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Anne Aly says she received threatening emails after Peter Dutton's remarks – politics live Peter Dutton and Pauline Hanson 'ignorant and alarmist', says former immigration minister – politics live
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Tony Burke on race motion: I have no doubt Dutton's comments will win him votes. I don't care.
Labor’s MP for Watson, Tony Burke is speaking to the race motion which was initiated by Labor. They want everyone in the prime minister to sign up to the motion which commits to a non discriminatory immigration policy.
He says given Peter Dutton’s recent comments regarding the Lebanese Muslim second and third generation migrants, it is clear that not all MPs support the motion - that is a non discriminatory immigration policy.
I have no doubt the immigration ministers comments will win him votes. I don’t care.
He said Dutton’s comments may win him votes but it will not make the job of security agencies any easier.
I don’t not want there to be partisanship in a motion like this.
Burke said he brought it forward because he hoped it would be an almost unanimous statement from the parliament against a small minority such as One Nation.
I want it to be true.
He acknowledges Turnbull did not back in the particular words of Dutton.
But he said you can’t equivocate on matters of race. Burke says you have to go back to the white Australia policy to find an immigration minister who talked about excluding a particular group.
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Bill Shorten: we don't call them 2nd or 3rd gen migrants, we call them Australians
Shorten continues and refers to Cowan MP Anne Aly, counter terrorism expert.
It is time for some leadership from the Prime Minister. It is time that the minister for immigration was brought into line.
As the remarkable member for Cowan has said, the member for Cowan who was involved in driving WA Labor’s cyber security strategy seven years ago, she said this morning, and I agree “I am fearful that the minister for immigration’s comments will be used by an extreme view who would seek to harm the fabric of our society”.
Second and third generation migrants are teachers, they are police officers,they are entrepreneurs, they are members of this parliament on both sides of the house. They serve in our hospitals and they serve in the uniform of our country.
They raise children, they pay tax, they build communities, they coach local sporting teams, they create small businesses, they volunteer. They do as I say, sit on both sides of which chamber. We in the Labor Party don’t start by calling them second and third generation migrants, we call them Australians.
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Bill Shorten: Peter Dutton's comments were "loud lazy disrespect"
Bill Shorten is warming up.
All of these are reasons why the minister for immigration’s recent comments were so profoundly wrong. Suggesting it was a mistake to allow a generation of migrants to come to Australia more than three decades ago because of the crimes of a tiny handful of their grandchildren is not just ignorant and insulting, it is not just a denigration of people who have worked so hard and given so much to this country.
The comments weren’t just a repudiation of the success of Australia, a nation made great by migration and multiculturalism. The minister’s comments, his ignorant comments, contradict and undermine and fly in the face of every briefing I have ever received from our security agencies who explain to us how best to counter radicalisation, about defeating extremism.
Loud, lazy disrespect – wholesale labelling of entire communities for the actions of a tiny minority – aid and abet the isolation and resentment that the extremists pray upon.
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Bill Shorten goes through the changing global security setting. Then he moves onto the importance of an inclusive nation.
When I talk about our citizens, I am mindful one of the most powerful assets in the fight against terrorism doesn’t wear a uniform or wield a weapon. It is our united harmonious inclusive nation.
As the prime minister said so well in parliament only last month, terrorists and extremists want the wider Australian community to turn against Australian Muslims. He said the message to Australian Muslims is, “You’re not wanted here, you will never be accepted here, you cannot be Australian”.
In this place, we have a solemn responsibility to counter that argument of the extremists to the extreme right and the extremists within the Middle East who say that being a Muslim citizen of this democracy is incompatible with their faith. We need to counter that argument, not amplify it.
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Bill Shorten speaks next.
He thanks the government for keeping Labor informed, including former PM Tony Abbott.
There are many issues that can divide this parliament, often deeply, all of us in this place on all sides share a common determination to keep Australia safe. We are all committed to ensuring our people, our institutions and our commercial enterprises are protected by the most up to date technology.
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Turnbull: when we see extremist behaviour it should be called out
Malcolm Turnbull has gone through the government’s legislation on counter-terrorism.
He finishes on Australia’s multicultural and inclusive society. This is the interesting bit, in the context of Peter Dutton’s comment.
We are one of the most successful multicultural societies in the world. From the oldest human cultures of our first Australians to the newborn baby in the arms of its immigrant mother, we are stronger because of our diversity but that does not mean that we should be blind to or ignorant of the challenges our society face. When we see extremist behaviour, it should be called out for what it is.
The prime minister gets a very large hear, hear from his own benches at that statement.
