Taylor said he made those remarks with \u201ca heavy heart\u201d, going on:<\/p>\n
double quotation mark90% of that speech, 95% of that speech, was against Labor and how they\u2019re wrecking this country \u2026 I know many of the good people I want voting for us have been supporting [One Nation] \u2026<\/p>\n
They do not have a plan for the future of this country, they\u2019re a one-person show \u2026<\/p>\n
We need a plan and a team that can get this country out of the economic crisis. I firmly believe that Matt Canavan and myself and our teams are the ones who can do that.<\/p>\n
Updated at\u00a020.29 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n President of Australasian Union of Jewish Students says undergraduates arrive on campus with a \u2018strong sense of apprehension\u2019<\/p>\n The president of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS), Jeremy Suss, says a large part of his role in Jewish student groups has been \u201ctrying to console\u201d first year students who arrive on campuses with a \u201cstrong sense of apprehension\u201d.<\/p>\n He told the royal commission that many students had \u201cheard stories\u201d from family and friends as well as seeing \u201cconfronting\u201d incidents reported in the media about antisemitism in universities.<\/p>\n Suss attends Monash University and said he had a \u201cproductive relationship\u201d with the chancellery, which he said was \u201crare\u201d on other campuses. But he wasn\u2019t immune to hostility on campus. He pointed to a Jewish event for Sukkot holidays at Monash, which included a small vigil commemorating 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n He said afterwards, four individuals approached him and began questioning him \u201cquite aggressively\u201d, including talking about \u201ckilling or exiling all of Israel\u2019s population\u201d and saying \u201cwe see all of you at your lunches every week\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markI found it incredibly confronting \u2026 I ensured members at our AUJS events were no longer packing up on their own.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Ed Husic says the government should \u2018set consistent national rules\u2019 for AI companies<\/p>\n On Sky News earlier this morning, the federal Labor MP said giving tech groups social licence is \u201csadly doomed to failure\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe tried self-regulation for \u2026 a couple of decades, found out that it didn\u2019t work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n double quotation markNone of these firms will go one out from the other to bring in guardrails to limit the risks, because their investors will ask questions about, well, why are you doing this when others are working without guardrails?<\/p>\n So it really is incumbent on governments to set consistent national rules that protect Australians who already distrust AI from the toughest, hardest risks of generative AI.<\/p>\n Labor member for Chifley, Ed Husic. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAP<\/p>\n The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is scheduled to deliver a highly anticipated speech in Sydney tomorrow to address growing concerns around social licence and the necessary policy guardrails for AI, datacentres and the ability of big tech to profit from Australian intellectual property.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.42 EDT<\/p>\n Dennis Altman says he\u2019s \u2018more afraid of neo-Nazis\u2019 than pro-Palestine protestors<\/p>\n Prof Dennis Altman has critiqued universities for moving to \u201cshut down discussion\u201d of Israel-Palestine and said he was more afraid of \u201cneo-Nazis\u201d than pro-Palestine protestors. He told the royal commission:<\/p>\n double quotation markI think that the biggest problem of the universities is they have actually not found ways of encouraging \u2026 respectful debate \u2026 The tendency has been the opposite. It\u2019s been to shut down discussion. And that I think in turn promotes all sorts of conspiratorial stories.<\/p>\n He also lamented the push to ban the phrase \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d, which he didn\u2019t believe meant \u201cJewish Israelis should be expelled or should not have full rights as citizens in that country\u201d. Asked whether he didn\u2019t doubt it caused \u201cdeep hurt and even fear\u201d, he replied:<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m not sure that in a liberal democracy we ought to be banning things because somebody might be hurt or offended. My greatest fear as a Jew about safety is the rise of neo-Nazis \u2026 that to me is much more offensive and scary.