Dutton has ‘a style for fearmongering’, Hanson-Younger says
Talking to ABC Information Breakfast, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Younger was additionally requested about studies the federal government was in search of authorized recommendation to place probably the most violent offenders launched from indefinite detention again behind bars.
She stated opposition chief Peter Dutton has “obtained a style for fearmongering and he needs extra of it”:
He’s not sustained by the very fact parliament rammed by way of a bit of laws in document time final week to override the excessive court docket, earlier than the excessive court docket has even handed down their causes for his or her resolution.
And that is dangerous legislation making. It was very disappointing, I need to say … seeing the Labor celebration roll over up to now rapidly.
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Important employees pushed into critical rental stress
Cait Kelly
Important employees can’t afford lease in any a part of the nation, a brand new warmth map from Anglicare Australia reveals.
The warmth map confirmed:
1,087 leases (2.4%) have been reasonably priced for an ambulance employee
666 leases (1.5%) have been reasonably priced for a nurse
582 leases (1.3%) have been reasonably priced for a development employee
507 leases (1.1%) have been reasonably priced for an aged care employee
428 leases (0.9%) have been reasonably priced for an early childhood educator
424 leases (0.9%) have been reasonably priced for a hospitality employee.
Anglicare Australia govt director Kasy Chambers stated important employees have been the “spine of our communities” but they might not afford to lease:
These maps present that increasingly more important employees are being pushed into critical rental stress – and being pressured out of their native communities.
So many important industries are dealing with workforce shortages with employees unable to afford to remain or transfer to components of the nation the place these shortages are at their worst. These numbers assist clarify why.
Chambers stated “nearly no a part of Australia is reasonably priced” for aged care employees, early childhood educators, cleaners and nurses:
They can not afford to dwell in their very own communities.
Despite the fact that Australia has constructed a document variety of houses over the past 10 years, rents preserve hovering. The easiest way to make leases extra reasonably priced is to construct social and reasonably priced houses.
Constructing normal houses and hoping affordability will trickle down simply isn’t working.
Luke Murphy, Regulation Council of Australia president, additionally pointed to the obligatory sentencing of 1 yr in jail for individuals on the brand new particular visa who didn’t notify the minister of a change in private circumstances inside two days.
He instructed ABC RN:
The imposition of obligatory sentences for breach of circumstances and that restricts the appropriate to a good trial and that compromises the independence of the judiciary.
There have to be an unbiased oversight to make sure everyone seems to be handled equally.
He added that there was no proof non-citizens have been any extra harmful than Australians.
The indefinite time restrict imposed on the circumstances and no judicial oversight of their functions made the legal guidelines a “very unjust, harsh and disproportionate response”, he stated.
Any new preventative detention measure wanted judicial oversight and the launched detainees wanted correct entry to authorized illustration, he stated.
– from AAP
Emergency laws must be urgently reviewed, Regulation Council chief says
Regulation Council of Australia president Luke Murphy stated new laws for these launched from indefinite detention must be urgently reviewed, with issues the stability between particular person liberty and neighborhood security had not been struck.
Greater than 90 individuals being held in immigration detention have been launched up to now aftger a excessive court docket ruling. Three murderers and a number of other intercourse offenders are included within the numbers, nevertheless many have been awaiting deportation after committing minor offences.
The federal government and opposition teamed as much as ram emergency laws by way of parliament to place strict monitoring necessities on the newly launched cohort and impose prison punishment for visa breaches.
Murphy stated these measures amounted to an “inherent lack of equality earlier than the legislation” and pointed to the very fact critical offenders who served time behind bars have been routinely launched round Australia each day and managed by state and territory authorities.
– with AAP
Coolamon, Kakirra, Mateship or Roo-ver?
Public campaigning has kicked off after the Australian area company opened voting to call our lunar rover.
Riverina MP Michael McCormack – together with Coolamon mayor David McCann – have thrown their assist behind Coolamon for the rover’s identify.
Coolamon is an Indigenous phrase for a multi-purpose device, and the identify of a city inside McCormack’s Riverina voters.
