Invoice Shorten backs allow system for Victorian protestors
The NDIS minister, Invoice Shorten, has advised Victoria ought to contemplate a allow system for protests.
In NSW individuals who want to stage a protest should lodge paperwork often known as “form 1” or a “notice of intention to hold a public assembly” with the police commissioner upfront of the demonstration for it to be thought of lawful. Victoria doesn’t have this identical rule.
However on Dawn, Shorten stated “perhaps it is time for Victoria to consider a permit system.”
How the allow system works is it doesn’t cease folks protesting, however the objective of it’s checked out, the circumstance, [how] it’s finished …
The police in NSW use this energy sparingly. I don’t essentially suppose it ought to apply to industrial relations, however for a few of these protests now we have seen week in, week out, I do suppose that having a allow system would no less than straighten it up.
The nice cities of the world have it. American cities, London. They nonetheless have protests. Maybe it’s time to rethink. I’ve learn what the secretary of the police affiliation stated in Victoria, he thought that there was most likely some advantage in contemplating this concept. I feel there most likely is.
Shorten stated it was “tasteless” for pro-Palestine protesters to display on the eve, and day of, 7 October.
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Farmers bolster biosecurity in face of lethal chook flu
Victorian farmers are getting ready for the potential arrival of a brand new pressure of lethal chook flu, AAP reviews, which has the facility to devastate the state’s poultry trade.
A couple of million birds have been destroyed resulting from an H7N3 outbreak at seven Victorian poultry and duck farms this yr, however the Victorian Farmers Federation says farmers are actually getting ready for the potential arrival of the H5N1 pressure.
The deadliest pressure of the flu, H5N1, often known as Extremely Pathogenic Avian Influenza, primarily impacts animals – however of 900 human infections throughout the globe, greater than half had been deadly, based on the World Well being Organisation. It has additionally led to an unprecedented variety of deaths in wild birds and poultry throughout the globe.
The present H7N3 outbreak is principally concentrated within the Golden Plains area, within the state’s northeast, that produces 1 / 4 of Victoria’s eggs.
Victorian Farmers Federation vice-president Danyel Cucinotta stated further pressing motion was wanted to bolster biosecurity measures to guard the state’s poultry farmers from the brand new pressure.
It’s believed the H5N1 virus will enter Australia via wild birds. No circumstances of H5N1 avian influenza have but been detected in Australian animals however there are considerations it may trigger important harm to native wildlife and poultry.
Right here’s a have a look at the nationwide climate forecast throughout Australia’s capital cities, from the Bureau of Meteorology:
Requires NSW to scrap approvals system for protests and legislate human rights act
Circling again to information that the NDIS minister, Invoice Shorten, has advised Victoria ought to contemplate a allow system for protests just like these in NSW:
Our personal Catie McLeod has written an explainer, talking to a authorized skilled who says protest organisers in NSW can be much less more likely to find yourself preventing police in court docket for permission to carry rallies if the state had a constitution of human rights as an alternative of its “undemocratic” approvals system.
This got here as organisers of Sydney’s weekly pro-Palestine rallies had been within the supreme court docket on Thursday preventing NSW police’s try to cease them from holding a protest yesterday, and one other occasion scheduled for tonight.
Thursday’s court docket motion – not the primary time protest organisers have ended up in a last-minute standoff with police – prompted renewed requires the NSW authorities to scrap the present approvals system and legislate a human rights act.
You may learn the total piece beneath:
Ambassador to Lebanon shares pictures of assisted departure flight
Australia’s ambassador to Lebanon, Andrew Barnes, has shared some pictures from one of many assisted departure flights out of Lebanon. He wrote in a submit to X:
It was fantastic to have the ability to give a younger [Australian] her first passport (& a koala!) at Beirut airport so she may depart on one in every of our assisted departure flights.
A giant due to all of the [Lebanese] workers on the airport for aiding us in getting practically 900 [Australians] again residence. Extra to come back!
It was fantastic to have the ability to give a younger 🇦🇺 her first passport (& a koala!) at Beirut airport so she may depart on one in every of our assisted departure flights ✈️. A giant due to all of the 🇱🇧 workers on the airport for aiding us in getting practically 900🇦🇺 again residence. Extra to come back! pic.twitter.com/ikg04EEJky
— Andrew Barnes 🇦🇺🇱🇧 (@SafirAustralia) October 6, 2024
Unbiased politicians mirror on October 7 assaults
Unbiased politicians have additionally been sharing statements to mark 7 October.
