-australia relationship. i know some of your comments are going to get to those issues, those international issues. i also know that you'll be perfectly willing and able and confident to address a whole range of things that may be on people's mind. let me turn it over to you. and get us started. >> i think it's important that i give you the speech i have written. let me just begin by saying that america is the indispensable country. the only country on earth with he strength and good will to consistently lead the free world, and i like to think that australia is america's indispensable partner. the one country that america can always rely on. >> for president obama choosing at that time to give a speech at the university of queensland, that was seen as an attack on my government's climate policy, at the time there was pressure for me to rebuke him for discourtesy, but i chose not to because it was the duty, i thought, of the australian prime minister not to be critical of the leader of the free world. i have

australia. the conservatives are cool in australia because they don't care about social issues. they care about low taxes and all the rest. i wonder if you could tell us something about the way conservatism in australia is evolving? it seems to have evolved substantially in the last 10, 15 years? >> thanks, walter. look, i should offer this opening observation that conservatism is not an ideology and i would be reluctant to even call it a philosophy. conservatism is a state of mind as much as anything else. it's a set of instincts. ultimately it's respect for what is and a reluctance to change what works, other than where it's obvious that there is something that would be better. invariably that something that would be better is more of a restoration than a reform. it's going back to something which better suits these times than that which had perhaps corrupted what had well suited earlier times. conservatism is certainly not a systemic philosophy based on a particular idea in the way that liber

. >> next, highlights from the latest sitting of australia's house and senate during a session of australia's parliament. prime minister scott morrison along with members of his cabinet answered questions on the coronavirus outbreak, middle east security, combating climate change, and the recent australia wildfires. this is half an hour. >> hello and welcome to question time where we play the highlights of question time in australia's parliament. wildfires ravaged the east coast of australia over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time and parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and thanking the volunteers who helped fight the fires. it did not take long before the conversation quickly turned to politics. >> my question is to the prime minister -- why does the prime minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australia's aerial firefighting capabilities? >> mr. speaker, i think the member for her question, and i pass on again my

might have issues back and australia. there is a chance he might be able to play at some point but i think he really just needs to put all his cards on the table on the field and that will not be ignored, if he comes out on fire he will prove to everyone what a great player he is and if he is able to keep it to sport and keep it professional then he might be able to actually resurrect his image as well. thanks indeed forjoining us. let's catch up for another set of headlines now. another blow for saracens following their relegation to the championship. their premiership champions main sponsor for the past 12 years, allianz are terminating their contract at the end of the season, one year early bobby madley, who was sacked as a premier league referee i8 months ago for mocking a disabled person has been given a way back into the english game. he will return to officiate in the lower leagues this season. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the last 16 at the welsh 0pen. the four—time champion beat anthony hamilton by four fram

fire threatens australia. that's our big thing, fire. fire, drought, all those sorts of things, that's what they need to focus on. >> williams: greg mullins says he and 22 former fire and emergency service chiefs from all over australia wrote to prime minister morrison last april warning him of a looming catastrophe and requesting more resources to fight bush fires. and what was the response? >> mullins: ah, that he was too busy to meet with us. >> williams: he refused to meet with you. >> mullins: point blank. told us to buzz off basically. >> williams: why? >> mullins: we've been told by senior public servants in canberra that because we uttered two horrible words, "climate change," we were discounted as being activists, and we would not get a meeting at any stage with the prime minister. >> williams: we wanted to interview the prime minister about the devastating fires and their connection with climate change but he declined our request, as did other members of his government. scott morrison has admitted that he made mistakes in his h

. >> coronavirus gripped the world and australia is no exception. thousands of australians found themselves stranded in areas impacted by coronavirus. the government organized evacuations to rescue australians stranded. >> thank you, mister president. my question is to the minister for defense. can the minister update us on how defense is supporting the whole government effort to repatriate australians from coronavirus affected areas overseas? >> senator reynolds. >> thank you, mister president. thank you to senator henderson for the question and her ongoing support for the defense industry. i was proud of this chamber, what they are doing on operation bushfire assist which is mobilization domestically in our nation's history. i'm proud that we mobilized and provide significant support to the whole of government effort in tackling the coronavirus. these efforts are being made by the the permit of foreign affairs, health and they're playing a significant role in this response and working across government very well to ensure the best interest of aust

