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| Labor labels Coalition's drug-testing plan 'demeaning' – politics live | Labor labels Coalition's drug-testing plan 'demeaning' – politics live |
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| The Intelligence and Security Committee have determined what is a terrorist organisation for this point in 2019. From its statement: | |
| The Intelligence and Security Committee today tabled its report supporting regulations listing and re-listing groups, such as Islamic State-Somalia, as terrorist organisations under the criminal code. | |
| The committee reviewed the process for listing terrorist organisations and the information provided to the minister for home affairs in support of regulations affecting the listings, which must demonstrate that, each group: | |
| is directly, or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act; or | |
| that they advocated the doing of a terrorist act. | |
| is directly, or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act; or | |
| that they advocated the doing of a terrorist act. | |
| The committee’s report, review of the listing of Islamic State-Somalia and the re-listing of Abu Sayyaf Group, al-Qa’ida, al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and Jemaah Islamiyah as terrorist organisations under the criminal code, asserts that appropriate processes had been followed in the listing of these groups and that each group meets the definition of a terrorist organisation under the criminal code. | |
| The committee’s chair, Mr Andrew Hastie MP, said the PJCIS had an important role in the oversight of terrorist organisation listings, as individuals whom engage with listed organisations may be charged with serious offences including: being a member of a terrorist organisation, recruiting on behalf of a terrorist organisation, or getting funds to or from a terrorist organisation. | |
| Andrew Leigh has responded to Ken Henry’s comments (unsurprisingly, since they go to Labor’s current attack on the government in regards to the economy). | |
| Ken Henry’s excoriating views on the state of public policy today reflect the Morrison government’s rudderless drift. The Morrison government is the dog that caught the car, and doesn’t know what to do next. Australia faces massive challenges – from inequality to productivity, climate change to wage stagnation – and yet the fresh thinking that used to characterise policymaking is sadly lacking from the Coalition.” | |
| Former Treasury boss Ken Henry has had a few things to say, according to this report from the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age’s Shane Wright: | |
| Australian politicians are failing the nation by ignoring the advice of experts, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has claimed, warning large numbers of people could miss out on a job because of their deliberate ignorance. | |
| In excoriating comments to a small gathering of MPs and social scientists in Canberra on Tuesday, Dr Henry said governments were claiming success for policies that had not fixed the problem they were developed to confront. | |
| ...Dr Henry also cited poor quality infrastructure that had led to congested major cities unable to deal with the fastest population growth in the developed world and wide-scale cases of environmental degradation including the “unsustainable and environmentally damaging water usage in the Murray-Darling basin”. | |
| Jacqui Lambie has responded to Pauline Hanson’s comments from a little earlier today (Hanson questioned why Lambie would reject the government’s welfare drug-testing proposal, given her family’s personal experience with drug addiction). | Jacqui Lambie has responded to Pauline Hanson’s comments from a little earlier today (Hanson questioned why Lambie would reject the government’s welfare drug-testing proposal, given her family’s personal experience with drug addiction). |
| My son is an example of what happens when you have access to the support & rehab services you need. 500K Aussies don't have access to those services. My son has moved on from the past, he can thank his 18 mths @teenchallenge in Toowoomba & the people of QLD for that.#auspol | My son is an example of what happens when you have access to the support & rehab services you need. 500K Aussies don't have access to those services. My son has moved on from the past, he can thank his 18 mths @teenchallenge in Toowoomba & the people of QLD for that.#auspol |
| The parliamentary bells are ringing, meaning the official proceedings are about to get under way. | The parliamentary bells are ringing, meaning the official proceedings are about to get under way. |
| The parties have met for their regular meetings and have all emerged. | The parties have met for their regular meetings and have all emerged. |
| We’ll let you know what went on when we hear more. Doesn’t seem to have been too much drama in the joint party room, beyond “how good is [insert noun here]”. | We’ll let you know what went on when we hear more. Doesn’t seem to have been too much drama in the joint party room, beyond “how good is [insert noun here]”. |
| Going back through the Pauline Hanson interview with Sky News and the One Nation leader seems to get a bit personal here, with her critique of Jacqui Lambie’s rejection of the drug-testing policy. | Going back through the Pauline Hanson interview with Sky News and the One Nation leader seems to get a bit personal here, with her critique of Jacqui Lambie’s rejection of the drug-testing policy. |
