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Shadow industry minister Andrew Hastie. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\nUpdated at\u00a018.07 EDT<\/p>\n
Key events<\/p>\n
Andrew Bragg weighs in on Chalmers\u2019 text blast<\/p>\n
The shadow housing minister, who\u2019s named in Jim Chalmers\u2019 text blast, has also taken to social media to criticise the treasurer.<\/p>\n
Chalmers sent supporters a text yesterday afternoon claiming Bragg and Pauline Hanson would \u201cscrap your super\u201d and calling for donations of $41.<\/p>\n
Bragg wrote on Instagram:<\/p>\n
double quotation markChalmers has failed as a treasurer. Everyone can feel his economic failure and all he has left is scare campaigns and personal attacks.<\/p>\n
Chalmers just wants more of other people\u2019s money and more taxes.<\/p>\n
Chalmers earlier this week declared the next election would be a \u201creferendum on super\u201d after Hanson over the weekend said One Nation would allow Australians easier access to their super earlier.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s turned into a bit of a political storm. Yesterday Chalmers and other Labor ministers kept claiming the Coalition and One Nation would end the super guarantee, sometimes without prompt \u2026 maybe Chalmers think he\u2019s onto a political winner here.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n In pics: Thai PM arrives at Parliament<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, is in Canberra today to meet with Anthony Albanese, and has received a ceremonial welcome outside Parliament House this morning.<\/p>\n The two will deliver a joint media statement after their meeting a little later.<\/p>\n Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul inspects a guard of honour during a ceremonial welcome outside Parliament House. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/EPAThai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrives at Parliament House for a meeting with Anthony Albanese. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/EPAShare<\/a>Plibersek criticises response to sexual assault allegations, calls for accountability<\/p>\n Tanya Plibersek has also raised concerns over the response to sexual assault allegations linked to Sydney Swans players as well as the separate matter of sexual assault charges laid against three boys at the Sydney private school Scots college.<\/p>\n The federal minister for social services wrote on social media that the Swans and Scots college had a chance to \u201cshow leadership\u201d without interfering in any investigations but didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n She wrote:<\/p>\n double quotation markThey chose language that was passive and exculpatory \u2026 When people in positions of power gloss over allegations of sexual violence, when they\u2019re more focused on their reputations than their responsibilities, it reinforces the culture of disrespect and entitlement that fuels this violence in the first place.<\/p>\n She says schools and sporting clubs are \u201ctwo of the most important places boys learn their values\u201d, that they need to demonstrate accountability, and condemn sexual violence unequivocally.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.39 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018Jim Chalmers is full of shit\u2019: Hanson fires up over Chalmers donations text<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson has lambasted the treasurer over a text blast sent to supporters yesterday, seen by Guardian Australia, claiming Hanson and the shadow housing minister, Andrew Bragg, want to \u201cscrap your super\u201d, and asking for donations of $41.<\/p>\n The One Nation leader called out the messages on X:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s Pauline Hanson here. Jim Chalmers is full of shit. One Nation doesn\u2019t support scrapping super, we just think people should be able to use their super when in financial distress instead of losing their home. Labor would rather you end up homeless.<\/p>\n One Nation has said it would allow more Australians to access to their super earlier. At the moment, super can only be accessed before retirement \u201cin very limited circumstances, including to pay certain expenses on compassionate grounds, as well as terminal illness, incapacity and severe financial hardship.\u201d<\/p>\n At the National Press Club earlier this month, Bragg called super \u201cone of the biggest policy failures since federation<\/a>\u201d, but the Coalition has said it\u2019s not scrapping the super guarantee. It\u2019s still considering whether to allow first home buyers to access part of their super to buy a home \u2013 a policy it took to the last two elections.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.30 EDT<\/p>\n Swans links to allegations \u2018deeply concerning\u2019, Pocock says<\/p>\n David Pocock, a former captain of the Wallabies, says the allegations of sexual assault linked to several Sydney Swans AFL players are \u201cdeeply concerning\u201d.<\/p>\n He adds that the response to the allegations, much of which has been centred on the team\u2019s grand final chances, show \u201chow far we have to go as a country\u201d.<\/p>\n Pocock tells ABC News Breakfast:<\/p>\n double quotation markClearly there\u2019s been a real breach of team protocol and all the rest and I think, the team should come down on that hard but as to the actual allegations, I think it\u2019s really important that the process plays out and clearly, culturally, as a country, we\u2019ve got a long way to go on this and it\u2019s important that we\u2019re all playing our part.<\/p>\n It shows how far we have to go as a country, if that\u2019s the first reaction rather than looking at the substance of the allegations and what it means for us as a society \u2026 It\u2019s going to take all of us to turn this around.<\/p>\n He says everyone should read Night Games by <\/a>Anna Krien<\/a>, which \u201cdelves into some of the challenges when it comes to culture in professional sport\u201d and gives us an indication of the broader cultural problems across the country.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.18 EDT<\/p>\n Government claiming a victory for doing \u2018the bare minimum\u2019 on gambling, Pocock says<\/p>\n Independent senator David Pocock says Australians will be \u201chugely disappointed\u201d by the gambling reforms passed in the House yesterday.<\/p>\n Pocock has been a vocal critic of the legislation which he\u2019s said doesn\u2019t nearly go far enough to combat the harms of online gambling advertising, and it\u2019s fair to say he\u2019s pretty furious about the result.