Trump calls Netanyahu ‘f***ing crazy’ + The Tony Abbott revival tour
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A Listener Production. Hello, Sasha Barber-Gatt with you. Welcome to The Briefing. Tony Abbott is back on the front line of Liberal Party politics after being elected its federal president. But what exactly does a president do?
What recent events have escalated tensions in the Middle East?
How influential are they? And could his appointment help rebuild the Libs or drive more voters away?
If Abbott sticks to the sort of bread and butter stuff of economic management and migration levels and things that are sort of a general concern... It wouldn't be too bad. If he starts wading into the culture wars and transgender issues, then that very scenario you outlined will come into play.
Our chat is coming up in the second half of this episode. But first, as always, it's time for the headlines with Chris Spirou on Wednesday the 3rd of June.
Hey Sash, we're starting in the Middle East where Israel and Hezbollah are continuing to trade fire despite Donald Trump's announcement yesterday that both sides had agreed to pause attacks. Israel struck around 30 locations in southern Lebanon while Hezbollah has been attacking Israeli troops inside the country and firing projectiles at northern Israel which the IDF says it has intercepted. Lebanon's health ministry says at least 3,486 people have now been killed and since the country was drawn into the conflict in March when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader. At least 26 Israeli soldiers and one civilian contractor have also been killed in that time frame.
Now the attacks come as Donald Trump continues to push back on reports that peace talks with Iran have stalled. He's taken to Truth Social this morning to describe that chatter as false and erroneous. He said, no one knows where the peace talks will lead, but has told Iran now is the time to make a deal.
What are the implications of changes to the NDIS for disabled Australians?
But Tehran is holding firm that any agreement must include Lebanon. Now, also, Chris, we are getting a little apparent behind the scenes look at how a call between Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went down. Now, we were told by Trump that it was a productive talk. But reports from Axios claim it was not a civil call at all. Trump apparently said to Netanyahu, quote, what the F are you doing? He shouted at him. He said, you're effing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me.
What did Barnaby Joyce say at the anti-abortion rally in Sydney?
I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this. So this, how Axios got access to this report? I don't know. It'd be interesting to find out. Maybe a source within the White House. But yeah, apparently things not all good between Trump and Netanyahu at the moment.
The one thing to take away from that is it does, the nature of this phone call at least, and if we do believe these reports, which, you know, Axios is very reputable, it does show the closeness of the Trump Netanyahu relationship. The fact that he can hop on the call and do this says something. But also it shows that Trump's under a lot of pressure right now to settle this war, to get this war done and dusted, to have a peace deal. But it also shows just how much Netanyahu is willing to push that friendship and test that friendship.
Why is Tony Abbott's return to the Liberal Party controversial?
So whether or not that phone call achieved anything... who can tell the strikes are still continuing. As to what's going on on the ground with troops at the moment, we don't know how that's advancing, how that's progressing. We haven't really heard from Israel on this this morning, but any updates that we do get, we'll keep you across it on the briefing.
Back home, the federal government's own Reform Advisory Committee has told an inquiry that changes to the NDIS will cause material harm to disabled Australians. The group, which is made up of disability representatives, has made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry, which is looking into Labor's plans to cut more than 200,000 people from the scheme in a bid to save billions.
It's criticised the reforms, saying any changes should have been made in genuine partnership with the disability community. The committee says savings could have been made instead through focusing on provider integrity, fraud enforcement and pricing reform.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:20
2
What recent events have escalated tensions in the Middle East?
0:20–1:52
3
What are the implications of changes to the NDIS for disabled Australians?
1:52–2:24
4
What did Barnaby Joyce say at the anti-abortion rally in Sydney?
2:24–3:11
5
Why is Tony Abbott's return to the Liberal Party controversial?
3:11–5:19
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How does Tony Abbott's presidency impact the Liberal Party's future?
5:19–6:54
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What criticisms have arisen regarding Grace Tame's new podcast?
6:54–8:33
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What is the 'Franken-can' and why was it deemed problematic?
8:33–24:10
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