PM says he will engage with Trump 'respectfully' on Iran war
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will raise the Iran war with US President Donald Trump when the Quad meets on the sidelines of ASEAN in Manila.
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Big tech is a 'wild west' industry needing regulation, Wells says
Communications Minister Anika Wells says she's open to further negotiations to pass the government's Digital Duty of Care laws in the Senate.
Wells told ABC New Breakfast she'd like to see bipartisan support for the online safety legislation, but she's not disclosing what ground she's willing to give.
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"I welcome any amendments being put by any parliamentarian that strengthen or improve these laws," she said.
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A Senate inquiry into the legislation will be held today and tomorrow, hearing from parents and experts about the proposed changes, which passed the lower house last month.
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Wells says the industry has been unregulated and operating like the "wild west" for 20 years.
"We think big tech needs to be held to account, and if you build it, you should be responsible for its harms," she said.
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PM urges opposition, Greens to support savings measures through parliament
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged the opposition to support savings measures currently before parliament.
The government is trying to pass savings measures, including winding back the over-65s private health insurance rebate, to pocket $3 billion.
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But the Coalition and Greens have opposed them and Labor doesn't have a majority in the Senate, so they are held up.
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"We function as a government, a united government with a sense of purpose governing in what are difficult global times," Albanese says.
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"It stands in stark contrast to the alternative, which is a rabble, essentially, of dysfunction of One Nation, the Liberals, the Nationals and others on the right and the Greens being a protest party on the left."
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Albanese defends infrastructure promises at election
The prime minister has been asked about Resolve Political Monitor polling showing just 20 per cent of people trust the Albanese Government.
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The poll published in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers shows just over 40 per cent of Australians blame Labor for rising living costs.
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The ABC reported that PM held an honorary membership for a golf club in his electorate that received a $6 million grant.
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Asked if Labor's election commitments have affected that trust, Albanese says the opposition made over 2,000 commitments.
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"One of the things that happens in elections is that people put commitments in order to advance their position.
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That has happened in every election that I've been involved," Albanese says.
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Albanese says he'll engage with Trump on Middle East war
Anthony Albanese says he will engage with the US president "respectfully and diplomatically" in relation to the war in the Middle East.
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The prime minister says the war in Iran will be a topic of discussion with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the ASEAN conference in Manila.
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"I'll engage constructively as I've developed a constructive relationship with President Trump," Albanese says.
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"Australia has for some time now repeatedly said that there is a real impact of the conflict in the Middle East.
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Everyone knows that's the case."
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PM defends government's economic management
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his government's economic record and management of inflation.
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Inflation rose to 4.3 per cent in the 12 months to September, according to Australia Bureau of Statistics data.
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Albanese says inflation is lower now than what the government inherited when it came to power in 2022.
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"It's also a fact that, unlike the budgets that we inherited, we have produced savings in every single budget and every single economic statement that we've made," Albanese says.
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Pressed on that, the PM has shifted attention to the war in the Middle East and the impact it has had on global inflation.
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We have seen inflation rise around the world.
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We saw last week interest rates increase, not just in Australia, but the Bank of England for the first time in a long while increased interest rates," he says.
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"I accept and my government accepts completely that there are pressures on Australian families.
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We accept that as well, that we need to find savings in the budget."
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Albanese talks up Australia's renewables record ahead of COP 31 summitt
Anthony Albanese has been asked about emissions from coal and gas exports from Australia which have nearly doubled since 2005.
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He's been asked if it puts Australia in a awkward position going into COP 31 negotiations in Antalya in Türkiye this week.
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The prime minister says emissions are measured at the point of emission, otherwise there would be "double counting".
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"Australia is playing an important role in reducing our emissions.
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In the December quarter of last year was the first time that renewables reached above 50 per cent of emissions," Albanese says.
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PM brushes off crossbench concerns about MP, senator staffing allocations
The prime minister is taking questions now and is asked about staffing allocations for crossbench MPs and senators, who have consistently raised the issue with the government.
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Anthony Albanese has brushed off the question and says it was a system that was put in place by the former government.
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"One of the things that we did was to increase, through the minister, an additional staffer for every member of the House of Representatives and every senator," Albanese says.
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But pressed on the matter, Albanese repeats it was a system that he inherited and it's a matter for the minister.
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Albanese announces package to strengthen bushfire risk management
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stepped up for a press conference at the National Emergency Management Agency in Canberra.
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Albanese says Australia is well into the high-risk weather season and is urging Australians to prepare for the worst from a super El Niño.
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