Speaking alongside the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan (who has gone out particularly hard against this legislation), and the shadow communications minister, Sarah Henderson, Taylor says the government\u2019s can\u2019t be trusted with these rules.<\/p>\n
The opposition has said the government has too many powers to broaden the definitions of harm that tech platforms will have to protect adults and children against. The government has said any changes will be able to be rejected by the Senate.<\/p>\n
Taylor says:<\/p>\n
double quotation markThis exposure draft, this bill, is unacceptable in its current form because the reality is it\u2019s providing a blank cheque for political censorship to the minister, to the government.<\/p>\n
Canavan adds:<\/p>\n
double quotation markI don\u2019t want to see a government be given a virtual iron dome to protect themselves and insulate themselves from people\u2019s feedback.<\/p>\n
The Labor party, in recent weeks, has blamed an election loss in Western Australia on social media and so the people, the same people that are complaining they\u2019re losing elections, losing political debates based on what is said on social media, can\u2019t be given the power then to regulate what you can say and read online.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.44 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Ben Carroll backs South Australian premier on value of migration<\/p>\n The Victorian premier, Ben Carroll, says he backs his South Australian counterpart Peter Malinauskas\u2019 impassioned defence of migration.<\/p>\n Malinauskas said in a speech in Sydney last night that populism has well and truly arrived in Australia and the government should push back against it \u2013 and said this morning that Labor should be speaking more positively about migration.<\/p>\n Carroll told reporters at parliament this morning that he had recently discussed the issue with Malinauskas and they were on the same page:<\/p>\n double quotation markIf you look at the Victorian economy, if you look at the entrepreneurs, look at the small business leaders \u2013 overwhelmingly, they have been migrants that have come here. We know a strong, diverse economy is essential for Victoria\u2019s prosperity and its future. Whether it\u2019s our healthcare professionals, whether it\u2019s our labourers, whether it\u2019s the people that are working on our farms \u2026 strong diverse growth is so critically important, and we do need to make sure that we have an economist view when discussing immigration, because we want to grow our economy and we want to make sure that we have the workforce that will sustain our economy and our population.<\/p>\n Ben Carroll. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Asked whether he agreed with Malinauskas that the debate around cutting immigration was a race to the bottom with One Nation<\/a>, Carroll said people needed to be \u201cmore sensitive\u201d that they were sending the wrong signals to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n double quotation markIn Victoria, our biggest export is international education. We send the wrong signals to China, to India, that international students don\u2019t matter. It doesn\u2019t matter what you change at the commonwealth level; the signal itself can have a real chilling effect on our economic growth. So we\u2019re proud that we treat our international students as if they\u2019re members of our own family.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.55 EDT<\/p>\n Bowen says no backdown gas reservation \u2013 but it\u2019s starting late<\/p>\n Circling back to the revised plan to reserve up to 20% of locally produced gas for Australian use, Chris Bowen says it\u2019s not a backdown but a few key elements have changed.<\/p>\n The reservation will now kick in from July 2028 instead of July 2027, which the government said would align with companies\u2019 cargo planning.<\/p>\n The resources minister will have discretion to cut companies\u2019 supply obligations all the way to zero if they wish. Bowen said:<\/p>\n double quotation markSome people said to us in feedback \u2018make sure you don\u2019t oversupply the market so much that it\u2019s counterproductive\u2019.<\/p>\n The government says the reserve should push prices down but Bowen said it was not setting any target or ceiling on prices.<\/p>\n They have also split out the west coast market from the east coast market. The resources minister, Madeleine King, said the government was not looking to mess up Western Australia\u2019s reservation and would release the state from federal obligations if it was already well supplied. King said:<\/p>\n double quotation markIf they are working through that well, then they should be able to continue to do that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.38 EDT<\/p>\n Taylor says Albanese should have registered honorary golf club membership<\/p>\n Angus Taylor says the prime minister should have publicly disclosed his honorary membership of the Marrickville golf club which received $6m in funding as part of an invite-only grants program.<\/p>\n Anthony Albanese says he only recently became aware of the honorary membership and someone had \u201capparently\u201d given it to him back in 2012.<\/p>\n Upon my last check a couple of minutes ago, the PM hasn\u2019t updated his register to include the membership. Full yearly membership is $1,100 a year while a two-year social membership is $5 according to the ABC.