Mackellar MP Sophie Scamps stated her ideas had been with all these impacted, acknowledging “the anguish of those whose loved ones remain as hostages.”
Sending love, therapeutic and hope for a greater future for all.
Curtin MP Kate Chaney stated that one yr on, “it seems like a peaceful solution is further away than ever”:
Right this moment, I’m pondering of the victims of the terrorist assault in Israel and the hostages who’re nonetheless not residence. I’m pondering of the numerous Palestinians who’ve been injured, killed or displaced following the assault. I’m pondering of these now impacted because the battle broadens.
The impartial senator for the ACT, David Pocock, stated he continues to affix with the federal government in calling for the quick launch of all remaining hostages – and that “this is a day to commemorate those lives”:
With out diminishing their grief, I additionally recognise the ache, struggling and mourning of Palestinians. Within the yr since Hamas’ terrorist assault, the IDF has killed over 40,000 folks in Gaza, together with girls, kids, support employees and journalists. Their assaults have brought on one of many biggest humanitarian catastrophes of our era and it should finish.
Dutton releases assertion to mark 7 October
The opposition chief, Peter Dutton, has launched an announcement to mark one yr because the 7 October assault by Hamas on Israel.
He stated the final 12 months represent “one of the most difficult periods for Jewish Australians in our nation’s history” and right this moment is about respecting the reminiscences of the 1,200 killed, and praying for the hostages.
Israel has each proper to defend its territory and its folks from existential threats. The Coalition stands with our ally Israel – fairly than treating her like an adversary.
We assist Australians of Jewish religion – since you are cherished Australian residents. That very same spirit will see the Jewish folks right this moment – in Israel, in Australia, and all over the world – prevail over current ordeals. The enemies of Israel and the peddlars of Jewish hate won’t ever win.
Katy Perry reportedly paid $1.4m AUD for AFL grand last efficiency
3AW Radio’s “rumour file” phase has heard that US pop star Katy Perry was paid $1.4m AUD for her AFL grand last efficiency – fairly than the extensively reported $5m determine.
As Katie Cunningham reviews, Perry fought to get her new album on the setlist for the efficiency. Girl’s World, her first single in three years, didn’t make any important impression on the charts and was extensively derided as a years-too-late try at cashing in on girlboss feminism (the Guardian evaluate gave it one star).
The new album that adopted, 143, earned the doubtful distinction of turning into the worst-rated album on evaluate aggregator Metacritic for nearly 15 years.
Of the 9 tracks Perry carried out throughout her pre-game present at Melbourne’s MCG, simply two got here from the brand new album – and neither was Girl’s World.
Perry is because of tour Australia subsequent yr, and has to date bought out three live shows in Adelaide. She is visiting town 4 occasions, in contrast with two live shows every for Sydney, Brisbane and Perth and three for Melbourne.
Greater than 900 Australians have left Lebanon on assisted flights
904 Australians and their quick members of the family have now left Lebanon on assisted-departure flights – along with those that left on companion and business flights.
407 Australians left on 5 October, and 448 on 6 October.
Two extra flights are scheduled to go away Beirut right this moment, and additional flights are deliberate – pending demand, operational capability and the safety scenario.
Australians and their households are additionally staying in non permanent accomodation in Larnaca, Cyprus and are set to return to Australia on connecting flights. The primary was resulting from land in Sydney this morning, with 349 on board.
3,756 Australians and their quick household are registered to depart Lebanon.
Mark Dreyfus on the 7 October anniversary
The lawyer common, Mark Dreyfus, has penned an article for Guardian Australia to mark the 7 October anniversary.
Responding to commentary that he has been silent on the struggle, he wrote:
Why so silent, Mark? This, I’ve been requested quite a bit. I’ve thought of it quite a bit too. I’ve stated little in public concerning the Hamas-Israel struggle as a result of I’m not the overseas affairs minister. I’m Australia’s first regulation officer. A minister, not a commentator. Simply because I’m not speaking doesn’t imply I don’t perceive.
You may learn the piece in its entirety beneath:
Julian Leeser claims antisemitism going ‘unanswered’ on college campuses
Julian Leeser argued that there hasn’t been sufficient motion on addressing antisemitism in Australia. He instructed ABC RN that “too many people in positions of leadership [have] turned a blind eye to it”, and stated that “politicians have been equivocal” in sure situations.
