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SBS Australia
24-05-2025
- Politics
- SBS Australia
Midday News Bulletin 24 May 2025
Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts . TRANSCRIPT Boats and helicopters supplying New South Wales communities cut-off by floodwaters Donald Trump imposes a 50 per cent tariff on the European Union Australia's Oscar Piastri crashes during practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix Authorities say their focus has begun to shift to the supply of isolated communities as the weather eases in northern New South Wales. Essential supply drops are being delivered by boat and helicopter for the hardest hit towns including Taree, Kempsey, Dungog, Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour. But Deputy State Emergency Services Commissioner Mike Wassing says rescues are still happening in the mid north region as the rain moves south and people start to move around more. He says that is mostly because people are driving through floodwaters, against official advice. "Fifty-two flood rescues overnight, in the last 24 hours. Most of those are still associated with people driving through floodwaters... It is taking up valuable emergency services personnel time and efforts and priorities that are needed elsewhere. It is also obviously a key life risk and we've already seen the tragic deaths associated with people driving into floodwaters." Just two seats remain undecided three weeks after this year's federal election. But it could be weeks before the result in one seat - Bradfield - is known, with a recount due to begin on Monday after Independent candidate Nicolette Boele finished ahead of Liberal Gisele Kapterian by just three votes in the initial distribution of preferences for the Sydney electorate. Meanwhile Labor is on track to pick up an extra seat to add to its increased majority as counting continues in the Melbourne-based seat of Calwell. The electoral commission has described the count as the most complex in its history, due to the number of candidates contesting and primary votes being close between them. An Indigenous woman suing the federal government over the controversial Northwest Shelf gas project in Western Australia says she is doing it out of frustration. Mardathoonera woman Raelene Cooper says the federal government has spent the last three years ignoring her application that seeks to protect Murujuga rock art from the impacts of industrial development at Woodside's Burrup Hup - which includes the Northwest Shelf. Her Federal Court suit seeks to compel Environment Minister Murray Watt to make a determination on her application. Senator Watt has given himself until the end of May to approve or reject Woodside's proposal to extend its project from 2030 to 2070, a project that has been under assessment for six years. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled north-western New South Wales. Geoscience Australia says the earthquake was felt in the Orana region, which features the major localities of Dubbo and Cobar. It says an aftershock was measured at 4.1 in magnitude, which was itself followed by a second smaller 3.6 magnitude earthquake. Seismologists say earthquakes above a 5.0 magnitude occur on average every one to two years in Australia. Donald Trump has announced he will follow through on his threat to impose a 50 per cent tax on goods imported into the US from the European Union. Earlier, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul had flagged the European Commission was handling negotiations on a trade deal that he hoped would preserve access to the American market. But the President says the tariffs are locked in - unless European companies make commitments to build factories inside the US. 'I'm not looking for a deal. We've set the deal... They haven't treated us properly, they have not treated our country properly. They banded together to take advantage of us." A 135-metre container ship has mounted the front garden of a fjord-side home in Norway - an event the homeowner slept through. Authorities say the bow of the cargo vessel - identified as the Cypriot flagged ship NCL Salten - narrowly missed Johan Helberg's bedroom when it ran aground. Yet Mr Helberg says it was not the sound of the collision that woke him up, but the persistent doorbell ringing of an astonished neighbour who witnessed everything. To sport, Australia's world championship leader Oscar Piastri has crashed into the barriers during practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. The crash happened after the Australian made a rare mistake as he locked up on the way into turn one and lost his front wing. Piastri maintains a 13-point lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris in the standings ahead of tomorrow's race.
ABC News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Federal politics: Independent Nicolette Boele wins the Sydney seat of Bradfield in tight contest against Liberal Gisele Kapterian — as it happened
Independent candidate Nicolette Boele is the provisional winner of the Sydney seat of Bradfield after beating the Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian by just 40 votes. Follow the day's coverage below.
ABC News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Labor's David Smith retains ACT seat of Bean narrowly defeating independent Jessie Price
Labor's David Smith has retained the southern ACT seat of Bean, narrowly defeating independent candidate Jessie Price in a tight contest. The ABC is projecting Mr Smith will hold the seat for a third term despite a significant swing away from the Liberal Party and towards Ms Price. Results for the seat have been on a knife's edge since the Albanese government's landslide victory on May 3. Mr Smith has 50.09 per cent of the two-candidate preferred (TCP) vote, while independent Jessie Price is sitting on 49.91 per cent — a difference of just 183 votes. But ABC's chief elections analyst Antony Green says Mr Smith won't be overtaken from here.
