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Josh Butler<\/p>\nTaylor says Coalition \u2018breached trust\u2019 during Covid pandemic and must rebuild itJosh Butler<\/p>\n
Angus Taylor claims Coalition<\/a> governments, including one in which he was a senior minister, \u201clost trust\u201d with the electorate through the Covid pandemic, saying they \u201callowed big government to become accepted\u201d.<\/p>\n The opposition leader also says he\u2019d never \u201cattack\u201d One Nation<\/a> voters, claiming his focus is on fighting Labor.<\/p>\n Taylor was on 2GB this morning, saying the voting public was \u201cangry\u201d about politics and the economy, including standards of living and taxes. He admitted the Liberal Party had to rebuild trust among voters, but that while the Coalition\u2019s vote was previously \u201cin free fall\u201d, Taylor claimed now \u201cthe Coalition is solid as a rock\u201d – despite its primary vote falling to just 17% in one poll published today.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to take time because people need to rebuild trust in their Coalition, in a Liberal party, in a National party that has breached trust,\u201d Taylor claimed.<\/p>\n In an interview with The Australian over the weekend, Taylor claimed the pandemic was one of the times the Coalition and Australian governments breached trust with voters.<\/p>\n He reiterated the message on 2GB this morning:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe allowed big government to become accepted, and we don\u2019t believe in big government. Australians felt that government got too big, too heavy, too close to their daily lives.<\/p>\n We needed to come out of Covid with a strong plan to pare back on both spending and the role of government in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n I think that is, widely accepted on our side of politics now. But that did breach trust and we\u2019ve got to rebuild that trust and rebuilding trust takes time.<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.54 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Maroubra beach in Sydney\u2019s east reopens after shark sighting<\/p>\n A beach in Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs has reopened within an hour of being closed following another shark sighting.<\/p>\n Maroubra beach was shut on Monday morning after Surf Life Saving NSW drones spotted a shark at 8.40am.<\/p>\n The beach was closed for less than an hour before being declared safe again.<\/p>\n Surrounding beaches in the Randwick council area, including Clovelly and Coogee, remain open.<\/p>\n The NSW government on the weekend announced additional dawn-to-dusk drone patrols as part of a $34m anti-shark program:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>\u2018Let kids be kids\u2019: climate group slams fossil fuel marketing targeting children<\/p>\n The Australian Conservation Foundation has called for a Senate inquiry following a report into the fossil fuel industry\u2019s marketing towards young children.<\/p>\n A report by Comms Declare found coal, oil and gas companies are reaching kids through schools, museums, sporting clubs, early learning programs and scholarships.<\/p>\n The ACF\u2019s climate and energy program manager, Gavan McFadzean, called gas giant Woodside\u2019s sponsorship of the Nippers \u201cparticularly revolting\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markHow can a corporation whose key product directly causes ocean warming be allowed to sponsor a children\u2019s lifesaving program?<\/p>\n Let kids be kids. Australian children should be able to learn, play and grow without companies Glencore, Woodside and Santos misusing educational spaces to build trust and social licence.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.32 EDT<\/p>\n Monique Ryan calls Labor’s gambling reforms \u2018milksop\u2019, saying she \u2018won\u2019t support a half measure\u2019<\/p>\n The independent MP Monique Ryan is heavily critical of the government\u2019s gambling reforms \u2013 which will be introduced to parliament this week.<\/p>\n For a recap of what the changes are \u2013 read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ryan says evidence shows a partial ban won\u2019t work and accuses the government of folding on the reforms.<\/p>\n A 2019 report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), on the impact of government restrictions on gambling advertising during live sport established in 2017, found a partial ban can lead to more advertising.<\/p>\n Ryan says she won\u2019t be supporting the bill (although she sits in the House, where the government has a majority).<\/p>\n double quotation markThe legislation that the government will be proposing will be inadequate. It will not protect young Australians from gambling harm. Saying that we\u2019ll only have three ads an hour instead of five or six or seven, there\u2019s no evidence that that will significantly decrease the harm to young people from gambling advertising<\/p>\n I can\u2019t support something that won\u2019t work, and I won\u2019t support a half-measure which looks like a wave in the right direction but won\u2019t achieve the desired result. And so I won\u2019t support the legislation in its current form. I couldn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n Monique Ryan speaks at a press conference at Parliament House on Monday morning. