Paul Hogan. Norman Gunston are some of the “essential features of Australian monoculture”, Pauline Hanson says, as people continue to scratch their heads about what exactly the phrase means.
As we mentioned earlier. the One Nation leader gave a short speech in the Senate before question time to congratulate politicians falling into the trap of debating what a monoculture is.
double quotation mark You’d be forgiven for thinking I had slaughtered a sacred cow at the National Press Club last week. Monoculturalism is virtually all you’ve been able to talk about since that day. It’s exactly what I intended.
But she offered some insight into how she defines the term. which she claims is apparently a “welcoming” umbrella term to cover “all manner of difference”:
double quotation mark Accepting Australians means accepting our culture. the values, customs, and traditions which define it – a fair go, tolerance, secular democracy, freedom of speech and religion, and the rule of law. It means accepting our irreverence and larrikinism.
Bring back Paul Hogan and Norman Gunston. These are the essential features of Australian monoculture, and there’s nothing remotely exclusionary about them.
These values are not even especially unique. They’re accepted widely in the democratic world because they’re values, which are blind to race or gender or religion, but they’re not accepted by many who are allowed to come here,. that’s what must be addressed. Come here with your Greek salad, Italian pasta, your Chinese stir fry, your Indian curry…”
Hanson is cut off by the end but I think you get the point.
Thanks for joining us today. We’re wrapping up the blog. Here’s a reminder of today’s top stories:
South Australia has detected its first confirmed case of a deadly strain of the H5n1 bird flu virus in a petrel. a migratory bird;
Paul Hogan and Norman Gunston are some of the “essential features of Australian monoculture”, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says;
Tanya Plibersek has refuted Pauline Hanson ’s claims that her comments on paid parental leave were taken out of context. saying it is “not safe” with the One Nation leader;
Papua New Guinea has suspended imports of Australian chicken. eggs in response to confirmation of a deadly strain of bird flu in two migratory birds found in Western Australia, with a third suspected case being tested;
Chris Bowen has asked energy retailers to explain why some of their prices are going up from 1 July when they’re supposed to go the other way. under the latest default market offer;
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, says shark safety measures will include the greater use of drones,. not in every beach in the state;
The Albanese government has opened a new review of KPMG Australia over revelations it leaked client information. mistreated the whistleblower who raised the alarm;
Nine Entertainment executives are meeting to consider the future of Channel Nine’s highest-paid presenter, Karl Stefanovic, after the Today show co-host published. then quickly deleted an interview with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
We’ll be back with more live news tomorrow morning.
Pilot dies in light plane crash in Western Australia
A pilot has died in a light plane crash in WA’s Malabaine, north-east of Perth.
Emergency services responded to reports of a light plane crash in Malabaine. about 100km north-east of Perth, at about 10.50am this morning. A statement from WA police said:
double quotation mark Emergency services attended and located the pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, deceased at the scene. A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
Julian Leeser says Taylor ‘articulated the principles that I shared’ on multiculturalism
Leeser was asked about his colleague. opposition leader Angus Taylor, repeatedly refusing to say whether he supports multiculturalism in Australia yesterday.
Taylor has attempted to clarify comments on multiculturalism after his five non-answers on Tuesday. In a statement late on Tuesday, he indicated he did support multiculturalism in some form.
double quotation mark I think in fairness to Angus, yesterday he said, it’s worthwhile quoting, he said: ‘We can have people from all over the world, [of] all races. religions in this country, but they must share those core values.’ I don’t know how much simpler it can be than that.
I agree with Angus Taylor 100%…. that is multiculturalism when you have people of different races and religions united by a common set of values. That’s Australia.
Asked if he was troubled that Taylor did not use the word “multiculturalism”. Leeser said he “articulated the principles that I shared”.
Liberal MP addresses ‘the foundational values of Australia’
Opposition frontbencher. Julian Leeser, says he doesn’t understand what is meant when One Nation leader Pauline Hanson refers to a “monocultural” Australia.
Leeser was speaking to the ABC earlier.
double quotation mark We have a range of different cultures here, but we are united by values. It’s the values that are key. important, and those values are things like commitment to democracy, to the rule of law, to the equality of men and women. They are some of the foundational values of Australia.
So far as I’m concerned. where a person was born, what race they are, what religion they are, if they’ve got a commitment to their those values, they’re part of the Australian story.
I know what I think the Australian story is about. It’s about the Indigenous heritage, the British foundation,. the multicultural character, and we should celebrate and teach all three of those aspects of our history.
Multicultural affairs minister responds to Hanson comments
Anne Aly, has accused One Nation leader Pauline Hanson of using the Socceroos to make her views more “palatable”.
Speaking in the Senate earlier, Hanson said the Socceroos represented her “vision of a monocultural Australia.”
double quotation mark What we’ve seen from Pauline Hanson … is nothing but contempt for migrants. refugees, and for multiculturalism.
Now she’s standing up. she’s blaming Australian people for getting it wrong, for misinterpreting her, and misunderstanding her, and using the Socceroos to try and make her her views more palatable
double quotation mark Under Pauline Hanson’s monoculturalism, there would be no soccer, there’d be no Soccerroos …
Queensland government removes KPI for winning public trust
Queensland’s government will no longer measure how much its citizens trust the police in its budget.
The state’s treasurer, David Janetzki, handed down his second budget yesterday –. a series of statements measuring the performance of government departments against key performance indicators (KPIs), known as the “service delivery statements”.
The Queensland Police Service statement reveals a range of targets have not been met, including the rate of crime victimisation, rate of repeat crime victimisation. clearance rate targets for a range of offences including murder and assault. Just 36.5% of sexual assaults are cleared within 30 days.