i will australia's biggest city to —— face will australia's biggest city to —— fa ce eve n will australia's biggest city to —— face even tougher water restrictions. a new light rail network is helping sydney to absorb a growing population. every week about 1800 people, mostly from overseas, move here. gary is a softwa re overseas, move here. gary is a software consultant from tamil now do. six months ago she chose australia over california. skilled immigrants are welcome here. i'm very excited —— excited because i seek opportunities because i have to decide which way to go and i don't like the late back, that is a balance of your work and personal life. immigration is good for the australian economy but it is making the city is more congested than ever. governments are benefiting significantly from increased migration through increased tax revenue but they haven't been very good at actually reinvesting that revenue into roads and into local services, into trains. to accommodate their population growth so accommodate their population growth so that has been a challenge. in 2020, aust

how australia's contribution to the international maritime security construct supports australia's economic and security interest? >> thank you,at mr. president. maintaining vital trade and flow 13 chokepoint like the strait of hormuz is crucial to the global trading system, , and also the international economy and also australia's prosperity. about 40% fuel used in australia transits through the straits of her news is either refined here ore overseas. this seeksks to provide navigatn through the shipping lanes which reaches directlyfi into the indo-pacific region and well wie on. under the imf see we will work with international partners to monitor and deter destabilizing activities which could disrupt trade and also vitalo energy flows. she will support safe passage ol commercial and shipping in the region. >> an annual report into the welfare of indigenous australians is released with damning findings about progress average australia's make in the same target of health,gr educatn and deployment as the rest of the country. of the seven objectives of the program, just two have been met. >>

the situation is even more dramatic for australia's unique wildlife. an animal sanctuary stood here in this nature reserve there's no sign of life there's no sign of the dead animals there they're just beyond you know the venture ash if i had to evacuate the animals of the show they could definitely been under threat so the toll on may is huge i. sorry potent. cool. there we go see. you just deny this if you see a return even. here they're mainly looking after young animals that have lost their mothers. when they've recovered they'll be released as quickly as possible into the wild. just a few kilometers away volunteers are looking for feed for koalas the creatures survive primarily on a diet of eucalyptus leaves and only certain types of them. if one forest burns down you can simply move koalas to another. tens of thousands of them are believed to have perished in the fires it's estimated that heart of the koala population may have died. over the years one bats another animal native only to australia have also lost a lot of their natural habitat surel

it does, australia doe5 as well? it does, australia does not have a good record in term5 does not have a good record in terms of the amount of fossil fuel5 it burns, it is very pro— coal and the government got elected in because it was very pro— coal, you could argue. again, ithink pro— coal, you could argue. again, i think there is a lot of pressure since the bushfire5 that perhaps that australia has to ta ke that perhaps that australia has to take a stance on that. another important story in the financial times and this is really groundbreaking, a groundbreaking study looking at the potential treatments for cancer. 1300 5cienti5ts the potential treatments for cancer. 1300 scientists were involved in this and it's all about personalised treatment, isn't it? very innovative? the good news, 1300 5cienti5ts involved in the study over a decade and what they have effectively done is they have tried to read dna sequences of different types of cancers and then for the same patients, they have been looking at the heal

al-jazeera queensland australia. the guard's violent mind has been here for decades producing lignite brown coal to fuel the nearby power station which produces more energy than any other in germany a symbol of the country's continuing dependence on fossil fuels in 2019 brown coal and hard coal or anthracite provided more than 29 percent of the electricity used nuclear provided 14 percent renewables accounted for 46 percent but ministers are committed to combating climate change by reducing emissions and spent much of the last year deep in discussions about how to meet those commitments eventually they found a compromise we have both forms of coal will be phased out within the next 18 years the heart of these were tough negotiations they took a long time in my view too long but you can see the result where the 1st country with a binding agreement to exit coal and nuclear power and that's an important signal internationally. felix martis was a member of the commission which advised the government to prioritize a stead

