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Tom McIlroy<\/p>\nJane Hume says Hanson\u2019s comments on UK tour \u2018un-Australian\u2019Tom McIlroy<\/p>\n
The deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, has criticised Pauline Hanson for statements about migration and multiculturalism at the CPAC conference in London, telling Sky she condemns the One Nation leader\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that they were unnecessary. They were divisive. They were inflammatory, and they were totally un-Australian,\u201d Hume said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not the way we operate in Australia. We have had a proud history of multiculturalism. We\u2019re a great migrant nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hume said Hanson was wrong to lament the removal of the White Australia policy in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n
double quotation markIf we\u2019re going to have the prosperous and progressive society that we have always wanted, that we\u2019ve always enjoyed in Australia, we need to make sure that we have a migration program that\u2019s delivering for our country, that\u2019s driving productivity, not taking away from it, but restoring a White Australia policy is not part of that.<\/p>\n
Updated at\u00a021.22 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Victoria police recover more than $1m in stolen vehicles <\/p>\n Victoria police have recovered more than $1m in stolen cars and arrested 79 people in an operation targeting cloned and stolen plates in Melbourne\u2019s south-east.<\/p>\n The vehicles found by Frankston Crime Investigation Unit\u2019s Targeted Enforcement Crew, established at the end of March, include a Toyota Land Cruiser worth $200,000 and four vehicles \u2013 an Audi A5, Nissan Patrol and two Toyota Hiluxes \u2013 valued at around $70,000 each.<\/p>\n Another 20 vehicles stolen across Melbourne worth between $10,000 and $50,000 have been found.<\/p>\n Police say stolen or cloned plates are often attached to the same make, model and colour of stolen vehicles matching the original car to avoid detection. Frankston investigation and response inspector, Melissa Nixon, said:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe strongly advise anyone who is trying to sell a car or posting images of their car online to blur the numberplate, to avoid falling victim to anyone scanning social media for registration plates to clone.<\/p>\n You can also install anti-theft screws which make it very hard for thieves to steal your plates quickly and without damaging them.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Insane\u2019: Liberal senator on Hanson comments on trans rights<\/p>\n Earlier, the Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, was asked on Insiders about a speech<\/a> made by Pauline Hanson at this week\u2019s CPAC summit in the UK, in which she said Australia\u2019s stance on transgender rights was \u201cstupid\u201d.<\/p>\n In another speech at the conference, Bragg\u2019s Coalition<\/a> colleague, Bridget McKenzie, claimed that Australians were not being consulted on the issue.<\/p>\n Asked about Hanson\u2019s comments, Bragg said, \u201cI think we have to be sensible about these things\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe reality is that if you want to have a free and fair society, then you don\u2019t go out of your way to make life harder for people who are in a small minority. That\u2019s always been my view that in public life, you should try and use whatever power you have to make life easier for people, not harder.<\/p>\n Now, in terms of the the trans community, it\u2019s a small community, and I just don\u2019t accept the view that Pauline Hanson expresses, that it\u2019s some great risk to Australia. Where there have been issues, they should be addressed. But the idea that there\u2019s a spectre of transgender people taking over Australia, I just think is insane.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pianist Jayson Gillham peforms joint concert for Palestinian families<\/p>\n Pianist Jayson Gillham has performed a concert for Palestinian families.<\/p>\n Ahead of a national tour, Jayson Gillham (right) and Iyad Sughayer (left) performed at a private gathering for Palestinian families on Saturday. Photograph: Matt Hrkac\/Palestine Australia Relief and Action<\/p>\n Gillham and Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer played together for families and refugee communities at a private gathering in Melbourne hosted by Palestine Australia Relief and Action (Para) yesterday.<\/p>\n Para founder, Rasha Abbas, said:<\/p>\n double quotation markHealing is a long road. For Palestinians, for Gazans, for the families in our care, carrying grief and worry that most of us can barely imagine, there is no quick remedy. But music creates space. Space to grieve. Space to breathe. Space to feel held by something larger than ourselves. Space to remember that our shared humanity is greater than anything that divides us.