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| Coronavirus Australia update: PM apologises for pain and hardship caused by robodebt – politics live | Coronavirus Australia update: PM apologises for pain and hardship caused by robodebt – politics live |
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| Scott Morrison says where there are lessons to be learned, they will be learned. Follow updates | Scott Morrison says where there are lessons to be learned, they will be learned. Follow updates |
| On that note, I am going to hand the blog over to Lisa Cox for the evening stretch. | |
| We’ll be back early tomorrow morning for the Friday sitting. | |
| And don’t forget: you have four more days of sittings next week as well! Huzzah! What lucky little ducks you all are. | |
| In the meantime, be kind, be thoughtful, and take care of you. | |
| And from AAP: | |
| Sunrise host Samantha Armytage and commentator Prue MacSween face a racial vilification lawsuit over a controversial segment on Indigenous adoption aired on Channel Seven. | |
| The potential federal court action comes after settlement negotiations collapsed in a group racial discrimination complaint filed in the Australian Human Rights Commission. | |
| During a March 2018 broadcast, Armytage and panellists on the breakfast TV show discussed Aboriginal adoption. | |
| MacSween said: “Just like the first stolen generation, where a lot of children were taken because it was for their wellbeing, we need to do it again.” | |
| The federal court action is being led by Aboriginal elder Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, the group’s lawyers said in a statement on Thursday. | |
| They said the eight Aboriginal complainants were forced to take the action after the commission negotiations broke down. | |
| “Sunrise platformed wealthy white women calling for a stolen generations 2.0 as a means of salvation for our young people,” Dixon-Grovenor said. | |
| “This shameful, profoundly hurtful and devastating display of racism was broadcast by a commercial television station into homes right across Australia. | |
| “The dignity of all Aboriginal people and children was violated in our very own homes and lounge rooms around Australia.” | |
| A Seven spokeswoman said the network was not aware of any actual claim being filed at this stage so could not comment on the case. | |
| “Seven settled the original matter in late 2019 in the federal court with the Yirrkala community and the Yolngu families and offered an unreserved apology on-air shortly after,” she said. | |
| After negotiations broke down the group had 60 days to file a case in the federal court. | |
| AAP understands law firm Susan Moriarty will file proceedings on their behalf once they receive a certificate stating the initial negotiations were unresolvable. | |
| In case you haven’t seen it: | |
| Pauline Hanson giving Malcolm Roberts a hand in counting the “ayes”. | |
| There were two of them: Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts. | |
| From AAP: | |
| The Australian stock market has plunged 3% in its worst day in six weeks, snapping a seven-day winning streak. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed on Thursday down 187.8 points, or 3.05%, at 5,960.6 points, while the broader all ordinaries index closed down 189.8 points, or 3.03% lower, at 6,079.5. | |
| Awwwwww. Jim Molan reads us! Thanks for the clicks, senator. | |
| Daniel Hurst found this in yesterday’s Senate Hansard, from one of Molan’s speeches: | |
| I was in the Senate gallery a short time ago when the chamber divided over Pauline Hanson’s attempt to suspend standing orders to allow consideration of her motion that “all lives matter”. | |
| Hanson’s attempt failed, as she garnered support from only her One Nation colleague Malcolm Roberts. Most others – including the Coalition, Labor and the Greens – united against the attempt to suspend standing orders. | |
| But it’s worth noting that the conservative Liberal party senator Jim Molan stepped out of the chamber immediately before the division on Hanson’s motion and returned straight after the result was read out, 51 votes to 2. It looked very much like he abstained rather than voting with his government colleagues – but we’re chasing a comment from his office. | |
| Patricia Karvelas: Just finally, there’s something significant that’s happened in the Senate. Pauline Hanson was trying to get her motion up, the all lives matter motion. The government, the Greens, Labor, minor parties ensured that never did go to a vote. Why did you all work together on that? | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells: | |
| I have to say I’m on leave at the moment, so I haven’t been in the chamber. So I’m not fully across what’s happened this afternoon in relation to that. In relation to this, can I just say all lives matter. And therefore as far as I’m concerned, I have to say that the activities that we’ve seen, particularly of some of the protesters at a time when we are in these very difficult circumstances, I think has demonstrated a degree of irresponsibility. | I have to say I’m on leave at the moment, so I haven’t been in the chamber. So I’m not fully across what’s happened this afternoon in relation to that. In relation to this, can I just say all lives matter. And therefore as far as I’m concerned, I have to say that the activities that we’ve seen, particularly of some of the protesters at a time when we are in these very difficult circumstances, I think has demonstrated a degree of irresponsibility. |