here in this house and across australia. to do the work, to do the work of recovery, to build back better, do the work of learning, to do the work of repair iing shattered hearts, broken communities. that is what we owe our country. that is what we owe each other. australians are overcomers. despite the scale of this disaster and the tragedies, australia is not and will never be overwhelmed. as we face the challenges that remain active, as we confront and face the devastating drought compounded in so many places by these fires. as we confront and contain the challenge of the virus, indeed, that threatens the world. australians will not be overwhelmed. we will overcome as our national anthem encourages us with, courage all, let us proclaim, advance australia. so i conclude immemorial, i conclude in thanks, i conclude in honor to those we have lost and deepest of our sympathies and condolences to you and we simply hope and pray that as we've gathered here today to acknowledge your great loss and the heroes that you have lost t

we are seeing that here in australia. we have a trade relationship already with £17 billion but we have a potential to do so much more. that is why we have recommitted today to launching negotiations on an ambitious free trade agreement between oui’ free trade agreement between our countries as soon as possible. we hope australia will be part of that first wave of high priority deals we are pursuing. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil joins me now from canberra. you heard his optimism there that australia will be one of the first countries to strike a trade deal. is that likely? how receptive do you think the australian government will be to these talks? it is a very exciting day for the australians. for that dominic raabis australians. for that dominic raab is here is significant enough because this is the first major ministerial visit after brexit but the fact that canberra is his first stop sends a strong message to the australians, after boris johnson already said that striking a deal with australia is on his top list of p

water in australia is increasingly scarce. a long drought continues, and the dams that supply sydney are less than half full. residents are under the toughest water restrictions seen in a decade. this is one of the fundamental challenges for humanity — how does it deal with its water resources ? does it deal with its water resources? we hear a lot, and rightly, about the impacts of climate change, but the grip of water scarcity is just as big an issue for humanity, and places like australia and syd ney places like australia and sydney need to really get to grips with that. sydney's population is growing rapidly, but its reservoir levels are falling. securing water supplies for more and more people is a big challenge. the next 12 months will be critical. will the droughts in the big dry finally come to an end, or will australia's biggest city face even tougher water restrictions? a new light rail network is helping sydney to absorb a growing population. every week about 1800 people, mostly every week about 1800 people, m ostl

called -- australia. that ds not exist. the informationg advis people to stay away from suburbse with lainese populations is baseless. he says i have not left australia part thiss not sensible public health precautions. this is racm. misinformation and conspiracy theories, here is a tech jonalist. >> we are seeing a lot ofhese fake claims. whether it is drinking bleach to warded off or the idea this is from chinese people eating bats. these ideas are very racist. they're blowing up on social media. it's tricky. we have seen some tweets from epidemiologists get taken out of context and blow up online. by people who are very concerned about the coronavirus. the solution is very responsible reporting and people gois to the expe thirather t seeing what is going viral. >> you can see the highlight, the headline, coronavirus does not discriminate so neither shouldou. virus pandemonium. sun omteoas been speakin soug f her personal experiences in the last f days, including an incidentn london. >> a white man in h

this is day that is from berlin up next reporter saving the animals australia after the fires see at the top of the hour thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. i was here when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard i wish. i even got white hair. in the gym language. this keeps me and little but you need to look into this and say you want to know their story lets her fighting and reliable information for margaret. sarah and gary in what little is left of their dream the wildlife sanctuary. australia's bush fires raged through cargo populations less than 800 leaving behind only real ones and claiming 2 lives. and now how can the community rebuild. if she comes was. there any more. to animal rights activists spring sheep skins blankets and bags as more and more people drop by with donations of cash for goods this came from other things. she used to buy a lot and i think she was too traumatized kid covering such a quaint here almost ever

.>> australia has gone through a lot. >> suffering for the worst wildfires in australia's history and how the country's tourism industry is moving forward now the fires are out and a push to put an end to pink tax, and spring training is underway for those planning to see their favorite bay area team gearing up for the season. we will have tips for travel and where to book this day.>> the golden gate bridge is a little warmer over in arizona where the first ring training game for the san francisco giants is this saturday against the dodgers, i thought about baseball this morning because my kiss my little one good night he has an old buster posey doll tucked in amongst his menagerie of animals and i'm like buster posey, i remember the heyday of those giant championships.>> i remember when he was a rookie interviewing him on the field and he was just a rookie, you know he wound up getting three world series titles and the fact the giants are celebrating the first title later this year in august and a big celebration honoring the 2010 team and someone will not be there and that is aubrey

