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| Dutton talks of ‘leftwing lunatics’ after Asio chief says rightwing extremism on rise – politics live | Dutton talks of ‘leftwing lunatics’ after Asio chief says rightwing extremism on rise – politics live |
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| 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 |
| Sarah Hanson-Young on Equinor’s decision: | |
| Labor’s position to adopt a net zero emissions target by 2050 was discussed in a meeting of MPs in Canberra on Tuesday. | |
| One MP asked how the party ensured it kept the focus on the “jobs and opportunities” that come with climate action. | |
| Anthony Albanese talked about state governments and the number of organisations that already supported carbon neutrality by 2050, highlighting the position as creating “more jobs, cheaper power, and lower emissions”. | |
| “The truth is, many in the government want to support net zero but because of the division in the government they cannot,” Albanese said. | |
| “The challenge to debate Scott Morrison on climate is a challenge that will be repeated. If Morrison had confidence in his arguments he wouldn’t always avoid debates.” | |
| He said there was both a challenge and opportunity for “an enormous amount of jobs”, pointing to a hydrogen hub in Fremantle, a solar plan in Gladstone to power an aluminium refinery, and the take-up of solar panels in Blacktown. | |
| “People are choosing cheaper energy with renewables.” | |
| Another also mentioned remarks made by Peter Dutton about there being both left- and right-wing extremists, saying rightwing extremism was not a “political label”, it was a term used by security agencies. | |
| Labor MPs also discussed legislation before parliament, with MPs deciding to wait for Senate committee reports before deciding a final position on the government’s proposed bill to ban cash transactions over $10,000 and legislation that will allow workers to opt out of superannuation funds nominated in their workplace deals. | |
| It will also wait until court action on a proposed site for medical nuclear waste is concluded before considering its position on legislation to establish the new dump site near Kimba, which was voted on by the local council. | |
| A decision on a Greens bill to include a climate trigger in the EPBC Act will also be deferred until it is examined by a Senate committee. | |
| The prime minister has called a press conference in the blue room for 12.40. | |
| That’s the second most important press conference location. | |
| The bells are ringing. What insanity will greet us today? Who knows? This is the Australian parliament, where insanity is considered a political strategy. | |
| Cue the immediate outcry of politicians capitulating to PC warriors, and influencing independent processes if the Order of Australia board, which as Sam Maiden reported yesterday is reviewing the honour, agrees it should be stripped. | Cue the immediate outcry of politicians capitulating to PC warriors, and influencing independent processes if the Order of Australia board, which as Sam Maiden reported yesterday is reviewing the honour, agrees it should be stripped. |
| Just a reminder: a Senate motion doesn’t mean she will lose it. Just that the Senate thinks she should. | Just a reminder: a Senate motion doesn’t mean she will lose it. Just that the Senate thinks she should. |
| Sarah Hanson-Young is celebrating the Equinor decision to pull out of its $200m Great Australian Bight drilling plans: | Sarah Hanson-Young is celebrating the Equinor decision to pull out of its $200m Great Australian Bight drilling plans: |
| Hello good people of blogs, just grabbing the quiet time on Tuesday to let you know that Anthony Albanese has written to Scott Morrison proposing a service to mark the first anniversary on 15 March of the Christchurch shootings. | Hello good people of blogs, just grabbing the quiet time on Tuesday to let you know that Anthony Albanese has written to Scott Morrison proposing a service to mark the first anniversary on 15 March of the Christchurch shootings. |
| The Albanese letter reads: “Australia and New Zealand have long enjoyed a close relationship – one of kinship and shared history. The fact that an Australian citizen is facing trial for launching those violent attacks on Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured some 49 others is a sorrowful aspect of that shared history.” | The Albanese letter reads: “Australia and New Zealand have long enjoyed a close relationship – one of kinship and shared history. The fact that an Australian citizen is facing trial for launching those violent attacks on Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured some 49 others is a sorrowful aspect of that shared history.” |
| Albanese continues: | Albanese continues: |
| Obviously this suggestion from the Labor leader comes in the context of a brisk debate that’s broken out here this morning about violence by left- or right-wing extremists (triggered by Peter Dutton’s both sides-ism this morning in response to a speech from the Asio boss). | Obviously this suggestion from the Labor leader comes in the context of a brisk debate that’s broken out here this morning about violence by left- or right-wing extremists (triggered by Peter Dutton’s both sides-ism this morning in response to a speech from the Asio boss). |
| 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. |