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Gillham said he was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d<\/a> after the federal court threw out his case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, finding he was not unfairly dismissed <\/a>over comments he made about Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.56 EDT<\/p>\n Coalition says houses should be affordable but stands by pledge to roll back tax reform<\/p>\n Returning to Insiders, Andrew Bragg, the shadow housing minister, has defended the Coalition\u2019s election promise to reverse the Albanese government\u2019s negative gearing and tax changes.<\/p>\n He says:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe don\u2019t think that higher taxes will create more houses, and the problem we\u2019ve had in this country is we have had not enough houses built.<\/p>\n Asked if the Coalition supports the recent drop in property prices<\/a>, following a Resolve Political Monitor poll which suggests 61% of Australians support a decline, Bragg says:<\/p>\n double quotation markFor younger people, some of that should be returned to younger people, because prices are too high in Australia for young people who are looking at, in some cases, 15 times a multiple of their salary to buy a first house. That is not fair. It is not reasonable, and so that\u2019s why I think our policies must be focused on affordability over the longer term, which is really about how do you get a quarter of a million houses a year built every year in this country.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bragg says Hanson has \u2018made a business\u2019 of criticism of minorities<\/p>\n The shadow housing minister, Andrew Bragg, has been asked to weigh in on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson\u2019s claims about Muslim Australians at the UK\u2019s CPAC conference this week<\/a>. He has told the ABC\u2019s Insiders:<\/p>\n double quotation markLook, she\u2019ll do or say anything to tee off against minority interests. She\u2019s made a business out of teeing off against minority interests, and I think it\u2019s very regrettable. But it\u2019s free speech as part of our society. She\u2019s allowed to hang out with whoever she wants to hang out with on a European holiday.<\/p>\n Asked if he is opposed to a preference deal with One Nation<\/a>, Bragg says:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe will always shoot for majority government, and we reject a large part of the agendas of both the Labor party and the One Nation party \u2026 I mean, they\u2019re both as bad as each other. It\u2019d be a coin toss. I mean, I just think that they\u2019re both very bad, and that\u2019s why we are taking our responsibility very seriously, of being a party of government that can win an election across all of Australia.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.12 EDT<\/p>\n Liberal senator \u2018strongly disagrees\u2019 with Tony Abbott on multiculturalism<\/p>\n The Liberal senator Andrew Bragg says he \u201cstrongly disagrees\u201d with Tony Abbott after the former prime minister said that multiculturalism had \u201cfailed in Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n Bragg has been asked on the ABC\u2019s Insiders about the comments made by Abbott, the current president of the Liberal party<\/a>, in a video posted to social media.<\/p>\n Bragg says:<\/p>\n double quotation markWell, I don\u2019t agree with that, and I\u2019d make the point that liberalism has actually created multiculturalism because it creates a framework for people to have freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of conscience. And the Liberal party built modern Australia, if you look at the Menzies government opening up after the war, the Holt government abolishing parts of the White Australia policy, and then, of course, Malcolm Fraser\u2019s actions to promote multiculturalism and introduce things like the SBS.<\/p>\n So we have a very proud record to stand on, and I think it\u2019s very important that we\u2019re clear about that.<\/p>\n Asked if Abbott should stop commenting on the issue, Bragg says: \u201cHe\u2019s entitled to his views, and I strongly disagree with them.\u201d<\/p>\n Liberal senator Andrew Bragg. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.28 EDT<\/p>\n Jane Hume says Hanson\u2019s comments on UK tour \u2018un-Australian\u2019 The deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, has criticised Pauline Hanson for statements about migration and multiculturalism at the CPAC conference in London, telling Sky she condemns the One Nation leader\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that they were unnecessary. They were divisive. They were inflammatory, and they were totally un-Australian,\u201d Hume said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not the way we operate in Australia. We have had a proud history of multiculturalism. We\u2019re a great migrant nation.\u201d<\/p>\n Hume said Hanson was wrong to lament the removal of the White Australia policy in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n double quotation markIf we\u2019re going to have the prosperous and progressive society that we have always wanted, that we\u2019ve always enjoyed in Australia, we need to make sure that we have a migration program that\u2019s delivering for our country, that\u2019s driving productivity, not taking away from it, but restoring a White Australia policy is not part of that.