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The Greens are renewing calls for a compensation scheme, recommended 25 years ago, to be set up to redress the harm inflicted on indigenous people by successive Australian governments.
The proposal is to create a national compensation scheme that would pay $200,000 plus $7000 for funeral expenses to survivors of the stolen generation.
“They stole our children to break our people,” Greens Justice and First Nations spokeswoman senator Lidia Thorpe said.
“No government has ever brought peace to survivors of the stolen generation. We call on the Albanese government to compensate survivors and stop a new Stolen Generation.”
The Gunnai, Gunditjmara and DjabWurrung woman said their pain continues today, 25 years after the Bringing Them Home report recommended a national compensation fund be established to adequately compensate survivors.
“My mum was a co-commissioner on the Inquiry in the ’90s,” she said. “Just this week, she was giving testimony at the coronial inquest of a Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman who died in police custody. We need to break the cycle and stop the trauma.”
There are more First Nations children in out of home care now than when Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations, she added.
“This is far too important to be patchy and inconsistent across state lines,” Thorpe said.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says he’s glad to have united the government and Victorian opposition in a tongue-in-cheek reply to a verbal spat with the state over the GST and Commonwealth Games spending.
McGowan has been critical of Victoria spending $2.6 billion on bringing the games to Bendigo but also wanting a greater carve-up of the GST as WA rakes in mining royalties.
WA Premier Mark McGowan is pointing the finger at eastern states on a number of issues.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
The stance resulted in rebukes from Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and his opposition counterpart as well as NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.
Perrottet told reporters McGowan should not be lecturing anyone about budgets when all WA did was dig things out of the ground and sell them. He referred to McGowan as “Gollum”, an obsessive and solitary creature from The Lord of the Rings, after using the jibe the last time the GST debate flared up.
Despite this, McGowan invited Perrottet to visit WA.
“I’m advised he’s never been to WA, so I’m happy to organise a program for him and get him over to here to have a look and make sure he understands what our state is about,” he said.
“I think it’s important if you want to be a premier of the state you make sure you’ve seen the entire country.”
Dominic Perrottet and Peter Dutton.Credit:Kate Geraghty/AP
McGowan then pointed to the support his state had given to NSW in terms of COVID assistance, flood support and the revenue from WA which went to the federal government.
“We continue to support NSW financially, so WA is a donor state that sends billions of dollars east, including to less fortunate states like NSW, and will continue to do that because we want to help our fellow Australians,” he said.
“I just urge the premier of NSW to make sure he understands the entire country and has a look at what WA does.
“We kept all of our industries open over a very difficult [COVID-19] period. Rivers of gold flooded to the Commonwealth that then was used to bail out Victoria and NSW, in particular, over that period, and that’s obviously a benefit to the entire nation delivered by West Australians continuing to go to work.
“The main thing is the other states shouldn’t come after Western Australia’s share of the GST and that’s the point I’m trying to make.”
Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek apologised after comparing Liberal MP Peter Dutton’s appearance to that of Harry Potter villain Voldemort.Credit:Jamila Toderas/Alex Ellinghausen
While Federal Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek apologised for likening the likely new Liberal leader Peter Dutton to Harry Potter villain Voldemort, McGowan said he found a depiction of the potential new federal opposition leader as the dark wizard on the front page of The West Australian newspaper “relatively amusing”.
Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott has urged the incoming Albanese government to put the voices of people with a disability at the heart of its NDIS reform, saying too many able-bodied people have hijacked the conversation for too long.
Alcott said the federal government’s priority should be ensuring NDIS funds were available to those who need them, and stopping cuts to people’s plans.
Dylan Alcott, with kids from Port Melbourne Primary School where the Victorian premier announced extra support for students with a disability.Credit:JOE ARMAO
“People have been getting their plans cut and not understanding why and not having a chance to tell [the agency] what’s going on,” Alcott said.
“But first and foremost, listen to the voices of people with a disability. Don’t listen to able-bodied people speaking to other able-bodied people about what is needed … It needs to get better.”