When we see vulnerability, it should be addressed by all Australians, by government, by business, by community. We all have a stake in this. It is the combination of our national attributes of security, diversity, freedom and the prosperity which they enable, that make us best-placed as a society to unite against terrorism and violent extremism. As I have said many times, the glue that holds us together is mutual respect. Mutual respect. The recognition that each of us is entitled to the same respect, the same dignity and opportunities.
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Turnbull says re the nexus between criminality and terrorism, a pilot of the national criminal intelligence system is underway in the Australian criminal intelligence commission.
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Turnbull says a review after the terrorist acts overseas found Australia already has robust legislative policy and operational arrangements in place.Turnbull says a review after the terrorist acts overseas found Australia already has robust legislative policy and operational arrangements in place.
But it identified some areas requiring further work.But it identified some areas requiring further work.
A key finding was the need to continue working on how to best protect public places. I can confirm that in response to the review, we have committed as a priority to develop a national strategy for places of mass gathering, including a nationally consistent approach to risk assessment for such places.A key finding was the need to continue working on how to best protect public places. I can confirm that in response to the review, we have committed as a priority to develop a national strategy for places of mass gathering, including a nationally consistent approach to risk assessment for such places.
The review also confirmed there are a diverse range of factors that could make someone vulnerable to radicalisation, from mental health issues, to a history of criminality.The review also confirmed there are a diverse range of factors that could make someone vulnerable to radicalisation, from mental health issues, to a history of criminality.
The review found such factors might increase the vulnerability of lone actors to the propaganda of terrorist organisations offering them some perverse sense of inclusion. We need to better support our front line professionals,including health professionals to respond to Australians who may be at risk of radicalising towards violent extremism.The review found such factors might increase the vulnerability of lone actors to the propaganda of terrorist organisations offering them some perverse sense of inclusion. We need to better support our front line professionals,including health professionals to respond to Australians who may be at risk of radicalising towards violent extremism.
I have therefore asked our agencies, the Attorney-General, the Minister for Health and ageing and the minister assisting me on counter-terrorism to work with the states and territories, peak bodies, international partners and the community to identify what more can be done in this area to help both carers and patients taking great care, we do not stigmatise some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.I have therefore asked our agencies, the Attorney-General, the Minister for Health and ageing and the minister assisting me on counter-terrorism to work with the states and territories, peak bodies, international partners and the community to identify what more can be done in this area to help both carers and patients taking great care, we do not stigmatise some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.
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Turnbull says the director general of security has reviewed the national terrorism threat level and that it remains unchanged at probable.Turnbull says the director general of security has reviewed the national terrorism threat level and that it remains unchanged at probable.
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Turnbull says in recent weeks three individuals have been charged with foreign incursion offences. These latest arrests bring to 55 the number of people charged from 24 counter-terrorism operations around Australia since September 2014.Turnbull says in recent weeks three individuals have been charged with foreign incursion offences. These latest arrests bring to 55 the number of people charged from 24 counter-terrorism operations around Australia since September 2014.
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Malcolm Turnbull says Australia approaches the new global challenges with a strong foundation of freedom and diversity.Malcolm Turnbull says Australia approaches the new global challenges with a strong foundation of freedom and diversity.
He restates:He restates:
The next mass casualty attack on Australian victims could be somewhere in south-east Asia where Daesh propaganda is galvanised existing networks of extremists, preyed on vulnerable young people and attracted new recruits.The next mass casualty attack on Australian victims could be somewhere in south-east Asia where Daesh propaganda is galvanised existing networks of extremists, preyed on vulnerable young people and attracted new recruits.
Turnbull says that is why Australia is working with its allies to defeat Daesh.Turnbull says that is why Australia is working with its allies to defeat Daesh.
He tips his hat to the United States and Trump critics who urge a reconsideration of the US alliance.He tips his hat to the United States and Trump critics who urge a reconsideration of the US alliance.
We and we alone determine whether and how our forces are put in harm’s way but the closeness of our relationship ensures that no ally has more influence than we do. That influence is one which is highly valued now and in the future as President Obama reminded us in Lima on Sunday. Those who assert that our ties and our alliance with the United States should be reconsidered fail to recognise that a strong, trusted, forthright Australia is a powerful force for good, whether it is on the fields of conflict or in the corridors of power in Washington.We and we alone determine whether and how our forces are put in harm’s way but the closeness of our relationship ensures that no ally has more influence than we do. That influence is one which is highly valued now and in the future as President Obama reminded us in Lima on Sunday. Those who assert that our ties and our alliance with the United States should be reconsidered fail to recognise that a strong, trusted, forthright Australia is a powerful force for good, whether it is on the fields of conflict or in the corridors of power in Washington.
