Littleproud says considered one of his proudest moments of management was in opposing the voice to Parliament
Nationals chief David Littleproud says considered one of his “proudest” moments of his management has been to oppose the Voice to parliament.
Chatting with the Nationwide Press Membership, Littleproud says it wasn’t a choice that was made rapidly by his social gathering room.
Inside our social gathering room, in a respectful means we undertook a committee inside our social gathering room to pay attention [to the] sure and no case, to grasp what the equipment would seem like, what it might imply for us who signify a number of the most deprived Indigenous Australians in distant areas.
Littleproud says the voice would have repeated “errors of the previous” and was not the best way to empower native communities.
I’m proud to say, that after the Voice consequence, there was no victory lap by the Nationals or the Liberals. We got here again to this place up the highway, walked in that parliament and Peter Dutton and I moved a movement to undertake a royal fee into little one sexual abuse in central Australia.
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In photos: from fits to hi-vis
The Albanese camp attended the West Australian’s breakfast occasion within the morning, earlier than heading out to the seat of Bullwinkel on the outskirts of Perth.
On the finish of his press convention, Albanese backed his candidate for Dickson, Ali France, following reporting by Information.com.au that France beforehand shared social media posts depicting Peter Dutton (who she’s working in opposition to) as a Nazi and backed claims Israel is an “overtly racist apartheid regime”.
Albanese says he has no thought how previous the tweets are which have resurfaced, however calls France an “extraordinary Australian”.
Folks will go after folks’s historical past going again to greater than a decade over the past marketing campaign, Ali France was attacked for utilizing her incapacity as an excuse for why she lived within the house that she lived in. Ali France is somebody who misplaced her leg saving her little one’s life when she pushed a pram ahead and was hit by a motorcar. Ailey France is a unprecedented Australian.
‘That is insane’: Canberra-based Labor MPs say Coalition’s public service plan might result in departments closing

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Andrew Leigh, a Canberra primarily based Labor MP, says the Coalition’s plan to trim the dimensions of the general public service by 41,000 positions within the ACT solely is “insane”.
Earlier right now, Dutton clarified the Coalition’s goal of eradicating 41,000 positions by the tip of the last decade doesn’t apply to states and territories past Canberra.
In response to the Australian Public Service Fee, there are 68,435 public servants based in the nation’s capital. That’s roughly one-third of the general APS workforce. Primarily based on these figures, eradicating 41,000 positions from the Canberra primarily based workforce – by a combination of voluntary redundancies or pure attrition – would cut back its measurement by 59% by the tip of the last decade.
Leigh mentioned “that is insane”:
Even when Dutton closed the pinnacle workplaces in Canberra of 12 departments — Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Legal professional Common’s; Local weather Change, Power, the Atmosphere and Water; Defence; Schooling; Finance; International Affairs and Commerce; Well being and Aged Care; Residence Affairs; Prime Minister and Cupboard; Treasury; Veterans’ Affairs – he’d nonetheless have lower than 41,000 job cuts. Dutton makes Doge look restrained.
David Littleproud says he consider in local weather change
Again to the press membership, Anna Henderson asks Littleproud whether or not, following the latest devastating floods in Queensland, he believes in local weather change.
Littleproud replies: “Sure, I do”:
Thargomindah is an ideal instance. We had a flood occasion by there [in] 1974, [this time it was] 7.65 metres… beat it by practically a metre.
So clearly, I respect the science, and we’ll do no matter we are able to to guarantee that now we have an vitality grid that’s zero emissions …
In photos: Peter Dutton at petrol cease quantity 14
Dutton is within the seat of Lyons, which is held by retiring MP Brian Mitchell for Labor on a really tight 0.9% margin.
The seat is being contested by former Tasmanian Labor chief Rebecca White and Liberal candidate Susie Bowers (who you’ll be able to see within the background).
Social license for nuclear ‘already received’ says Nationals chief
Whereas Peter Dutton has been fronting questions on why he hasn’t visited a nuclear site throughout this election marketing campaign, Littleproud says “there’s no want” as a result of the Coalition has already received the social license.
It’s an attention-grabbing level he makes, and it goes in opposition to a number of the different reporting that exhibits communities aren’t proud of the prospect of nuclear of their yard.
He tells the press membership:
There’s no have to go in an election marketing campaign the place you have got already received the votes. We’ve already received the social licence in these seven communities. Our polling clearly exhibits that.

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Dutton hits the pumps, once more
In a completely unprecedented transfer (a little bit of sarcasm, right here), Peter Dutton is about to reach at his 14th petrol station of the election marketing campaign.
Recent off sprucing off a glass of Pinot noir, the opposition chief arrived on the Ampol in Sorrell to promote his gas excise coverage in case you’ve someway missed it.
Exiting a Susie Bower-branded Mazda, Dutton emerged with a smile, telling the digital camera crews it was the “most fun a part of the day”.
A number of vehicles drive previous tooting their horns.
Littleproud says considered one of his proudest moments of management was in opposing the voice to Parliament
Nationals chief David Littleproud says considered one of his “proudest” moments of his management has been to oppose the Voice to parliament.
Chatting with the Nationwide Press Membership, Littleproud says it wasn’t a choice that was made rapidly by his social gathering room.
Inside our social gathering room, in a respectful means we undertook a committee inside our social gathering room to pay attention [to the] sure and no case, to grasp what the equipment would seem like, what it might imply for us who signify a number of the most deprived Indigenous Australians in distant areas.
Littleproud says the voice would have repeated “errors of the previous” and was not the best way to empower native communities.
I’m proud to say, that after the Voice consequence, there was no victory lap by the Nationals or the Liberals. We got here again to this place up the highway, walked in that parliament and Peter Dutton and I moved a movement to undertake a royal fee into little one sexual abuse in central Australia.