| Lambie has been open about her son’s battles with drug addiction and what that did to their family. That’s also given her a first-hand experience with drug rehabilitation services, and said that has guided her – that she knows, for instance, that people needing rehabilitation in Tasmania are sent out of state, because the services are just not there. | Lambie has been open about her son’s battles with drug addiction and what that did to their family. That’s also given her a first-hand experience with drug rehabilitation services, and said that has guided her – that she knows, for instance, that people needing rehabilitation in Tasmania are sent out of state, because the services are just not there. |
| Lambie has said she won’t look at supporting the legislation until more services are in place. | Lambie has said she won’t look at supporting the legislation until more services are in place. |
| Asked about that, Hanson said: “She should be the first one then to say, yes I want it, because I want my child off drugs. So what is the issue here?” | Asked about that, Hanson said: “She should be the first one then to say, yes I want it, because I want my child off drugs. So what is the issue here?” |
| Outside the Sky studios, Hanson expanded on that, saying she believed that it would “help, people like her son and that is why I am supporting this”. | Outside the Sky studios, Hanson expanded on that, saying she believed that it would “help, people like her son and that is why I am supporting this”. |
| Senator @PaulineHansonOz wants a 'Please Explain' from @JacquiLambie as to why she's opposing the drug testing welfare recipients bill: "her child has been on drugs why you would knock back something that could possibly help... who’s got in her ear?" #7NEWS #auspol | Senator @PaulineHansonOz wants a 'Please Explain' from @JacquiLambie as to why she's opposing the drug testing welfare recipients bill: "her child has been on drugs why you would knock back something that could possibly help... who’s got in her ear?" #7NEWS #auspol |
| Ask and you shall receive – George Brandis is in town, because all the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade heads of mission are in town, for the annual “how is the world going” meeting. | Ask and you shall receive – George Brandis is in town, because all the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade heads of mission are in town, for the annual “how is the world going” meeting. |
| George Brandis has been spotted in the building. | George Brandis has been spotted in the building. |
| We are not sure why our man in London is here, but no doubt it is all very terribly important. | We are not sure why our man in London is here, but no doubt it is all very terribly important. |
| Pauline Hanson is speaking to Sky News about a speech she is giving on family law reform, where she is calling for 50/50 joint custody of children, from the moment of separation. | Pauline Hanson is speaking to Sky News about a speech she is giving on family law reform, where she is calling for 50/50 joint custody of children, from the moment of separation. |
| Anthony Albanese on the drug-testing proposal, while talking to Sky this morning: | Anthony Albanese on the drug-testing proposal, while talking to Sky this morning: |
| Well of course funding for rehabilitation is a good thing in its own right and on its own merits. The question here is does what the government propose have merit? When we look at the examples that have been given, both the audit office examination of what has occurred here, the examples in New Zealand where the figures show less than 1% of people who have been tested, it’s been pretty ineffective at a high cost. | Well of course funding for rehabilitation is a good thing in its own right and on its own merits. The question here is does what the government propose have merit? When we look at the examples that have been given, both the audit office examination of what has occurred here, the examples in New Zealand where the figures show less than 1% of people who have been tested, it’s been pretty ineffective at a high cost. |
| And the real question here is how is it that the government – prime minister Morrison gave a speech on the weekend where he spoke about this fortnight’s parliament being all about a test for Labor – how about the government govern? How about they come up with an economic plan rather than just political tactics from day to day? | And the real question here is how is it that the government – prime minister Morrison gave a speech on the weekend where he spoke about this fortnight’s parliament being all about a test for Labor – how about the government govern? How about they come up with an economic plan rather than just political tactics from day to day? |
| For an expert take on drug testing welfare recipients, read this: | For an expert take on drug testing welfare recipients, read this: |
| The Coalition want to drug test welfare recipients. Here's why experts think it's a bad idea | The Coalition want to drug test welfare recipients. Here's why experts think it's a bad idea |
| Samantha Maiden at the New Daily has an interesting story this morning: | Samantha Maiden at the New Daily has an interesting story this morning: |
| It was billed as an $800 aged bonus, with a million pensioners promised a cash splash under prime minister Scott Morrison’s deeming rate change. | It was billed as an $800 aged bonus, with a million pensioners promised a cash splash under prime minister Scott Morrison’s deeming rate change. |