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The prime minister is shortly going to deliver a statement on cybersecurity. Katharine Murphy wrote a preview this morning.The prime minister is shortly going to deliver a statement on cybersecurity. Katharine Murphy wrote a preview this morning.
The prime minister will tell parliament on Wednesday that Australia’s cyber capability, through the Australian Signals Directorate, is being deployed offensively to support coalition military operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.The prime minister will tell parliament on Wednesday that Australia’s cyber capability, through the Australian Signals Directorate, is being deployed offensively to support coalition military operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Malcolm Turnbull will make a security statement at noon addressing directly the sensitive subject of Australia’s offensive cyber capabilities – while the minister assisting the prime minister on cyber security, Dan Tehan, will use a separate outing at the National Press Club to argue that, domestically, Australia needs to step up its preparedness against hacking and malicious cyber-attacks.Malcolm Turnbull will make a security statement at noon addressing directly the sensitive subject of Australia’s offensive cyber capabilities – while the minister assisting the prime minister on cyber security, Dan Tehan, will use a separate outing at the National Press Club to argue that, domestically, Australia needs to step up its preparedness against hacking and malicious cyber-attacks.
In April the government confirmed that the Bureau of Meteorology and the Department of Parliamentary Services had been targets of cyber-attacks and the prime minister also confirmed for the first time that Australia possessed the capability to launch such attacks.In April the government confirmed that the Bureau of Meteorology and the Department of Parliamentary Services had been targets of cyber-attacks and the prime minister also confirmed for the first time that Australia possessed the capability to launch such attacks.
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Fraser immigration minister: Fraser followed international law and morality that was discarded from Howard government onFraser immigration minister: Fraser followed international law and morality that was discarded from Howard government on
Ian Macphee was immigration minister in Malcolm Fraser’s government.Ian Macphee was immigration minister in Malcolm Fraser’s government.
He has acknowledged justifiable anger in the community to immigration minister Peter Dutton’s comments on the Lebanese migrant intakes of the 1970s in a statement to the ABC via the Refugee Council, reported by AAP.He has acknowledged justifiable anger in the community to immigration minister Peter Dutton’s comments on the Lebanese migrant intakes of the 1970s in a statement to the ABC via the Refugee Council, reported by AAP.
We have had a succession of inadequate immigration ministers in recent years but Dutton is setting the standards even lower.We have had a succession of inadequate immigration ministers in recent years but Dutton is setting the standards even lower.
He described Dutton and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson as “ignorant, alarmist voices”.He described Dutton and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson as “ignorant, alarmist voices”.
The Fraser government honoured international law and morality. From the Howard government onwards these have been increasingly discarded.The Fraser government honoured international law and morality. From the Howard government onwards these have been increasingly discarded.
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Bill Shorten is asked about Labor’s policy to tighten employer regulations on 457, such as advertising before taking on workers. A tourism operators asked the opposition leader about his policy because she relied 457 workers for a small proportion of her workforce.Bill Shorten is asked about Labor’s policy to tighten employer regulations on 457, such as advertising before taking on workers. A tourism operators asked the opposition leader about his policy because she relied 457 workers for a small proportion of her workforce.
There are bona fide skills shortages in the Australian economy which can’t be fixed unless you bring in some people from overseas. So the 457 program is a valid and legitimate part of the Australian economy and our economic strategy in terms of generating jobs and productivity. But what we do want to see is a greater focus on labour market testing, because it is not your business which is the challenge, but we see people coming into Australia being ripped off under various visas.There are bona fide skills shortages in the Australian economy which can’t be fixed unless you bring in some people from overseas. So the 457 program is a valid and legitimate part of the Australian economy and our economic strategy in terms of generating jobs and productivity. But what we do want to see is a greater focus on labour market testing, because it is not your business which is the challenge, but we see people coming into Australia being ripped off under various visas.
None of us ... weren’t appalled when we saw that ABC footage of a worker at 7-Eleven on a temporary visa handing back half their pay to the boss.None of us ... weren’t appalled when we saw that ABC footage of a worker at 7-Eleven on a temporary visa handing back half their pay to the boss.
This is remarkable stuff.This is remarkable stuff.
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Barnaby Joyce won't comment on backpacker tax compromiseBarnaby Joyce won't comment on backpacker tax compromise
Barnaby Joyce was asked a lot of questions about the backpacker tax but the bottom line was he would not comment on whether the government would hold the line on 19% given Labor is supporting Jacqui Lambie’s proposed rate of 10.5%.Barnaby Joyce was asked a lot of questions about the backpacker tax but the bottom line was he would not comment on whether the government would hold the line on 19% given Labor is supporting Jacqui Lambie’s proposed rate of 10.5%.
