Australia news live: Labor’s hate speech laws pass the Senate; experts warn research gap on NDIS tool could lead to ‘tragedies’ | Anthony Albanese

former prime minister, Scott Morrisonresponded to the comments Anthony AlbaneseIt was held during question time on Tuesday after the opposition leader, Susan LeyHe asked Albanese if he would apologize for not taking action on antisemitism sooner.

Antisemitism did not start when a Labor government was elected in 2022, Albanese told parliament, pointing to the Liberal senator’s comments Andrew Bragg He said antisemitism began to rise in 2019, when Morrison became prime minister.

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Hamas never praised the actions of my government @AlboMP, but it did praise yours.

Morrison appeared to be referring to a report in Nine newspaper last year; co-founder and senior officer Hasan Yusuf We welcomed Australia’s decision to recognize the state of Palestine. However, the accuracy of the statement was disputed, and Nine later clarified that the statement came from Yusuf’s office, not the man himself.

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The head of Australia’s peak group of psychologists and disability experts warns of NDIS new assessment tool has not been tested across various types of disabilities, including various autistic needs If more research is not done, it could lead to “tragedies”.

The NDIA called the tool “the gold standard of existing, validated needs assessment tools. It has been developed in the Australian context over 20 years and tested in numerous research studies across a range of disability groups.”

President of the Australian Psychological Association, Doctor Kelly GoughHe said APS members, who represent more than 25,000 psychologists across Australia, had raised concerns that I-CAN was “not very good at understanding people’s needs and support needs”. [some disability] Categories including those with acquired brain injury and psychosocial disorders”.

Gough warned that there could be consequences if I-CAN is widely implemented without further research and validation.

What will probably happen is that for six months or a year there will be dire consequences and there will be complaints… and people will talk to the government and the ombudsman and other things and maybe there will be a few tragedies and then things will improve.

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‘I’m not proposing to look at this again’: Labor backs down on racial vilification laws

Chief Public Prosecutor, Michelle RowlandThe government does not plan to pass laws targeting racial slurs in Australia after hate speech bills were removed from parliament on Tuesday to secure Liberal support through the Senate, he said.

Rowland told the ABC’s 7.30 program that he understood the “disappointment” of Jewish experts that parts of the bill were removed but the government did not then return to the issue.

In direct response to your question, the Prime Minister has made it clear that now is the time to bring this forward and the time to take bipartisan action on this issue is now. We don’t recommend looking at this again. And we understand the frustrations felt around this.

Rowland said this would be something a royal commission could examine, but the government would not introduce a future bill unless it had bipartisan support.

Despite repeated questioning, Rowland did not say what other factors, beyond a group accusing Israel of genocide or apartheid, and whether this meant Australian Jews felt intimidated, would lead to that group being banned under the law.

Good morning. Nick Visser will be here shortly to guide you through the news of the day.

Legislation that would ban hate groups and create a national gun buyback plan has passed the Senate after the Albanian government struck separate deals with the Liberals and Greens to legislate its response to the Bondi beach massacre.

The two bills were rushed through last night following a two-day special session to address the political fallout from the December 14 shooting.

Hate speech laws divide Coalition; The Nationals broke away from the Liberals to oppose which leader? David Littleproud It is described as a “mess” that is “overdone.”

Plus: The NDIS’s new assessment tool has not been tested across a range of disability types, including a range of autistic needs, and unless further research is conducted it could lead to “tragedies” occurring, the chair of Australia’s top group of psychologists and disability experts has warned.

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