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.35 EDT<\/p>\n Monique Ryan pushes to move Hecs indexation date: \u2018You wouldn\u2019t accept that on your mortgage\u2019<\/p>\n The independent MP Monique Ryan will introduce a bill today to move the Hecs indexation date.<\/p>\n Why? Because at the moment, if you have a Hecs debt, you\u2019ll be making payments out of your paycheque over the course of the year, but none of that is actually applied to the balance until after your tax return is submitted, which is in July.<\/p>\n But indexation \u2013 which increases the debt in line with either inflation or the wage price index \u2013 is added before your payments are applied. Which means you\u2019re being indexed on debt that you\u2019ve already paid off.<\/p>\n If that date was changed, it would save university graduates $3.2bn over ten years<\/a>, according to costings by the Parliamentary budget office, commissioned by Ryan.<\/p>\n She told RN Breakfast this morning:<\/p>\n double quotation markYou end up paying indexation, which is effectively interest, on debt that you\u2019ve already repaid. You wouldn\u2019t accept that on your credit card, you wouldn\u2019t accept on your mortgage, but we\u2019re expecting graduates to basically end up paying back more than they should on their HECS debts.<\/p>\n I asked [education minister] Jason Clare about this in the House a couple of weeks ago and he can\u2019t give us a time frame. He acknowledges the unfairness of the indexation. He\u2019s done that before. He\u2019s also acknowledged the unfairness of the Job Ready Graduate Scheme, which doubled the cost of arts, law, finance, and economics degrees under Scott Morrison, but which has now been in place longer under Anthony Albanese.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.36 EDT<\/p>\n Taylor says Coalition \u2018breached trust\u2019 during Covid pandemic and must rebuild it Angus Taylor claims Coalition<\/a> governments, including one in which he was a senior minister, \u201clost trust\u201d with the electorate through the Covid pandemic, saying they \u201callowed big government to become accepted\u201d.<\/p>\n The opposition leader also says he\u2019d never \u201cattack\u201d One Nation<\/a> voters, claiming his focus is on fighting Labor.<\/p>\n Taylor was on 2GB this morning, saying the voting public was \u201cangry\u201d about politics and the economy, including standards of living and taxes. He admitted the Liberal Party had to rebuild trust among voters, but that while the Coalition\u2019s vote was previously \u201cin free fall\u201d, Taylor claimed now \u201cthe Coalition is solid as a rock\u201d – despite its primary vote falling to just 17% in one poll published today.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to take time because people need to rebuild trust in their Coalition, in a Liberal party, in a National party that has breached trust,\u201d Taylor claimed.<\/p>\n In an interview with The Australian over the weekend, Taylor claimed the pandemic was one of the times the Coalition and Australian governments breached trust with voters.<\/p>\n He reiterated the message on 2GB this morning:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe allowed big government to become accepted, and we don\u2019t believe in big government. Australians felt that government got too big, too heavy, too close to their daily lives.<\/p>\n We needed to come out of Covid with a strong plan to pare back on both spending and the role of government in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n I think that is, widely accepted on our side of politics now. But that did breach trust and we\u2019ve got to rebuild that trust and rebuilding trust takes time.<\/p>\n Opposition leader Angus Taylor. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.54 EDT<\/p>\n Coalition\u2019s poor polling is a \u2018complete distraction\u2019, Tim Wilson says<\/p>\n The shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has also weighed in to the Coalition\u2019s poor polling today.<\/p>\n Newspoll recorded Labor\u2019s primary vote rising from 30% to 33% as One Nation<\/a> went down from 31% to 29%, while the Coalition faces a historic low of 17%.<\/p>\n Wilson, speaking to journalists this morning in parliament, called the polling a \u201ccomplete distraction\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markI think that\u2019s a complete distraction. We need to make sure that we\u2019re ending the corruption, we\u2019re stopping inflation, we\u2019re cutting taxes, and we\u2019re backing small business \u2026<\/p>\n I think the focus of the Australian people is their anger with their government, and as a consequence, they\u2019re looking around and trying to make sure that there\u2019s an alternative. There\u2019s more work to be done and no one\u2019s trying to pretend otherwise.<\/p>\n As the Nationals leader Matt Canavan said this morning, \u201cthe herd is moving \u2026 it\u2019s just not going through the right gate for us at the moment\u201d.