<\/p>\n Deputy leader of the opposition, Jane Hume. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.22 EDT<\/p>\n Hanson \u2018taking us nowhere\u2019 on divisive race debate: Labor<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson\u2019s appearances<\/a> with far-right activist Tommy Robinson and at a conservative political conference in London have been criticised at home, with Labor frontbencher Andrew Charlton calling the One Nation leader \u201cincredibly divisive\u201d.<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson listens to a speech by Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage at the CPAC Great Britain summit. Photograph: Carl Court\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The assistant minister for science, technology and the digital economy told Sky News Hanson\u2019s comments about migration and multiculturalism weren\u2019t adding to the national political debate.<\/p>\n \u201cAustralia is a multicultural country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n double quotation markWaves of migrants have added a huge amount to our country, and I just think it\u2019s incredibly divisive to be saying that some groups should be here and suggest that other groups shouldn\u2019t be here.<\/p>\n Now that\u2019s divisive, and importantly, I just don\u2019t think it takes us anywhere as a nation. It doesn\u2019t address any of the real challenges that we have in this country. It\u2019s not building new homes. It\u2019s not helping people with cost of living. It\u2019s not reforming our tax system.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.09 EDT<\/p>\n Rising fuel prices could force interest rate rise<\/p>\n Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP, said fuel prices could rise another 10 cents as the rebound in oil prices had not yet fully flowed through, in a note on Friday.<\/p>\n Oil prices would rise further if the conflict in the Middle East continued and global stockpiles ran short, Oliver said.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe longer the strait remains closed and the war escalates, the greater the risk that oil prices will have to rise to around $US150\/barrel to bring demand down to match the hit to supply.<\/p>\n Prices are set to rise a further 16 cents when the federal government\u2019s partial fuel relief expires on 2 August. Oliver predicted the government would extend the excise cut.<\/p>\n Rising prices would add to inflation, increasing the chance of an interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank. Markets on Friday were betting on a 65% chance of a hike by December, up from about 50% a week earlier.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Diesel prices rise 15 cents in five days<\/p>\n Diesel prices have risen 15 cents a litre in five days as Donald Trump\u2019s war in Iran lifts global oil prices.<\/p>\n Oil and fuel costs have risen to their highest levels in over a month. Brent crude oil prices fell to nearly US $70 a barrel after the mid-June peace deal between the US and Iran but have risen to US$88 after over a week of strikes.<\/p>\n Rising oil costs have pushed up wholesale prices for diesel and petrol, with service stations passing the increase on to motorists.<\/p>\n Diesel prices have risen from 192.8 to 209.9 cents per litre from Monday to Saturday in Melbourne, according to MotorMouth average data. Diesel hit 207.1 cents in Brisbane, 205.1 in Sydney, 204.3 in Adelaide and 201.5 in Perth.<\/p>\n Unleaded petrol prices are up seven cents per litre in a week, at 177.5 cents per litre in Brisbane, 175.8 in Melbourne and 172.5 in Sydney.<\/p>\n A man pumps fuel into a vehicle at a petrol station in Sydney. Photograph: Hollie Adams\/ReutersShare<\/a>Ski fields reach July temperature high on Saturday It was a remarkably warm day in the Australian alps yesterday, with several ski fields reaching temperatures that look set to be record-breaking (the records are yet to be confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology\u2019s climate team).<\/p>\n Mount Hotham reached 11.1C. That\u2019s 2.4C higher than the previous July record of 8.7C set in 1994.<\/p>\n Perisher ski resort in June. Photograph: Mike Bowers\/AAP<\/p>\n Falls Creek hit 11.5C, topping it\u2019s previous highest July maximum of 9.8C in 1992.<\/p>\n Perisher in New South Wales hit 11.9C, which also looks set to be a new July high.<\/p>\n Dr Andrew Watkins, a research associate at Monash University who posted<\/a> the observations to social media, remarked:<\/p>\n double quotation markBig slow moving high pressure systems creating large areas of descending & warming air hitting a radiation inversion = warm air trapped above the ground. Plus climate change\u2026<\/p>\n Back in June, the BoM was anticipating poorer conditions for snow, with a warmer and drier winter forecast.<\/p>\n![\"Deputy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784425810_13_7240.jpg\")
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