Australia politics dwell: day of protest as NSW nurses threaten strike and farmers descend on Canberra

Amy’s evaluation: the morning rounds

For causes recognized to individuals on rather a lot greater pay grades than us, Australia’s political debates are likely to play out on breakfast tv now, with the format going one thing like this:

• Very Properly Paid Host says one thing folksy with chunk with regard to a political quagmire to Politician A.

• Politician A tries to defend coverage/themselves.

• Very Properly Paid Host interrupts because the viewers surrogate, saying “but come on” or “you have got to be kidding”

• Politician A doubles down.

• Very Properly Paid Host interjects once more.

• Politician A tries to giggle all of it off.

• Politician B (who has been silent to let Politician A sit within the discomfort) then jumps in with the political equal of “can’t relate”.

• Politician A and B then get right into a debate, that often will get a bit private, with each talking over one another.

• Very Properly Paid Host shrugs and says “politics, huh” and strikes on to singing puppies or the like.

Each the 9 interview and the ABC interview ended with a dialogue concerning the AFL.

Albanese defends IR file and says mining – and renewables – vital for future

It is usually minerals week, which suggests there’s loads of Minerals Council dinners and occasions occurring in Canberra. There was one final evening – the Australian minerals business parliamentary dinner, the place Albanese spoke.

We’re advised the prime minister wasn’t precisely warmly embraced on the dinner, and the Minerals Council’s chief government, Tania Constable, took the chance to slam the Labor authorities for its IR reforms, which she stated was bringing battle “to every workplace in every industry”. Albanese dismissed the criticism:

The office relations laws was handed a while in the past. Industrial motion per capita is down in contrast with the previous authorities previous to this laws being carried.

We would like staff to be paid correctly. We would like as properly individuals to earn extra and preserve extra of what they earn.

That’s why we launched tax cuts. That’s why we expect that two people who find themselves working aspect by aspect with the identical expertise working for a similar firm, endeavor the identical work shouldn’t be the topic of manipulations to be able to pay them much less.

That’s my authorities’s place, however we work very cooperatively with the sector and the mining sector in Australia is doing very properly.

I’m very optimistic about how they’ll obtain much more sooner or later. That’s why we’ve got measures like our assist for vital minerals.

We would like manufacturing tax credit to reward success and funding within the minerals that can drive the worldwide financial system on this century. We’re blessed by having a few of the finest assets below the bottom and within the sky, the very best photo voltaic assets on this planet.

In case you mix these two issues, we are able to set ourselves up for a really constructive future certainly, and the assets sector might be vital to that.

Draft nationwide suicide prevention technique to be launched

A brand new draft nationwide suicide prevention technique might be launched later at present. Anthony Albanese says it will likely be open to session.

We all know that each life misplaced to suicide is one too many and there are too many [lost] round our nation. We need to be sure that we reap the benefits of the very best analysis which is there, but in addition the experiences that are there as properly. J

Simply yesterday, we obtained the royal fee into the suicide for veterans and Defence Pressure personnel. That may be a chilling report of seven volumes, with 122 suggestions concentrating, after all, on that space.

We’ll reply to these suggestions quickly. We’ll undergo the report diligently. And we all know that suicide, although, has an impression on all sections of our society in our cities, in our areas, younger and outdated, tragically, and women and men and we all know that we have to do higher.

Albanese says social media age ban trial will goal 14 to 16-year-olds

OK – let’s get off the footy fields and on to the coverage itself. What age group is the federal government seeking to goal the ban at?

Albanese:

Properly, we’re wanting on the vary between 14 and 16. That’s one of many the reason why we’re having a trial.

And what we’re is the way you ship it. This can be a world subject that governments across the globe try to take care of. So we are able to take a look at the expertise and take a look at the response of social media corporations.

Social media has a social duty to be able to have that social licence that they require to function in an honest society. They’re not above everybody else. They will’t simply say, “We’re a big multinational company. We can do whatever we like, regardless of the harm that’s being caused.”

