The battle for the future of Hollywood is heating up this morning after Paramount mounted a hostile bid worth US$108 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, just days after Netflix agreed to buy out the media giant.Paramount says it's taking its bid straight to Warner Bros shareholders, asking them to reject the Netflix deal valued at more than US$70 billion. Then, former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has formally joined One Nation, after leaving the Nationals last month.The Member for New England intends to run on One Nation's Senate ticket for New South Wales at the next federal election.Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.
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Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation weeks after leaving Nationals
Barnaby Joyce finally made his political future clearer yesterday, confirming he'll join Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and run for the Senate at the next election.The MP for New England quit the National Party last month citing irreconcilable differences with Nationals leader David Littleproud.Guest: Barnaby Joyce, member for New England.
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Changing Australia: Atticus Fleming and recreating conservation in Australia
Habitat loss, feral animals and the worsening impacts of climate change are all daunting prospects for Australia's conservationists.
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Notorious paedophile 'could have been stopped' much earlier, review finds
A report that will "send a shiver up the spine of every Queensland parent," that's how the Premier David Crisafulli has described the findings into the failures at childcare centres where one of Australia's most notorious paedophiles abused dozens of victims over two decades.The Child Death Review Board has found Griffith's offending could have been "detected and disrupted earlier".
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Joyce's defection to One Nation 'very hurtful', says Nationals deputy leader
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has formally joined One Nation, after leaving the Nationals last month.The Member for New England intends to run on One Nation's Senate ticket for New South Wales at the next federal election.
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