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Albanese asked why government has failed to reduce domestic violence deaths
By Olivia Ireland
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have expressed mutual condemnation of domestic violence as independents accuse the government of failing to protect women and children.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time today.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
In response to questions from teal independents Zoe Daniel and Zali Steggall on why the government has failed to reduce the death of women and children to domestic violence, Albanese said this matter needed to go beyond government.
He said:
I’m passionate about the issue of family and domestic violence and [I’m] doing something about it because I know the impact that it has. I have been there.
I will continue to be a strong advocate but I am very proud of what my government has done … has it been perfect? No, because these issues are not perfect. They take time.
It is not just a matter of government, it is a matter of every bloke having a conversation at the pub, at the football, calling it out and they see that it is wrong.
Men have a responsibility, men are in a position to make a difference with their peers.
This needs to be not just a government response, this needs to be a whole-of-society response and that is what I am committed to as a matter of urgency.
‘We insist on integrity’: O’Neil responds to Pezzullo sacking
By Olivia Ireland
Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil responded to a question on the sacking of Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo, saying the government insists on integrity within the public service.
Earlier today, Australian Public Service Commission, Dr Gordon de Brouwer, announced that an independent inquiry led by Lynelle Briggs had determined Pezzullo had breached the Australian Public Service code of conduct at least 14 times in relation to five overarching allegations.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’NeilCredit: Alex Ellinghausen
“Those allegations being that he used his duty, power, status, authority to seek or gain benefit or advantage for himself. That he failed to maintain confidentiality of sensitive government information, that he failed to act apolitically in his employment and that he failed to disclose conflicts of interest,” O’Neil said.
“We value proper process, we value the integrity of the Australian public service … indeed we insist on it.”
Question time gets rowdy as attention turns to the released detainees
By Olivia Ireland and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The first question on the 138 people now released from immigration detention following this month’s High Court ruling has ignited the House of Representatives with jeers as Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said the government took community safety seriously.
Taking a question from Labor MP Joanne Ryan, Giles accused the Coalition of dividing and deflecting as the government introduced further laws that strengthened conditions over the released detainees.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles arrives for question time today.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“The legislation that we’ve introduced today will make our laws more durable and get ahead of any future challenges and this bill will make strong laws even stronger, by creating new offences … including by making it an offence for some to work with another person who is a minor,” Giles said.
“We are doing this because it matters, we are doing this also … because it’s not talking tough that keeps Australians safe, it’s strong laws and a relentless focus on compliance.”
The 138 released detainees included murderers, rapists and other criminals who had served their original sentences in prison before being transferred to immigration detention.
They could not be deported for various reasons including being stateless, and the High Court found they could not be detained indefinitely.
Greens MP links tax cuts for wealthy to inflation
By Olivia Ireland
Staying with question time, Greens member Stephen Bates has raised comments made by Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock last week that inflation is homegrown and being pushed up by strong demand for everything from haircuts to dentistry.
Bates asked Treasurer Jim Chalmers: “The RBA governor has [said] that everyday people need to stop spending money at the dentist to help reduce inflation, will you scrap Labor’s stage three tax cuts that give a $9000 a year handout to politicians and the 1 per cent?”
Greens MP Stephen BatesCredit: Rhett Wyman
Chalmers responded by saying inflation was not moderating as much as the Reserve Bank and government would like, but was improving.
“The reserve bank governor, as is appropriate, made some comments about that in recent weeks as have I,” Chalmers said.
“Our focus as a government is on rolling out those 10 different types of cost-of-living relief.”
Albanese says he used ‘every opportunity’ to raise China’s unsafe use of sonar
By Olivia Ireland and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Question time has begun and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has started off asking Prime Minister Anthony Albanese whether he raised China’s use of sonar near Australian navy divers with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit earlier this month.
“The government expressed concerns about the HMAS Toowoomba incident clearly, directly, unambiguously,” Albanese said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in question time today.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“This event was unsafe and was unprofessional. We communicated this through all appropriate channels and with every opportunity that was available to us, every opportunity.”
Albanese was asked the same thing in media interviews last week, and said he would not divulge private conversations with Xi at the summit.
Albanese said the government would continue to co-operate with China where necessary and disagree when they can.
“The fact is that we now have a path forward for wine exports,” he said.
Chalmers appoints outsider as Reserve Bank deputy
By Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has broken from decades of precedent, appointing an outsider as Michele Bullock’s deputy at the Reserve Bank.
Senior Bank of England economist Andrew Hauser will become the deputy governor, probably from early next year, that also sets him on track to be possible governor when Bullock’s term ends.
Newly-appointed RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser.
