in the extra money needed from primarily international banks. >> there are still a lot of questions. with this result still hanging in the balance, what do we watch for next? >> we just have to be patient really. interesting, it really did earlythe wire and they hours on saturday night and sunday morning. of --ys she's confidence confident of getting a majority. she needs 47 seats in the 93 seat parliament. she stopped short of declaring victory. we need to let the vote continue. it's probably going to tak

edge it may be active in it produced a few thunderstorms and there are some clear around northern queensland as well but at thirty one degrees this is a chance the most active sunny weather as it slowly edges in quite to the east of the mill where you always got the thirty one in sydney isn't doing as well for the onshore breeze keeps a little bit cooler but not really chilly is it. captaining a leading used team at sixteen years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bonds together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. my tunisia home game at this time on a. timer is a take a look at the top stories here at our jazeera breaking news first from nigeria from the northeast of the country where a suicide bomber has killed at least fifteen people in the sate of adam hour police say it was a teenage bomber who targeted a mosque as people were arriving for morning prayers no one's claimed responsibility but boko haram carries out regular attacks in the northeast of nigeria. the man consi

because, in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north queenslanders and applause ) ( screeching ) >> stephen: whoa, that was an abrupt left turn! ( laughter ) i can't wait to hear katter weigh in on gay adoptions. "i mean, people are entitled to the joy and laughter of children. i say, live and let live. but who cares? because, in the meantime, every five minutes gangs of kangaroos and dingoes are chewing your grandpa's face off." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) we've got a great show for you tonight. senator elizabeth warren is here. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! give it up for jon batiste and "stay human" right there! that's the band! ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: whoo! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: jon, only got a few more days before thanksgiving. did you have a nice weekend? >> i had a great weekend. i saw you on tv. >> oh, yeah, i did the hbo stars benefit -- ( cheers and applause ) -- to help those autistic people and their families, an

because, in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north queenslanders and applause ) ( screeching ) >> stephen: whoa, that was an abrupt left turn! ( laughter ) i can't wait to hear katter weigh in on gay adoptions. "i mean, people are entitled to the joy and laughter of children. i say, live and let live. but who cares? because, in the meantime, every five minutes gangs of kangaroos and dingoes are chewing your grandpa's face off." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) we've got a great show for you tonight. senator elizabeth warren is here. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) jack: why am i sitting here at jack: this ridiculously long table in the middle of nowhere? jack: to invite all my friends in the industry to try this. jack: fast food's first ever ribeye burger. jack: made with 100% ribeye beef, grilled onions, a red wine glaze and creamy havarti cheese. jack: ahh, here comes the competition now. jack: and of course, since they work for my competitors, i've obscured their identities jack: except for this guy. jack: he is so

a big thundery breakdown across parts of queensland and the brisbane areas, some violent thunderstormssignificant thunderstorms to victoria and new south wales. these violent thunderstorms will move eastwards from thursday to friday, could bring some large hail, risk of flash flooding and frequent lightning, and also a significant drop in temperature as well. it looks like the start of summer will be much wetter tha n the start of summer will be much wetter than what we have seen during the course of november, with those temperatures coming down across all areas. now into indonesia and malaysia, the heavy, thundery rain continues, enhanced rainfall across parts of java and sumatra. tropical depressions remainjust parts of java and sumatra. tropical depressions remain just offshore from the south of java. it will bring some very large waves here with some disturbance in the seat for these tropical storms, which are bringing fairly strong wins out in open waters. further north, heavy rain across the malay peninsula across the gulf of thailand could lead to some flooding and landslides an

they now had out to townsville in queensland for their final warmup match ahead of the first test ine sporting spirit, all of us. exactly. they are on uk national tv. the autumn international rugby season gets underway today with the home nations, facing the best of the southern hemsiphere, over the next month. first up — its scotland against samoa. it'll be the first murrayfield test for scotland coach gregor townsend. we will have to be good defensively and could in attack. if we give a tea m and could in attack. if we give a team like samoa turnover ball, or kicked poorly to them, they will be very dangerous against unstructured defence. a quick look at the day's other games involving the home nations — the pick of which sees wales host australia at 5.15. england take on argentina at twickenham. ireland host south africa. britain's katie archibald missed out on gold, in the omnium, at the world track cycling championships in manchester, after being overtaken in the final moments of the endurance event. the scot took silver but could have gone one better. she won the elimination ra