<\/p>\n Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.38 EDT<\/p>\n Angus Taylor should \u2018absolutely\u2019 remain Liberal leader at the next election, Jane Hume says<\/p>\n Despite the Coalition<\/a> still going backwards in the polls (today hitting a rock-bottom 17% primary) Hume tries to remain jovial, and backs in her leader, Angus Taylor.<\/p>\n She says Taylor\u2019s only been in the role for around 17 weeks now, and has come up with some credible policies, they just need to be sold to the public.<\/p>\n She adds that Taylor has prosecuted the government\u2019s budget \u201cexceptionally well\u201d \u2013 despite Labor experiencing a slight uptick in today\u2019s polls.<\/p>\n double quotation markIn that period of time, we\u2019ve been pretty upfront that we\u2019ve got a long road to go. We know it\u2019s been, we know it\u2019s going to be tough. We breached trust with Australians \u2026<\/p>\n Our job is to make sure now that people can see that Angus Taylor is leading not just a credible team but has a credible plan to put Australia back in the right direction<\/p>\n Host, Mel Clarke asks whether Taylor should remain leader all the way until the next election, Hume says, \u201cyes, absolutely\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.04 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018Halt it and deal with it\u2019: Jane Hume calls for pause on Victoria\u2019s big build sites<\/p>\n The deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, says Victoria\u2019s big build projects should stop to weed out all corruption.<\/p>\n Nine Newspapers have reported an attempted clean up of Victoria\u2019s Big Build has failed to stop large sums of money flowing from state and federally funded projects to the underworld.<\/p>\n Hume, sitting in the hot seat on RN Breakfast after Anika Wells, says there should be a Victorian royal commission into the issue.<\/p>\n double quotation mark\u201cI do believe that you need to remove the corrupt elements before you can continue to give taxpayer money to these projects.<\/p>\n Asked whether its feasible to leave strategic infrastructure projects with no timeline, Hume says:<\/p>\n double quotation markI personally think halting it and dealing with it is the only way to do it. And the best way to deal with that would be through a Royal Commission in Victoria. But at a federal level, we\u2019ve given the Albanese government an option to have an inquiry about corruption in the construction industry and they have voted against it over and over again.<\/p>\n Liberal senator Jane Hume. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.03 EDT<\/p>\n Royal commission hearings resume today<\/p>\n The next round of hearings for the antisemitism royal commission begins today.<\/p>\n Over the next two weeks, commissioner Virginia Bell will hear evidence about \u201cthe dissemination of antisemitic content and other forms of hateful speech in the online environment, as well as antisemitism in traditional media and broadcasting\u201d.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s witness list includes Arsen Ostrovsky<\/a>, who was the victim of conspiracy theories spread online after the Bondi terror attack, and businessman and philanthropist Steven Lowy.<\/p>\n We don\u2019t know yet who else will appear \u2013 Meta reportedly will<\/a>, while the ABC and SBS have made submissions. An ABC spokesperson said they will \u201ccontinue to engage constructively\u201d with the royal commission, while an SBS spokesperson said it was engaging with the royal commission and would meet its legal and regulatory obligations.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Anika Wells won\u2019t be seeing the Socceroos in Dallas on Saturday: \u2018I\u2019ll be watching on TV\u2019<\/p>\n Anika Wells landed herself in a lot of hot water last year<\/a> for taking her family to sports games (and other events) on the taxpayer dime.<\/p>\n Perhaps that might be why she says she won\u2019t be going to see the Socceroos in Dallas, Texas on Saturday as they begin their knockout campaign.<\/p>\n She tells RN Breakfast that sometimes she wears her sports minister hat to go see games live, and sometimes she has to wear her communications minister cap and watch the games on free to air TV.<\/p>\n double quotation markRegretfully, we\u2019re here until Thursday night with Parliament and the game is at 4am Saturday morning. So I\u2019ll be watching on the TV. And like I\u2019ve said before, sometimes I\u2019m the minister for sport and it\u2019s important I\u2019m at major events because there\u2019s all kinds of elements and stakeholders that are there for me to be there in person. Sometimes I\u2019m the minister for communications and I need to see what that experience is like for Australians watching that on free to wear with regard to any siphoning legislation and reforms, etc. So this one I\u2019ll be watching on TV.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.00 EDT<\/p>\n Gambling ads legislation to be introduced this week with \u2018minor\u2019 revisions<\/p>\n Anika Wells says the government\u2019s legislation to tackle online gambling advertising will be introduced this week, but despite widespread calls to make them tougher, the bill will only include \u201cminor revisions\u201d.