I feel the worst place that is occurring is on college campuses, the place we’re imagined to be coaching the subsequent era of leaders … however as an alternative, they’re being confronted by antisemitism that too usually has been unanswered and condoned, fairly than enormously condemned correctly.
Josh Burns stated that Jewish college students “are either hiding their identity or not going to university at all, which is a completely unacceptable situation”:
So how we handle that’s one thing that’s that’s an actual fixed problem, and now we have to do extra to deal with it. And I feel you’ll see extra from authorities on that.
Burns stated one other space that wants addressing is the net area, the place he argued “so much of the hate and so much of the discrimination and vilification is occurring”:
I sit up for working with Julian and the Coalition and another member of parliament who needs to attempt to guarantee that there’s extra respect and [being] on-line is a safer place for all folks …
Julian Leeser and Josh Burns talk about 7 October anniversary
Liberal MP Julian Leeser and Labor MP Josh Burns, each members of the Jewish group, spoke with ABC RN simply earlier to mirror on the one yr anniversary of October 7.
Burns stated that “grief is not a competition” however right this moment, the Jewish group “needs a bit of space … to reflect and to mourn”. He stated:
I recognise that if [you have family] in Gaza or in Lebanon, these occasions have been extraordinarily troublesome for you, and to take a look at footage of your loved ones … having to flee their properties, I imply, it’s simply devastating. And I don’t have any something aside from sympathy and compassion for different folks.
And I feel it’s actually essential that folks maintain area for one another to really feel the devastation of this battle. And right this moment, the Jewish group wants a little bit of area. It wants time to mirror and to mourn and to mark the lack of lifetime of household, of associates, of harmless folks. And I don’t suppose grief is a contest. I feel it’s one thing the place, as Australians, now we have to carry area for one another and now we have to hunt empathy for one another.
As a result of if we don’t do this for one another, and if we don’t maintain compassion and area for each other, how on earth can we anticipate folks within the area to, [and] how on earth can we anticipate that there’ll be a extra peaceable future? Now we have to have a shared humanity right here, and as Australians, now we have to have the ability to transfer via this collectively.
Invoice Shorten backs allow system for Victorian protestors
The NDIS minister, Invoice Shorten, has advised Victoria ought to contemplate a allow system for protests.
In NSW individuals who want to stage a protest should lodge paperwork often known as “form 1” or a “notice of intention to hold a public assembly” with the police commissioner upfront of the demonstration for it to be thought of lawful. Victoria doesn’t have this identical rule.
However on Dawn, Shorten stated “perhaps it is time for Victoria to consider a permit system.”
How the allow system works is it doesn’t cease folks protesting, however the objective of it’s checked out, the circumstance, [how] it’s finished …
The police in NSW use this energy sparingly. I don’t essentially suppose it ought to apply to industrial relations, however for a few of these protests now we have seen week in, week out, I do suppose that having a allow system would no less than straighten it up.
The nice cities of the world have it. American cities, London. They nonetheless have protests. Maybe it’s time to rethink. I’ve learn what the secretary of the police affiliation stated in Victoria, he thought that there was most likely some advantage in contemplating this concept. I feel there most likely is.
Shorten stated it was “tasteless” for pro-Palestine protesters to display on the eve, and day of, 7 October.
Mona’s Girls Lounge seemingly denies reviews the set up will shut subsequent month
The ABC has reported that the Mona’s Girls’ Lounge is about to shut subsequent month. Nevertheless, the museum’s curator, Kirsha Kaechele, has seemingly denied this in a submit to social media.
The ABC reported Kaechele as saying the lounge had “run its course” with a “big celebration” someday in November, after which the area will shut:
So there’ll be a giant celebration, I’ll open it for a time frame, after which actually we’ll simply go all out – after which shut the paintings.
Nevertheless, in a submit to Instagram, Kaechele stated: “Don’t believe everything you hear.”
I stated one thing on the radio and someway ended up with a headline: ‘Mona Ladies Lounge to Close’ (eye-roll) Who is aware of what I truly stated (nicely, they do, they recorded it) – unhealthy thought, being recorded at 7:30am in your birthday …
The Girls Lounge is closed to males. Without end. It might change areas, you realize, go on tour, all of us love an journey. And I like Paris. Perhaps the Girls Lounge ought to go to the Pompidou! Do you hear that Laurent?
