Setting legal guidelines will not be ‘definitely worth the paper they’re printed on’ if Labor would not act on local weather, Greens say
The Greens say the price of not performing on local weather change can be “far, far better” than any value related to performing on it.
On the At the moment present this morning, Senator Nick McKim says the federal government must cease approving new coal and gasoline mines (one thing his social gathering has been saying for years).
Labor will introduce its Environmental Safety and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) later this week, nevertheless it nonetheless must win over the assist of the Greens or the Coalition.
However McKim does acknowledge that you would be able to’t do issues “at any value”.
The prices of not performing on local weather change are astronomical they usually’re already being felt in our communities by means of issues like floods and bushfires they usually’re additionally being felt in family budgets by means of issues like a large spike in insurance coverage premiums …
In the event that they [Labor] don’t do issues like shield forests and in the event that they don’t do issues like shield our local weather, [the laws are] not going to be definitely worth the paper they’re printed on.
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Josh Taylor
Snapchat will adjust to ‘inconsistently utilized’ under-16s social media ban
Snapchat customers below the age of 16 can be kicked off the platform from 10 December, with the corporate telling the parliament that though it disagrees that the ban ought to apply to Snapchat, it would adjust to the regulation.
Jennifer Stout, Snap’s SVP of worldwide coverage and platform operations, mentioned in her written opening assertion to a parliamentary inquiry on age assurance measures that Snapchat must be excluded as it might meet the definition of a messaging service that’s presupposed to be excluded below the ban, however the firm will settle for the ruling of the eSafety commissioner. She mentioned:
We are going to adjust to the regulation, though we consider it has been inconsistently utilized and dangers undermining group confidence within the regulation.
Starting 10 December, we are going to disable accounts for Australian Snapchatters below 16. We all know this can be troublesome for younger individuals who use Snapchat to speak with their closest family and friends.
Stout mentioned the ban may see teenagers pushed onto platforms that aren’t included within the ban, and which are much less secure because of this.
Meta and TikTok are additionally showing earlier than the inquiry this morning.
Optus nonetheless hasn’t been hauled in entrance of a Senate inquiry to clarify the triple zero outage in September, says Greens chief Larissa Waters, who’s pushing for an additional inquiry into the incident, above the investigations already underway.
On ABC RN Breakfast, Waters hails the federal government’s settlement to triple the penalties for telcos once they fail to attach prospects to triple zero.
Individuals’s very lives depend upon it. And people elevated penalties are lengthy overdue. And so I’m actually happy that we’re now going to have that deterrent and attempt to ensure that telcos carry out this important service. And having them be accountable in entrance of a Senate inquiry is a part of that.
The federal government’s laws to introduce a triple zero custodian for oversight of the entire triple zero system is presently in entrance of the parliament. Are the Greens supportive?
Waters says the custodian ought to have been “up and working for fairly a while” and that her social gathering is “trying ahead to that invoice coming earlier than the Senate”. It’s not a tick and flick train although – she warns the minor social gathering will think about how excessive the penalties are whether or not prison penalties must be launched.
Transferring onto a distinct challenge, “what on earth is occurring” within the Liberal party with internet zero, asks host Sally Sara?
Julian Leeser doesn’t give a lot away, he offers us the usual traces of “we’re going by means of a course of” and “we’re reviewing our insurance policies”.
A recap, shadow vitality minister Dan Tehan is taking a relook on the internet zero dedication, which is hard as a result of the Liberal moderates need it to remain, however the hardline conservatives need it scrapped utterly.
Sara asks if the Liberals could be an “impact opposition” right now with no coverage. Leeser says:
We’re a few years away from an election. That is the coverage formulation course of. Properly, it’s solely 5 months because the final election, and it is a form of Bismarck legal guidelines and sausages second. We’re taking a look at our new route, and we’re having a debate, and persons are expressing totally different views.
Okay … so I simply needed to google that one – 18th century Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck apparently mentioned “Legal guidelines are like sausages. It’s higher to not see them being made” (or one thing much like that impact).