The Riverina has an opportunity for area historical past however provided that everybody will get behind Coolamon’s bid to have naming rights for a lunar mannequin.
So let’s put Coolamon on the Moon by going to https://t.co/xgrRqvUyTK and voting for our city and its Moonshot for glory …🌕 pic.twitter.com/BVwOe0BzxD
— Michael McCormack (@M_McCormackMP) November 20, 2023
As we introduced you on yesterday’s weblog, the area company has opened voting for Australia’s lunar rover, set to go to the moon as early as 2026.
Voting is open till 1 December and voters can selected between 4 names – Coolamon, Kakirra, Mateship and Roo-ver.
Solid your vote right here!
Search continues for aircraft wreckage
A restoration mission is continuous for a pilot and digicam operator feared lifeless two days after an ex-military jet crashed into waters off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Crews have been scouring Port Phillip Bay for any signal of TV digicam operator James Rose and pilot Stephen Gale after their Jetworks Aviation flight went down about 1.45pm on Sunday.
With hours passing and no signal of the plane wreckage, the rescue mission shifted on Monday to a restoration mission with the 2 males presumed lifeless.
Yesterday Victorian police stated the search would proceed till the wreckage was discovered.
We are going to convey you any additional updates right here on the weblog at the moment.
– with AAP
Courts ought to resolve who’s locked up, Greens senator says
Sarah Hanson-Younger stated it shouldn’t be as much as politicians to resolve how lengthy or who needs to be in jail – that’s for the courts to resolve.
She was requested if violent offenders needs to be again behind bars:
If there’s somebody who shouldn’t be on the streets, put it earlier than a court docket and let a choose resolve. That’s how we do issues in a rustic that upholds the rule of legislation.
I do know it could not swimsuit Mr Dutton’s nasty politics and fearmongering, however that’s the rule of legislation. These are ideas that so many Australians over a long time have fought for, to guard. It’s the primary – it’s the essential precept of a liberal democracy and it have to be protected.
Dutton has ‘a style for fearmongering’, Hanson-Younger says
Talking to ABC Information Breakfast, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Younger was additionally requested about studies the federal government was in search of authorized recommendation to place probably the most violent offenders launched from indefinite detention again behind bars.
She stated opposition chief Peter Dutton has “obtained a style for fearmongering and he needs extra of it”:
He’s not sustained by the very fact parliament rammed by way of a bit of laws in document time final week to override the excessive court docket, earlier than the excessive court docket has even handed down their causes for his or her resolution.
And that is dangerous legislation making. It was very disappointing, I need to say … seeing the Labor celebration roll over up to now rapidly.
Might Gladys Berejiklian take over at Optus?
There have additionally been rumours circulating that former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has been put ahead as a possible contender to guide Optus.
Responding to this, Sarah Hanson-Younger instructed ABC Information Breakfast this is able to be a call for the board:
I do know Gladys has obtained another issues she must clear off her plate but, doesn’t she?
I believe the principle factor right here is to make sure whoever takes over is definitely somebody who’s reliable, has integrity, and is ready to work with authorities as a result of we have to overhaul these laws.
Shadow overseas minister Simon Birmingham was additionally requested about this on ABC RN and stated it was “fully a matter for Optus, Singtel, their homeowners and the board”.
He stated Berejiklian was a “pricey pal” and a “fabulous chief”:
I’m positive Optus clients need to make it possible for Optus has nice management and Gladys is … a wonderful chief.
Optus has to work laborious to revive belief, Hanson-Younger says
Earlier, Greens communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Younger spoke to ABC Information Breakfast after the resignation of Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin yesterday.
Hanson-Younger stated Bayer Rosmarin had confirmed management by fronting the Senate inquiry into the 8 November Optus outage, and by resigning she had “taken the final word duty for the failure”.
Going ahead, Hanson-Younger stated Optus has to “actually restore belief with the Australian individuals”, and “repair” their disaster administration:
It’s so clear from the proof that we’ve seen within the Senate inquiry so far that they only weren’t ready they usually have been horrible at speaking to their clients.
