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Albanese: Coalition ‘legitimized’ One Nation
Anthony Albanese Farrer says byelection ‘devastating’ for him Angus Taylor and his Liberal party criticizes the Coalition for adopting One Nation “soft” policies and favoring its candidates.
Speaking to RN Breakfast this morning, the prime minister said Taylor and the National Party leader said: Matt Canavan It “legitimized” the right-wing party.
I think the Liberal party and the National Party made a huge mistake by legitimizing One Nation and by adopting many of their policies but a milder version of them and then giving them preferences they were effectively saying it was okay to vote for One Nation rather than the traditional conservative party.
[One Nation] It is a political party led by someone who promotes grievances rather than solutions. But I understand that there will be a protest vote. I think this is a devastating outcome for Angus Taylor and the Liberal party.
Like Hume earlier, he says that people are disappointed that the Coalition has broken up twice.
‘We heard the message loud and clear,’ Hume says on byelection loss
Liberal deputy leader, Jane Humehas a tough job in front of the camera this morning after a big defeat to One Nation at the weekend.
Speaking to ABC News Breakfast this morning, the Victorian senator said the party had lost public trust – not helped by two splits in the Coalition – and needed to rebuild a policy platform.
Homeowner, James Glendayasks why Angus Taylor And Matt Canavan They failed to stop the flow of votes to the small right-wing party.
The society was disappointed. We heard the message loud and clear. We need to rebuild trust.
Angus Taylor has only been leader for ten weeks, and Matt Canavan has been leader of the National Party for less than that. I think the two dissolutions of the Coalition in the last 12 months alone is a pretty devastating breach of trust for the Australian people. They expect a united and strong coalition. This is what is currently in place, but we are paying the price for this breach of trust in the Farrer by-election.
When asked if he could imagine the Coalition accepting One Nation into its ranks, Hume said:
I won’t guess that.
This isn’t a straight forward thing, is it?
Barnaby Joyce says no to One Nation joining Coalition
Barnaby Joyce He says One Nation is on the rise and will “go into government” after securing its first federal lower house win.
But the former deputy prime minister, who switched to a small right-wing party late last year, ruled out a larger Coalition, saying he was not open to his new party joining his old one.
He told Channel Nine this morning that One Nation was prepared to offer “supply and trust” but no more than that.
We will offer supply and confidence in policy outcomes… and this is not a Coalition. We do not want your ministries, let us keep your ministries and salaries.
You have received all the awards, but you will deliver policy outcomes because we will not be constrained by the cabinet solidarity that has such a bad effect on the Australian people and the conservative side of the balance of power.
Ah cabinet solidarity, that old chestnut. Essentially this means Joyce wants to be able to say what he wants to say about policy and not have to toe the Coalition party line.
Farley says One Nation won in Farrer, not ‘protest vote’
David FarleyFarrer’s soon-to-be One Nation representative said he was humbled and excited to win the by-election triggered by Saturday’s Liberal leader election. Susan Ley‘s resignation.
Speaking to Sky News this morning, he said he did not believe his victory was a “vote of protest” against the major parties.
I don’t think this is actually a protest vote. This was a vote of relief, someone looking for a better future.
Farley is an interesting character because his stance on immigration is a little more nuanced than the leader. Pauline Hanson‘S. Farrer has a large and significant immigrant population working in the area, and Farley says he’ll keep those workers coming.
I will definitely continue to fight to get Farrer a skilled visa. We are a large user of skilled labor, immigrant labor and immigrant labor. palm tree planskilled aged care nursing scheme, all these programs are still available.
Government repatriates passengers on Hantavirus ship
Josh Butler
The federal government will charter a jet from Tenerife to repatriate five Australians who were aboard the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship.
Four citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealand citizen will be repatriated on a flight leaving today, a government spokesman said overnight. According to government sources, none of the passengers had symptoms of the virus. Australians live in NSW and Queensland.
The Australian Government is working closely with government authorities to coordinate arrival, health and transport arrangements. Quarantine and health regulations are managed by states in accordance with public health requirements.
The plane is expected to land in Perth on Tuesday once quarantine arrangements are completed. Passengers are expected to be transported directly to the quarantine area upon arrival. A number of government departments are involved in the operation, including the Infectious Diseases Network and the National Emergency Management Agency’s national Crisis Coordination Team.
Tom McIlroy
Chalmers talks about speeding up approval processes due to increased productivity
Before he delivers his fifth budget tomorrow night, Jim Chalmers He says the government’s moves to speed up approvals for priority projects are an important efficiency measure for the country.
Our big productivity drive is about lowering compliance costs and reducing red tape, making construction easier and faster and making Australia a more attractive place to invest, and that’s what we’re doing through EPBC.
We’re accelerating approvals to build more homes for Australians.
More efficient approvals mean projects go live faster and get Australians into their homes quicker.
$500 million will be added to the budget for faster environmental approvals
Tom McIlroy
Tomorrow night’s federal budget will include $500 million in new funding for faster approvals of housing, energy and critical mineral projects as part of changes to national environmental laws.
The government will also provide funding to states and territories to accelerate environmental assessments across the country.
As part of the plans, $105.9 million will be spent over four years to provide better access to information needed for approvals, including using artificial intelligence to better access environmental data.
Labor introduced major changes to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act last year, with slowing approval times identified as a key area of delays across the economy. Minister of Environment, Murray Wattsays:
Now, this new fund will put those laws into practice, paving the way for big projects and helping supporters get a faster yes or a faster no.
This is a win-win situation for our economy and our precious natural environment.
Krishani Dhanji
Good morning, Krishani Dhanji here with you. Friends, today is budget week and it came very quickly if you ask me!
We will have a few final announcements from the government before then. Jim Chalmers He will announce his budget tomorrow. This includes some money to speed up environmental approvals to increase productivity (more on this in a moment). Of course, all the major items have been off the table for weeks anyway, including reforms to capital gains tax, negative gearing and trusts.
Saturday’s byelection (as many interpreted it) made huge waves in Canberra and there will be plenty of reactions to and implications for it today.
Stay with us, it’s going to be a big day.