The shadow schooling minister, Julian Leeser, says final evening’s 4 Corners program on predators in childcare was ‘some of the chilling issues I’ve ever seen on tv’.
Leeser, who was moved from the shadow lawyer basic portfolio in Sussan Ley’s newest reshuffle, tells ABC RN Breakfast “each out there different” must be checked out to supervise the sector, when requested whether or not the opposition would assist a nationwide childcare fee (as many advocates have been pushing for).
We have to be certain that we’re giving regulation enforcement ample instruments. We have to be certain that the childcare regulators have the instruments that they want as nicely. And that’s why I’ve written once more to the minister this morning to supply our assist as a result of this simply can’t be allowed to proceed.
We have to throw the ebook at these folks and we have to be certain that we’re throwing each useful resource to weed folks out of the system and to deliver people who find themselves participating in youngster sexual exploitation on the net or the darkish internet to justice.
Leeser launched his non-public member’s invoice to parliament yesterday which might introduce necessary minimal sentences for youngster sexual abuse crimes. He calls on the federal government to go it.
Australia should ‘quickly’ cut back emissions to fulfill 2030 goal, Bowen’s division warns
The federal government might want to “quickly” cut back emissions to get to its 2030 goal, warns Chris Bowen’s division.
The warning comes from the incoming governmental temporary, first reported by the Australian newspaper, by the Division of Local weather Change, Vitality, the Setting and Water. It’s a quick each division offers their new minister, and is mostly launched by means of a freedom of data request. However this one took a bit of longer (and a bit of extra effort) to be made public.
The minister for local weather change and vitality launched the doc after an order of manufacturing of paperwork request by Liberal senator Dean Smith.
The doc is closely redacted with complete pages blacked out.
The temporary states:
Emission reductions have to speed up quickly to fulfill the 2030 goal. Full and well timed implementation of your first-term reforms can be important. You’ll be able to chart the ahead path by setting a reputable and bold 2035 goal, constructing on the Future Made in Australia investments and thru ongoing deal with leveraging Australia’s comparative benefits— renewable vitality, crucial minerals, and entry to world capital as a worldwide funding location.
The temporary additionally warns the federal government should reply to the Nationwide Local weather Danger Evaluation as “a precedence”.
Setting legal guidelines will not be ‘definitely worth the paper they’re printed on’ if Labor would not act on local weather, Greens say
The Greens say the price of not performing on local weather change can be “far, far better” than any value related to performing on it.
On the At the moment present this morning, Senator Nick McKim says the federal government must cease approving new coal and gasoline mines (one thing his social gathering has been saying for years).
Labor will introduce its Environmental Safety and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) later this week, nevertheless it nonetheless must win over the assist of the Greens or the Coalition.
However McKim does acknowledge that you would be able to’t do issues “at any value”.
The prices of not performing on local weather change are astronomical they usually’re already being felt in our communities by means of issues like floods and bushfires they usually’re additionally being felt in family budgets by means of issues like a large spike in insurance coverage premiums …
In the event that they [Labor] don’t do issues like shield forests and in the event that they don’t do issues like shield our local weather, [the laws are] not going to be definitely worth the paper they’re printed on.
Krishani Dhanji
Good morning, Krishani Dhanji right here with you – due to Martin Farrer for getting us began.
There’s lots occurring this morning, and many pollies out within the corridors preparing for his or her media interviews – so let’s get straight into it!
Hastie warns Liberals they’re not dwelling within the Howard period
Extra Coalition machinations now as Andrew Hastie has reportedly warned Liberals that “we’re not dwelling within the Howard period”, rejecting criticism of individuals talking out in opposition to immigration and internet zero insurance policies.
As Coalition MPs put together for an important assembly about local weather coverage in Canberra on Friday, the 9 newspapers reported that Hastie made the feedback at a latest Liberal social gathering assembly in Western Australia.
