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Hanson snubs Australia on right-wing tour: Albanese
Tom McIlroy
Anthony Albanese says Pauline Hanson The country should not be underestimated as she has appeared at a number of conservative political events and holidays with the billionaire philanthropist Gina Rinehart in Europe.
The One Nation leader attended the CPAC conference in London over the weekend after recording a podcast with the far-right activist tommy robinson. Albanese was asked about his tour during his visit to Tiwi Island on Sunday.
He said:
When I have the opportunity to represent Australia abroad, I talk Australia.
I’m not underestimating Australia. I go as someone who is proud to represent our nation and speak about what we are as a nation. There’s no place you’d rather be than Australia, and I think it’s up to our representatives, wherever they stand in parliament, to elevate Australia, not degrade Australia, when they’re abroad.
We have created an extraordinary nation in this country and that is something that is the envy of the world because of what we have created here and so in my view it is people’s responsibility to talk about Australia when they travel abroad and be proud of who we are and what we have created as a nation.
important events
The state funeral for veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch will be held in Melbourne this afternoon. Hinch died on July 10 at the age of 82 after long health struggles.
The ceremony, hosted by the Victorian government, starts at noon at the Timber Yard event venue in Port Melbourne, and prominent figures from politics and media are expected to attend. The service will also be streamed live on the Victorian government website.
Hinch’s friends and former colleague Ray Martin will attend and 3AW’s Darren James will be master of ceremonies.
As the Guardian explains in Hinch’s obituary, his life was one that included prison, politics, rags to riches, multiple marriages and a variety of serious health problems, all played out in public and earning the Australian journalist, broadcaster and former senator the nickname “the human headliner”.
His death drew praise from a number of prominent figures, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.
A statement released by the Victorian government recalled that Hinch lived a life defined by his own principles and an unwavering determination to stand up for what he believed was right.
– from AAP
Luca Ittimani
Corporate police earn record $830 million for state coffers
The corporate regulator was fined $830 million from the courts last year; This is more than the previous six years combined.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reported enforcement figures for 2025-26 and found courts are requiring companies to pay record fines. This included the largest penalty ever imposed in an ASIC case; $300 million fine imposed on foreign exchange broker Union Standard, which collapsed in June.
ASIC received an average fine of just $137 million against companies from 2019-20 to 2024-25.
ASIC said its action would enable $643.5 million worth of recoveries, refunds and payouts to tens of thousands of customers and investors. The penalties would also bolster the federal budget.
The regulator also issued $12 million worth of infringement notices; this is double the amount in 2024-25. ASIC chief executive Sarah Court said:
“Our enforcement efforts focus on abuses that cause real harm, and we deliver results, pushing for change, strengthening accountability, and returning money to consumers and investors.”
Tom McIlroy
Seven’s Look at Pauline Hanson is a strange affair
Perhaps the most meaningful moment of Channel Seven’s special Spotlight episode Pauline Hanson Last night has come to an end.
After an hour of watching the One Nation leader perform his “greatest hits”, including divisive comments about Australian Muslims, attacks on multiculturalism and claims that he equated it with the “establishment”, he told reporter Liam Bartlett he had received no special scoop.
The series must have followed tens of thousands of people to England, where Hanson met the former Neighbors star. Holly Valancefar right activist tommy robinson and Reform MP Robert Jenrickhowever, in the final episode, Bartlett admitted that he never expected anything specific from Hanson and instead only expected a “robust conversation”.
There were also strange moments for the Queensland senator in the program. The crowd required for his speech at the CPAC conference in London was too small, and he and the Nationals defector Barnaby Joyce had to defend previous comments attacking each other. A street tour of Robinson’s hometown of Luton nearly turned into a fight with a local resident. Robinson also denied trying to come to Australia despite having previously had visa applications rejected due to his criminal record.
Voters considering One Nation learned little that was new, except perhaps a new appreciation for Hanson’s so-called mass deportation policies. Asked about Reform UK’s policy of removing hundreds of thousands of people from Britain, Hanson said he supported a similar policy for people living illegally in Australia.