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posted on facebook shows the moment the animal attacked the 24-year-old woman at the water's edge at queenslandbite mark on her leg. the woman was treated at a local hospital and released. >> did the crocodile take the tattoo on her leg to be an animal? >> it was afraid of the wolf! there you go. >>> and an airport on the indonesian popular island of bali is closed for a second day because of a volcanic eruption. ash reaching as high as two miles above the summit of mt mtmt. mt. agunny. thousands of tourists are stranded as well as 100,000 people ordered to evacuate. >>> okay. the dictionary.com is out with its word of the year. >> woo. >> any guesses? >> drum roll. covfefe. >> you would think. complicit. >> complicet. okay. the word doesn't have to be new. it just has to be popular and it has to have played a big role in the year. complicit means choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act. especially with others. and dictionary.com said they chose complicit because it showed up in some of the biggest news stories of the year, like kendis was complicit in trying to feed my ryan r

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welcome to townsville here on the north queensland coast, just ten days to go until the first ashes testn wednesday. matches like this are a chance for players to explore a bit, and this morning moeen ali and alastair cook visited a local wildlife sanctuary, where they got to feed a crocodile named bully. maureen ali has not played in either of england's matches so far, but the good news is he is now fit and he is ready for whatever australia have to throw at him. best part of the game, that's something i've not had before. what these happen —— these things happen in australia, they like to talk themselves about, so we need to keep ourselves calm and get ready for that first ball when it is delivered. i've always backed myself and my ability, and hopefully i will back that even more in this series and do well for england. moeen ali set to play against an australian 11 starting on wednesday. england still have plenty of questions particularly over their batting. no one's scored a century so faron batting. no one's scored a century so far on this tour, and there were two pretty horrible co

member to the north queensland close. just ten days to go until the first ashes test in brisbane, anddline writers might have fun with that. moeen ali hasn't played in either of england's tour matches because of a side strain, but the good news is that he says he is now fit and ready for whatever australia have to throw at him. it is part of the game. it's not something i haven't had before. these things happen. australians like to talk a lot and bigger themselves up —— and big. i have a lwa ys themselves up —— and big. i have always had trust in my ability and hopefully i will back that even more in this series and do well for england. moeen ali, set to play in a four—day match against a cricket australia 11 starting on wednesday. england have plenty of questions to answer, particularly over their batting. no one has scored a century so faron batting. no one has scored a century so far on this tour, and there were two pretty horrible collapses in their last game in adelaide. england will hope to get a few runs and wickets under their belt before the first ashes test in brisbane on th

another view was that he would hugger flight australia, travel to melbourne, queensland, sydney and thening to maintain the fine balance within her top team between those that support brexit and those who don‘t. but how important, and how achievable is this? joining us now is kate mccann — senior political correspondent at the telegraph. thank you for your time this morning. i‘m just looking at your front page. i'm having a slight problem with my earpiece but it‘s fine. i'm looking at the front page of the daily telegraph. another day, another crisis it says. what makes this a crisis as opposed to a member of your cabinet making a mistake? it's of your cabinet making a mistake? it‘s the second time in a week theresa may has lost one of the most senior members of her government. couple that with the fact brexit talks start again today in brussels. you‘ve got what looks like from the outside complete chaos. i was talking to some of my colleagues who worked here in parliament for 10—20 yea rs worked here in parliament for 10—20 years and they‘ve never seen anything like it. yesterday theres