this is deja vu news from berlin up next is reporter saving the animals australia after the fires back spicer it's watch. the fog. carefully and don't miss the soon. to begin to. discover. the i. subscribe to documentary to. sarah and gary in what little is left of their dream a wildlife sanctuary. australia's bush fires raged through cargo populations less than 800 leaving behind only ruins and claiming 2 lives and now how can the community rebuild. the country less. than the most. 2 animal rights activists spring sheep skins blankets and bags as more and more people drop by with donations of cash or goods from everything. she used to pay a lot and i think she was too traumatized to take care and stationed quite yet almost every day sarah telling asks herself to should just give in and lean in just 3 years ago she and her husband have found a new home here and started a wildlife sanctuary for kangaroos are very lucky. then the fires came. friend rang me from canberra at lunch time on the day in seiji march 24 so we kept an eye on it at all even pay and it was downgraded from watch an

how australia's biggest lg bt mardi gras economic boost. how australia's biggest lgbt event of the year helps bring in the pink dollars. good morning and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko oi. let's begin with asian markets, because they have opened sharply lower after stocks slumped in the united states, as investors a re stocks slumped in the united states, as investors are growing increasingly concerned about the coronavirus. japan's benchmark nikkei index has opened 2.5% lower, currently extending its loss now down by more than 3%, and hong kong's hang seng index has also opened 2% lower. and this comes after one of wall street's worst days since the 2008 financial crisis. check this out. all the markets on wall street falling by more than 4% —— hang seng. the dow in fact more than 4% —— hang seng. the dow in fa ct lost more than 4% —— hang seng. the dow in fact lost more than 1000 points in one day, taking its weekly drop down to 3000 points so far. it didn't help that goldman sachs, of co

two really entertaining games to conclude the tournament's action here in perth, australia. looking to bounce back against india playing the sri lankan side. not large expectations going into the game but afar expectations going into the game but a far close amounts than many anticipated. australia is that 123 for victory, and they fell early on for victory, and they fell early on for 10—3. the only meg lanning got them close before ellyse perry hit them close before ellyse perry hit the winning runs to get australia back on track. the day's second game so back on track. the day's second game so india against bangladesh. it was lit up by the 16—year—old opener who hit 79 from 30 deliveries. bangladesh eventually fell 18 runs short. 21121; bangladesh eventually fell 18 runs short. 211211 india and setting the pace for the g20 women's world cup. it's good for us and we just want to ta ke it's good for us and we just want to take the moments. we are not really thinking about what happened before, we are working as a team, whether we win or whether we lose, we are looking

and that capability is now being deployed for australia's. benefit. what he goes on to do. subsequent to having left you to is something that we can't readily control or make judgement about because we are not privy to the details of its activities in china. in january last year chinese media reported the announcement by high unidata of the . establishment of a joint tart official intelligence of the burra tree with the university of technology sydney. there's very little information about the deal available it's only available in chinese language media but we can see an image of director at high in data with an academic e.t.s. that means images of the agreement. the u.t.s. academic was associate damon director of the university center for artificial intelligence professor louis comes here last month professor lu one of $3000000.00 fellowship from the australian research council for a project to enable lot official intelligence to learn autonomous late from dot up there and there is. actually. what response of samantha hoffman is concerned by the u.t.s. higher data connecti

to washington from berlin up next we hear how a kangaroo sanctuary is dealing with the impacts of australia's devastating push fires i'm called aspen i'll have more news at the top of. blood. actually this meter just shows the slightest threat shows up. in the salon dot. com. the smart way to win your goal. global auto and mobility show everyone w. . sarah and gary in what little is left of their dream a wildlife sanctuary. australia's bush fires raged through cold bargo population less than 800 leaving behind only ruins and claiming to lives and now how can the community rebuild. and she's come to love. i need more. to animal rights activists spring sheepskins blankets and bags as more and more people drop by with donations of cash or goods from elephant. she used to be involved and i thought she was too traumatized good governance and quite. honest every day sarah telling asks herself too she should just give in. just 3 years ago she and her husband found a new home here and started a wildlife sanctuary for kangaroos. then the fires came. friend rang me from canberra at lunch time on the da