The 31-year-old backed Bill Shorten, who was shadow NDIS minister, to lead the portfolio in government, saying he would “do a great job if given it”.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to name his frontbench next week.
Alcott was at Port Melbourne Primary School on Thursday morning with Premier Daniel Andrews and Education Minister James Merlino to announce a partnership with the Victorian government to deliver a series of “abilities awareness in schools” resources for the state’s students and staff.
There will be videos featuring Alcott and other people with disabilities to foster awareness and understanding. It will be rolled out from term 3 in all primary and secondary schools.
“I went to two awesome schools, I spent 13 years at school, and how many minutes do you reckon I did in the classroom of education around disability? Zero. Not a minute. And I used to hate myself, I hated my disability,” Alcott said.
“If we had done just even one class, or looked at one resource where the kids in my class understood who I was, why I was different, and what I was going on about, it would have changed my life.”
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has said Peter Dutton is a “good bloke” who has the right qualities for opposition.
Perrottet on Thursday said he had met Dutton a couple of times and believed he would do a good job for the federal Liberal party.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet at his State of the Region address yesterday. Credit:Photo: Kate Geraghty
“He’s a straight shooter. You always want that quality in an opposition...if that’s who they elect,” he said. “But ultimately, my job is to continue to fight every day for the people of our state, and that’s what I’m going to continue to do.”
While federal Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek was forced to apologise for likening Dutton to the villain Voldemort, of the Harry Potter book series, Perrottet on Thursday turned to The Lord of the Rings to throw a familiar barb at WA Premier Mark McGowan.
Asked to comment on McGowan’s criticism of Victoria’s decision to spend $2.6 billion to host the Commonwealth Games, Perrottet said: “Gollum’s back.“
The NSW Premier first dubbed McGowan the “Gollum” of Australian politics for sitting on what Perrottet regards as an overly generous share of GST revenue.
“I’ll back in Dan Andrews today against West Australians and Mark and Gollum over there...because those events drive economic activity,” he said.
“We are constantly out there trying to attract the best events around the world. And last time I checked, it was Western Australia that missed out on the cricket because they closed their borders.”
Good afternoon and thanks for reading our live coverage.
Here’s what you need to know if you’re just joining us.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has a “better relationship” with Peter Dutton than Scott Morrison. The PM landed back in Canberra yesterday after a whirlwind trip to Japan straight after being sworn in. In other news, today marks the fifth anniversary of the Uluru Statement of the Heart. Labor has already committed to the statement, which calls for a First Nations “Voice” in parliament, but Albanese has not given an exact timeline. Labor says it is willing to compromise in order to get the Voice added to the constitution.
- Speaking of the outgoing defence minister, Peter Dutton says Tanya Plibersek’s recent “Voldemort” jibe is “water off a duck’s back”. Dutton is expected to run for the Liberal leadership unopposed and has promised to unite the moderate and conservative wings of his party. James Massola writes that NSW Liberal MP Sussan Ley is the front-runner to be Dutton’s deputy, ahead of senators Jane Hume and Anne Ruston.
- And in other news, Scott Morrison appeared on Sydney radio station 2GB this morning. He declined to comment extensively on the future direction of the Liberal Party, but did say the teal independents should be held to account for what they’re able to deliver for their electorates. And Foreign Minister Penny Wong is travelling to Fiji today on her first solo trip as part of the Albanese government.
I’m signing off the blog now. Nigel Gladstone will be with you for the rest of the afternoon. I’m back Monday morning.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has now landed in Solomon Islands as part of a 10-day tour of Pacific nations.
It comes as Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong jets off to Fiji for her first solo visit as a high-ranking member of the Albanese government.
North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw has written about what both visits mean for the Indo-Pacific. Here’s a taste of his analysis:
[Penny] Wong, who was sworn in as foreign minister on Monday, has inherited a much bigger seat at the international table than when Labor was last in power a decade ago. The Morrison government’s response to China’s bullying has made Australia a bigger player in the debates about Beijing’s ascendancy. She will have to work overtime to balance Australia’s multilateral obligations with big powers while trying to convince smaller nations that they are still being heard.