CBS News
11-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
One-on-one with Jason Pizzo
One-on-one with Jason Pizzo Jim interviews State Senator Jason Pizzo, who represents portions of South Florida, in the aftermath and amid the fallout following his sudden departure from the Democratic Party, switching to "no party affiliation." The two discuss what was behind his move and if he plans to run for governor as an independent. Guest: State Sen. Jason Pizzo/NPA-Broward County About the issue Two weeks after proclaiming the Democratic Party "dead" in Florida and switching his registration to NPA, State Senator Jason Pizzo declared he was running for governorOne in 2026 as an independent during an interview with CBS News Miami. Although it was widely viewed that he made the switch with the intention of running for governor, this was the first time he stated it as a matter of fact. "Yes, I am," he said when asked the question. "We need somebody who can balance a checkbook, who understands finance, not just economic theory; who's concerned about infrastructure and resiliency and the environment and education and all of these things that are top of mind for people that are just trying to keep a roof over their head, keep their kids clothed and educated," Pizzo said. He said the needs of most Floridians are not being met by "the rhetoric that the Republicans want to push" or by the Democrats overreacting "to every little step or statement that the Republicans make." "They want people that say, listen, how am I going to pay my taxes? How am I going to pay my mortgage or my rent? When I flush my toilet, will it work? When it rains, is it going to inundate me with flooding? And can I really even afford to live here with property insurance?" Pizzo, a former prosecutor whose family built a multimillion-dollar housing business in the Northeast, said he is prepared to invest $25 million into his campaign and raise another $30 million from friends and family.
CBS News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
State Senator Jason Pizzo tells CBS News Miami, "Yes, I am" running for governor
Two weeks after proclaiming the Democratic Party "dead" in Florida and switching his registration to NPA, State Senator Jason Pizzo declared he was running for governor in 2026 as an independent during an interview with CBS News Miami. Although it was widely viewed that he made the switch with the intention of running for governor, this was the first time he stated it as a matter of fact. "Yes, I am," he said when asked the question. "We need somebody who can balance a checkbook, who understands finance, not just economic theory; who's concerned about infrastructure and resiliency and the environment and education and all of these things that are top of mind for people that are just trying to keep a roof over their head, keep their kids clothed and educated," Pizzo said. He said the needs of most Floridians are not being met by "the rhetoric that the Republicans want to push" or by the Democrats overreacting "to every little step or statement that the Republicans make." "They want people that say, listen, how am I going to pay my taxes? How am I going to pay my mortgage or my rent? When I flush my toilet, will it work? When it rains, is it going to inundate me with flooding? And can I really even afford to live here with property insurance?" Pizzo, a former prosecutor whose family built a multimillion-dollar housing business in the Northeast, said he is prepared to invest $25 million into his campaign and raise another $30 million from friends and family. Pizzo has faced intense criticism from Democrats over his decision to abruptly switch to an NPA while the legislative session was still underway. Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried issued a statement when he announced the switch saying, "Jason's failure to build support within our party for a gubernatorial run has led to this final embarrassing temper tantrum. I'd be lying if I said I'm sad to see him go, but I wish him the best of luck in the political wilderness he's created for himself. The Florida Democratic Party is more united without him." Former Democratic National Committee Chair, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, labeled Pizzo a quitter. "What real Democrats refuse to do — ever— is quit," she said in a statement. "We put families first, not higher office ambitions. We do the hard work, not cower from it." The last time voters in Florida elected someone without an R or a D next to their names was in 1848 when Thomas Brown was elected to the governor's mansion from the Whig Party. Democrats have also argued the only thing Pizzo will accomplish if he runs is guaranteeing the Republicans will win again in 2026. Pizzo rejected the idea he would be a spoiler. "Two things: one, if they think that I'm a spoiler, then they're concerned about the merit of their own message," he said. "But the reality is that there are a lot of really, really excited people and groups about my position, about what I said and where I am. I hear it every single day in droves. Listen, this is where happy people should be. And I've been in two competitive races. I unseated a sitting state senator in my first race. Remember, it was not a closed primary, so it was open, which meant Republicans, NPAs, and Democrats voted in that race. And I just went to a general [election] this past November where Trump won by three points, and I won by 16. People need to really understand, NPA's decide who wins elections in this state. There's 3.7 million of them." The 2026 race is likely to be a wild and contentious one, with Republican Congressman Byron Donalds already securing the endorsement of Donald Trump as First Lady Casey DeSantis is also jockeying to jump into the race. And on the Democratic side, former Republican Congressman David Jolly is also considering a run. On the same day Pizzo switched from Democrat to NPA, Jolly switched from NPA to Democrat.
