Federal politics: Opposition Leader Sussan Ley joins our weblog to reply your questions — because it occurred

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Unfortunately for us that is on a regular basis we’ve with Sussan Ley, as she has to zip again to do her precise job as opposition chief. 

But maintain the questions rolling in as a result of we’ll do our best to get them answered.

The ABC in the present day its investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassments by driving instructors. Do you suppose the federal authorities ought to coordinate a nationwide response on this problem?

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says it is a dialog governments in any respect ranges want to concentrate to it, and says it ought to lengthen to journey share firms.

Ley says it is a dialog attorneys-general ought to have on the state and territory authorities degree, led by the federal attorney-general.

Asked if there ought to be a requirement to have cameras in vehicles, Ley says it is one thing that ought to be a matter of dialog.

“Constitutionally, it’s it it belongs at state level. But I still would like to see the federal Attorney-General take an interest in what more could be done,” Ley says.

If Sussan Ley was an authentic member of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, why is she now so against recognition of the Palestinian State?

– Paul 

Sussan Ley says her “friendship” in direction of the folks of Palestine “has not changed”.

But she believes recognition of a Palestinian state ought to come on the finish of the peace course of.

“It’s important to say that this is about the terrorists who are in control,” she says, of reference to Hamas.

“It’s also important to understand that the war could end tomorrow if Hamas surrendered, if the hostages were released, that would be in the interest of the Palestinian people.”

The opposition chief additionally says she does not suppose the circumstances the Albanese authorities has positioned on its recognition will ever be met.

“I’m not sure how you can make these arrangements from afar,” she says.

Does the Opposition have a plan to scale back demand and/or enhance provide within the housing market, to assist make house possession extra inexpensive for all Australians, not simply first house patrons?

– James

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says planning, pink tape and compliance is slowing down the development of houses in Australia.

Ley says whereas she thinks the Coalition’s coverage it took to the final election was “pretty good”, her get together is engaged on one other coverage to handle provide.

“We’re having another look at how we might even improve it … a fund that local government can access to build the roads, solve some of the red tape issues, put the water and sewerage in place so that it actually takes care of some of those preliminaries,” Ley says.

She says the prime minister hasn’t positioned sufficient stress on state and territory governments who’ve acquired Commonwealth funds to construct houses.

Ley says the federal government has performed an “awful” job at delivering houses, and says the federal authorities should not have offered cash to states with out “strings attached”.

Today Coalition Senator Jacinta Price propagated a demonstrably false conspiracy idea that Labor are bringing in thousands and thousands of immigrants to, quote “effectively vote stacking the country for the benefit of Labor”, do you assist that remark?

– Instagram consumer Jam-itho-ralph

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she understands that there have been some “corrections” of that remark which was made earlier on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing. 

“What I am saying is that I have seen a clarification that makes it clear … which is that our immigration program is long standing, bipartisan and non-discriminatory,” she says.

Pressed additional on the appropriateness of the assertion, Ley repeats that there have been “further statements made”.

Blogger notice: Here is the assertion Ley from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price the opposition chief is referring to (we simply acquired despatched it):

“Australia maintains a longstanding and bipartisan non-discriminatory migration policy. Suggestions otherwise are a mistake,” Price stated.

“My remarks were made in a wide-ranging interview on ABC where I sought to highlight issues of uncontrolled mass migration and ruptures to social cohesion.”

Earlier in the present day you stated Labor’s migration coverage was placing stress on infrastructure, housing and “our way of life”… what particularly did you imply by that?

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says migration is placing stress on infrastructure, housing and commutes to work.

Ley says migration is impacting younger Australians’ prospects of proudly owning a house.

“People talk to me about the commute from home to work, taking three times as long because the roads, the infrastructure, the parking, the housing in particular. When we talk to young Australians and we listen to them and they say, do they ever have a prospect of owning a home with this government’s policy?” Ley says.

The opposition chief says it is necessary to get the steadiness proper with migration, and that there must be applicable planning in place.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is simply strolling into the studio now to reply your burning questions. Thanks for taking the time to submit them.

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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has responded to Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s claims that Labor is stacking Australia’s migration with people who find themselves “Labor-leaning”.

Burke says Australia does not have a race-based migration system.

“At every citizenship ceremony I go to I love reading out the countries of origin and hearing the cheers from everyone about to make a pledge to our country,” Burke stated in an announcement.

“It’s rare that anyone cheers more loudly than the Indian community. We are lucky that they have chosen us,” he says.

Will the federal government decide to getting wait instances for a house care package deal to beneath a month? Sam Rae will not say.

The aged care minister says the federal government is introducing 83,000 packages to hurry up the method.

Asked if the 83,000 determine will develop, Rae has recommended that the determine is open for ongoing development in this system.

“It will have to be ongoing growth in the programme, it is designed to benefit an ageing population, there will be ongoing growth,” Rae says.

And that is the place we’ll go away Afternoon Briefing for in the present day!

Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has joined Afternoon Briefing, and has been requested about Labor’s backdown on house care packages.

Labor made a take care of the Coalition and crossbench within the Senate after coming beneath stress to wave by way of 20,000 house care packages.

The aged care minister says the federal government was in a position to attain bipartisan settlement to roll out 20,000 house care packages as quickly as doable.

“Bringing them back into the current home care packages programme so we can get those rolled out the door quickly, 20,000 of those will be under the home care packages programme,” Rae says.

There have been rumours Rae was sidelined throughout these negotiations and conferences in regards to the deal.

Rae will not say whether or not he was concerned in conferences to succeed in a take care of the Coalition and crossbench to roll out the 20,000 further packages.

But he suggests it was lead by Mark Butler.

