doctorjonathan l hodgkinson, thank you so much forjoining us from the university of sydney there on whatroducing. they have certainly made it very fun to watch, and in these coronavirus games that we have had with all the restrictions on those athletes, it was one way to try and kind of get a little bit more access, and also keep the athletes entertained because it was very little that they could do. . ., , ., ., , do. of course, the final day, the closing _ do. of course, the final day, the closing ceremony - do. of course, the final day, the closing ceremony later. do. of course, the final day, l the closing ceremony later on. do we know what we expect to see their?— see their? that will be taking lace in see their? that will be taking place in the _ see their? that will be taking place in the centre _ see their? that will be taking place in the centre of- see their? that will be taking place in the centre of tokyo, | place in the centre of tokyo, it wiii— place in the centre of tokyo, it will start at about eight o'clock _ it will start at about eight o'clock local time here in japan,

lesley russell at the university of sydney, really great to have you with us. % of the australian population now vaccinated. we have some breaking news. the revised offer implying all search is valued at 4.52 policy per share. the board is recommending -- 4.52 aussie per share. they have been urged to keep pursuing takeover talks after initially ejecting an -- r ejecting an approach to create a gas export giant. target shares had been rising on prospects for an improved proposal. we are now hearing that value is $4.52 per share. we heard from many analysts saying the rejection was just the start, not the end, and to expect more dialogue. we are hearing the board is expecting more due diligence. let's get you caught up to date the first word headlines with vonnie quinn. vonnie: china's economic activity continues to ease in july, implying a more steady economy into the second half of the year. the official manufacturing pmi fell to 50.4 to 50.9 in june, below the median estimate of 50.8. the nonmanufacturing gauge eased. their rebound has stabilized as consumer s

exempt from this requirement. rein wait is a constitutional expert in senior electra at the university of sydney law school and joins us now. law, thank you for your time. so just just explain this for me. so straight in who go home even to visit. so they haven't seen their families and to 3 years. if i go home and they can't leave again, is that isn't how it works. it's late, it seems much 2020 at the start of coverage. this restriction on citizens and permanent residents being able to leave and they have to apply for an exemption. what's changing until now there's been an automatic exemption. the people who ordinarily leave overseas. so you come back and you ordinarily say you can leave it automatically get an exemption. now you have to go into the administrative prices and you may or may not get an exemption delay began . so dramatically raises the stakes are coming back because you may be trapped, you may not be able to leave as an australian citizen, permanent resident, once you've come back, right? so is this to try and disincentive eyes australians from going home? is that, is that the po

joining us from seattle is crystal raymonds, a climate adaptation specialist at the university of washington in sydney, mark deason dorf and honory associate professor of environmental sciences at the university of new south wales. and in so paulo christiane metric d. a senior for his campaign or a greenpeace brazil one. welcome to all 3 of you know, crystal ravens. you're a fire ecologist given the, the number of wild, far as receiving world wide. and i've just outlines some of them looking at the global picture. would you say this is normal? well, i think, you know, we're definitely seeing that warmer temperatures dryer summers associated with climate change are speeding up the wildfires that we have globally. and we're seeing a larger area burned by wildfires and more frequent large fires in many places around the world. and, but we also know crystal raymonds that wildfires can be a very natural and normal events. how does that fit in for the i think that we're seeing because it's difficult for here while towards a common i'm seeing the scale of the wildfires and places that we wouldn't normally ex

professor rayna mcentire, who has the bio security program at the kirby institute of the university of new south wales in sydney, australia. thing to say the vast majority of its trail and just going along with the government restrictions and doing what they do. it's a very small minority that of protest. and having said that, the protest in melbourne, which is the footage that he showed the victorian police said that that was the most violent protest, the same in a very long time. and i think it reflects that the impact on people's livelihoods and jobs. a lot of people in kind of the economy and customer facing roles, the entertainment and restaurant industry that tries not been able to work. and that hasn't been adequate financial support for those people from the government to go along with the restriction. so people are frustrated, but that does not represent the majority of astray, ma'am, was just trying to actually appreciate the logical coven 0. busy environment we've enjoyed, we've been able to leverage fraley like other countries have not. and 2 things we want to do for much of the pandemic. so people

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sydney down 7%. for bhp that is a big hit. a number of factors at play. the delisting in london. that plan has not been universally popular. 're hearing reports some of the u.s. investors are not happy with that to hold bhp in london. the primary listing in sydney and the secondary listings being elsewhere around the world. iron ore is down today. that is always going to be a drag on bhp. 70% of its earnings come from iron ore. they are removing a healthy earner. dani: you mentioned iron ore. you have bhp warning about this stern test from china. its kearns may be triple -- concerns may be tripled. >> as you mentioned we had very strong demand from china's steelmakers in the first part of the year. that's what propelled up to record highs. north of $230 a pound. today we're trading in the mid $150's. as i was saying, it is a key part to the business. the headwinds are coming to china looking to pair that production because they want to control emissions. they got stronger green mandates as we know. they are trying control pollution. also they want to keep a lid on that, there are concerns in the market that they might step

she's a newswoman club of new york, best neutralist award in the foundation sydney award. she received her masters at chambers universityimes in april 20, 1840 covers politics. she's an msnbc political analyst to discuss national politics. before coming to the times, mayor bill de blasio and michael bloomberg is a city hall reporter. the daily news "washington journal". in 2011 -- 2013 to serve as national reporter at the daily publication by news corporation. first stop she was stopped editor in washington d.c. she began her career as a columnist and editorial board daily at the university of michigan. she could open brooklyn. >> i am lucky enough to be a colleague and also a dear friend. able to talk about life on the line and i want to dive in because she is the star. congratulations, i am so excited for you. start by telling us about the subject matter. your book is among the first to be published anywhere first waves in public which is brutal. especially what happened here in new york city, moving toward her marching toward reopening, why do you think it's important to keep writing and talking about front-line comm