The deputy position has been vacant since Bullock, who had been deputy since last year, took over as governor in September.
Hauser’s appointment, which was signed off by cabinet this morning, is a continuation of the reforms to the RBA set in train by this year’s independent review.
Hauser is the current Bank of England’s executive director of markets, making him responsible for the way the bank supports its monetary and financial stability objectives.
This afternoon’s headlines
By Michael Fowler
Thanks for checking in with our live coverage of today’s biggest stories.
If you’re just joining us, here’s what you need to know:
- Michael Pezzullo has been sacked as Home Affairs secretary after an investigation, launched following stories by this masthead, found he had engaged in misconduct including using his power for personal gain.
- Greens leader Adam Bandt rejected a suggestion by newly-preselected Liberal Senator Dave Sharma that his party had a blind spot towards antisemitism.
- Four of the 138 people released from immigration detention following this month’s High Court ruling have already been referred to federal police for refusing to wear ankle bracelets.
- The cross-examination of former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann in his defamation trial against Channel Ten and Lisa Wilkinson continues, where he admitted lying in a letter to his former boss.
- Australia lost the Davis Cup final for the second successive year, going down against Italy.
- The fourth and final hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is scheduled for today (Gaza time), amid hopes the agreement could be extended.
- And NSW Premier Chris Minns is recovering at home after testing positive for COVID-19.
I’m handing over to Caitlin Fitzsimmons, who will take you through the rest of the afternoon. Ta ta, and farewell!
Lehrmann admits he lied in letter to boss as cross-examination continues
Now to the Federal Court in Sydney, where former federal Liberal political staffer Bruce Lehrmann is facing another day of cross-examination.
Under intense questioning in his defamation case against Network Ten and high-profile journalist Lisa Wilkinson, Lehrman admitted that he lied in a letter to his former boss.
Bruce Lehrmann arriving at court today.Credit: Dominic Lorrimer
In a letter on April 5, 2019, Lehrmann told Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds that he had “retreated to Queensland to see my mother”. He admitted in the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday that he was not in Queensland on April 4 or 5.
Dr Matt Collins, KC, acting for Ten, put to Lehrmann that he “understood it was important to be completely frank and truthful in this response [to Reynolds], didn’t you?”
“As best as I could recall, yes,” Lehrmann said.
“Here in a letter to the minister you’ve lied?” Collins said about the claim he had retreated to Queensland. “Well, yes,” Lehrmann said.
Our legal affairs reporter Michaela Whitbourn is following the hearing, while you can watch proceedings live here (they will resume about 2pm).
NSW Premier contracts COVID-19
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has tested positive for COVID-19.
In a social media post, Minns said he took a rapid antigen test this morning after feeling unwell.
Struck down: NSW Premier Chris Minns has tested positive for COVID-19.Credit: Louise Kennerley
“I’m now at home, and while there are no rules which require you to self-isolate, NSW Health strongly recommend you to stay home until symptoms have subsided to protect our community,” he wrote.
“I’ll be sure to keep you all updated, but hopefully I’ll be back at work in a couple of days.”
It comes after a busy morning of interviews for the premier, including one in which he called for more funding from the federal government to help NSW handle the population pressures brought by a recent uptick in immigration.
Art went to Israel for a better life. His wife doesn’t want him going back
By Chris Barrett
Wanida Ma-asa sat up late on Saturday night in her home in north-eastern Thailand, desperately waiting to hear of more hostages being released from the Gaza Strip by Hamas. About 1am she eventually drifted off.
When she awoke, the news she had craved for seven weeks had finally been delivered. Her husband, Anucha Angkaew, or “Art” as he is known, had been freed.
Anucha Angkaew and Wanida Ma-asa with their daughter, Rinlada, who is now seven.
Anucha, 28, was among four kidnapped Thai nationals set free yesterday by Hamas, their freedom restored along with that of 13 Israelis in what was the second round of hostage releases by the Islamic terrorist group.
“I am so happy and so overwhelmed,” she said . “It was such a serious thing that happened that it’s hard to believe he’s released and will be home soon.”
Living on kibbutzes and working on farms near the Gaza Strip under a deal struck between the south-east Asian nation and Israel to strengthen the latter’s agricultural labour force, they were caught up in the Palestinian militants’ October 7 onslaught.
Ten Thais have been let go in the first stage of an agreement in which Palestinians are also being released from Israeli prisons in return for Israeli hostages.
The fourth and final day of that agreement will take place later today, although both parties have expressed interest in extending it.
That would be good news for the up to 16 Thai citizens who remain held by Hamas.
Read the full report by our South-East Asia correspondent Chris Barrett.
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