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gives you a clear indication as to what australia is going. more broadly and, of course, this trillion government would not use this language but i would, -- the anchor of the american alliance and we see japan as an more northeastern anchor on the american alliance system. on that basis is look at the geography, southeast asia is geographic and some sense strategic heart of the indo-pacific. and by the way the indo-pacific construct two years ago which has significance. it used to be east asia. in our strategic thinking that it is pacific which widens the strategic maps in the way that i think favors us, brings in india and, of course, not completely and china but china is a relevant factor. southeast asia, we do see quite frankly as the soft underbelly in the region. for a number of reasons. one, from a pure capacity point of view southeast asia might be a region with almost a dozen states. but each of those states has a limited capability even of itself to engage in any significant balancing for accounting activity. as a result southeast as

since then it has had a long history in australia with general motors, i think 90 years. it now general motors says is going to wind down its sales, designs and operations in australia and new zealand by the end of next year. the company said it has explored ways to keep holden brand alive, but they decided it would just cost too much money to stay in what is known as a right—hand drive market. that is australia and new zealand. but is the left—hand drive in the us and that is the problem. it is just too expensive to make these cars specifically just for the australian and new zealand market. it is all part of this move by gm to get out of this move by gm to get out of these under profitable markets and focus on places like the us, china and south korea. gm had stop —— stop manufacturing in australia three years ago, but it carried on making and marketing these vehicles in thailand and china's great wall motors has already agreed to by the manufacturing plant. the statement by gm did not say how manyjobs would be lost, but reports suggest it could be as many as 60

england bowled well, restricting australia to 132—7 from their 20 overs. but they couldn't produce a good performance with the bat, finishing on 116—7. it's not the best preparation for the t20 world cup for england, who only have three more games before their first match on 23rd march. manchester city's premier league match against west ham has been called off because of storm ciara, which is affecting numerous sporting fixtures today, although sheffield united against bournemouth is set to go ahead. all six women's super league games have been postponed, including the merseyside derby at goodison park and the women's six nations match between scotland and england is also off, as well as race meetings and both super league fixtures. there's a full list of games affected on the website. and the situation is changing all the time so do check before you travel. there is one football match under way — bsc glasgow of the lowland league are fighting back against hibernian in the fifth round of the scottish cup. they went 2—0 down after marc mcnulty struck

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australia's on christian injured fire season has killed more than a 1000000000 animal. want to one east investigates no one wants them urgency. on al-jazeera. the controversial leader of the islamic jihad for his part he is one of the most when internist street is really coming to terms on his alleged extrajudicial killing by israeli television and assad says being caught in the must use the outcome is only death if someone tried to get to chicago immediately syrian intelligence was shut down the borders go to kill him in damascus on al-jazeera. al-jazeera with every. hello i'm down in jordan in doha with the top stories here on al-jazeera china has reported 105 more deaths from the corona virus on sunday bringing the total to 1007 have been 70 on the mainland around 2000 more people have tested positive for the virus al-jazeera katrina you as more now from beijing. we do have to remember that these are official figures so we do have to take them with a grain of salt they of course could be much more cases but it does seem at least that though the numbers of cases are r

the uk foreign minister is in australia as britain begins its search for post brexit trade agreements. good morning, asia, hello, well, it isa good morning, asia, hello, well, it is a thursday and glad you could join us. i am rico hizon. the coronavirus and the world bank says it will downturn its outlook. the forecast rebounded last month due to easing of trade tensions between china and the us. the who asked for $700 billion to help for the possible arrival of the virus. we arejust 36 possible arrival of the virus. we are just 36 days into the new year and many investment banks and the world bank are downgrading forecasts 7 world bank are downgrading forecasts? but interestingly with an outbreak like this, as much as 90% of the economic damage actually comes from people's fear of associating with each other. we're talking office and store closures but there is also a growing list of companies closing their stores and and it is has become the latest. —— adidas. 0ther and it is has become the latest. —— adidas. other companies asking staff to go on unpaid leave in order to cop

retailers in australia have dealt the pain. sales have slumped, many australians are worried about theirjobs and slow growth in wages. economists say concerns about the us china trade war, brexit and the health of the european economy are dragging australia into the slow lane. european economy are dragging australia into the slow lanelj think people are very gloomy and that's showing up on the fact that they are not prepared to spend. they are sitting on their wallets. the reserve bank themselves had actually become concerned about the messaging that these rate cuts have had on people. clearly they are giving that" be scared" message rather than here is some money for you to spend message. the signs of a slowing economy are hard to miss. this restau ra nt economy are hard to miss. this restaurant closed down a couple of weeks ago. the australian government and the reserve bank had hoped a series of interest—rate and tax cuts would have made a real difference. the thinking was, the more money you give people, the more money th