The Liberal MP reportedly mentioned in a speech in Perth final week that almost all “so-called populist” voters simply needed authorities to guard their dwelling requirements however “their considerations round internet zero are dismissed as local weather denial, and their considerations round mass migration are dismissed as racist”.
He went on to argue that the Coalition wanted to reposition itself as a result of the “world has modified” from the times of centre-right governments and that the period of post-Chilly Conflict liberalism was useless.
Hastie reportedly mentioned:
I wish to clarify that we’re not dwelling in the identical world of the Howard, Abbott, Turnbull or Morrison years. The world has modified.
The world is vastly totally different to 2005, however our social gathering has unthinkingly held on to many of the similar beliefs and insurance policies.
Sure, we will speak about tax and financial reform. They’re good areas to deal with. However many individuals are crying out for a brand new political imaginative and prescient that locations the Australian folks on the centre of its orbit.
Personal medical insurance product ‘phoenixing’ should finish, AMA says
Natasha Could
The height medical physique says regulatory loopholes have to be closed to place an finish to personal medical insurance product “phoenixing”.
The federal government is presently contemplating outlawing the misleading observe the place insurers shut an current product providing earlier than opening an nearly equivalent one at a better value exterior the regulated premium spherical course of.
In a submission on the proposed amendments to laws to take action, the Australia Medical Affiliation has supported modifications that might power insurers to make use of solely the annual premium spherical to hunt approval for the pricing of recent merchandise, until in distinctive circumstances.
AMA president Dr Danielle McMullen mentioned non-public well being insurers have loved extraordinary income for a few years with few penalties for poor behaviour:
Personal medical insurance premiums have outpaced wages and inflation lately, all whereas insurers’ administration bills and income proceed to soar.
The widespread observe of phoenixing is a significant component in shoppers struggling to entry the extent of canopy that meets their wants, and it’s eroding public confidence within the non-public well being system.
Personal hospitals play a significant function, particularly as extra Australians search care exterior the overwhelmed public sector. However unacceptable conduct from insurers threatens the integrity of our complete healthcare panorama.
Tens of 1000’s of scholars to sit down VCE English examination
Caitlin Cassidy
Greater than 50,000 college students will sit a VCE examination right this moment because the English and English as an Further Language papers are held throughout Victorian testing centres.
In whole, round 92,000 college students will full at the least one VCE examination this yr, and round 67,000 are anticipated to graduate with a VCE certificates. English has probably the most enrolments of any topic, with round 47,000 college students sitting the written examination, whereas simply over 3,000 are sitting English as an Further Language.
College students as faraway as Latvia, Qatar, South Korea and Spain can even be getting concerned, as round 700 worldwide college students sit written exams abroad.
The ultimate examination in Victoria takes place on 19 November, with college students receiving outcomes on 11 December.
The state’s deputy premier and minister for schooling, Ben Carroll, congratulated college students on reaching their “necessary milestone”.
I want you all the most effective on your VCE exams, and want to acknowledge and thank the academics, college workers and households who’ve supported you thru to your very personal Grand Remaining.
The state authorities can be hoping for calm this yr after a rocky examination interval in 2024 over a cheat sheet bungle, which led to the sacking of the entire board of Victoria’s curriculum authority. In 2022 and 2023, errors have been additionally present in arithmetic examinations.
Actual-time telco outage register to be established, minister says
Josh Taylor
The communications minister, Anika Wells, has advised the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) she’s going to formally direct the regulator to require telcos keep a public register of community outages that’s up to date in actual time, after the Optus triple zero outage in September.
The businesses are already required to inform affected prospects in actual time about outage, however Wells mentioned the general public register, up to date in actual time, will present better transparency.
In an excerpt of the letter to Acma, offered to media, Wells mentioned the route was a response to the September outage, given triple zero is a crucial public security system that Australians want confidence in.
