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| Peter Dutton says Shorten ‘mugged by the left of his party’ on citizenship – politics live | |
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| Government announces gas regulations | |
| Malcolm Turnbull announcing the government will be implementing gas regulations that affects exports. | |
| The government is also abolishing the limited merits review, which he says gas companies have taken advantage of, “to the tune in recent years of about $6.5bn additional cost to consumers”. | |
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| Hang in there Correna: Queensland teachers stick with AEU federal position | |
| Paul Karp | |
| After the Australian Education Union WA branch president, Pat Byrne, said the Coalition schools deal should be considered, and former AEU president, Dianne Foggo, also supported Gonski 2.0, so far it seems the rest of the AEU is sticking with the position expressed by current president, Correna Haythorpe, to oppose a deal. | |
| Queensland Teachers Union president, Kevin Bates, told Guardian Australia there was no change in that branch’s position. | |
| Money [is] only one consideration - the conditions, command and control [structure], and the rule by the federal minister through regulation all remain unacceptable. Support for the AEU position remains strong. | |
| The Greens did not decide a definitive position at their Tuesday party room meeting, and a split in the AEU could provide cover for it to do a deal with the government. The Greens will consult their national council this evening for guidance on how it should handle the contentious schools package. | |
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| The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, is speaking about Bill Shorten “being mugged by the left of his party” on citizenship. | |
| Dutts is confident he will get the citizenship bill through the Senate. The Greens do not support it. Presumably One Nation will support but I would be surprised if Nick Xenophon would without some amendments. Dutton needs the Xen Master to get across the line without Labor or the Greens. | |
| Mr Shorten quite frankly should go with his first instinct. | |
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| The Coalition party room meeting has ended. Tony Abbott and Kevin Andrews spoke about their concerns for the Catholic sector. Andrews also spoke about the complaints of the lack of consultation with the Catholic sector. | |
| More coming. | |
| Also Malcolm Turnbull, the resources minister, Matt Canavan, and the energy and environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, have a press conference in the blue room in five minutes. | |
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| Anne Aly, the Labor MP for Cowan and a deradicalisation expert before she entered parliament, spoke to Sky about the Finsbury Park attack that left one person dead and a number injured outside a mosque. | |
| She makes the point that we need to ensure that all terrorist attacks are treated even-handedly and some were loath to call it a terrorist attack. | |
| Well I think one of the most disappointing things is hearing this attack being portrayed as some kind of ‘revenge attack’. Terrorism is terrorism and all forms of terrorism have an element of revenge or retribution in them but that doesn’t make them not terrorism. It still makes them terrorism. | |
| The other thing Ben is this isn’t as uncommon as we would think. Just yesterday, on the same day as this attack happened, a young girl, 17-year-old Muslim girl in Virginia, in the United States, was set upon and beaten to death while on her way back from a mosque, from a place of worship. Last week, in Sweden, a similar attack was attempted with a far-right extremist mowing into a group of Iraqis. Twice, in Sweden. So these attacks aren’t as uncommon as we would think but they are not as publicised as other forms of terrorist attacks. | |
| Just FYI, I noticed LNP MP George Christensen was quick to come out and condemn the Finsbury attack on his Facebook page 17 hours ago. | |
| This terror attack is just as vile as those perpetrated by the radical Islamists. Wanting to kill or harm people because of their religion goes against every traditional western value. | |
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| Tony Burke on citizenship. | Tony Burke on citizenship. |
| .@Tony_Burke: Don't lie and pretend something is for national security when it is not. #auspol MORE https://t.co/Ms8CrJCPuo pic.twitter.com/40AbJKGxUN | .@Tony_Burke: Don't lie and pretend something is for national security when it is not. #auspol MORE https://t.co/Ms8CrJCPuo pic.twitter.com/40AbJKGxUN |
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| A sonata ripping through Mural Hall while Tony Burke confirms Labor's opposition to the citizenship laws @gabriellechan #auspol | A sonata ripping through Mural Hall while Tony Burke confirms Labor's opposition to the citizenship laws @gabriellechan #auspol |
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| Happy refugee week. | Happy refugee week. |
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| Former Australian Education Union president urges senate to back Gonski 2.0 | Former Australian Education Union president urges senate to back Gonski 2.0 |
| Here is the letter to Senate crossbench & current AEU leadership from former AEU fed president Dianne Foggo urging them to back Gonski 2.0 pic.twitter.com/X4NkrymR1z | Here is the letter to Senate crossbench & current AEU leadership from former AEU fed president Dianne Foggo urging them to back Gonski 2.0 pic.twitter.com/X4NkrymR1z |