| But documents released under freedom of information laws to the New Daily have revealed that seniors will secure just $5 a week on average for singles. | But documents released under freedom of information laws to the New Daily have revealed that seniors will secure just $5 a week on average for singles. |
| The average windfall for aged pensioners is just $249 a year for singles – a fraction of the $800 pensioner bonus heralded across front pages in July. | The average windfall for aged pensioners is just $249 a year for singles – a fraction of the $800 pensioner bonus heralded across front pages in July. |
| For couples, the average payment under the deeming rate changes is $3 a week and $156 a year. | For couples, the average payment under the deeming rate changes is $3 a week and $156 a year. |
| You can read more about that here | You can read more about that here |
| And from Lorena Allam: | And from Lorena Allam: |
| Labor’s Linda Burney is demanding the federal government take steps to sort out what she has described as a “secret agreement” that controls the use of the Aboriginal flag in public, because it is now unclear whether her own tattoo of the flag is a breach of copyright. | Labor’s Linda Burney is demanding the federal government take steps to sort out what she has described as a “secret agreement” that controls the use of the Aboriginal flag in public, because it is now unclear whether her own tattoo of the flag is a breach of copyright. |
| “This situation is untenable,” Burney said. “It’s unthinkable that the use of the Aboriginal flag is now governed by a secret agreement at the discretion of a for-profit company. | “This situation is untenable,” Burney said. “It’s unthinkable that the use of the Aboriginal flag is now governed by a secret agreement at the discretion of a for-profit company. |
| “It is a discredit to the flag’s history and the strength it represents.” | “It is a discredit to the flag’s history and the strength it represents.” |
| The flag’s designer, Luritja artist Harold Thomas, holds copyright over the flag and has entered into a number of licensing agreements. | The flag’s designer, Luritja artist Harold Thomas, holds copyright over the flag and has entered into a number of licensing agreements. |
| Linda Burney demands government sort out Aboriginal flag 'secret agreement' | Linda Burney demands government sort out Aboriginal flag 'secret agreement' |
| Also from Paul Karp: | Also from Paul Karp: |
| Labor has ridden to the defence of the Coalition’s $1.2bn Catholic and independent school package it formerly labelled a “slush fund” after the Greens revealed a plan to shut it down. | Labor has ridden to the defence of the Coalition’s $1.2bn Catholic and independent school package it formerly labelled a “slush fund” after the Greens revealed a plan to shut it down. |
| Guardian Australia understands Labor will not support the Greens’ move to disallow the “choice and affordability” fund, with the shadow education minister, Tanya Plibersek, instead welcoming the fact the Morrison government has restored funding for Catholic and independent schools. | Guardian Australia understands Labor will not support the Greens’ move to disallow the “choice and affordability” fund, with the shadow education minister, Tanya Plibersek, instead welcoming the fact the Morrison government has restored funding for Catholic and independent schools. |
| The Greens education spokeswoman, Mehreen Faruqi, blasted Labor for joining the government in “setting up a private school slush fund that has no justification, no accountability and no guarantee the cash won’t go to subsidising fees for wealthy private schools”. | The Greens education spokeswoman, Mehreen Faruqi, blasted Labor for joining the government in “setting up a private school slush fund that has no justification, no accountability and no guarantee the cash won’t go to subsidising fees for wealthy private schools”. |
| Labor defends $1.2bn private school package it previously called a 'slush fund' | Labor defends $1.2bn private school package it previously called a 'slush fund' |
| In the meantime, here are a few stories you may have missed. From Paul Karp: | In the meantime, here are a few stories you may have missed. From Paul Karp: |
| Australians rorting a scheme designed to allow travellers to claim back the goods and services tax have cost the budget up to $557m over 20 years, according to the audit office. | Australians rorting a scheme designed to allow travellers to claim back the goods and services tax have cost the budget up to $557m over 20 years, according to the audit office. |
| In a scathing audit report released on Monday, the home affairs department and tax office were blamed for failing to undertake risk assessments and implementing only “limited systems” to prevent revenue leakage. | In a scathing audit report released on Monday, the home affairs department and tax office were blamed for failing to undertake risk assessments and implementing only “limited systems” to prevent revenue leakage. |
| ... According to data estimates provided by home affairs, the scheme suffered “a large level of non-compliance from Australian citizens and residents and significant revenue leakage” of between $244m and $557m since July 2000. | ... According to data estimates provided by home affairs, the scheme suffered “a large level of non-compliance from Australian citizens and residents and significant revenue leakage” of between $244m and $557m since July 2000. |
| Up to $557m in GST lost as Australians rort traveller rebate scheme | Up to $557m in GST lost as Australians rort traveller rebate scheme |