She mentioned:
I can be issuing a route to the Acma to amend the Telecommunications (Buyer Communications for Outages) Trade Commonplace 2024 (CCO Commonplace) to mandate that telecommunications suppliers keep a public register of their community outages.
A public register of community outages will enhance transparency and accountability round outages and associated impacts on entry to triple zero.
Telcos to face $30m fines for failing to attach prospects to triple zero
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The fines for telcos that fail to attach prospects to the triple zero join will triple to $30m after Labor agreed to calls from the Greens and Coalition for larger penalties.
The bigger fines have been agreed on Monday throughout debate on the federal government’s laws to determine a “custodian” to supervise the emergency community.
The Labor senator Nita Inexperienced, who was steering the legal guidelines by means of the higher home on behalf of communications minister Anika Wells, mentioned:
We aren’t on the aspect of company criminals on this aspect of the chamber and we will definitely ensure that these penalties signify what the group commonplace and expectation is, but additionally from the federal government.
The Greens communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Younger, who pushed to boost the penalty to $30m, mentioned:
This could ship a message to all of the telcos that they’re on discover. Failure to make sure that this most elementary emergency service is on the market will end in larger penalties.
McKenzie says Joyce state of affairs ‘common’ for Nationals amid internet zero wrangling
The Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie has mentioned Barnaby Joyce’s walkout was “not an uncommon state of affairs” for the Nationals, as she has sought to downplay the affect of the Queensland MP on her social gathering’s place on internet zero.
Requested on the ABC’s 7.30 on Monday evening if Joyce’s walkout risked destabilising the Nationals, McKenzie mentioned he had not resigned from the social gathering.
He takes a break from the social gathering room, like our present deputy chief Kevin Hogan did, like Darren Chester did … this isn’t uncommon for this to be the case. And the details stay that Barnaby, as deputy prime minister, minister and Senate chief, has made a major contribution … I’m completely assured he’ll be contemplating all of that over coming months.
McKenzie rejected the suggestion {that a} potential choice by the Nationals to oppose internet zero emissions could be “bowing to” Joyce’s calls for on the difficulty.
Requested if internet zero threatened to rupture the Coalition, McKenzie mentioned it was “not our job to make sure that the Liberal party can win seats in capital cities”, however she hoped it might not.
Properly, clearly I hope not … However on the finish of the day, we’ve acquired a job to do right here in Canberra, we’re going to proceed to try this. Individuals anticipate us to try this. And we haven’t decided but. However we’re not going to take a backwards step in standing up for our folks and our group.
Joyce says he’ll decide on his future within the new yr
Barnaby Joyce has told the Nine newspapers that he’ll think about his political future over the summer season earlier than making a call subsequent yr about whether or not or to not throw in his lot with One Nation.
Joyce had admitted that he has talked to Pauline Hanson about becoming a member of One Nation however that nothing was “locked in”, sparking frenzied hypothesis about his intentions.
However in comments reported last night, he mentioned if he had “needed to be utterly disruptive, in fact, I suppose I might have resigned and wandered off”.
“I’ve mentioned my piece, and now I wish to take time, as exhausting as it’s for me to show down the amount, between now and the top of the yr,” he mentioned.
“I’ll think about my choices and I haven’t made up thoughts.”
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Good morning and welcome to our dwell information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer with the most effective in a single day tales earlier than Krishani Dhanji takes you thru the day’s occasions in Canberra and past.
It’s going to be a busy week for Coalition watchers as MPs put together for his or her crunch assembly about internet zero on Friday. One casualty of the difficulty is Barnaby Joyce, who’s reported right this moment to have mentioned he’ll determine his future over the summer season, whereas one other local weather naysayer, Andrew Hastie, has warned Liberals they’ll “not dwell” within the Howard period. Extra developing.
In the meantime telcos that fail to attach prospects to triple zero face larger fines after Labor accepted a push by the Greens and Coalition for larger penalties. Telcos can even be required to keep up a public register of community outages that’s up to date in actual time, after the Optus triple-zero outage in September. Extra shortly.