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| Labor won't support Dutton citizenship laws | Labor won't support Dutton citizenship laws |
| Labor shadow Tony Burke says the government’s citizenship bill is massive overreach and puts some laws in place that “Australia should never take and are inconsistent with who we are as a country”. | Labor shadow Tony Burke says the government’s citizenship bill is massive overreach and puts some laws in place that “Australia should never take and are inconsistent with who we are as a country”. |
| He describes the tougher English tests as a “bizarre act of snobbery” and says the longer wait to apply for citizenship essentially delays a person’s allegiance to Australia. | He describes the tougher English tests as a “bizarre act of snobbery” and says the longer wait to apply for citizenship essentially delays a person’s allegiance to Australia. |
| By definition, everybody who is affected by this is a person who Australia has said should live here and should live here permanently. If there is a national security problem for these people, then why on earth does the government have them already living here permanently? | By definition, everybody who is affected by this is a person who Australia has said should live here and should live here permanently. If there is a national security problem for these people, then why on earth does the government have them already living here permanently? |
| The second challenge with the legislation is the delay. At the moment you already have to wait for years before you are able to take on Australian citizenship. The four-year start is already there. | The second challenge with the legislation is the delay. At the moment you already have to wait for years before you are able to take on Australian citizenship. The four-year start is already there. |
| But many people start on a temporary visas, sometimes on a series of temporary visas that take much more than four years and the requirement is at least one of those years has to be a year of permanent residence. | But many people start on a temporary visas, sometimes on a series of temporary visas that take much more than four years and the requirement is at least one of those years has to be a year of permanent residence. |
| At the end of that time Australia has had agood chance to look at the contribution that somebody is already making. | At the end of that time Australia has had agood chance to look at the contribution that somebody is already making. |
| How can it be good for Australia to be further delaying whether or not someone takes allegiance to this country? It is not that it is just good for that individual, how can it be good for Australia to be saying someone who is ready to be fully part of this Australian society, and the Australian government is going to stand in its way. | How can it be good for Australia to be further delaying whether or not someone takes allegiance to this country? It is not that it is just good for that individual, how can it be good for Australia to be saying someone who is ready to be fully part of this Australian society, and the Australian government is going to stand in its way. |
| The third issue we have to take very direct exception to is the issue of the English language test. Now, Peter Dutton got all confused on radio today and claimed that, at the moment, level 5 is basic English. That’s not true. Basic English, depending on exactly your definition, kicks in at either a two or a four. They’re talking about level six ... | The third issue we have to take very direct exception to is the issue of the English language test. Now, Peter Dutton got all confused on radio today and claimed that, at the moment, level 5 is basic English. That’s not true. Basic English, depending on exactly your definition, kicks in at either a two or a four. They’re talking about level six ... |
| That’s not just an argument to potential citizens – that’s an argument to a whole range of Australians who don’t get their personal literacy and English all the way up to university entrance level. And that, in a bizarre act of snobbery, is exactly where Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull have landed. | That’s not just an argument to potential citizens – that’s an argument to a whole range of Australians who don’t get their personal literacy and English all the way up to university entrance level. And that, in a bizarre act of snobbery, is exactly where Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull have landed. |
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| Labor’s shadow education minister, Tanya Plibersek, has written to her counterpart, Simon Birmingham, to ask for funding estimates for what schools would receive under the current arrangements in 2017. | Labor’s shadow education minister, Tanya Plibersek, has written to her counterpart, Simon Birmingham, to ask for funding estimates for what schools would receive under the current arrangements in 2017. |
| She says that, on the schools estimator website, it gives what the school would receive under the new system, whereas it is important to know what they would receive if the system stayed as is. | She says that, on the schools estimator website, it gives what the school would receive under the new system, whereas it is important to know what they would receive if the system stayed as is. |
| She also wants details of dollar amounts for every one of the 344 schools that lose under the new funding deal. | She also wants details of dollar amounts for every one of the 344 schools that lose under the new funding deal. |
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