“I love it,” he said, before promising to plan the implementation of the policy with bureaucrats if One Nation wins government.
Despite controversy surrounding Hanson’s tour and visit to Italy with donor Gina RinehartMonday’s News Poll shows One Nation with a primary vote share of 30%, tied with Labor and ahead of the Coalition on 19%.
Private schools want more government money
Krishani Dhanji
Independent Schools Australia, the peak body for private schools, is today launching a campaign to increase government funding, targeting key Labor and Teal seats across the country.
The organization will distribute digital adverts, billboards and posters on buses to inner-city federal seats, including Labor-held Brisbane and Griffith in Melbourne, Queensland, as well as key teal seats of Mackellar and Wentworth in Sydney and Curtin in Perth. He will also target Goldstein, whom the Liberals won TimWilsonthe one previously knocked down by the teal.
Slogan? “Parents choose, families contribute, and policy needs to reflect that reality.”
The campaign comes ahead of Labour’s national conference this week; The group argues that the government should provide more aid as more parents choose private schools and make other sacrifices to do so.
But according to 2023 data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (Adjara), 98% of private schools were funded above the Gonski recommended educational resource standard (SRS) and more than 98% of public schools were funded below it.
president of the ISA, Graham Cattsays:
Independent school families have been stereotyped for too long. They are parents and taxpayers making careful decisions about their children’s education, often under real financial pressure.
They deserve to be seen, they deserve to be heard, and they deserve policy adjustments that recognize the choices they are already making.
Tom McIlroy
Albanese helps launch major air combat exercise
Anthony Albanese announced the official opening of Exercise Pitch Black 2026, Australia’s leading international air combat exercise, taking place in Darwin.
Over the next three weeks, 100 aircraft and approximately 2,500 personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force and 20 overseas countries will take part in training activities and exercises in the skies above Australia’s north.
The biennial exercise is designed to strengthen cooperation using high-level training from Raaf Bases Darwin and Tidal in the Northern Territory and Raaf Base Amberley in Queensland.
Aircraft from the United States, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, India, Singapore, Germany, France and Spain will attend, as will all resident personnel from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, Brunei, Malaysia, Finland and Sweden.
Albanez said:
Australia is strongest when we work closely with our partners.
Exercise Pitch Black strengthens these partnerships and demonstrates Australia’s commitment to working closely across our region to support peace, stability and security.
Hanson snubs Australia on right-wing tour: Albanese
Tom McIlroy
Anthony Albanese says Pauline Hanson The country should not be underestimated as she has appeared at a number of conservative political events and holidays with the billionaire philanthropist Gina Rinehart in Europe.
The One Nation leader attended the CPAC conference in London over the weekend after recording a podcast with the far-right activist tommy robinson. Albanese was asked about his tour during his visit to Tiwi Island on Sunday.
He said:
When I have the opportunity to represent Australia abroad, I talk Australia.
I’m not underestimating Australia. I go as someone who is proud to represent our nation and speak about what we are as a nation. There’s no place you’d rather be than Australia, and I think it’s up to our representatives, wherever they stand in parliament, to elevate Australia, not degrade Australia, when they’re abroad.
We have created an extraordinary nation in this country and that is something that is the envy of the world because of what we have created here and so in my view it is people’s responsibility to talk about Australia when they travel abroad and be proud of who we are and what we have created as a nation.
Welcome
Good morning and welcome to the first live news blog of this brand new week. I Stephanie Convery and I will be with you until this afternoon.
First of all, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanesesays Pauline Hanson The country should not be underestimated as she has appeared at a number of conservative political events and holidays with the billionaire philanthropist Gina Rinehart in Europe. The Prime Minister’s comments also come as a strange interview of the One Nation leader aired on Seven.
long-time broadcaster Derryn Hinch He will be buried at a state funeral in Melbourne this afternoon. The so-called “Human Head” died earlier this month at the age of 82.
All this and much more to come.