Outgoing defence minister Peter Dutton, who is expected to become opposition leader in the coming days, has broken his silence regarding a jibe from a Labor frontbencher.
Tanya Plibersek recently likened Dutton to Voldemort, the arch-villain in the Harry Potter book series. The Labor MP has since apologised.
Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek apologised after comparing Liberal MP Peter Dutton’s appearance to that of Harry Potter villain Voldemort.Credit:James Brickwood/Alex Ellinghausen
Here’s what Dutton told talkback radio station 2GB earlier today:
It’s water off a duck’s back.
You read that sort of stuff online [so often]. I think it’s unfortunate. But she’s apologised.
I’m not the prettiest bloke on the block, but I hope that I’m going to be pretty effective [as opposition leader].
As mentioned earlier this morning, one-term Liberal National Party MP Julian Simmonds has formally conceded to his Greens competitor in the inner-city Queensland seat of Ryan.
What about the remaining seats still too close to call?
According to Nine’s methodology, those seats are Brisbane, Deakin (in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs), Gilmore (on the NSW South Coast) and Macnamara (centred on the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda).
Labor needs just one more seat to hold a working majority in the House of Representatives even after it appoints a speaker. At this stage, that seat is most likely to be Macnamara.
The Liberals are ahead in Deakin and Gilmore, and the Brisbane race will come down to either the Greens or Labor candidate winning – whoever manages to leapfrog the other on primary votes.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says his government has not received health advice suggesting schools should return to remote learning, and they will remain open throughout the colder months.
The comments come after the Independent Education Union said Victorian schools should consider making a temporary return to remote learning and cancel camps because of severe staff shortages caused by influenza and COVID-19.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
There have been more than 10,000 coronavirus cases a day in Victoria of late, and a surge in influenza cases, making it difficult for schools to replace staff who are off sick. In NSW, cases have hovered around the 8000 mark for the past few days.
The Victorian government maintains that statewide remote learning would be disproportionate to the challenges currently faced by schools, especially after two years of remote learning.
“School was open on day one of term one, it has remained open all throughout the year, and we’re going to keep it open, and we’re going to keep it as close to normal as we possibly can,” Andrews said during a press conference this morning.
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino acknowledged schools faced challenges, but said face-to-face learning remained the best option for Victorian children who missed out on it during lockdowns.
“We said at the beginning of the year when we committed to getting students back … that schools will look a bit differently this year, and there will be challenges, and there have been,” Merlino said during the same press conference.
“We’ve got COVID, and we’ve got a nasty flu season, so people are getting crook. But we’ve got principals and assistant principals teaching, we’ve got a pool of retired teachers and principals coming back to school to teach … so it’s all hands on deck.
“It’s about making sure that our kids stay at school, our schools remain open, and it’s best for our students that they get that peer-to-peer experience.”
Returning to federal politics, and Labor’s energy spokesman Chris Bowen has lashed the former Morrison government over its handling of electricity prices.
Power bills are set to go up after the national energy regulator lifted its pricing benchmark by up to 18.3 per cent. However, Labor says the timing of that decision was delayed by the previous government for political reasons.
Labor climate spokesman Chris Bowen.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Here’s what Bowen had to say about the rising cost of living:
Obviously, there are geopolitical events at play. We’ve always recognised that international uncertainty will impact the Australian economy in many ways, including in energy prices.
The good news is that Australia now has a government to bring on more renewables through our investment in the grid. The good news is the Australian government will now have a policy to see power prices fall through investments in renewable energy.
The bad news is that nine years of denial and delay has a cost, and that is being paid by the Australian people today. [Outgoing energy minister] Angus Taylor knew the power prices were going up. Taylor knew ... and got through an entire campaign without telling the truth. They sat on this report, improved the delay until after the election. This is very much the legacy of Angus Taylor. They put power prices up and were dishonest.
Now there’s a new government which will be honest with the Australian people. A new government with a proper plan to see downward pressure on power prices. A new government dealing with nine years of denial and delay.
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