This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/feb/25/kristina-keneally-calls-for-bettina-arndt-to-be-stripped-of-australia-day-honour-politics-live
The article has changed 20 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 4 | Version 5 |
|---|---|
| Dutton warns of ‘leftwing lunatics’ threat after Asio chief says rightwing extremism on rise – politics live | Dutton warns of ‘leftwing lunatics’ threat after Asio chief says rightwing extremism on rise – politics live |
| (32 minutes later) | |
| Home affairs minister vows crackdown on both sides as Kristina Keneally calls for Bettina Arndt to be stripped of Australia Day honour and major parties grapple with climate policies. All the day’s events, live from Canberra | Home affairs minister vows crackdown on both sides as Kristina Keneally calls for Bettina Arndt to be stripped of Australia Day honour and major parties grapple with climate policies. All the day’s events, live from Canberra |
| The party room meetings are on as we write this, so things are a little quiet. We’ll bring you what happened inside, once they are out | The party room meetings are on as we write this, so things are a little quiet. We’ll bring you what happened inside, once they are out |
| Keith Pitt’s office is all over the Equinor announcement: | Keith Pitt’s office is all over the Equinor announcement: |
| This is pretty big, given the fight to stop this in the first place: Norwegian fossil fuel company Equinor has abandoned its plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight. | This is pretty big, given the fight to stop this in the first place: Norwegian fossil fuel company Equinor has abandoned its plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight. |
| That follows BHP pulling out in 2016. | That follows BHP pulling out in 2016. |
| Why? The company says it doesn’t make commercial sense for it to continue the operation, despite being given approval late last year. | Why? The company says it doesn’t make commercial sense for it to continue the operation, despite being given approval late last year. |
| However, we ARE preserving Holdens as historical artifact. | However, we ARE preserving Holdens as historical artifact. |
| This is the June 2019 recommendation Tim Watts was speaking about, from the Australian taskforce to combat terrorist and extreme violent material online report: | This is the June 2019 recommendation Tim Watts was speaking about, from the Australian taskforce to combat terrorist and extreme violent material online report: |
| Recommendation 4.3 — Relevant Australian government agencies, academia, researchers, and civil society bodies that monitor and review terrorist and extremist organisations to share with digital platforms (where legally and operationally feasible) indicators of terrorism, terrorist products and depictions of violent crimes. | Recommendation 4.3 — Relevant Australian government agencies, academia, researchers, and civil society bodies that monitor and review terrorist and extremist organisations to share with digital platforms (where legally and operationally feasible) indicators of terrorism, terrorist products and depictions of violent crimes. |
| But we know that “lefties” are often on Peter Dutton’s mind. | But we know that “lefties” are often on Peter Dutton’s mind. |
| Tim Watts continued: | Tim Watts continued: |
| Labor MP Tim Watts spoke on the far-right extremism threat in Australia last night in the chamber: | |
| Watts also spoke on what Australia has done in regards to the ‘Christchurch call’, which was put in place after the Christchurch massacre and is designed to have governments work with social media and internet platforms to ‘counter violent extremism in all its forms including through the development and promotion of positive alternatives and counter-messaging’. | |
| My colleague Josh Taylor asked who nominated the not-an-actual-psychologist for an Australia Day honour. | My colleague Josh Taylor asked who nominated the not-an-actual-psychologist for an Australia Day honour. |
| You’re not allowed to know. | You’re not allowed to know. |
| While we are on the topic of rightwing extremism it is worth pointing out that overnight, the UK added another rightwing group to its terrorism list: | |
| Having a look at Australia’s list, we have listed exactly none. | Having a look at Australia’s list, we have listed exactly none. |
| That is despite both Duncan Lewis, the former Asio boss, and now Mike Burgess, both pointing out the growing rightwing extremism threat in Australia. | That is despite both Duncan Lewis, the former Asio boss, and now Mike Burgess, both pointing out the growing rightwing extremism threat in Australia. |
| Budget crunch time is coming. Andrew Tillett, from the Australian Financial Review, had this story which points to just how hard balancing the budget is proving for the government: | |
| It was Barnaby Joyce’s favourite morning of the year: the pollies v press touch football match. | |
| The politicians lost. | The politicians lost. |
| In his speech, Mike Burgess mentions “right wing” six times. He does not mention left wing at all. | In his speech, Mike Burgess mentions “right wing” six times. He does not mention left wing at all. |
| And here is the question and answer which gave us the “both sides” answer from Peter Dutton, in response to Asio boss Mike Burgess’s comments about growing rightwing extremism threats in Australia: | And here is the question and answer which gave us the “both sides” answer from Peter Dutton, in response to Asio boss Mike Burgess’s comments about growing rightwing extremism threats in Australia: |
| Q: Just on the question of blindness to ideology, the director general made some pretty specific comments about rightwing extremism. It’s coming up to the anniversary of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Do you need to acknowledge that there is a particular and growing threat from rightwing extremism in Australia? | Q: Just on the question of blindness to ideology, the director general made some pretty specific comments about rightwing extremism. It’s coming up to the anniversary of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Do you need to acknowledge that there is a particular and growing threat from rightwing extremism in Australia? |
| Dutton: | Dutton: |
| Oh, it looks like Peter Dutton has been studying the Scott Morrison question deflection technique. | Oh, it looks like Peter Dutton has been studying the Scott Morrison question deflection technique. |
| Cool. Beans. | Cool. Beans. |
| Q: Is nuclear technology safe? | Q: Is nuclear technology safe? |
| Dutton: I’ve dealt with that issue. | Dutton: I’ve dealt with that issue. |
| (And yes, we ask again, and yes we push, but we cannot force someone to answer a question.) |