| Karvelas: That’s the language of senator Hanson’s motion that all lives matter. The reason the movement is called Black Lives Matter is black people around the world and in the US are disproportionately represented in these kinds of cases, with the police and the justice system. That’s why the movement exists because there is a different treatment. | |
| Fierravanti-Wells | Fierravanti-Wells |
| Patricia, can I just say I respect the right of people to express their point of view and to protest. The point being at this point in time, given what we are going through, it wasn’t the appropriate thing to do. I appreciate events in the US. Can I also say in relation to the events in the US, I think we do need to distinguish what’s happening in the US and what’s happening in other parts of the world. I do respect this issue but at this particular point in time I would have liked to have seen a lot more responsibility on the part of Australians and I know this is an issue that a lot of Australians are very upset about. There are people who weren’t able to go to weddings and mourn their families. | Patricia, can I just say I respect the right of people to express their point of view and to protest. The point being at this point in time, given what we are going through, it wasn’t the appropriate thing to do. I appreciate events in the US. Can I also say in relation to the events in the US, I think we do need to distinguish what’s happening in the US and what’s happening in other parts of the world. I do respect this issue but at this particular point in time I would have liked to have seen a lot more responsibility on the part of Australians and I know this is an issue that a lot of Australians are very upset about. There are people who weren’t able to go to weddings and mourn their families. |
| Karvelas: I’m talking about the substantive issue: black lives matter. That’s because black people are not treated the same in the justice system. Do you agree with that? | |
| Fierravanti-Wells | Fierravanti-Wells |
| Patricia, I think as myself being a lawyer; I think the justice system has served us well in Australia. As I have said, I think in the end what is really important is that all Australians have the opportunity to be their best. And that includes most especially having a job and so therefore the focus of our government has been on ensuring jobs, jobs, jobs. That means jobs for all Australians. | |
| Karvelas: You say the justice system as the served our nation well. Do you think it has served Indigenous Australians well? | |
| Fierravanti-Wells | Fierravanti-Wells |
| I think it has served Australia well. There are concerns and there have been concerns in relation to deaths in custody. But I think in the end when you do look at the reasons why young people go off the rails or things happen, it’s because ultimately there has been a breakdown issue in their family circumstances or their economic circumstances. And as somebody who worked with Father Chris Riley, there are many things that contribute to young people or people going off the rails. So ultimately, stability and a very important component of that is work. So it is vitally important for us to have a strong economy and part of that strong economy is to ensure that as many people are in jobs as is possible. | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells then says “All lives matter” when asked about Pauline Hanson’s motion. | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells then says “All lives matter” when asked about Pauline Hanson’s motion. |
| SIGGGGGHHHHH. | SIGGGGGHHHHH. |
| If I have to explain to anyone, again, why all lives matter is an offensive and completely tone-deaf response to Black Lives matter, please send an email to doyourresearchandthentakealookinthemirror@gmail.com | If I have to explain to anyone, again, why all lives matter is an offensive and completely tone-deaf response to Black Lives matter, please send an email to doyourresearchandthentakealookinthemirror@gmail.com |
| The Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells who crossed the floor to support a crossbench motion for a Senate inquiry into Australia’s relationship with China, tells the ABC she doesn’t believe it is smart for Australia to have so much trade with one country: | The Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells who crossed the floor to support a crossbench motion for a Senate inquiry into Australia’s relationship with China, tells the ABC she doesn’t believe it is smart for Australia to have so much trade with one country: |
| The “ensuring integrity” union busting bill is officially dead (for now). The government consented to Labor’s motion to have it removed from the notice paper. | The “ensuring integrity” union busting bill is officially dead (for now). The government consented to Labor’s motion to have it removed from the notice paper. |