PM nervous by ‘scary’ rise of misogyny
On to questions. Albanese admits that what’s being executed to cease violence towards ladies and youngsters “isn’t working”.
Albanese says it’s a whole-of-society response that’s wanted to sort out this scourge. He additionally says tackling violence is why the federal government legislated to place a ban on social media for under-16s – to cease them from being uncovered to hate and misogyny at a younger age.
It isn’t working. That’s the reality. You recognize, we aren’t doing properly sufficient as a society. It is a entire of society drawback.
One of many the explanation why the social media ban is vital is that younger individuals, at a really younger age, after they’re growing are uncovered to some fairly hateful stuff on the market, the rise of misogyny. I don’t know in case you’ve seen [the Netflix TV drama] Adolescence, I encourage anybody to take a look at it. It’s scary.
Albanese is requested whether or not he, like UK PM Keir Starmer, will name for all younger individuals to look at Adolescence?
Albanese says, “I might encourage faculties to indicate it, completely.”
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Albanese reiterates that he received’t make take care of Greens in occasion of hung parliament
Following his presser, Albanese is now chatting with 2GB radio, once more promising he received’t do any offers with the Greens within the occasion of a minority authorities.
Requested why – if he received’t do a take care of the Greens – he’s preferenced the minor celebration second in his personal seat of Grayndler, Albanese says it received’t make a distinction:
I win on main [votes]. My preferences don’t go wherever. The preferences solely [count] in case you run third in a seat. I obtained 54% final time. I don’t anticipate to go backwards this time.
So who would Albanese work with within the occasion of a hung parliament, asks host Mark Levy.
I’ll work with the parliament, work with myself … Now there’s 25 Labor senators out of 76, you recognize what? We’ve obtained[ten] stuff executed, as a result of that’s what I’ve been in a position to do …
I deal with individuals with respect, however I received’t do offers.
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What do we all know concerning the under-16s social media ban to date?
Throughout that press convention, the PM mentioned everybody ought to watch the Netflix drama Adolescence, and mentioned the federal government social media ban would cease children beneath 16 to being uncovered to dangerous and misogynistic content material.
However crucially, the ban provides YouTube a carve-out. Albanese mentioned that’s to make sure that the ban doesn’t get in the best way of youngsters having access to academic content material and guaranteed us there shall be a session course of earlier than the ban is put in place in December.
We nonetheless don’t know precisely how the ban will work, so right here’s Guardian Australia’s Josh Taylor to take you thru what we do and don’t know to date:
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Dan Jervis-Bardy
A conga line of Liberal supporters stationed themselves outdoors the Gosford constructing the place Albanese was making his first look of the day.
The Lucy Wicks supporters had been holding indicators selling Liberal insurance policies – together with its promised 25 cent a litre reduce to petrol costs.
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Albanese declines to commit to limit entry to alcohol and playing as a part of home violence response
Again to the difficulty of home violence, Albanese is requested whether or not he observe suggestions from the government-commissioned speedy assessment to limit entry to alcohol and playing.
Albanese received’t make a dedication to limit both, and says the federal government is working by a “vary of points” with states and territories:
We’re working by a variety of points with state and territory governments as properly. One of many points, for instance … a dedication that we made earlier than the election was for 500 group service employees … we had been sad with how gradual that was to be carried out.
There’s not a single situation that you may say, in case you do that, you’ll resolve these issues in some circumstances.
Requested by one other reporter why the federal government received’t ban YouTube in its social media ban for beneath 16s, Albanese says the federal government doesn’t need college students to get “excluded” from academic content material:
We’ve got a 12-month session course of. We do wish to ensure as properly that individuals don’t get excluded from entry to issues that they need to have entry to by way of their training.
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Albanese responds to stories Australian authorities knew Russia had requested entry to Indonesian airbases
On stories from The Australian this morning that Labor knew of a request by Russia to base its army plane in Indonesia, Albanese will get on the defence and tries to show the main target again on to Peter Dutton.
The Australian stories that Australia turned conscious of the Russian request after a gathering in February between Indonesia’s minister of defence, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, and Russia’s Secretary of the Safety Council, Sergei Shoigu.
The federal government has averted saying whether or not Russia ever made that request, constantly stating that the Indonesian authorities had reassured Australia that there can be no Russian army plane on Indonesian bases. Albanese says:
Look, I don’t undergo once more. I check with my earlier reply … Adults, in relation to intelligence, act like adults. They don’t have interaction in seeing each worldwide situation as a home political alternative.