<\/p>\n The prime minister announced the legislation<\/a> at the national press club earlier this year, after sitting on a report led by the late Labor MP, Peta Murphy for three years.<\/p>\n Advocates have said a partial ban on online gambling advertising won\u2019t be effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wells tells RN Breakfast that she\u2019s been consulting, but there won\u2019t be an \u201csubstantive\u201d changes to the bill.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe differences between the exposure draft and the legislation will be evident. But Mel [Clarke], they\u2019re minor. There\u2019s nothing that is particularly substantive that will alter people\u2019s views of the legislation, given that these are very deeply entrenched views from all sides on this particular issue.<\/p>\n These are minor revisions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.00 EDT<\/p>\n Social media ban \u2018flexible and adaptable\u2019, Anika Wells<\/p>\n Anika Wells denies the announcement the government would toughen penalties for breaches of the social media ban<\/a>, and give the eSafety commissioner more powers, is an admission the ban is failing.<\/p>\n The government says it will introduce legislation to double the fines to $99m \u2013 in line with other corporate penalties \u2013 and give the eSafety commissioner stronger information-gathering powers.<\/p>\n Research released this month has found more than 80% of children with social media accounts said they were still on the platforms, more than three months after the ban came into force.<\/p>\n Speaking to ABC RN Breakfast, Wells says it\u2019ll take time for the numbers to go down and the culture to change. The communications minister says:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe\u2019ve consistently said that our social media minimum age law is a world first. It\u2019s going to need to be flexible and adaptable.<\/p>\n I think we can all agree we would like the scheme to work better than it is currently, but that is on big tech taking the mickey.<\/p>\n There are two pieces to this. There are the actual enforcement mechanisms that we need to do now \u2026 But then there\u2019s also the broader cultural change piece. And much like when seatbelts became mandatory in cars, it took a while for people to observe that law. And this is about the five-year-olds, the nine-year-olds who will never have a social media account until 16. That change will take a while to seep through.<\/p>\n Communications minister Anika Wells. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.55 EDT<\/p>\n Vanuatu PM in Canberra for talks with Albanese as hopes rise over treaty<\/p>\n Vanuatu\u2019s prime minister, Jotham Napat, will meet with Anthony Albanese today in Canberra for talks, after months of negotiations on the Nakamal agreement.<\/p>\n The two countries have gone back and forth on the treaty, which is yet to be inked, but today\u2019s visit could be a good sign of progress.<\/p>\n Late last year, the government failed to get Vanuatu over the line on the $500m agreement<\/a>, amid concerns from Vanuatu that it would block other countries providing infrastructure funding.<\/p>\n The leaders will sit down for a meeting before addressing the media later today \u2013 so we\u2019ll bring all that as it comes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.46 EDT<\/p>\n No evidence yet of transmission of bird flu to Australian wildlife, says environment minister<\/p>\n Murray Watt is asked about the big story in his portfolio \u2013 bird flu, of which cases have now been detected in Western Australia and South Australia.<\/p>\n The environment minister says that there are so far four confirmed cases, and all have involved a migratory bird.<\/p>\n He repeats all state, territory and federal governments have undertaken preparedness plans over the last couple of years to deal with any outbreak.<\/p>\n double quotation markThere\u2019s no evidence at this point in time there\u2019s been any transmission from those migratory birds to the broader Australian wildlife population. That\u2019s obviously a good thing. That\u2019s something we won\u2019t want to see happen.<\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t want to predict exactly what will happen from here. It is possible that we\u2019ll see more cases over the next few days or weeks. But what I can say to people is that we\u2019re prepared and \u2026 we want people to avoid contact with sick or dead birds. We want them to record and report any sightings they come across, so we can ensure that testing is done.<\/p>\n A Pacific Gull flies over a local beach in Esperance, near where Australia\u2019s first two cases of bird flu were discovered. Photograph: Greg Wood\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.44 EDT<\/p>\n Hanson\u2019s press club speech a \u2018reality check\u2019 for Australians, Watt says<\/p>\n Environment minister Murray Watt says One Nation\u2019s popularity dipping from 31% to 29% in the latest Newspoll is due to Pauline Hanson\u2019s controversial press club address, but concedes the \u201cpolls will bounce around a bit\u201d.