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Australia has a strong history as an innovative nation, credit with fashioning revolutionary inventions such as WiFi, the flight recorder and plastic denominations, but struggles at translating research into commercially viable
products. For the first episode of The Innovation Forum, Sky News’ Ahron Young breaks down Australia expansion into the global market, from helping Boeing develop a revolutionary crewless fighter jet to establishing the Australian Space Agency.
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Australia-Indonesia trade deal salvaged | Sky News AustraliaAustralia and Indonesia have finally signed a free trade agreement on Monday after months of wrangling and political tensions. \n\nThe deal will see 99 per cent of Australian exports to Indonesia receive either tax-free entry or preferential treatment.\n\nTrade talks were delayed last year after Prime Minister Scott Morrison considered moving the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, angering predominantly Muslim Indonesia.\n\nAustralian farmers and the education sector are expected to be the main benefactors of the agreement.\n\n
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Australia urged against withdrawing from Paris Agreement | Sky News AustraliaAccording to US-based think tank Brookings Institution nations who stay in the Paris Climate Change treaty will ultimately be better off than those who renege on the agreement earlier.\n\nAccording to the data, Australia’s economic growth will slow by up-to-two per cent if it stays in the global agreement.\n\nHowever, according to the study’s authors, the benefits of reducing global emissions offsets the short-term benefits of unilaterally withdrawing from the Paris Accord.\n\nThe Paris Agreement was signed by 197 countries and is designed to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions at a level that would avoid dangerous climate change.\n\nSome conservative politicians, including prominent Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly, has urged Australia to pull out of the agreement, which came into effect in 2016.\n\nGrattan’s Institute’s Energy Program Director Tony Wood told Your Money Australia will be ‘worse-off’ if the government pulls out of the international effort to reduce climate change.
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Aussies roll up sleeves for 30th Clean up Australia Day | Sky News AustraliaPeople across the nation are participating in the 30th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day.\n\nAustralians are lending a hand to mop up the environment, with surfers hitting Sydney Harbour waters to raise awareness about the impact of single-use products. \n\nA report by University of Technology Sydney has found just 56 per cent of packaging waste is recovered and recycled. \n\nSunday's event is the first year without founder Ian Kiernan, who died last October.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n
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One third of voters say Australia should reduce current emissions targets | Sky News AustraliaA new poll from Galaxy Research conducted for Menzies Research Centre demonstrates Australia’s attitude to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe poll shows one third of Australians say the country should reduce its current emissions targets to match the Paris Agreement’s requirements.\n\nSky News host Chris Kenny says this shows the government’s policy of doing the minimum for the Paris agreement will be good enough to satisfy most voters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Australia to sign free trade deal with Indonesia | Sky News AustraliaAustralia and Indonesia are set to sign a new trade deal on Monday, opening up a lucrative market to Australian farmers.\n\nUnder the agreement, 99 per cent of Australian exports will receive preferential treatment or tax-free entry to the country.\n\nNegotiations were marred when Prime Minister Scott Morrison considered moving the Australian Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.\n\nHis comments came as an affront to predominantly Muslim Indonesia but the deal has since been salvaged.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Australia-Indonesia free trade deal to be game changer for cattle industry | Sky News AustraliaTrade Minister Simon Birmingham is in Jakarta where he will sign a long-awaited free trade agreement with Indonesia on Monday. \n\nThe deal, which has been eight years in the making, was delayed after backlash to Scott Morrison's review of Australia's embassy in Israel. \n\nThe trade deal is expected to be a game changer for Australia’s cattle industry, with Indonesia guaranteeing automatic import permits for live cattle. \n\nThe conclusion of the deal will also see 99 per cent of Australian goods enter Indonesia duty free by 2020. \n\n\n
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Labor Party has ‘no love’ for rural Australia: McKenzie | Sky News AustraliaDeputy Nationals Leader Bridget McKenzie says the Labor Party has ‘no love’ for rural Australia or the country’s regional industries of agriculture and mining.\n\nMs McKenzie says the party shows this time and time again, and that Labor’s commitment to banning live sheep trade in Western Australia if they win the upcoming election is indicative of how they will treat the $1 billion live beef industry. \n\nThe right to farm should be taken seriously, Ms McKenzie says, especially when agriculture ‘underpins’ the Australian economy.
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Australia still poised to meet emission reduction targets: Taylor | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Energy Minister Angus Taylor has denied 'cherry picking' statistics regarding carbon emissions.\n\nThe Energy Minister was criticised by Labor after claiming emissions have reduced over the last quarter, despite government figures showing total emissions rose by almost one per cent from September 2017 and September 2018.\n\nMr Taylor says figures show emissions are going down in the latest quarter, and that Australia will meet its international obligations 'in a canter.'\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
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Australia-Indonesia free trade agreement signed | Sky News AustraliaIndonesia and Australia have finally signed a free-trade deal between the two nations, following years of negotiations.\n\nThe confirmation of the Indonesia Australia Comprehensive Partnership Agreement was stalled by a number of issues, including when Scott Morrison floated the idea of moving Australia's embassy in Israel last year. \n\nTrade Minister Simon Birmingham said the deal would eliminate tariffs in relation to 94 per cent of tariff lines.\n\nThe deal is expected to be a big win for Australia's farmers, universities, and healthcare providers. \n\n\n\n\n
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Australia-Indonesia free trade agreement signed | Sky News AustraliaIndonesia and Australia have finally signed a free-trade deal between the two nations, following years of negotiations.\n\nThe confirmation of the Indonesia Australia Comprehensive Partnership Agreement was stalled by a number of issues, including when Scott Morrison floated the idea of moving Australia's embassy in Israel last year. \n\nTrade Minister Simon Birmingham said the deal would eliminate tariffs in relation to 94 per cent of tariff lines.\n\nThe deal is expected to be a big win for Australia's farmers, universities, and healthcare providers. \n\n\n\n\n
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