<\/p>\n On Steven Prawler\u2019s case, which we heard about earlier, Altman said he was \u201csurprised\u201d it hadn\u2019t been dealt with adequately, noting the direct attack of an individual was \u201cclearly going beyond what I would see as acceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n He said the best path forward was to build bridges between Jewish and Palestinian communities, adding: \u201cI do regret that the antisemitism envoy seems not very interested in pursuing that.\u201d<\/p>\n double quotation markSocial cohesion demands that all groups come out of their narrow focus and reach across.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.27 EDT<\/p>\n Dennis Altman tells royal commission that not all Jewish people are \u2018blanket supporters of Israel\u2019<\/p>\n Author, activist and academic at La Trobe University, Prof Dennis Altman, has rejected the idea that \u201call Jews are blanket supporters of Israel\u201d in a pushback against some commentary that has been heard at the royal commission.<\/p>\n Altman, appearing as a witness, said people make assumptions about his stance on the conflict in the Middle East because he is Jewish, but to him, \u201cIsrael is a foreign country and I don\u2019t feel any sense of allegiance to it\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markWe hear from a number of mainstream Jewish organisations a constant sense that as Jews we are somehow the citizens of Israel. And of course there is some truth to that \u2026 But I think the way in which this fosters antisemitism is that it creates the impression that all Jews are blanket supporters of Israel and are unsympathetic and sometimes even unaware of the situation of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.<\/p>\n He referred to the prime minister\u2019s description of President Herzog as the \u201chead of state of Jews\u201d, pressing: \u201cHe is not my head of state.\u201d He says he has been \u201cdiscomforted\u201d by the difficulty to acknowledge Israeli trauma at pro-Palestine protests and, equally, how mainstream Jewish organisations have failed to recognise the trauma of Palestinians.<\/p>\n double quotation markMy sense that what we most need in this country at the moment on this issue is a mutual recognition that people are hurting \u2026 If we can\u2019t have an honest discussion in which people can talk about the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian situation, we are fostering greater division and greater ignorance.<\/p>\n Dennis Altman. Photograph: Narelle PortanierShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.25 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018Where\u2019s the deterrence\u2019 University of Melbourne academic questions after expulsion of students overturned<\/p>\n Prof Steven Prawer has told the royal commission into antisemitism that the expulsion of two students at the University of Melbourne for occupying his office was overturned.<\/p>\n On 5 May, he was told the protesters had been identified but he couldn\u2019t be told who they were because of privacy and confidentiality requirements. Prawer hired a private investigator to attempt to identify some of the protesters as he feared \u201cHamas connections\u201d.<\/p>\n He said the university\u2019s disciplinary process was \u201cvery opaque\u201d and he didn\u2019t hear the students had been expelled until it reached the media<\/a> in June. He was then informed by the university that the students were appealing their suspension. It was later overturned by the academic board, which Prawer was told \u201cin strict confidence\u201d. A one-year suspension was put in place instead.<\/p>\n Prawer said the students were \u201cstill masked even today by our systems\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markI still don\u2019t know who they are. I think for my protection also, I should know who these people are \u2026 The community needs to hear loudly and clearly that the university tolerates dissent but it doesn\u2019t tolerate misbehaviour \u2026 Where\u2019s the deterrence?<\/p>\n Since a university sit-in and the occupation of Prawer\u2019s office, indoor protests at the UoM have been banned<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.08 EDT<\/p>\n Triple zero inquiry to \u2018get to truth\u2019 on Telstra outage, chair says<\/p>\n As we reported on Saturday<\/a>, Telstra executives are due to appear before the Senate inquiry into triple zero this Friday on last week\u2019s national outage.<\/p>\n The chair of the committee, Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young said on her podcast<\/a> released today that the committee will probe whether Telstra had failed to replace a piece of equipment that should have been replaced years ago, and this led to the outage.<\/p>\n She said:<\/p>\n double quotation markIf it is in fact true, then it really begs the question: how can a company that banked $2.3bn in profit last year not keep its equipment up to date, and has ended up costing the entire country billions, potentially billions of dollars more because of the massive failure?