“I’m lucky I get to work with Mark Butler who is a really awesome person and a fantastic minister, a great leader within our government. He has been a fantastic leader of these discussions and negotiations,” Rae says.

Anthony Albanese has acquired a few questions this week a few protest exterior of a News Corp Bush Summit occasion final week.

The prime minister was adopted by a convoy of protesters towards a transmission line challenge on tractors as he departed Ballarat, the place the discussion board was held.

The Coalition has repeatedly stated he was “chased out” of the occasion. Albanese’s raised issues in regards to the depth of the behaviour, linking it to the neo-Nazi crashing Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s press convention.

Nationals seantor Bridget McKenzie attended the protest and tells ABC’s Afternoon Briefing she arrived by tractor.

“The way it was framed was that this was this anti-renewable rally and I’m very concerned the prime minister is taking people’s right to protest against government’s heavy handed approach and policies impacting their social, economic and environmental health and now that’s going to be extreme,” she says.

“Loving your land doesn’t make you an extremist.”

But was he chased?

“The footage from the Herald Sun shows .. tractors following the prime minister’s car,” McKenzie responds.

Labor’s Peter Khalil turns his focus extra to the gatecrashing of the premier’s press convention. He says leaders have a “responsibility to call out extremism and racism.”

The panel turns its focus to former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’s attendance at a army parade in China alongside Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

Labor frontbencher Peter Khalil says Andrews is a personal citizen and it was a matter for him.

But the “government was not consulted or informed” about his attendance.

Khalil additionally famous the final time a parade like this occurred, the then-Coalition authorities despatched a minister to attend.

Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie, however, does not maintain again in her criticism.

She stated the previous premier had a “long established relationship with the CCP”.

“I think it’s very disturbing and I think Victorians in particular will be very disturbed to see him [there],” he stated.

Asked if she believed the federal government wasn’t knowledgeable of Andrews journey to Beijing.

“I would take the government at their word,” she says.

Labor’s Peter Khalil and Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie are up on the Afternoon Briefing pollie panel buffet.

As anticipated, McKenzie is all smiles as she’s requested in regards to the political win the Coalition scored in the present day after the federal government agreed to assist its push for the early launch of 20,000 house care packages.

“I think it’s a welcome backflip by the government and we’ll take the win on behalf of older Australians,” she says.

“It’s a really good win and shows when oppositions do their job a in a democracy like ours and pushes the government to the right position, it’s a win for older Australians.”

No surprises that Khalil does not agree with that characterisation.

“This is about older Australians,” he says.

“I’m glad there is bipartisan agreement in the Senate … to actually pass this package because it’s much needed.”

Husic has been requested whether or not ought to be adjustments to regulation to forestall Australians from combating with abroad armies.

It’s in relation to stories questions have been raised in Labor caucus about international fighters combating with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

The Labor MP says the International Court of Justice says there’s believable grounds a genocide is occuring in Gaza.

Husic says Australia’s legal guidelines ought to be amended to forestall folks from going to combat in Gaza, and danger placing themselves in harms means.

“I don’t want Australians, to be completely clear, to put themselves in a terrible position of fighting with the IDF, I don’t want them fighting with Hamas,” Husic says.

“We don’t need people with trauma returning, not being treated for that trauma either,” she says.

Ed Husic says anti-immigration rallies on the weekend have been whipped up by far-right wing extremists.

Husic says Australia’s success story is constructed on migration over the generations and individuals who have “been able to chase their dreams”.

“The way in which people had been targeted, the way in which specifically Indian Australians had been targeted. I don’t think there is any place with that frankly,” Husic says.

Labor MP Ed Husic has joined Afternoon Briefing, the place he is been requested about Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s claims.

Husic says there’s a lot work to do to tug aside a few of Price’s claims.

Husic says Australia does not have a preferential system, however one which’s non discriminatory.

“We have a very complex system that is set up with people applying from different parts of the world, and if you look at it in particular with an emphasis on skilled migration as well, a lot of the stuff that was raised by the Senator does not stack up,” Husic says.

Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says the Liberal Party must shortly come to a place on internet zero.

She says the Coalition ought to abandon internet zero as a result of it’s “destroying our economy”.

“We haven’t got that much time before another federal election, obviously. It comes around quickly. It comes around very quickly, but I think Australians are looking to us to understand what our position is and the sooner we deliver that the better that’s going to be,” Price says.

Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she believes Australia’s defence spending ought to transcend 3 per cent of GDP.

Price says China is “flexing their might” and demonstrating that missiles can attain Australia.

“That was previously something that we were safe from. We are now no longer safe from that so we do need to invest in our defense spending for those reasons,” Price says.

Asked about former Victorian Labor premier Daniel Andrews’ look at a army parade in China, Price say the federal government ought to condemn his attendance.

“It is utterly disgraceful that a former premier of this country should be standing with some of the world’s worst dictators and the axis of evil is demonstrative of his true character and demonstrates that he doesn’t hold the same values as Australians do or stand up for our country,” Price says.

Asked if she was involved in regards to the assault on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne, Price says she condemns the actions of neo-Nazis.

“I utterly condemn the actions and behaviors of those who call themselves neo-Nazis and acting out violently toward any Australians, particularly Indigenous Australians. There is no place for it in Australia,” Price says.

Asked if she was fearful about the best way the nationwide flag was co-opted at a number of the anti-immigration rallies, Price says folks ought to be pleased with the Australian flag.

“We’ve got to reclaim the flag. I’m reclaiming the flag from that viewpoint because ultimately the flag does represent who we are as a country and I think it’s utterly disappointing and disrespectful that our prime minister stands before three flags instead of one Australian flag,” Price says.

She’s questioned the motives of people that favor to wrap themselves within the Palestinian flag over the Australian nationwide flag.