Gumnuts, baby! How two abseiling horticulturalists rescued specimens from an endangered tree

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The threatened Jillaga Ash (Eucalyptus stenostoma) was spotted 90m down a cliff in Wadbilliga national park, in southern New South Wales

Two horticulturalists have undertaken a daring abseiling mission to rescue gumnuts from an endangered tree on a 300m cliff face.

Stan Wawrzyczek, a threatened flora ecologist at the Threatened Species Conservancy, spotted an endangered tree, Eucalyptus stenostoma (Jillaga Ash), 90m down the cliff in Wadbilliga national park in southern New South Wales.

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China’s Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US – Reuters

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  1. China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US  Reuters
  2. Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side  The New York Times
  3. Trump no-show at big Asian economic forum may risk US reputation in region  AP News
  4. Trump may have skipped APEC—but Xi's using it to sell China as globalization's last defender  Fortune
  5. Xi Jinping’s moment and whirlwind diplomatic tours: key takeaways from the Apec summit in South Korea  The Guardian
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Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform

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Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning

The Nationals’ grassroots members have voted to ditch net zero, setting the scene to formally scrap the target at a meeting on Sunday morning.

“We believe in reducing emissions, but not at any cost,” the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, told the party’s federal council on Saturday.

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Netherlands: D66 party beats Wilders in tight election — ANP – DW

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  1. Netherlands: D66 party beats Wilders in tight election — ANP  DW
  2. ‘Not So Bulletproof’: A Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands  The New York Times
  3. Dutch centrist D66 party confirmed as election winner, ANP says  CNN
  4. Who is Rob Jetten, tipped to become youngest Dutch prime minister?  BBC
  5. Santa Claus will be here before a new Dutch government, caretaker PM warns  politico.eu
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Egypt’s Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time – BBC

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  1. Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time  BBC
  2. Grand Egyptian Museum set for a very grand opening after 3 decades and more than $1 billion  CBS News
  3. Egypt unveils the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization  ABC News
  4. Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build  The Guardian
  5. More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures  CNN
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In Tokyo, Trump and Takaichi bonded over a mutual friend – and a mutual enemy – Yahoo

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  1. In Tokyo, Trump and Takaichi bonded over a mutual friend – and a mutual enemy  Yahoo
  2. On the Menu for Trump in Tokyo: American Rice  The New York Times
  3. Trump bonds with Japan’s new prime minister, unveils major Japanese investment projects in the U.S.  PBS
  4. Why Japan’s Sanae Takaichi May Actually Be Able to Win Over Trump  Time Magazine
  5. US, Japan sign framework for critical mineral supply  Supply Chain Dive
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Pro-Israel activist suing Sydney restaurant claims he was shunned and vilified after News Corp stunt

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Ofir Birenbaum is suing for defamation after deleted and retracted social media posts by Cairo Takeaway inferred he visited the restaurant with reporters to ‘stir up controversy’

A pro-Israel activist who visited a pro-Palestinian Sydney restaurant with News Corp reporters claims he was vilified and subject to an investigation by his employer after the restaurant allegedly implied he attempted to manufacture an “antisemitic incident”.

Ofir Birenbaum went to Cairo Takeaway, a popular restaurant in Sydney’s Newtown, in February wearing a Star of David cap and necklace alongside reporters from the Daily Telegraph. The undercover operation, later revealed to be dubbed internally by the paper as “undercover Jew”, made international headlines after it backfired.

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