<\/p>\n Pocock says gambling companies are currently regulated out of the Northern Territory, by a body which has no full-time staff. To make matters worse, he says the regulator has not contacted the wagering companies after shocking allegations of gamblers being offered drugs and sex workers were aired at a Senate inquiry.<\/p>\n He told ABC News Breakfast a little earlier that the legislation has \u201cfailed on so many levels\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s tragic to [see] vested interests and their capture of the major parties meaning we don\u2019t get evidence-based policy in this country and policy that puts Aussies ahead of the gambling companies \u2026 The late Peta Murphy said partial bans on advertising do not work and that\u2019s why they went with a full ad ban. She said inducements should be banned immediately. This legislation essentially legitimises inducements and says let\u2019s just get rid of the worst types of inducements.<\/p>\n The system is so broken and it\u2019s no wonder we\u2019re the biggest losers in the world per capita, and now the government is trying to claim this huge victory for just doing the bare minimum that really doesn\u2019t deal with the issues that we\u2019re facing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.50 EDT<\/p>\n Mulino \u2018confident\u2019 opposition will support news bargaining incentive bill after lifting levy for tech giants<\/p>\n Jumping back to Daniel Mulino on RN Breakfast, the financial services minister says he\u2019s \u201cconfident\u201d he can get the opposition on side to vote for the bill.<\/p>\n (There\u2019s so much<\/a> confidence<\/a> in the building this morning \u2026)<\/p>\n Mulino says the government will today introduce an amendment to the bill lifting the charge rate from 2.5% to 2.75%. What this means is that tech platforms including Meta, Google and TikTok will now have to make deals with at least eight news media organisations to pay them for their journalism or pay the government 2.75% of their digital advertising revenue which will then be given to news orgs.<\/p>\n It comes after the shadow communications spokesperson, Sarah Henderson, yesterday said that the current bill wouldn\u2019t help enough journalists<\/a> and could send media companies backwards.<\/p>\n Mulino tells RN the increase of the charge rate is a \u201cgood outcome for Australia\u2019s media\u201d and while he says he reckons the Greens and Coalition will support it, he seems more focused on dealing with the latter.<\/p>\n double quotation markWhat we have is a very balanced package, a package that is sensible when it comes to the way in which we charge big tech, but also that charges at an appropriate rate for Australia\u2019s media to make sure they get back into the position they are in, in terms of the overall level of deals.<\/p>\n I\u2019m in good discussions with [Henderson] and overall the government is in good discussions with the opposition. I\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll be able to get to a point that the opposition supports this bill.<\/p>\n Daniel Mulino. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.43 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018Putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank\u2019: Wallace says major concerns remain over gambling bill<\/p>\n Liberal MP Andrew Wallace took a stand yesterday and decided \u2013 for the first time in his parliamentary career \u2013 to cross the floor and vote against the gambling reforms. He, like his Nationals colleague Pat Conaghan, said the changes don\u2019t go far enough.<\/p>\n Wallace is up next in the RN Breakfast hot seat and is asked whether he received much blowback from colleagues after he crossed the floor. He doesn\u2019t specifically say, but says broadly that \u201cclearly it is not a preferred thing for people to cross the floor\u201d.<\/p>\n So what are Wallace\u2019s ongoing concerns with the legislation?<\/p>\n He takes serious issue with the government putting gambling companies in charge to \u201cred-flag\u201d at-risk gamblers.<\/p>\n double quotation markIf you look at the red flagging of problem gamblers as an example, this is effectively putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank. It\u2019s the gambling companies that will determine the red-flagged people, the people who are problem gamblers. These are the same people who are preying upon those same individuals. I do not trust the gambling companies to act with good intent when it comes to this.<\/p>\n They [Sarah Henderson and Angus Taylor] made a bad bill better. But at the end of the day, Sally, I\u2019ve got to look at myself in the mirror and I\u2019ve got to look at my constituents in the face and say that I did what I thought was right.<\/p>\n He also points to the fact that right now, gambling companies can\u2019t advertise on TV five minutes before a sports game, and that\u2019s only increasing to a whopping grand total of \u2026 15 minutes.<\/p>\n Andrew Wallace crosses the floor during a division on the gambling reform bill in the lower house on Tuesday. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.39 EDT<\/p>\n Hastie says fight with One Nation for his seat is already \u2018dirty and nasty\u2019<\/p>\n The One Nation threat is particularly close to home for Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie, with the rightwing party challenging for his WA seat.<\/p>\n But he tells RN Breakfast he \u201cloves the pressure\u201d.<\/p>\n Hastie has publicly said he\u2019s had increased security for his home and office after threats to him and his staff, but says this won\u2019t deter him.<\/p>\n double quotation markI love pressure, Sally. I wouldn\u2019t be in this job if I didn\u2019t. I also love a fight, and I know people like [Hanson\u2019s chief of staff] James Ashby are coming for me. He\u2019s got his orders from above, and I\u2019m going to hold my seat because I believe I\u2019m the best person to deliver for the people of Canning, as I have over the last 11 years. Will it be a tough fight? Absolutely. Is it dirty and nasty? Yes, it is.<\/p>\n Asked whether the Coalition is under more pressure to release policies sooner because of One Nation, Hastie says:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s not a thought bubble race on X with Pauline Hanson. We want to make sure that our policies are costed and modelled and are responsible. It\u2019s very easy to get a sugar hit in the headlines, but we\u2019re doing the hard work.<\/p>\n