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Ley: Voters never get it wrong
A little more than the statement made by Susan LeyFarrer resigned his membership after being dismissed as opposition leader.
It has been the privilege of my professional life to serve the people of Farrer for 25 years, enlisting the support of the local community in nine elections. I know David (Farley) They will feel the same sense of honor and responsibility.
Until tonight, each of the 30 elections since 1949 has been held, without exception, by the Liberal and National parties, under difficult and challenging conditions. It would be a mistake to reduce both the scale and significance of tonight’s defeat to a Coalition split that occurred months ago, or to misattribute it to the date of the vote.
I call on the Liberal leadership to accept this outcome with humility because voters will never get it wrong. On the day the leadership collapsed in February, new leaders said the Liberal Party had to ‘change or die’. Three months later, the result in Farrer shows that this statement is more true today than ever before.
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The treasurer speaking previously on Sky News Jim Chalmers The home tax system is “broken”, “unfair” and “unacceptable”, he says in his strongest defense yet in his case to leave negative gearing intact and break promises of capital gains tax relief.
The most important issue in the budget that Chalmers will announce on Tuesday night is expected to be changes to property investor tax privileges.
Prime minister, Anthony Albaneseand senior ministers repeatedly ruled out future changes to negative gearing and a 50% capital gains tax cut during the 2025 election campaign, which Labor won with a landslide majority.
Chalmers said:
Tuesday night’s budget will, I think, signal a more ambitious year of reform that recognizes that the status quo on housing and tax is broken, unfair and unacceptable. A lot of the work we’ve done in the past and all the comments we’ve made have reflected, as the prime minister has said, a strong focus on (housing) supply. But there are additional steps that need to be taken to make the housing market fairer.
Farrer’s result ‘bloodbath’: Chalmers
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Accountant, Jim ChalmersFarrer says the byelection result was a “bloodbath” for the Coalition, casting doubt on Angus Taylor’s future as Liberal leader.
Appearing on Sky News ahead of the budget on Tuesday night, Chalmers said:
This wasn’t a by-election, it was a bloodbath for the Coalition. Angus Taylor had great success in the league and lost badly. It should come as no surprise to anyone that after failing so badly as shadow treasurer, he also failed as a leader, and it would surprise me too if the clock hasn’t moved on to his leadership.
Chalmers said the result showed the Coalition needed to join forces with One Nation if it wanted to return to government, leaving Labor as the only party remaining at the “logical center of Australian politics”.
Chalmers says budget will include extra $2 billion for infrastructure
The upcoming federal budget will include an extra $2 billion over four years to finance infrastructure such as roads, water, electricity and sewage that will help build up to 65,000 new homes, the Albanian government said Saturday night.
The new fund, to be officially announced on Tuesday, will help finance the completion of housing projects that would otherwise face expensive hurdles. It will be provided to local governments and government service providers, with a quarter of these funds (about $500 million) allocated to regional Australia alone.
The Labor government said the extra $2 billion brings the party’s total infrastructure investment to help housing projects to $6.3 billion since it came to power.
Accountant Jim Chalmers he said in a statement:
Building more homes is a big focus of this Budget and also of the Albanian Government. …
It’s currently very difficult for many Australians to get into their own home and move forward, and that’s why we’re investing in supply. Our housing plan is pro-aspiration and pro-investment.
We are approaching this housing issue responsibly from every angle, and increasing supply is at the heart of this.
Dfat officials head to Canary Islands to help those on board at center of hantavirus outbreak
Consular officials, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) They are traveling to Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, to provide assistance to four Australian citizens and one permanent resident on the MV Hondius, a ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak.
Dfat said it was not aware of any passengers showing symptoms of the virus but would help coordinate response efforts with local authorities and partner countries. A spokesman said:
We are assessing options for the safe repatriation of four Australians and permanent residents. Our priority is the safety of the society.
MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife at noon on Sunday local time. No passengers are allowed to stay in the country or fly commercially, but passengers are expected to be repatriated by their home countries.
The Australian government is working closely with states and territories to prepare for this possibility, including reviewing any necessary quarantine requirements, health monitoring or testing arrangements.
Although hantavirus is serious, its rate of transmission between humans is low and officials have argued that the likelihood of a widespread outbreak comparable to Covid-19 or flu is very low. The World Health Organization is leading an internationally coordinated response and currently assesses the risk to the global population as low.
Coalition ‘losing confidence’, says Jane Hume
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Liberal deputy leader, Jane HumeHe acknowledged the Coalition had lost the trust of voters following Farrer’s massive byelection defeat on Saturday.
The Liberal preselection vote fell below 13% as One Nation’s David Farley cruised to victory, winning the right-wing populist party’s first lower house seat.
Hume told Sky News:
We always knew that it would be a difficult task for a retired member, especially one who has been in office for more than 20 years, to retire if Labor chose not to stand and absent anti-establishment pressure. This is what we really see.
We need to consider that Farrer and the people around Australia are telling us that we need to rebuild trust. Trust in the coalition has been lost.
Hume attributed the erosion of trust to two Liberal-National splits and the decision to submit all of his policies to scrutiny after the 2025 election.
It all happened under Susan Leydecided to leave parliament after losing his leadership Angus Taylor triggered a by-election.
Ley, who has held the southern seat of New South Wales for 25 years, made a striking statement about the results on Saturday night; This seemed to suggest that the Coalition’s situation was worse than when he was ousted in February.
When asked about Ley’s statement on Sunday morning, Hume said:
I saw this statement late last night. Sussan has the right to speak as a long-serving member. However, there was an interesting situation at the stand; No one told me about Sussan Ley, either in the pre-poll or on election day.
Ley: Voters never get it wrong
A little more than the statement made by Susan LeyFarrer resigned his membership after being dismissed as opposition leader.
It has been the privilege of my professional life to serve the people of Farrer for 25 years, enlisting the support of the local community in nine elections. I know David (Farley) They will feel the same sense of honor and responsibility.
Until tonight, each of the 30 elections since 1949 has been held, without exception, by the Liberal and National parties, under difficult and challenging conditions. It would be a mistake to reduce both the scale and significance of tonight’s defeat to a Coalition split that occurred months ago, or to misattribute it to the date of the vote.
I call on the Liberal leadership to accept this outcome with humility because voters will never get it wrong. On the day the leadership collapsed in February, new leaders said the Liberal Party had to ‘change or die’. Three months later, the result in Farrer shows that this statement is much more true today than it was then.
Good morning
Hello and welcome to Sunday, May 10th.
And welcome to the political order that has been turned upside down in Australia after One Nation won its first lower house seat in the Farrer by-election.
Pauline Hanson He declared that his right-wing populist party was going after Coalition and Labor seats in Australia and that his supporters wanted to “take the country back” after winning a decisive victory on Saturday.
The result is striking for many reasons: One Nation candidate David Farley ended in a two-party contest with independents Michelle Milthorpe. It was a shocking visual for political observers accustomed to seeing elections as a red-blue contest.
The loss will get weaker Angus Taylor The exhaustion of opposition is the latest evidence of a shift away from traditional forces in Australian politics.
Susan Ley The former opposition leader, whose resignation prompted the byelection, called on the Liberals to “humbly” accept the result, saying “voters never get it wrong”.
There’s a lot to unravel today, and we’ll bring you reactions and news as it arrives. TimWilsonHe will be interviewed on ABC’s Insiders program shortly.