<\/p>\n Taylor said:<\/p>\n double quotation markI think that\u2019s clear, they\u2019re the rules. He should register his interests. He should have registered his interests.<\/p>\n Angus Taylor at Parliament House today. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.34 EDT<\/p>\n The Coalition<\/a> opposes Labor\u2019s plan to give extra powers to the eSafety commissioner<\/p>\n As we mentioned earlier, the Coalition is voting against the government\u2019s separate bill that increases powers for the eSafety commissioner, including to request documents from tech platforms to ensure they\u2019re complying with the under-16s social media ban.<\/p>\n So there are two bills being discussed here \u2013 the digital duty of care bill and the increased powers for the eSafety commissioner for the social media ban.<\/p>\n The Coalition says both give the commissioner and the government too much power:<\/p>\n double quotation markWhat we don\u2019t support is giving strong, unfettered powers, frankly, to either the minister or the government or the eSafety commissioner. We don\u2019t support that \u2026 Freedom of speech matters.<\/p>\n Yes, absolutely, we must protect our children, we must protect Australians against undue harm. But it cannot be at the expense of \u2013 or allow political censorship, and that is exactly what is being allowed in this bill. I draw your attention to section 25(c). It\u2019s extraordinary how much discretion the minister has in this explanatory draft and that\u2019s unacceptable.<\/p>\n On the duty of care bill, Liberal senator Sarah Henderson is asked if there are any changes that could be negotiated to make those ministerial powers more palatable. Short answer: not really.<\/p>\n She says:<\/p>\n double quotation markI have no confidence in this prime minister to remove the really offensive parts of this bill. This is open-ended. There are no safeguards.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.35 EDT<\/p>\n Taylor says Hanson taking down \u2018traitor\u2019 cartoon is not censorship<\/p>\n The Coalition<\/a> says the government\u2019s digital duty of care bill should not infringe on free speech, so Angus Taylor is asked how he can then justify ordering Pauline Hanson to take down a cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a traitor.<\/p>\n Taylor says he\u2019s not suggesting that it should be illegal for the cartoon video to be put up in the first place, but doubles down that the post in question should be deleted.<\/p>\n double quotation markAndrew Hastie served this country with distinction as a member of the Special Forces, the SAS. He served this country with distinction. I think it\u2019s wrong, and I have every right to say that I think it\u2019s wrong for that video to be up. Now, in the end, this is not a question of legality, this is a question of morality.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.19 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018She should take it down\u2019: Taylor joins criticism of Hanson and One Nation’s cartoon<\/p>\n Angus Taylor says Pauline Hanson should immediately take down a cartoon that labelled Andrew Hastie a traitor for giving evidence against Ben Roberts-Smith in his failed defamation trial.<\/p>\n Hanson has claimed she didn\u2019t call Hastie a \u201ctraitor\u201d, but has left the One Nation<\/a> cartoon video on her social media account for more than a month.<\/p>\n Taylor defended his frontbencher, telling journalists:<\/p>\n double quotation markShe should take it down. Andrew Hastie has served this country with distinction as an officer in the SAS. She should take it down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.56 EDT<\/p>\n Digital duty of care draft bill \u2018unacceptable\u2019 to the Coalition<\/p>\n Angus Taylor has confirmed the Coalition<\/a> won\u2019t support the government\u2019s digital duty of care bill in its current form, because it would enforce political censorship.<\/p>\n Speaking alongside the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan (who has gone out particularly hard against this legislation), and the shadow communications minister, Sarah Henderson, Taylor says the government\u2019s can\u2019t be trusted with these rules.<\/p>\n The opposition has said the government has too many powers to broaden the definitions of harm that tech platforms will have to protect adults and children against. The government has said any changes will be able to be rejected by the Senate.<\/p>\n Taylor says:<\/p>\n double quotation markThis exposure draft, this bill, is unacceptable in its current form because the reality is it\u2019s providing a blank cheque for political censorship to the minister, to the government.<\/p>\n Canavan adds:<\/p>\n double quotation markI don\u2019t want to see a government be given a virtual iron dome to protect themselves and insulate themselves from people\u2019s feedback.<\/p>\n The Labor party, in recent weeks, has blamed an election loss in Western Australia on social media and so the people, the same people that are complaining they\u2019re losing elections, losing political debates based on what is said on social media, can\u2019t be given the power then to regulate what you can say and read online.