What we don’t do, the important thing situation right here is that Peter Dutton verballed the Indonesian president, that’s the difficulty right here.
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‘I don’t have Donald Trump’s quantity’ says PM
Following his feedback final night time that he wasn’t positive Donald Trump has a cell phone, Albanese is requested whether or not it’s a failure that he hasn’t been in a position to get Trump on the telephone once more, after he carried out a second spherical of tariffs.
Albanese says, “under no circumstances”.
I don’t have Donald Trump’s quantity. I didn’t have Joe Biden’s quantity. It’s not the best way it really works between the Australian prime minister and the US president.
There are formal processes [that] happen. I’ve had two very heat conversations with President Trump.
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Albanese says ‘one dying from violence towards ladies is one too many’ on dying of Audrey Griffin
Albanese is requested concerning the homicide of Audrey Griffin, a Central Coast girl who was discovered lifeless in March along with her physique partly submerged in Erina Creek close to a freeway after she disappeared on her method dwelling from an evening out with pals. Albanese says:
Nicely, it is a tragic and horrific dying, and my coronary heart goes out to the household and the chums and family members of Audrey Griffin. This announcement [of a trauma centre], after all, wouldn’t have impacted on that.
One dying from violence towards ladies is one too many, and that is simply an infinite tragedy.
The CEO of Central Coast ladies’s well being says:
It’s simply devastating, and it’s really actually laborious to seek out the phrases, as a result of how is it that we’re nonetheless in a time the place a younger girl can’t stroll dwelling safely … This trauma restoration middle is incredible, however let’s cease the trauma within the first place.
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Albanese, requested about jobseeker, says ‘we did improve the speed’
Our reporter Dan Jervis-Bardy, who’s with the PM, asks about one other susceptible cohort – these dwelling on jobseeker funds.
Dan asks whether or not the PM will decide to elevating the speed in a second time period of presidency, when dwelling beneath the poverty line has important impacts on well being outcomes. Albanese says:
We did improve the speed. I make this level as properly that one of many issues that we’ve executed is to offer alternatives for profession paths into jobs, free Tafe [is] making an infinite distinction in opening up these alternatives.
My authorities is a compassionate authorities that has supplied assist. We accomplish that throughout the fiscal parameters as properly of budgetary coverage. So I reject the characterisation that you just put ahead.
Albanese additionally says that unemployment charges have been at their lowest in 50 years.
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Albanese says ‘provide is vital’ to reducing housing costs
Staying on younger individuals, Albanese is requested whether or not younger Australians have a cause to be “resentful” as a result of the federal government received’t contact destructive gearing to place downward strain on the housing market. Albanese received’t say, however says “provide is vital”.
Provide is the important thing. The housing Australia Future Fund is the important thing. The kind of assist that we’re having right here, that this organisation does in growing social housing, but additionally inexpensive housing for leases is vital.
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PM nervous by ‘scary’ rise of misogyny
On to questions. Albanese admits that what’s being executed to cease violence towards ladies and youngsters “isn’t working”.
Albanese says it’s a whole-of-society response that’s wanted to sort out this scourge. He additionally says tackling violence is why the federal government legislated to place a ban on social media for under-16s – to cease them from being uncovered to hate and misogyny at a younger age.
It isn’t working. That’s the reality. You recognize, we aren’t doing properly sufficient as a society. It is a entire of society drawback.
One of many the explanation why the social media ban is vital is that younger individuals, at a really younger age, after they’re growing are uncovered to some fairly hateful stuff on the market, the rise of misogyny. I don’t know in case you’ve seen [the Netflix TV drama] Adolescence, I encourage anybody to take a look at it. It’s scary.
Albanese is requested whether or not he, like UK PM Keir Starmer, will name for all younger individuals to look at Adolescence?
Albanese says, “I might encourage faculties to indicate it, completely.”
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Albanese says Coalition would abolish housing Australia future fund
Anthony Albanese is up chatting with reporters after his assembly with employees at a group housing supplier on the central coast of NSW.
Albanese begins on the scourge of home violence and his promise for a $20m ladies’s and youngsters trauma restoration centre.
We should finish the scourge of violence towards ladies, it’s too many tragedies. One dying is simply too many, however we see time and time once more, violence towards ladies having an impression, and one of many points we’ve to take care of is ensuring that there are protected locations and houses for individuals to go.
Albanese says his authorities has already spent $1.2bn on emergency and transitional lodging for girls and youngsters escaping violence.
They’re [women and children are] benefiting from the housing Australia future fund, one thing that’s dismissed nonetheless by the Coalition and that they’d abolish in the event that they’re profitable on Saturday.