So we’ll take a look at this age verification trial. We all know that it’s not easy and it’s not straightforward. In any other case, governments would have responded earlier than. However we’ll take a look at the expertise.

We’ll take a look at the report and work that Justice French has accomplished. However we can even have that laws earlier than the parliament by the top of the yr, as a result of we all know that that is what dad and mom are speaking about – after college, within the dad and mom and residents teams, on the sideline of sport, on the weekend, they’re speaking concerning the impression this has.

And we all know for instance, that the – which many state governments have accomplished – of telephones from college has made a constructive distinction. So we all know that if we get our youngest Australians off these gadgets, then it may possibly make a constructive distinction for them.

Anthony Albanese – nonetheless within the prime minister’s courtyard – stops wanting into the 9 digicam for his or her broadcast and turns to the ABC’s, the place he speaks about a lot the identical factor as he did 5 minutes in the past. (It’s possible you’ll spot what’s termed within the biz as some “lines” being repeated right here).

Properly, we’re listening to oldsters and listening to the group and I need to see children off their gadgets and on to the footy fields and the swimming swimming pools and the tennis courts.

We would like them to have actual experiences with actual individuals. We all know that social media is inflicting social hurt.

Put together to listen to rather a lot about footy fields and swimming swimming pools within the coming months.

PM says social media giants have social duty

And on the inevitable struggle with the social media giants, Anthony Albanese says:

We’re actually ready to muscle up towards them and to take motion because the nationwide authorities, as a result of they do have a social duty right here.

These large multinational corporations assume they’re above all of the individuals who present the revenue for his or her large income that they undertake. However they do have a social duty. And that’s one thing that we as a authorities are ready to tackle.

Albanese flags expectation of assist for social media ban for kids

Anthony Albanese says the federal government might be shifting shortly with its laws and expects to search out assist within the parliament for it:

We’re going to introduce laws by the top of the yr. So we’re going out with this trial that we funded within the finances in Might, and we need to have that laws launched into the parliament so that individuals can see the clear route that it’s getting in.

We need to work throughout the parliament as properly. That is one thing that’s actually not a celebration political subject or shouldn’t be.

This is a matter about defending our youngest Australians and giving a little bit of peace of thoughts to oldsters as properly, who’re actually involved about what the younger ones are getting access to and the social hurt that it’s inflicting.

Social media has a social duty additionally to do the best factor right here, to not faux that it’s nothing to do with them as a result of it’s inflicting hurt.

PM speaks on social media ban for teenagers

Anthony Albanese is doing the media rounds this morning, talking on the federal government’s announcement it should ban youngsters from social media platforms. This got here after the South Australian announcement yesterday it might be shifting to ban youngsters below 14.

Albanese advised the 9 community:

Properly, we need to work with the states and territories. What we didn’t need to develop is eight completely different methods. We all know it is a nationwide subject and it’s fairly easy. We need to get children off their gadgets and on to the footy fields, on to the netball courts, into the swimming swimming pools.

We would like them to have actual experiences with actual individuals, and we all know that social media is inflicting social hurt, which is why we put funding within the finances to have a trial to be sure that we get it proper.

It’s not straightforward. We settle for that and the end result mightn’t be excellent, however we have to attempt to make a distinction right here as a result of that is one thing that’s inflicting social hurt and each guardian is worried about what their younger ones are getting access to.

There are actually superior international locations around the globe who’re making an attempt to do it, and so they’ve had nice difficulties.

As we speak is Nationwide Suicide Prevention Day.

The previous NSW Liberal chief turned psychological well being advocate John Brogden has spoken to some high-profile Australians about their psychological well being for a e book, Profiles in Hope, with all proceeds going to the Lifeline charity.

As a part of the promotion, Brogden has spoken to the ABC about his personal suicide try. However earlier than we go any additional – a reminder that assistance is at all times out there.

In Australia, assist is on the market at Past Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on 1300 789 978. Worldwide helplines could be discovered at befrienders.org

Brogden:

I used to be chief of the opposition in New South Wales. I’d been within the function for greater than three years.