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.44 EDT<\/p>\n Labor won\u2019t race One Nation to the bottom on migration, Hill says<\/p>\n After the South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, sternly warned his federal counterparts against engaging in a race to the bottom with One Nation<\/a> by drastically cutting migration, the assistant multicultural minister, Julian Hill, says that won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n Malinauskas said in a speech in Sydney last night that populism has well and truly arrived in Australia and the government should push back against it \u2013 and said this morning that Labor should be speaking more positively about migration.<\/p>\n Speaking to RN Breakfast earlier this morning, Hill says Labor has learned its lesson already \u2026 with the Greens.<\/p>\n double quotation markI learnt this 20 years ago. You can\u2019t outgreen the Greens. If we say 10, they\u2019ll say 20. We say 20, they\u2019ll say 40. It\u2019s a populist business model.<\/p>\n The government has no intention of engaging in a race to the bottom that would destroy the economy or, frankly, smash family life for millions of Australians across our country.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.44 EDT<\/p>\n Greens support strengthened powers for eSafety commissioner on social media ban<\/p>\n The Senate is currently voting on the government\u2019s bill to increase the powers of the eSafety commissioner in her quest to crack down on tech platforms breaching the under-16s social media ban.<\/p>\n The government sold it as pretty uncontroversial legislation that gives the commissioner powers like being able to compel more hard evidence like paper documents from tech platforms to show they\u2019re doing the right thing.<\/p>\n The Greens are voting for the government amendments to the legislation, but the Coalition<\/a> aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s very hard, of course, to implement any of these rules if these companies can keep their tricks and tactics locked down in secret, it\u2019s why we need proper transparency when it comes to exactly what is going on what is happening under the hoods of these toxic algorithms.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.36 EDT<\/p>\n Former Liberal MP Moira Deeming announces she will join Family First party Moira Deeming, the former Victorian Liberal MP, has announced she will lead the conservative Family First party at the November state election.<\/p>\n Joined by the party\u2019s leader, Lyle Shelton, at parliament this morning, Deeming told reporters Family First was a \u201cgood fit\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markA lot of parties invited me [to join] \u2026 and it was very flattering and very gracious to them all. But I had to have a really good think about it. And as I said, I\u2019ve known Lyle for so long, and I know that he\u2019s a man of good character and I know that he\u2019s never going to ask me to be quiet about child safeguards and sex-based rights.<\/p>\n Deeming, who sits in the upper house for the Western Metropolitan Region, quit the Liberals in July after she was disendorsed by the party. It came after she accused fellow Liberal MP Matthew Guy of grabbing her \u201cviolently\u201d in a headlock, but later said she misunderstood the meaning of headlock<\/a>.<\/p>\n Her first term in Victorian state parliament has been marred with controversy, including when she successfully sued former Liberal leader John Pesutto for defamation after he falsely claimed she was associated with neo-Nazis who crashed a rally she attended.<\/p>\n Moira Deeming. Photograph: Joel Carrett\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.44 EDT<\/p>\n Jumping back to that press conference on the national gas reservation scheme, the government says it\u2019s long overdue.<\/p>\n Tim Ayres says:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe are the only gas producing economy in the world on any scale that does not have an obligation on our domestic producers to secure gas for our own industry and its own households<\/p>\n Madeleine King says that the east coast and west coast will be treated as two different markets. Why? Because they currently produce gas separately and there\u2019s no connecting pipeline between them, which means the east coast won\u2019t be able to fill their reservation requirements just by selling to the west and vice versa.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.03 EDT<\/p>\n Hanson says she has never called Hastie a traitor<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson was tight-lipped on her way into parliament this morning when swamped by journalists at the doors.<\/p>\n This is all she said:<\/p>\n double quotation markI have never called him a traitor. End of question.<\/p>\n Andrew Hastie has said Hanson should take ownership for the language in the One Nation<\/a> cartoon, which is pinned to the top of her X account.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.07 EDT<\/p>\n Labor confirms watering down of gas reservation plan<\/p>\n The government will require gas producers to save \u201cup to\u201d one-fifth of their production for the local market instead of a hard 20%, in a watering down of the policy.<\/p>\n Labor is releasing the draft legislation for the scheme this morning – the energy minister, Chris Bowen, industry minister Tim Ayres and resources minister, Madeleine King, are holding a press conference.<\/p>\n Here was the original plan<\/a>, where the government said an oversupply of domestic gas would help to reduce prices for households and businesses.