town of birds areas of california it's the end of australia child vanished it's the end of australia tell the island nations that are only surviving vs storable right now that it's the end of australia the new york times is terrible i would say it's only good for covering the bottom of your bird cage but there aren't even that many parts laughed. why well part of it probably has to do with the fact that there are enough insects for them to eat the guardian is reporting this week that karsh black comet or tests have a real and huge decline in the number of insects research shows insect abundance and sites in europe has plunged by up to 80 percent in 2 decades if you're wondering what black tom litter is zigzagged clear what you think of it. scientists have been testing the number of bugs that splat on car windows because scientists are asked. couldn't they test how many insects show up when you leave a nice warm pile of dog. because they do that did you have to send your their face through their 70 mph on. the way this insect die off fellows terrible things for humanity but it is good

to beat australia by seven wickets in their tri—series. chasing 17a, 16—year—old opener, sha—farli verma scored 49 off 28 balls to lead india to a stunning win. australia play england on sunday with all three teams still able to reach the final. and a new men's pole vault world record has been set by armand duplantis from sweden. he's only 20 years old, and has set the new record of six metres and 17 centimetres at an indoor meeting in poland. it beats the previous record byjust one centimetre. he says it's a record he's wanted to break since the age of three. that's all of the sport. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website. bye for now. four rare mountain gorillas, including a pregnant female, have died in uganda after being hit by lightning. a local conservation group says the three adult females and a male infant were found in uganda's mgahinga national park. the area was hit by a huge storm on monday. one of those caught in the storm in the south—west of the country was journalist jack losh — he's been telling more about

dehydtrated and dizzy, but djokovic is champion in australia once again. also coming up in the programme... find out why this goal for great britain's hockey team counted for nothing against australia. and countdown to super bowl 5a. we're just a few hours away — will it be the 49ers or the chiefs? good evening. in their first match since the world cup final, england have been beaten in the six nations championship, 24—17 by france in paris. they had been 21r—0 down and two jonny may tries at least saw them earn a losing bonus pont, but that will be very little consolation. our sports correspodnent andy swiss was at the match. they had arrived with such confidence, but the england fans flocking to paris were in for an almighty shock. a wall of noise and a sea of french flags and the hosts were utterly inspired. five minutes gone and vincent rattez darted over, the start of a dream first half for france and england's worst nightmare. france's six nations bursts into life. anything that could go wrong pretty much did. charles ollivon galloping through

rock wallabies one that australia's wildlife is as unique as it is endangered even in such a vast land agriculture and unchecked land use are encroaching on their habitats now the wildfires have exacerbated the situation. you know are a lot why have to be so cruel. so that was their enclosure so this is where we are worried. that they had raised $35.00 kangaroos here by hand each one had a name a history and a personality. not just the loss of. the loss of building in body and. so many people get to go through life and find they can see that before there is a price. we founded emigrate for to a founder. carrie takes care of the little baby sienna. carries her around in a pouch like her mother would have if she hadn't died in the fire. a farmer brought the orphan joey by just the other day it's hard to tell who's comforting home. sarah's mother helps out wherever she can today she's brought some native grasses for the you can really pan. always. and so you. can so i think my biggest part comes from my daughter. coming up. she just such despair i mean the screen and off the maybe. some g

host australia hoping to perform on the big stage. the defending champions and favourites won the task. but india tore up the scripts early on. however, herteam—mate couldn't keep up the pace and can only make 132 runs, leaving australia with an easy target. india threw themselves no matter the cost. australia's player was removed first ball, and it was game on. they did not last long. a famous victory for india, but australia's journey is a little more difficult. the attention turned from sydney to hear. tomorrow the west indies will make their debut in the world cup in any form of cricket before new zealand take on sri lanka. we been here for four 01’ on sri lanka. we been here for four or five weeks now and we are really close to starting so i think all the girls can't wait for sunday to come around to client —— i wish it was tomorrow but it's one of those things we can't wait to get out there. with one match down, there are another 21 games to go before the final on the 8th of march. organisers are hoping to fill the stadi