I’d misplaced an election, however that was at all times the plan – lose one and win the following one and get higher recognized.

And I used to be doing properly within the polls. Typically we had been capable of match the place our opponents then in authorities had been. Typically simply behind them.

So it was an actual alternative to win authorities and grow to be premier. After which I stated and did just a few very silly and offensive issues at an occasion, and three weeks later, resigned my function as opposition chief, after which the following day, issues are grow to be so catastrophic in my thoughts, that I got here to a degree the place I assumed not solely the one factor to do was to take my very own life, however the very best factor to do was to take my very own life.

As a result of I felt so ashamed, I felt [like] such a burden. I’d felt that I’d let so many individuals down, and that the very best factor to do was to go, to exit.

And that doesn’t make sense in some ways. Since you depart behind individuals who love you, individuals who look after you.

And I ask individuals [who are] at this level, to be sure that they don’t choose essentially the most irrational of all actions, rationally. So from that perspective, I hit all-time low, clearly.

And I needed to depart autopsy particulars on the time … I needed to depart politics on the time. I didn’t assume that I may come again.

And as you stated, in addition to my different roles in life have had rather a lot to do with Lifeline, however it was a horrible time.

However I’ll let you know what was most important, for the entire issue on the best way down, [there was] unbelievable assist and empathy and sympathy on the best way again up.

Ask Amy: what’s the go together with the RBA laws?

Amy Remeikis

The RBA laws comes after the RBA assessment. That’s the reason Michelle Bullock holds the press convention after every assembly now; a part of the RBA assessment was a suggestion for the governor to raised clarify the RBA board’s selections.

The RBA board additionally advisable the federal government scrap the never-used emergency energy for the treasurer to power the RBA to behave. That energy was arrange after the Nice Despair when the federal government of the day tried to power the Commonwealth Financial institution (then Australia’s central financial institution) to fund a nationwide infrastructure program to maintain the financial system stimulated. The financial institution refused and Australia was plunged into melancholy.

When the RBA laws was arrange, that was remembered and the emergency energy grew to become a part of the entire she-bang.

When Chalmers introduced he can be eliminating the facility, as per the suggestion of the RBA assessment board, former treasurers and RBA governors all got here out and stated that wasn’t an important thought – that the facility was wanted for insurance coverage.

The laws would additionally put in place a second RBA board, which might assessment governance of the RBA. There have been questions over whether or not that was needed as properly.

So the Coalition have been enjoying hardball on the laws. Chalmers gave some floor by saying the emergency energy can be stored, however negotiations between the federal government and LNP have been more and more stalled.

It appears like they might have come to a grinding halt, which means Chalmers might not get this laws by way of the parliament.

Treasurer calls press convention over Reserve Financial institution laws

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has known as a press convention for 8am (within the blue room, the second most fancy press convention location) over the RBA laws.

It’s early for a few causes – it’s get together room assembly day, so Chalmers is getting forward of that, however Chalmers, as you will have seen, can also be attempting to take again the agenda at massive.

He has made fairly just a few interventions recently (commenting on RBA rates of interest, Peter Dutton’s management model, the census query debacle) so there’s a sample rising.

Good morning

Amy Remeikis

A really large thanks to Martin for beginning us off this morning. He’s completely proper – it’s a day of protest. You’ve obtained Amy Remeikis on the weblog and all the Guardian brains belief at your disposal. Espresso quantity three is on the range.

Prepared?

Let’s get into it.

Our rural affairs author, Gabrielle Chan, has been at present’s farming protest and the way it compares to the final one endorsed by the Nationwide Farmers’ Federation which was, amazingly, almost 40 years in the past in 1985.

The battle between Rupert Murdoch and his youngsters over the way forward for his media empire begins this week in Nevada as observers try to power the court docket to make the secretive dispute public.

Murdoch needs to change the construction of his household belief to present all voting energy to his oldest son, Lachlan. If profitable, Murdoch’s different grownup youngsters, Prudence, James and Elisabeth, will lose their voting energy.