And 101 of disaster administration is to inform individuals what’s occurring … and provides them reassurance, however there was no reassurance.
Hanson-Younger stated the outage demonstrated how “out of contact and outdated” guidelines and laws for giant telecommunications corporations are:
All of us depend on the usage of our cell phone, on web knowledge to take action a lot with our each day lives and we want to ensure these guidelines and laws are match for goal … We want to ensure we’re placing the rights of the general public, the general public curiosity, firstly. These are important companies, not just a few luxurious.
Man modified with alleged sexual assault of aged lady at aged care house
NSW detectives have charged a person with the alleged sexual assault of an aged lady at an aged care facility on the Central Coast.
Police have been instructed on 15 November that an unknown man had broke right into a facility and allegedly assaulted and sexually assaulted an aged lady. She was taken to hospital and handled for critical accidents.
A criminal offense scene was established and strike power detectives executed a search warrant on 17 November, discovering electronics, sim playing cards and clothes related to their investigation.
Yesterday detectives arrested a 34-year-old man after he allegedly tried to flee from police.
He was taken to hospital for minor accidents to his arm. On launch he was charged with a number of offences and refused bail to look earlier than Belmont native court docket at the moment.
Costs laid after $100m drug seizure in NSW
NSW police have charged a person after an investigation into the alleged cargo of practically $100m value of medication.
In Could detectives started an investigation after discovering 40kg of methylamphetamine in an Alexandria storage unit. Two extra drug shipments have been found and linked – an additional 2.9kg of methylamphetamine from the US in July and 1.2kg of methylamphetamine from Pakistan in September.
Strike power detectives arrested a 25-year-old man on 26 September, who was charged with eight offences.
The person was refused bail and appeared at Sutherland native court docket on 27 September, the place he was formally refused bail to look at Downing Centre native court docket at the moment.
Police will allege in court docket the person used false identities to obtain drug shipments, which he supposed to provide for revenue.
‘On the very minimal, it needs to be raised at ministerial degree’
Host Patricia Karvelas:
If you happen to suppose that [Anthony Albanese] didn’t increase it, if we settle for your evaluation, do you suppose he ought to search now a dialog with President Xi [Jinping] to boost this?
Simon Birmingham:
On the very minimal, it needs to be raised at ministerial degree and it’s not even clear from the federal government’s response that that has occurred.
Birmingham stated we needs to be in search of “some acknowledgement from China that this occurred”:
If they are saying that it was a mistake and an accident nicely, so be it however apologies must be provided, however most significantly, for the protection of our area, we must be seeing a change in the best way the Chinese language army conduct themselves.
As I stated on the outset, this isn’t a one-off incident. We’ve seen it occur … in different Australian operations and we see it much more routinely occur to different nations and specifically, for some months now we’ve seen repetitive patterns of aggressive behaviour within the South China Sea in direction of the Philippines, which once more, Australia and accomplice nations throughout the area needs to be elevating constantly and at the next degree with China.
Albanese ought to have raised matter with Xi, Birmingham says
Simon Birmingham is requested what the results needs to be for China.
He instructed ABC RN the federal government had not seized “the chance to boost it on the highest ranges” with China:
The Albanese authorities ought to now be making clear our issues on the highest ranges with China [with] a critical illustration.
Birmingham stated merely conveying issues to officers can be advantageous “if we have been coping with an incident that was clearly unintentional”, however “whenever you see repetitive behaviour by way of army actions, it’s applicable that it may be raised ministerial and even chief degree”.
Everyone knows that prime minister Albanese had the chance to boost it at chief degree and it seems from all of his statements that he didn’t.
To make clear: Anthony Albanese has not confirmed whether or not or not he raised the problem with Xi Jinping immediately or not. Yesterday he accused the Chinese language naval ship of “harmful, unsafe and unprofessional” behaviour and stated the federal government had complained by way of “all of the boards which are accessible”.