He says the Labor/Lambie position would see overseas workers paid less tax than Australians.He says the Labor/Lambie position would see overseas workers paid less tax than Australians.
Bill Shorten is speaking across the hall at the Tourism and Transport Forum.Bill Shorten is speaking across the hall at the Tourism and Transport Forum.
He is also asked about the backpacker tax.He is also asked about the backpacker tax.
The government has been very mischievous. They have characterised our position of a 10.5% tax rate as charging backpackers less in tax than we charge Australians. That is not the case. There is no way, under any modelling, that a backpacker is going to be paying less tax than an Australian for doing comparable work but putting a rate at 32% and even 19%, they haven’t shown us the modelling for that.The government has been very mischievous. They have characterised our position of a 10.5% tax rate as charging backpackers less in tax than we charge Australians. That is not the case. There is no way, under any modelling, that a backpacker is going to be paying less tax than an Australian for doing comparable work but putting a rate at 32% and even 19%, they haven’t shown us the modelling for that.
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Barnaby Joyce on sugar tax: the Australian Tax Office will not save your healthBarnaby Joyce on sugar tax: the Australian Tax Office will not save your health
Barnaby Joyce is asked the obvious question, why do we tax cigarettes and not sugar?Barnaby Joyce is asked the obvious question, why do we tax cigarettes and not sugar?
Cigarettes are no good for you but no one is suggesting that, if you have a can of soft drink once a week, it will really affect your health. If you want to live on Mothers or whatever they call them, or super-saturated drinks, it is not a tax that will save you, it’s common sense. Nil by mouth – cut down on what you eat.Cigarettes are no good for you but no one is suggesting that, if you have a can of soft drink once a week, it will really affect your health. If you want to live on Mothers or whatever they call them, or super-saturated drinks, it is not a tax that will save you, it’s common sense. Nil by mouth – cut down on what you eat.
Q: Why are we getting so fat?Q: Why are we getting so fat?
A couple of reasons, because people are sitting on their backside too much and eating too much food and not just soft drinks, eating too many chips and other food. Of course it’s unsurprising and everybody is standing around right here now looking at everybody else’s stomach. Well, so the issue is take the responsibility upon yourself. The Australian Taxation Office is not going to save your health, right? Do not go to the ATO as opposed to go to your doctor or put on a pair of sandshoes and walk around the block and, if you can, go for a run. The ATO is not a better solution than jumping in the pool and going for a swim. The ATO is not a better solution than reducing your portion size.A couple of reasons, because people are sitting on their backside too much and eating too much food and not just soft drinks, eating too many chips and other food. Of course it’s unsurprising and everybody is standing around right here now looking at everybody else’s stomach. Well, so the issue is take the responsibility upon yourself. The Australian Taxation Office is not going to save your health, right? Do not go to the ATO as opposed to go to your doctor or put on a pair of sandshoes and walk around the block and, if you can, go for a run. The ATO is not a better solution than jumping in the pool and going for a swim. The ATO is not a better solution than reducing your portion size.
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Barnaby Joyce: Bugger a sugar tax, just eat less and exercise moreBarnaby Joyce: Bugger a sugar tax, just eat less and exercise more
The Grattan Institute has proposed a sugar tax.The Grattan Institute has proposed a sugar tax.
The deputy prime minister says a sugar tax is “bonkers” but now the tax idea is getting a head of steam, he thought he would nip it in the bud.The deputy prime minister says a sugar tax is “bonkers” but now the tax idea is getting a head of steam, he thought he would nip it in the bud.
It is a tax where apparently if you put sugar in your coffee shop, in your latte, that isn’t a problem, but if you buy a can of drink that is a problem. You’ve got to nip these things in the bud from the word go.It is a tax where apparently if you put sugar in your coffee shop, in your latte, that isn’t a problem, but if you buy a can of drink that is a problem. You’ve got to nip these things in the bud from the word go.
He says Mexico tried it and sugar jobs were lost but consumption went up.He says Mexico tried it and sugar jobs were lost but consumption went up.
Our sugar consumption in Australia is reducing. We believe in being healthy but we don’t believe you have a health policy that is led by a tax on sugar because if you want to deal with being overweight, well, here is a rough suggestion: stop eating so much and do a bit of exercise. There is two bits of handy advice and you can get that for free.Our sugar consumption in Australia is reducing. We believe in being healthy but we don’t believe you have a health policy that is led by a tax on sugar because if you want to deal with being overweight, well, here is a rough suggestion: stop eating so much and do a bit of exercise. There is two bits of handy advice and you can get that for free.