<\/p>\n Hanson Young said Friday\u2019s hearing will be about \u201cgetting to the truth, holding Telstra to account and making sure that we don\u2019t keep accepting a system that leaves Australians vulnerable\u201d.<\/p>\n Hanson Young said consideration should be given to nationalising the triple zero system, which is currently run by Telstra.<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s a political choice to force these companies to put their consumers first and public safety first, rather than just their profits.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> University of Melbourne academic says he was subject to \u2018highly personal\u2019 attack<\/p>\n Prof Steven Prawer says he still doesn\u2019t know the identities of the people who occupied his office. He was eventually escorted to safety by security and police were called. They accused the protesters of trespassing and they left his office. Stickers were left in his room, including text reading \u201cyour work will break your soul before it breaks the resistance\u201d with an inverted red triangle. Prawner continues:<\/p>\n double quotation markHamas puts that triangle to indicate this is a target. It\u2019s like X marks the spot \u2026 This clearly was a highly personal attack \u2026 Highly directed by persons that are unknown to me. It is an implication that my work as a physicist and as an academic was somehow selling my soul to the devil.<\/p>\n The following day, the vice-chancellor issued a statement condemning the intrusion as a line being crossed. Subsequently, around 150 university employees and affiliates signed a petition maintaining sit-ins were a legitimate form of protest and the students shouldn\u2019t be disciplined. Prawer says when students protested the vice-chancellor, \u201che is paid for that\u201d and \u201cwell protected\u201d:<\/p>\n double quotation markWhen there are 50 students on the lawn protesting and surrounded by security staff, they don\u2019t pose an imminent threat to an individual. When there are 20 students in an office with an individual, the equation is completely different. You\u2019re surrounded, you\u2019re numbered.<\/p>\n One might say that it\u2019s legitimate for people to protest at the seat of power. In my case, they were protesting against someone who I think was a soft target.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.10 EDT<\/p>\n Angus Taylor says he wouldn\u2019t meet far-right activist Tommy Robinson after Pauline Hanson<\/a> stunt<\/p>\n The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, says he wouldn\u2019t meet with UK far-right activist and convicted criminal, Tommy Robinson, after Pauline Hanson<\/a> joined the incendiary figure<\/a> for a street-walk in London last week.<\/p>\n Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is an anti-Islamic, far-right political activist, known for his role in major UK anti-immigration marches, and is a vocal supporter of Russia, including its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n The 43-year-old was given a five-year stalking protection order and has twice been convicted for contempt of court. He was jailed in 2024 for repeating false claims about a 15-year-old Syrian refugee in defiance of a court injunction.<\/p>\n Angus Taylor. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts\/AAP<\/p>\n Hanson joined Yaxley-Lennon for a podcast to be released soon as part of her \u201cfact-finding\u201d mission, which looks more like a scavenger hunt for the UK\u2019s most controversial right-wing influencers so far.<\/p>\n Taylor told 2GB earlier this morning he wouldn\u2019t visit the UK, or meet with Yaxley-Lennon, but was hesitant to launch any personal attacks against the One Nation<\/a> leader.<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m not going to give other people advice or other political parties advice on what they should do. But I\u2019m saying that\u2019s not my focus. I\u2019ve got no intention or plan to meet with Tommy Robinson \u2026<\/p>\n The struggling Liberal leader did, however, attack One Nation\u2019s policies, warning they would \u201ccreate a debt crisis in this country\u201d.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.34 EDT<\/p>\n Alan Jones has charges reduced after two complainants withdraw Alan Jones is now facing 22 charges involving six complainants after two dropped out ahead of the 85-year-old\u2019s criminal trial next month.<\/p>\n Judge Glenn Walsh told a pre-trial hearing today that the claims against the former broadcaster have been withdrawn and dismissed.<\/p>\n The case against the former 2GB and Sky News Australia host will be heard at a marathon trial expected to run from 4 August until the end of the year.<\/p>\n The court heard this morning that there are three prosecution witnesses who have refused to give police a statement. 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