Final month, the Girls Lounge received an attraction within the state’s supreme court docket to proceed barring males from getting into the set up. You may learn the total story on this from Kelly Burke beneath:
Extra particulars on vigils and rallies to mark 7 October anniversary
AAP has extra particulars on the vigils and solemn ceremonies set to be held throughout Australia right this moment, marking one yr because the Hamas assaults in Israel.
Candlelight vigils will likely be held throughout many Australian cities right this moment, after members of the Jewish group joined the Israeli ambassador, Amir Maimon, at a commemoration in Sydney yesterday night.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will attend an occasion in Melbourne right this moment.
The opposition chief, Peter Dutton, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, and the well being minister, Mark Butler, will attend a group vigil in Sydney.
Professional-Palestinian rallies will even happen on the anniversary, with as many as 2,000 folks anticipated at a resilience rally at Lakemba mosque in Sydney’s south, which has not been authorised by NSW police. And as we flagged only a second in the past, a pro-Palestine vigil can also be anticipated to happen in Sydney’s City Corridor.
Police say they may ‘negotiate heavily’ with organisers of vigil deliberate for Sydney
A professional-Palestine vigil is predicted to happen tonight in Sydney, from 6pm at City Corridor within the CBD.
At a press convention yesterday afternoon, the assistant commissioner, Peter McKenna, stated there was no kind 1 in place however police would “still be negotiating heavily with the organisers”.
As Catie McLeod reported final week, in NSW individuals who want to stage a protest should lodge paperwork often known as “form 1” or a “notice of intention to hold a public assembly” with the police commissioner upfront of the demonstration for it to be thought of lawful. McKenna instructed reporters on Sunday:
When you come alongside and do the suitable factor – don’t commit offences, don’t impede folks, don’t impede roadways … then there’ll be no want for us to intercede.
If, nonetheless, folks commit offences – legal offences, or delinquent behaviour, or do something that we expect places anybody in hurt’s manner – we received’t hesitate to take motion in the event that they do.
Requested what the police response can be if these on the vigil determine to march, McKenna stated it might depend upon whether or not they impede folks or site visitors.
Persons are allowed to stroll across the CBD, individuals are allowed to carry public assemblies. They’ve received a democratic proper to protest in Australia.
Prime minister releases assertion on 7 October anniversary
Anthony Albanese has launched an announcement on the one-year anniversary of the 7 October assault by Hamas on Israel, the place 1,450 folks had been killed or kidnapped.
The prime minister stated 7 October is a day that “carries terrible pain”, marking the biggest lack of Jewish life on any single day because the Holocaust.
Albanese stated it was additionally a day to consider the hostages “whose lives remain suspended in the fear and isolation of captivity”:
For his or her family members, this previous yr should have felt like an eternity – the agony of ready and never understanding, or of getting the horrible reality confirmed.
Albanese stated that since 7 October, Jewish Australians have “felt the cold shadows of antisemitism reaching into the present day” and “as a nation we say never again”.
We unequivocally condemn all prejudice and hatred. There is no such thing as a place in Australia for discrimination towards folks of any religion … We recognise the misery the battle has brought on right here in Australia … The variety of civilians who’ve misplaced their lives is a devastating tragedy.
Right this moment, we mirror on the reality of our shared humanity, of the hope that peace is feasible, and the assumption that it belongs to all folks.
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Right this moment marks one yr because the 7 October assault by Hamas on Israel, the place 1,450 folks had been killed or kidnapped. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has launched an announcement condemning “all prejudice and hatred” – and acknowledging the horrible ache that the anniversary brings.
A variety of vigils are deliberate for right this moment to mark the anniversary, in addition to one yr since Israel’s ongoing retaliation in Gaza that has resulted in no less than 41,000 folks – largely civilians and plenty of kids – being killed. NSW police assistant commissioner Peter McKenna stated there was no kind 1 in place for a pro-Palestine vigil in Sydney however police would “still be negotiating heavily with the organisers”. We’ll convey you extra in a second.
The ABC yesterday reported that the Mona’s Girls Lounge, infamously identified for barring males from entry, is closing subsequent month. However curator Kirsha Kaechele seemingly denied this in a submit to Instagram, writing: “Don’t believe everything you hear.”
It’s additionally a public vacation in NSW, the ACT and South Australia right this moment.
We’ll convey you extra on these tales in a second. As all the time, you’ll be able to learn out with any suggestions, suggestions and ideas through X, @emilywindwrites, or you’ll be able to ship me an e-mail: emily.wind@theguardian.com.
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