Sarah Basford Canales
Dutton has a glass in Tasmania’s Campania
Peter Dutton stopped in at a winery in Tasmania’s Campania within the seats of Lyons.
Joined by Sussan Ley, the opposition chief met with the proprietor, James Bremley, and shared a glass of pinot noir.
Dutton mentioned his favorite kind of wine was Shiraz, earlier than itemizing off a variety of different types of pink and white wines.
“I don’t discriminate,” he joked.
Because the media gathered across the wine barrel the place Bremley and the politicians stood, Dutton mentioned he would get out some extra glasses to share some wine together with his favorite journalists however lamented “there are none”.
PM guidelines out coping with Greens to decrease tremendous tax threshold
A bit of earlier within the press convention, Albanese dominated out doing a cope with the Greens to decrease the superannuation tax threshold.
Labor was pressured to abandon its legislation earlier this 12 months, to tax the unrealised capital features on tremendous balances above $3m.
Requested if he’d rule out working with the Greens to convey again that laws, he mentioned, “sure”.
Albanese says fall or stumble in Newcastle ‘no huge deal’
The PM may remorse citing that fall this morning on the West Australian breakfast, as a result of he will get one other query on it from Clare Armstrong of Information Corp.
She asks why it issues whether or not the PM fell off or stepped off (as he mentioned after it occurred). Albanese then says once more that he didn’t “fall” however stepped off the stage.
It’s form of grow to be this enormous factor that the Liberals are saying is emblematic of the best way that, you recognize, it says one thing about their character. Frankly, it says one thing about their character…
I stepped off the stage. I didn’t fall over on my bottom. I stumbled. That’s what occurred. I laughed about it on the time. I laughed about it, because it’s no huge deal.
The autumn/step off incident has additionally been utilized by the Liberal social gathering of their promoting to break Albanese.
Albanese says he’ll go to Indonesia and US if elected ‘however we’re not getting forward of ourselves’
Albanese is requested the place he’ll go first as prime minister if he wins one other time period of presidency. Dutton has mentioned lately that he would make the US his first journey if the Coalition received energy.
Albanese says:
Indonesia was my first bilateral go to within the final time period to see President Widodo. It was an exquisite go to. I visited Indonesia thrice on this time period of workplace, I’ll, after all go to Indonesia. At some stage, I’ll after all go to america. I’ve had invites from each of these leaders, however we’re not getting forward of ourselves.
A bit of earlier, Albanese was additionally requested whether or not he would use the crucial minerals reserve as an “ultimatum”. He mentioned the federal government would:
Interact diplomatically in our nationwide curiosity, and it’s in our nationwide curiosity to make use of the total suite of leverages out there to us. This is a component in that.
Albanese says ‘now we have made our insurance policies clear’
Albanese will get a bit antsy with a reporter who asks him about that fall in Cessnock, NSW, and his admission on the breakfast that it was a fall.
It was a joke. Sit back. Subsequent.
The reporter pivots the query, asking whether or not there’s the rest the PM needs to make clear. Albanese appears a bit perplexed at first, then says: “Under no circumstances, now we have made our insurance policies clear.”
41,000 public servants being lower from Canberra ‘outrageous’ says PM
Earlier throughout that breakfast, the West Australian’s Chris Dore took a stab at Albanese, calling his marketing campaign “shameless” and “outrageous” at instances. Albanese is requested whether or not he’s been stretching the reality.
He says folks could make their very own judgements, however makes use of the query to tear into Peter Dutton’s dedication that every one 41,000 public servants will probably be taken out of Canberra.
Albanese says that call would see two-thirds of public servants within the nation’s capital sacked:
I inform you what’s outrageous. It’s that, as a result of which means Providers Australia – which have their headquarters there, that ship funds to pensioners, that ship funds to people who find themselves out of labor, that ship emergency funds for individuals who’ve been by pure disasters… the Australian Alerts Directorate, all of our safety and intelligence companies. The place does Peter Dutton assume they’re primarily based? They’re primarily based in Canberra, in our nationwide capital.
PM urges folks to interact ‘in a respectful means’ at polling cubicles
Albanese, requested about incidents at pre-polling cubicles, and says it’s essential all voters have interaction in a “respectful means”.
It’s essential that folks have interaction in a respectful means that features people who find themselves candidates, however it consists of everybody on polling cubicles as effectively. The police should be allowed to do their work for explicit incidents.
However can I say that for the one that was harm in my citizens, my ideas exit to him, and I hope that there’s a very swift restoration.
Albanese reiterates Australia won’t negotiate with US over PBS, media or biosecurity however crucial minerals are ‘in demand’
Albanese says crucial minerals are an “ingredient in demand”, when requested whether or not this was a bargaining chip to make use of in negotiations with the US.
King mentioned earlier this morning that there was “little doubt” that the reserve can be useful in coping with the US.
Albanese repeats his line that the federal government received’t negotiate with the US on the pharmaceutical advantages scheme, media bargaining code or bio-security.
We see it as simply a component that’s in demand. We all know that our crucial minerals are in demand … What we do as buddies is be ready to interact in a constructive means.
He then makes a stab at Dutton over his stance to place defence on the negotiating desk with the US.