<\/p>\n But now the government has slightly changed its tune after consultation. Bowen says:<\/p>\n double quotation markThere is an obligation to supply gas to Australian industry. But there are other things where we\u2019ve had suggestions about how we can effectively achieve that modest oversupply that we said all along was our objective and we\u2019ve incorporated that in the design. So this sets us up for the future.<\/p>\n It\u2019s good policy for certainty, it\u2019s good policy for our environmental credentials as well. Our requirement in many ways, despite the complexity is modest. Keep up to 20% of your gas for Australians. So Australian gas should be for Australian use.<\/p>\n King says existing contractual obligations will remain the same.<\/p>\n The scheme will commence on 1 January 2027.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.05 EDT<\/p>\n Andrew Hastie being dubbed a traitor is \u2018disgraceful\u2019, the Greens\u2019 David Shoebridge says<\/p>\n They may not align politically, but Greens senator David Shoebridge has also come out swinging in defence of Andrew Hastie and his fight with One Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shoebridge tells News24 it\u2019s \u201cdisgraceful\u201d for One Nation to attack Andrew Hastie for giving evidence against Ben Roberts-Smith in his failed defamation trial.<\/p>\n And he sounds pretty furious too.<\/p>\n double quotation markI disagree with pretty much everything that comes out of Hastie\u2019s mouth, like his whole suite of policies are things that I tend to oppose. I\u2019m not saying it 100%, but pretty much everything comes out of his mouth.<\/p>\n But for the life of me, I can\u2019t work out how any political party can stand by an attack on somebody because they go into court and they tell the truth as they understand it. And doing it in circumstances where you\u2019re facing a whole bunch of pressure and the idea that you make that your political attack on somebody.<\/p>\n I mean it\u2019s actually pretty fucking disgraceful to attack him for that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.21 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018No graver accusation\u2019 than One Nation<\/a> labelling Hastie a traitor, Paterson says<\/p>\n The shadow defence minister, James Paterson, has come out to bat for his colleague Andrew Hastie in his fight against One Nation.<\/p>\n Speaking to News24 earlier, the Victorian senator said the rightwing party had crossed a line and said they \u201cshould be ashamed of themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n Paterson echoed the call of Hastie, that Pauline Hanson should take responsibility for the One Nation cartoon video labelling the SAS veteran a traitor, and called her weak for not owning it.<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m conscious that I\u2019ve not served today in uniform. And like Pauline Hanson and James Ashby and most of One Nation, I would never dream of accusing someone who has served in uniform for our country of being a traitor. There\u2019s no graver accusation to me particularly about someone like Andrew Hastie.<\/p>\n I think they should be ashamed of themselves. And I think Pauline Hanson showed her weakness last night in her interview with Chris Kenny, where she refused to take responsibility for a cartoon, which is pinned to the top of her X page, which she authorises, which she provides the voiceover for \u2026 she refused to take responsibility, but she also refused to repeat those words about Andrew Hastie. I think that shows weakness and I think, frankly, she should toughen up and take responsibility.<\/p>\n James Paterson. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.12 EDT<\/p>\n Lambie furious over \u2018disgusting\u2019 One Nation video calling Hastie a \u2018traitor\u2019<\/p>\n Jacqui Lambie, an independent senator and defence veteran, has blasted Pauline Hanson and One Nation\u2019s cartoon video calling Andrew Hastie a traitor after he gave evidence against Ben Roberts-Smith in his failed defamation trial.<\/p>\n Lambie doesn\u2019t mince her words. Like Hastie, Lambie says the video is an attack on all veterans and says Hanson is showing her \u201ctrue colours\u201d.<\/p>\n She tells RN Breakfast the cartoon should be removed immediately:<\/p>\n double quotation markWhat she\u2019s doing in those cartoons is absolutely disgusting. They are full of bloody violence. I mean, how people can watch that rubbish is beyond me. But attacking Andrew Hastie, a veteran that has served in our Afghanistan war, or any other veteran, is the lowest ebb you can possibly do. That woman is nothing less than a bloody coward.<\/p>\n I tell you what, you\u2019re seeing her true colours start to shine now. You watch this, the Australian people. Here comes coward Hanson. What needs to happen? I think what she should do is instead of saying, oh, it\u2019s everybody else\u2019s, these cartoons, those cartoons that she\u2019s running out there, they are disgusting. They are absolutely disgusting. And she should remove that one of Hastie down right now today. And any veteran out there thinking about voting for One Nation or standing for them, I tell you what, you had better think twice.<\/p>\n![\"Benita](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789005492_109_Benita_Kolovos.png\")
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