Welcome
Good morning and welcome to our stay information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer with the highest tales after an especially busy night time in Canberra earlier than Emily Wind fires up for one final shift from the capital after a busy two weeks.
It’ll be the morning after the night time earlier than for senators after their marathon in a single day sitting final night time. Greater than 30 payments handed the higher home, together with controversial migration legal guidelines that permit the federal government to pay third nations to take non-citizens and ban travellers from specified nations. The world’s first try to ban younger individuals from social media platforms went by as nicely to make a historic night time. We’ve extra particulars, evaluation and response developing.
The federal government is likely to be happy with its night time’s work but it surely at all times comes at a value. Our unique story this morning reveals that Tanya Plibersek struck a deal in writing with each the Greens and unbiased senator David Pocock on supporting her Nature Optimistic laws earlier than Anthony Albanese vetoed it hours later in a non-public assembly with Adam Bandt and Sarah Hanson-Younger.
Queensland’s new LNP authorities has admitted that its signature youth crime laws will “directly discriminate” towards youngsters by limiting their “protection from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”. A veteran human rights lawyer within the state, Terry O’Gorman, who famously took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen, is extremely crucial of the brand new legal guidelines and say they remind him of the notorious former premier.
Key occasions
Organisations welcome payments handed by Senate in a single day
Organisations and teams have woken as much as a slew of payments having handed the Senate, and welcomed totally different items of laws they’ve advocated for.
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the passing of laws outlining country-by-country reporting guidelines of multi-national company tax and revenue info as “a significant step forward for tax transparency.” Chief government officer Lyn Morgain mentioned:
It’s not simply Australia that may profit. Many multinational firms that function in Australia additionally function in lots of different nations internationally. Australia’s transparency can have ripple results that profit low-income nations who desperately want the tax income for fundamental companies.
In the meantime, the Digital Business Group (Digi) welcomed the privateness modification invoice as serving to “level up children and young people’s privacy on a wide range of services.” Managing director Sunita Bose mentioned:
Digi totally helps the necessity to reform the Privateness Act to present Australians extra alternative, management and transparency over their private info and to drive higher company accountability economy-wide. We’re glad there’s been progress in direction of the broader privateness reform efforts by the passage of this primary privateness invoice, and look ahead to partaking within the subsequent levels of the method.
Good morning
Emily Wind
Emily Wind right here, signing on for running a blog duties – many because of Martin for kicking issues off for us.
After an enormous night time within the Senate, with 32 payments pushed by as a part of the federal government’s “guillotine” movement, the decrease home has already kicked off for the day.
Any payments with amendments within the Senate final night time will now have to return to the decrease home, and handed. First on the agenda this morning is the Commonwealth entities (cost surcharges) invoice 2024.
The entire Canberra staff might be again with you at present, bringing you the newest – Karen Middleton, Paul Karp, Josh Butler, Sarah Basford Canales and Mike Bowers. Hopefully a much less chaotic day than yesterday, but it surely’s solely 7am, and after this week it appears something can occur.
Let’s get into it.
Martin Farrer
The federal authorities’s social media ban for under-16s has been handed within the Senate.
It’s unclear how the brand new guidelines might be utilized or enforced, and if the laws would require all Australians at hand over extra of their private information.
Learn Josh Butler’s explainer about the place we’re:
Martin Farrer
The political lessons might have been extra centered on the passage or in any other case of laws yesterday, however the large dump of details about how the federal government is managing the local weather disaster is arguably simply as necessary.
Our surroundings editor, Adam Morton, has been sifting by the info and comes up with six issues it is advisable find out about what is going on – from emissions on a downward development (however not sufficient) to why the federal government must set much more bold targets.
Martin Farrer
Regardless of the trade-offs, the marathon effort within the higher home has achieved so much to cement Labor’s first time period agenda, writes our chief political correspondent, Paul Karp.
It got here after a 12 months of combating between Labor and their progressive rivals, the Greens. However when push got here to shove there was sufficient settlement on getting issues achieved. He writes:
This week Albanese and Labor have proven that they’ll deal for his or her legislative agenda. They’re hoping that the 2025 election received’t see them dealing for the continued lifetime of their authorities.
Martin Farrer
We should always most likely begin with the actual enterprise of final night time and the slew of payments handed by the Senate.
You may learn Sarah Basford Canales’ account of how they obtained over the road right here:
And right here’s the record of 32 payments:
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Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing modification invoice 2024
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Sydney airport demand administration modification invoice 2024
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Aged care (consequential and transitional provisions) invoice 2024
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Commonwealth entities (cost surcharges) invoice 2024
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Commonwealth entities (cost surcharges) tax (imposition) invoice 2024
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Commonwealth entities (cost surcharges) (consequential provisions and different issues) invoice 2024
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Treasury legal guidelines modification (accountable purchase now pay later and different measures) invoice 2024
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Capital works (construct to lease misuse tax) invoice 2024
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Crimes modification (strengthening the felony justice response to sexual violence) sick 2024
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Household legislation modification invoice 2024
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Future Made in Australia (assure of origin) invoice 2024
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Future Made in Australia (assure of origin consequential amendments and transitional provisions) invoice 2024
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Future Made in Australia (assure of origin costs) invoice 2024
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Future Made in Australia invoice 2024
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Future Made in Australia (omnibus amendments No. 1) invoice 2024
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Universities accord (nationwide scholar ombudsman) invoice 2024
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Treasury legal guidelines modification (fairer for households and farmers and different measures) Invoice 2024
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Superannuation (goal) invoice 2023
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Treasury legal guidelines modification (Reserve Financial institution reforms) invoice 2023
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Customs tariff modification (incorporation of proposals and different measures) invoice 2024
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Communications laws modification (regional broadcasting continuity) invoice 2024
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Crown references modification invoice 2023
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Customs modification (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free commerce space second protocol implementation and different measures) invoice 2024
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Midwife skilled indemnity (Commonwealth contribution) scheme modification invoice 2024
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Treasury legal guidelines modification (2024 tax and different measures No. 1) invoice 2024
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Privateness and different laws modification invoice 2024
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Surveillance laws (affirmation of utility) invoice 2024
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Treasury legal guidelines modification (mergers and acquisitions reform) invoice 2024
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Migration modification invoice 2024
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Migration modification (removing and different measures) invoice 2024
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Migration modification (prohibiting gadgets in immigration detention services) invoice 2024
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On-line security modification (social media minimal age) invoice 2024
Welcome
Good morning and welcome to our stay information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer with the highest tales after an especially busy night time in Canberra earlier than Emily Wind fires up for one final shift from the capital after a busy two weeks.
It’ll be the morning after the night time earlier than for senators after their marathon in a single day sitting final night time. Greater than 30 payments handed the higher home, together with controversial migration legal guidelines that permit the federal government to pay third nations to take non-citizens and ban travellers from specified nations. The world’s first try to ban younger individuals from social media platforms went by as nicely to make a historic night time. We’ve extra particulars, evaluation and response developing.
The federal government is likely to be happy with its night time’s work but it surely at all times comes at a value. Our unique story this morning reveals that Tanya Plibersek struck a deal in writing with each the Greens and unbiased senator David Pocock on supporting her Nature Optimistic laws earlier than Anthony Albanese vetoed it hours later in a non-public assembly with Adam Bandt and Sarah Hanson-Younger.
Queensland’s new LNP authorities has admitted that its signature youth crime laws will “directly discriminate” towards youngsters by limiting their “protection from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”. A veteran human rights lawyer within the state, Terry O’Gorman, who famously took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen, is extremely crucial of the brand new legal guidelines and say they remind him of the notorious former premier.