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Labor additionally makes $20m trauma restoration centre announcement
Anthony Albanese, Gordon Reid, Dobell MP Emma McBride, senior ministers Mark Butler and Amanda Rishworth and the prime minister’s fiance, Jodie Haydon, are visiting employees at Pacific Hyperlink Housing, a group housing supplier primarily based in Gosford.
Labor has promised $20m for a brand new ladies’s and youngsters trauma restoration centre, which is able to present frontline providers to as much as 500 victims of home violence and sexual violence. Albanese mentioned:
We should finish the scourge of violence towards ladies. We all know we’ve a fantastic deal extra work to do and we can’t be happy till the violence stops.
The Coalition has already matched the dedication (see put up under).
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Dutton pledges $20m for DV trauma restoration centre in NSW
After lastly getting the media bus unstuck from being wedged on a motorcycle path in Sydney, Peter Dutton’s marketing campaign is heading to the airport. Unclear the place the Liberal chief will go to at this time, however a touch could possibly be in a brand new announcement from his marketing campaign this morning.
Dutton has pledged $20m for a home violence trauma restoration centre in Robertson on the NSW central coast. It’s a Labor-held seat, and the brand new centre at Gosford builds on the Liberal dedication of $90m for home violence providers final week.
Dutton mentioned the centre would assist “kids fleeing household and home violence with a “one-stop store”, person-centred strategy to trauma restoration, together with counselling, psychological well being and social providers assist, childcare services, authorized help, return to work help and audio-visual rooms for distant court docket hearings/appearances:
As a former police officer who attended quite a few home violence call-outs, I do know the trauma and lifelong impacts that may happen on account of these horrific crimes.
A authorities I lead shall be centered on delivering actual change in order that households, ladies and youngsters are safer and we work towards decreasing the impression of household and home violence.
Robertson was previously held by a Liberal, however was received by Labor in 2022. Liberal sources say they’ve an opportunity of successful the seat again, however Labor thinks sitting MP Gordon Reid will maintain on.
The Liberal candidate, Lucy Wicks, mentioned she had lengthy advocated for such a facility in Gosford “to deal with the numerous points that face ladies and youngsters after leaving an abusive relationship or incident”.
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In footage: we’ve obtained some extra photographs from Sydney, the place the Dutton media bus has been caught in the course of town.
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Will there or received’t there be a highway person cost for EVs beneath the Coalition?
Coalition figures are being requested this morning whether or not electrical automobile drivers will get slugged with rod person prices beneath a Coalition authorities. The Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie refused to rule out any adjustments yesterday:
However there appears to be a slight distinction in opinion on the difficulty this morning.
Jane Hume, on ABC Information Breakfast did rule it out, when requested whether or not highway person prices can be launched for EVs:
No, that’s not our place. Our place, after all, is that in the intervening time, emission requirements ought to stay, however the issue is the penalties which are being positioned on retailers of all autos.
Requested by host James Glenday for a point-blank reply – are the highway prices one thing the Coalition is taking a look at? – Hume replies:
No, that’s not one thing that we’re taking a look at.
However over on ABC RN Breakfast, the shadow power minister, Ted O’Brien, sounded much more consistent with McKenzie:
We’ve made no determination on that. It’s actually one of many huge challenges for the subsequent authorities, whether or not it’s Labor or whether or not it’s a Coalition [election victory]. We have to be sure that funding can proceed in our roads, and we’d like fairness whether or not you drive an EV a diesel or a petroleum automobile, you shouldn’t be handled in a different way from others.
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Lecturers say Dutton’s ‘hate media’ feedback ‘reminiscent’ of Trump
Whereas Peter Dutton’s colleagues make mild of him calling the Guardian and ABC “hate media” in final night time’s debate, consultants have raised issues concerning the feedback.
Lecturers and former journalists have advised Guardian Australia the feedback are “reminiscent” of Donald Trump and will backfire on the opposition chief.
You’ll be able to learn the complete report by Ben Smee and Sarah Basford Canales right here:
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Katy Perry’s area journey ‘bizarre’, says PM
Anthony Albanese is on business radio this morning, chatting with Jonesy and Amanda. He’s taking part in “Don’t make it political” – a kind of phrase affiliation video games.
First is rival business radio host Kyle Sandilands. Albanese says, “fascinating character”.
He’s then requested about Katy Perry’s area flight and the PM doesn’t maintain again, calling the journey “bizarre”:
That was bizarre. I really like Katy Perry, however why did she go into area? I imply actually!
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