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Why Dutton needs to shut the door to Gazan refugees – Full Story podcast
Simply three days after Asio chief Mike Burgess requested politicians to look at their phrases concerning the Center East, Peter Dutton escalated his rhetoric towards Palestinians fleeing Gaza.
Political editor Karen Middleton and neighborhood affairs reporter Mostafa Rachwani inform Tamsin Rose concerning the political calculations behind the opposition chief’s newest line of assault.
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What are the info concerning the Gaza refugees?
The opposition has ratcheted up its criticism of the federal government’s strategy to Palestinians in search of to return to Australia from the Gaza struggle zone.
Yesterday, Coalition senator James Paterson stated the Albanese authorities needed to “urgently explain” its place. He claimed allies together with 5 Eyes members the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand had taken “a much more cautious approach”, accepting “only a fraction” of Australia’s consumption.
However what are the info concerning the Gaza refugees? Kate Lyons has prepreared this explainer to resolve it.
Inexperienced gentle for ‘largest ever renewable undertaking’
The Albanese authorities has given the inexperienced gentle to the primary levels of “Australia’s biggest renewable energy project ever” – Solar Cable’s Australia-Asia Energy Hyperlink within the Northern Territory outback.
Introduced greater than six years in the past, Solar Cable’s $30bn-plus improvement is among the world’s most formidable renewable vitality proposals. The setting minister, Tanya Plibersek, stated the federal government had authorized the development of 4-gigawatts of photo voltaic farm on a former pastoral station between Elliot and Tennant Creek, an 800km transmission line to Darwin and an underwater cable to the sting of Australia’s commonwealth waters.
She stated the authorized undertaking would allow a inexperienced manufacturing sector, produce electrical energy for the NT capital and permit potential export to Singapore by way of what the corporate says can be 4,300km of subsea cables.
In a press release late on Tuesday, Plibersek stated the approval comes with strict situations to guard nature, together with avoiding the larger bilby and significant habitat for wildlife.
This large undertaking is a generation-defining piece of infrastructure. It is going to be the biggest photo voltaic precinct on the planet, and heralds Australia because the world chief in inexperienced vitality.
Solar Cable Australia’s managing director, Cameron Garnsworthy, stated it was a “landmark moment in the project’s journey”. He stated the corporate aimed to make a last funding determination by 2027.
SunCable went into voluntary administration in early 2023 after the billionaire traders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest fell out over its course. A consortium led by Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures and together with Quinbrook Infrastructure Companions ultimately took on the corporate’s property.
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How the Unbiased Parliamentary Requirements Physique will work
In paperwork seen by Guardian Australia, complaints made to the brand new physique might be assessed by a single commissioner to find out whether or not an investigation ought to begin.
For politicians, three commissioners would then resolve on whether or not the breach occurred and will impose necessary coaching, a behaviour settlement or different sanctions, reminiscent of fines.
Severe misconduct might be referred to the privileges committee for additional consideration.
For staffers accused of misconduct, a single commissioner would examine the matter and make a suggestion to their boss.
The physique might be given information-gathering powers and people discovered to have breached the codes could have the choice of an inner assessment.
The IPSC won’t be able to analyze nameless complaints.
The investigative physique may even have the ability to contemplate allegations made towards others working in Parliament Home, together with privately employed workers, reminiscent of journalists and contractors.
If misconduct is discovered to have occurred, the physique may make suggestions to their employer or to the presiding officers to take away or prohibit their entry to Parliament Home.
We’ll replace you additional as soon as we be taught extra.
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Labor to launch mannequin for physique to implement parliamentary behaviour requirements and codes
The Albanese authorities will at the moment launch its long-awaited mannequin for a physique with the facility to sanction misbehaving federal politicians.
The Unbiased Parliamentary Requirements Physique (IPSC) will implement behaviour requirements and codes making use of to all federal politicians and staffers, adopted by parliament in February 2023 following the suggestions in the landmark Set the Normal report.
The physique, nonetheless, won’t be able to analyze any feedback made below parliamentary privilege which means any wars of phrases between politicians within the chamber, reminiscent of these throughout query time, would most definitely be exempt.
The invoice itself will amend the interim Parliamentary Office Assist Service, a HR-like physique for staffers and politicians made everlasting final 12 months.
A cross-parliamentary group, often known as the Parliamentary Management Taskforce, has been negotiating the main points of the physique since early 2022. The federal authorities had envisioned the requirements physique’s doorways can be opened by 1 October 2024 after a lot of delays however it’ll nonetheless must move each homes and keep away from being referred to a committee for additional inquiry.
The behaviour and requirements codes the IPSC might be tasked with implementing embrace a dedication to treating all with “integrity, dignity, safety and mutual respect” and a complete ban on bullying and harassment, sexual harassment and assault, and discrimination in all kinds.
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Greens demand coalmine ban in FMIA negotiations
The Greens have urged the Albanese authorities to barter in “good favour” over its $22.7bn ambitions to make Australia a renewable vitality superpower.
Labor’s coverage, often known as Future Made in Australia (FMIA), is the county’s reply to the US’s inflation discount act, with most of funding provided as subsidies to renewable business to energy the transition to internet zero emissions by 2050.
The Greens, who’re within the stability of energy within the Senate, have the next calls for:
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No new coal and fuel mines as a part of FMIA funding.
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Redirect $1.5bn for the Center Arm undertaking to wash vitality.
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Ensures on public possession and funding on any returns.
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Home essential minerals reserves and processing necessities.
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Prioritising First Nations financial justice and sovereignty in undertaking and fu
The Greens’ chief, Adam Bandt, stated:
“Public ownership and reservation of critical resources will help avoid the mistakes of the previous mining and gas booms.
We are ready to negotiate with the government in good faith over these bills, but Labor needs to be ready to shift as well. Labor must drop its insistence on opening more coal and gas mines and letting big corporations export our wealth and jobs overseas while leaving Australia to face claims of shortages.”
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Good morning and welcome to our rolling information protection. I’m Martin Farrer and these are a number of the prime tales this morning.
Teal MPs have referred to as time on poor query time behaviour, claiming performances by the opposition throughout latest sitting weeks have been “condescending”, “aggressive” and “often misogynistic”. Information reveals Coalition MPs are far and away extra more likely to be ejected from the chamber. It follows Peter Dutton’s problem to the federal government’s visa approval course of and a few incendiary scenes in parliament, however what are the info about Gaza refugees?
The NSW Liberals have determined to not take authorized motion towards the state’s electoral fee over the social gathering’s council election bungle, however the social gathering may face a authorized battle with candidates livid at being unable to run. The NSW Liberal social gathering has been in disaster mode because it didn’t submit nomination kinds for one-in-three endorsed candidates for upcoming native authorities elections. It sought authorized counsel a couple of potential lawsuit towards the electoral fee however have thought higher of it.
And we even have information that the Albanese authorities has given the inexperienced gentle to the primary levels of “Australia’s biggest renewable energy project ever” – Solar Cable’s Australia-Asia Energy Hyperlink within the Northern Territory outback. Full put up arising.
