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It's Wednesday, the twelfth of November. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Liberal MPs have gathered in Canberra to discuss the party's future position on net zero emissions. It comes after their coalition partner, the Nationals Party, announced it was dumping support for the twenty fifty target. Net zero refers to balancing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced and taken out of the atmosphere. Australia has a legislated target to achieve
net zero emissions by twenty fifty. Liberal MPs and senators shared their views on whether the party should stick with net zero or walk away from it during closed door talks this afternoon. Those discussions will inform the Shadow Cabinet, who will meet tomorrow to determine the party's position. Once the Liberal Party has reached an agreement, it will negotiate with the Nationals on Sunday to determine the coalition's final stance on net zero.
Ex Construction union boss John Setka has been charged over alleged threatening emails. Setka, the former head of the cfmeu's construction union was arrested at his home in Melbourne this morning as part of a joint operation between the Victorian and Australian Federal Police. He was charged with seven counts of using a telecommunications device to menace, harass and offend.
Setka will face court in January, where prosecutors will allege he sent a number of allegedly threatening, offensive and abusive emails to a CFMEU administrator. Crime Command Assistant Commissioner Martin O'Brien said police quote will not tolerate behavior that aims to intimidate and harass people who simply want to go to work. It comes more than a year since the Federal government forced the CFMEU into administration over its alleged ties to organized crime and biking gangs.
AZO Chief Mike Burgess has accused Chinese hackers of trying to access Australian infrastructure, including telco's. Speaking at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission annual forum, Burgess said the National Spy Agency is aware of multiple attempts by overseas actors to penetrate critical infrastructure, including water, transport, telecommunications and energy
networks with potentially devastating results. He confirmed two hacking groups working for Chinese government intelligence and their military known to have accessed US telecosystems have also probed Australian networks. Burgess warned the threat could have led to high impact sabotage. There is no excuse for not taking all reasonable steps to manage the risk of security breaches that asioboss noted.
And Today's Good News. Researchers are working to develop a camera that can search for life on distant planets as part of future space missions. NASA's Habitable World's Observatory HWO is a proposed telescope designed to look for signs of life on Earth like planets. Physics experts at Durham University in Northeast England a part of a group of researchers
building a high resolution imaging camera for the observatory. The camera would be used to measure the mass of suitable planets and inspect their atmospheres for the chemical fingerprints of life, including water, oxygen, and methane. Durham University said the observatory will also be able to stare into black holes and solve the mystery of dark matter. HWO is expected to launch in the early twenty forties, not too far away. I wouldn't hold your breath, Billy, but it's closer than a black hole.
It is closer. That is the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, check out today's deep dive on the landmark inquiry into Women's Pain.
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