It also measures public opinion about the police, including “perception of police integrity” – but won’t for long.
Ten metrics have been reported for the final time this year. They have been discontinued because the country’s state. federal police have decided not to pay for the survey used as the basis for them.
The budget document reveals that only 27.1% of people feel safe travelling alone on public transport –. 61.0% feel confident reporting domestic and family violence. 53.2% of people believe police treat people fairly and equally and just 57.2% believe them to be honest.
Greens MP Michael Berkman said “public confidence to report domestic. family violence to police has fallen to the lowest rate since the measure was introduced – and Crisafulli’s solution is to just stop asking”
Paul Hogan. Norman Gunston are some of the “essential features of Australian monoculture”, Pauline Hanson says, as people continue to scratch their heads about what exactly the phrase means.
As we mentioned earlier. the One Nation leader gave a short speech in the Senate before question time to congratulate politicians falling into the trap of debating what a monoculture is.
double quotation mark You’d be forgiven for thinking I had slaughtered a sacred cow at the National Press Club last week. Monoculturalism is virtually all you’ve been able to talk about since that day. It’s exactly what I intended.
But she offered some insight into how she defines the term. which she claims is apparently a “welcoming” umbrella term to cover “all manner of difference”:
double quotation mark Accepting Australians means accepting our culture. the values, customs, and traditions which define it – a fair go, tolerance, secular democracy, freedom of speech and religion, and the rule of law. It means accepting our irreverence and larrikinism.
Bring back Paul Hogan and Norman Gunston. These are the essential features of Australian monoculture, and there’s nothing remotely exclusionary about them.
These values are not even especially unique. They’re accepted widely in the democratic world because they’re values, which are blind to race or gender or religion, but they’re not accepted by many who are allowed to come here,. that’s what must be addressed. Come here with your Greek salad, Italian pasta, your Chinese stir fry, your Indian curry…”
Hanson is cut off by the end but I think you get the point.
Queensland’s treasurer says Origin ‘not doing the right thing’ by raising power prices
Queensland’s treasurer David Janetzki says Origin is “not doing the right thing” by “significantly” raising power prices. in the face of a reduced default market offer.
Last month, the Australian Energy Regulator slashed its default market offer by 7.2% for South East Queensland households. Small businesses received a 10.4% discounted default offer.
But Janetzki said the discount was not being passed on:
double quotation mark I’ve seen a letter to their customers that are suggesting power prices will go up significantly, significantly,. that’s not what they ought to be doing.
And so I’ll be naming them today. Origin is the first retailer that appears not to be doing the right thing.
Origin has been contacted for comment.
Australia’s chief veterinary officer on bird flu
Dr Beth Cookson, says an investigation will help determine whether the sources of the South Australian. Western Australian bird flu cases are linked:
double quotation mark We are still very early in the investigation phase … what we do know though is the early advice from Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness is. the two birds in Western Australia were likely to be separate inductions. So there is no indication that it was spread between those birds.
SA premier addresses bird flu discovery
The South Australian premier. Peter Malinauskas, says the migratory bird – a southern giant petrel – was first discovered on 14 June at Knights Beach.
He said the bird had travelled to the state via Antartica.
He urged members of the public to report any birds that appear to be unwell:
double quotation mark It’s very. very important now that we have received a positive result from South Australia … people are very aware that they can report any signs of bird life that is unwell or dead. They can do that through our hotline
The federal agriculture minister. Julie Collins, says South Australia has detected its first confirmed case of a deadly strain of the H5n1 bird flu virus in a petrel, a migratory bird.
This is in addition to the third suspected case of the deadly bird flu in Western Australia.
Another bird flu case detected
A third migratory seabird found on the coast of Western Australia is suspected to be positive with deadly H5 bird flu.
WA’s agriculture minister. Jackie Jarvis, confirmed the new case in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon after the bird was found in the Quindalup region.
The state has been investigating reports from the public of dead. unwell birds after two migratory birds near Esperance tested positive last week for the deadly strain that has devastated wildlife populations globally.
Jarvis said test samples from the third case. also from the subantarctic region, had been sent to the CSIRO for confirmation.
Papua New Guinea suspends imports of Australian poultry products
Papua New Guinea has suspended imports of Australian chicken. eggs in response to confirmation of a deadly strain of bird flu in two migratory birds found in Western Australia.
In a market advice published by the federal agriculture department, the government said the detection of the disease in wild birds did not change Australia’s highly pathogenic avian influenza-free (HPAI) status. the country remained free of HPAI according to standards set by the World Organisation for Animal Health.
The department said despite this, PNG’s National Agriculture. Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA) had on Monday suspended all poultry meat and poultry products, including egg and egg products, exported from Australia to PNG. The statement says:
double quotation mark The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is actively engaging with PNG to resolve this issue.
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Tl;dr here’s what happened in question time
Economy was the main game for the opposition again today, pressing the government on the latest inflation figures. The Coalition tried to pin the PM on his previous capital gains on investment properties – it took two goes. because the first question was ruled out of order.
The government countered with a few sledges at the opposition,. some unflattering comparisons to One Nation, but they didn’t land quite as strongly as yesterday’s blows.
The agriculture minister, Julie Collins confirmed a third bird has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu.
Two MPs got kicked out for interjecting too much, and Milton Dick gave several warnings.
And Jim Chalmers rejected a call to tie local council funding to 1% of federal taxation. after a warning from councils.
Overall, a far more subdued QT after yesterday’s drama!
After a final dixer to the local government minister, Kristy McBain, the PM calls time on QT.
Just one more to go for the week!
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