Of the youngsters, Lachlan is essentially the most politically aligned along with his father whereas his youthful siblings have expressed reservations concerning the route of the businesses, notably throughout Donald Trump’s presidency.

The one info out there to the general public are the important thing dates of the trial, which is being held in Reno, Nevada, listed on the court docket’s web site. The trial is slated to have a standing convention at present adopted by a collection of evidentiary hearings beginning 16 September.

Learn the complete story right here:

McKenzie reiterates walkback on airline divesture powers that isn’t Coalition coverage

The shadow transport minister, Bridget McKenzie, was once more pressured to make clear the Coalition doesn’t explicitly assist breaking apart Qantas simply hours after floating the potential of pressured divestiture powers within the aviation sector.

McKenzie warned in a newspaper piece yesterday the competitors watchdog’s assessment of the aviation sector “will be a failure if it does not address the role of divestiture”.

However her Nationals chief, David Littleproud, stated it wasn’t Coalition coverage. After which she was quizzed once more on the difficulty on ABC’s 7.30 final evening when she stated it might be “one of the tools” that could possibly be used to introduce extra competitors.

Our full story is right here:

A widescale nurses’ strike has triggered warnings to maintain ambulances and EDs away from minor instances as Labor feels the warmth for “refusing” to repair a gender pay hole, Australian Related Press studies.

Nurses and midwives had been anticipated to stroll off the job throughout NSW for 12 hours at present after calls for for a 15% pay rise this yr had been rebuffed.

NSW Well being, which had begun contacting sufferers about suspending surgical procedures, challenged the strike within the state’s industrial relations fee yesterday, rising victorious late within the afternoon. The fee ordered the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Affiliation to stop the strike motion instantly.

Within the face of official orders to halt their strike, rallies are scheduled in 16 areas together with Albury, Newcastle, Tamworth and out of doors premier Chris Minns’ voters workplace in Sydney.

Life-preserving staffing might be maintained however longer waits in emergency departments and deliberate surgical procedure cancellations are anticipated.

The union stated members weren’t taking industrial motion frivolously.

Labor was “refusing to fix the gender pay gap” and ship the state’s largest female-dominated workforce truthful and cheap pay, the affiliation’s basic secretary, Shaye Candish, stated. Three in 4 NSW public well being staff are girls, with median salaries 3.2% under their male counterparts.

Whereas dismissed by the premier as unaffordable, a right away 15% pay rise could possibly be coated by way of capturing $3bn in misplaced commonwealth well being funding, the union says.

Good morning and welcome to our rolling information protection. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ve obtained a few of the most important in a single day tales earlier than Amy Remeikis comes alongside.

The Albanese authorities is hoping to regain the political initiative by introducing laws to set a minimal age for social media platforms earlier than the following election. The prime minister is predicted to announce plans at present for laws to be launched into parliament however will cease wanting specifying the age, arguing the federal government needs to attend for the conclusion of an age-verification trial which begins its remaining section this week. Learn the information right here – and naturally the weblog will cowl developments.

Extra voters are blaming the Albanese authorities for rate of interest rises with 44% discovering fault with ministers, in keeping with the newest Important ballot, though the quantity blaming “prices going up” stayed the identical as seven months in the past at round 58%. Higher information for the federal government was that 53% thought the proposed cap on worldwide pupil enrolments was “about right”.

It’s an enormous day of protest up and down Australia. In New South Wales, nurses and midwives are planning to stroll off the job from this morning for 12 hours after calls for for a 15% pay rise this yr had been rebuffed – although the state’s industrial relations fee yesterday afternoon ordered the union to not go forward.

In Canberra farmers from throughout the nation plan a protest beginning at 11am with the deliberate phase-out of the dwell sheep commerce, the Murray Darling Basin plan, and will increase in biosecurity expenses the principle points. Gabrielle Chan brings you the historical past – and the complaints that ought to be on their checklist, however aren’t.

And in Melbourne activists intend to disrupt a army expo that begins tomorrow. We’ll have all of the developments as they occur.