<\/p>\n Most politicians will always say, \u201cthe only poll that matters is the one on election day\u201d, but best believe many of us are watching the polls with eagle eyes right now as One Nation surges in popularity.<\/p>\n Speaking to ABC News Breakfast, Watt says that address was a \u201creality check\u201d for Australians, because Hanson revealed One Nation could make things worse.<\/p>\n double quotation markWe have seen a bit of a change in the public mood towards One Nation since Pauline Hanson\u2019s press club speech.<\/p>\n I think that speech was a bit of a reality check for a lot of Australians who were thinking about voting for One Nation, because they got to see that as much as people are under pressure at the moment, things could get worse under One Nation with all the cuts they were talking about imposing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.41 EDT<\/p>\n Labor back in top spot ahead of One Nation in latest Newspoll<\/p>\n After a very tumultuous six weeks following Labor\u2019s budget, things might be looking a little better for the government now that the contentious capital gains tax and negative gearing bill has been passed (even if there will be further amendments coming after the winter break).<\/p>\n At least the polls today might be providing a little reprieve, with the latest Newspoll showing Labor inching back into top spot with the highest primary support (33%) followed by One Nation<\/a> (29%) with the Coalition trailing (17%).<\/p>\n Speaking to Sunrise this morning, social services minister Tanya Plibersek says it\u2019s a \u201cmodest improvement\u201d but welcome.<\/p>\n double quotation markYes, of course, any improvement is welcome. But we know that we to provide real answers and real change to the pressure that people are feeling.<\/p>\n Labor minister Tanya Plibersek. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAP<\/p>\n Plibersek is on a panel with the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, who says the electorate is currently \u201cvery volatile\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m a half glass full sort of guy Nat [Barr] and the the electorate\u2019s very restless. People are understandably restless because they\u2019ve seen their incomes decline back to 2011 levels under government \u2026 So it\u2019s very volatile.<\/p>\n The first thing you\u2019ve got to do is get the herd moving and the herd is moving. It\u2019s just not going through the the right gate for us at the moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.37 EDT<\/p>\n Fossil fuel companies are marketing to children, a report says. How? We\u2019re expecting some focus in Canberra today on a report that looks at how fossil fuel companies market to Australian children, including in communications programs at schools, museums, science centres and other trusted institutions.<\/p>\n The report has been released by the climate-focused organisation Comms Declare. It suggests the fossil fuel industry is potentially reaching millions of children through more than 260 programs aimed at kids of all ages.<\/p>\n Comms Declare is calling for a Senate inquiry into the issue. It points out the Australian Capital Territory has banned fossil fuel sponsorships in schools, following similar restrictions in some jurisdictions overseas.<\/p>\n The independent senator David Pocock and the Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May are expected to join the report\u2019s authors at a press conference this morning.<\/p>\n Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.31 EDT<\/p>\n Good morning. Krishani Dhanji here with you for what\u2019s likely to be another very busy sitting week \u2013 the last before the winter break.<\/p>\n Parliament will be joined by Vanuatu\u2019s prime minister, Jotham Napat, who will be meeting with Anthony Albanese<\/a> today. The visit comes as two nations have been going back and forth for nearly 10 months negotiating a treaty. Could today be the day the ink is set and dried?<\/p>\n A new report has been released showing how fossil fuel companies market to Australian children, and spoiler alert, the Greens and David Pocock aren\u2019t happy about it. We\u2019ll have more on that very shortly.<\/p>\n And the polls have shown a shift back to Labor, once again claiming the highest primary vote above One Nation<\/a> \u2013 expect plenty of reaction to that this morning.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s get straight into it!<\/p>\n![\"Opposition](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782690257_414_8256.jpg\")
Opposition leader Angus Taylor. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Achol](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Achol_Arok,_L.png\")
Achol Arok<\/p>\nJosh Butler<\/p>\n![\"Tory](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782690258_643_Tory_Shepherd.png\")
Tory Shepherd<\/p>\n![\"Adam](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782690259_166_Adam_Morton.png\")
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Krishani Dhanji<\/p>\n