Key occasions
Q&A was broadcast from Newcastle in a single day and Barnaby Joyce was one of many company (there’s a motive it is usually generally known as the Unhealthy Present) so in fact nuclear energy performed a reasonably large function within the ‘debate’.
Requested if the 4 earthquakes over the past month close to the location of the coalition’s proposed Muswellbrook nuclear energy station gave him any pause for thought, Joyce mentioned:
I had lunch within the RSL membership. The injury from that was a chimney fell over and possibly a few home windows broke out. In the event you undergo the design strategy of that, baseload energy vegetation a day, they take this into consideration and for this reason the engineering and the peer construction of engineering to compensate and take care of points comparable to earthquakes. 30 international locations on the earth are utilizing nuclear energy. Severe economies. All of them take care of points like this. They do engineer for that circumstance.
Labor political strategist Dee Madigan jumped in there:
There’s been 36 accidents [related to nuclear power plants worldwide] and enhance in miscarriage, nonetheless beginning, childhood cancers and I wouldn’t need my children there.
Joyce demanded citations
Can you set substance to that? What are you quoting there?
Madigan:
Actually science…
The pair then obtained right into a forwards and backwards about why Joyce, who as soon as promoted the
Sapphire Wind farm in New England modified his thoughts about wind generators.
Joyce: “They’re not farms.”
Madigan: “How can you change your mind so quickly?”
Joyce: “Unlike you, when the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?”
Madigan: “When the polls change, you change your mind.”
Julian Hill to name for Australians to ‘push back against those who seek to divide us’
As Martin talked about a bit of earlier, Julian Hill will attend a citizenship ceremony at present, on what’s Citizenship Day – 75 years for the reason that Citizenship Act was put in place.
He’ll additionally give a speech. From extracts, Hill will concentrate on what has been – in addition to why it issues now.
Australians are free to reside their life as they select inside the bounds of the legislation, whereas respecting the suitable of others to reside how they want with dignity and freedom.
… That is particularly necessary at a time when, let’s be frank, our social cohesion is strained.
Whether or not because of world tensions, malign actors, social media, loud voices or so-called leaders who search to divide fairly than carry folks collectively.
All of us share a accountability to look out for one another, to face up for Australia and be proud, and to push again towards those that search to divide us.
Good morning
Whats up and welcome to day two of the Senate-only sitting, also called “pass the housing bills even though no one is budging” week.
A really huge thanks to Martin for beginning the weblog off. As he mentioned, the prime minister is in Sydney making an attempt to maintain stress on the Greens (everybody has given up on the Coalition negotiating on these payments) to cross the shared fairness and construct to hire laws.
The Greens need the federal government to shift on the quantity of inexpensive housing on construct to hire (100%) and an finish to funding tax incentives like damaging gearing and capital good points for the shared fairness scheme. However the authorities is shifting, so as a substitute we now have one other day of press conferences and Senate speeches.
Citizenship in highlight
Immediately is Australian Citizenship Day and to mark the event assistant minister for citizenship and multicultural affairs, Julian Hill, might be talking at and presiding over a citizenship ceremony on the Immigration Museum in Melbourne.
There might be 45 conferees from 22 international locations – the eldest is 65 and the youngest is 2.
It is usually 75 years for the reason that Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 got here into impact.
Goldmine stoush
Conservatives have been eager to criticise renewable vitality schemes which they are saying will take away farmland from meals manufacturing.
However the identical logic by no means appears to use to choices about preserving the land from mining developments, because the stoush over a goldmine in central NSW has proven.
Calla Wahlquist speaks to David and Rebecca Value, fifth-generation cattle farmers, about how the venture may affect their land.
Learn her full story right here:
PM lays out private pitch to unravel housing deadlock
The prime minister might be trying to put stress on the Coalition and Greens to cross two signature housing reforms throughout a go to to Sydney at present, Australian Related Press stories.
Anthony Albanese is because of meet a home-owner who used a authorities program to enter the market.
Labor’s schemes earlier than the Senate – assist to purchase and construct to hire – have confronted criticism that they might not make housing inexpensive.
The assistance to purchase scheme would scale back the necessities for deposits for first house consumers by means of a authorities mortgage assure.
It’s estimated 40,000 Australians would have the ability to purchase their first property utilizing the federal government program.
An identical program, the house assure scheme, had already been utilized by 120,000 folks, amongst them the home-owner being visited on Tuesday by the prime minister.
Albanese mentioned parliament had a possibility to broaden housing entry:
Australians wish to personal their very own house. Mother and father need their children to have the ability to enter the housing market.
Australians need options. It’s time for the Coalition and the Greens to cease blocking so we are able to get on with constructing extra houses.
SA’s renewable vitality report
Reged Ahmad speaks to surroundings reporter Petra Inventory about how South Australia created a renewable vitality world report – and the way it plans to energy all the state with weather-dependent electrical energy in only a few years.
Hearken to the pod right here:
Welcome
Martin Farrer
Good morning and welcome to the rolling information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer and earlier than Amy Remeikis comes alongside I might be operating by means of a couple of of the highest tales this Tuesday morning.
The most recent a part of our investigation into the true property market has revealed that convicted criminals and unlicensed brokers are working in the true property sector throughout a number of states. Authorities throughout the nation report having fielded a whole bunch of complaints from potential homebuyers about unlicensed brokers.
The NSW native elections are displaying a combined bag of outcomes. Labor had some sturdy showings in areas comparable to Wollongong however a drop in help in key areas comparable to western Sydney. Maybe with that in thoughts, Anthony Albanese might be within the metropolis at present to spruik the federal government’s home-buying scheme. Later within the day he might be addressing a distinct constituency when he speaks on the Enterprise Council of Australia annual dinner. Extra arising.
The large story in Victoria is a defamation trial the place Liberal chief John Pesutto has been sued by ousted MP Moira Deeming. Deeming might be giving proof at present. We may have all the main points as they unfold.