Australia politics live: Coalition continues question time pressure on PM over ‘former flatmate’ Daniel Andrews’ China trip; NZYQ bill passes

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  A bill to strip basic legal protections from the noncitizens it plans to deport to Nauru and retrospectively validate visa decisions made before the high court’s NZYQ ruling has passed the Senate. But just who is within the NZYQ cohort? And are they all violent criminals, as some politicians have claimed? Read our fact-check here. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre said the bill was “Trump-style” and “sends a devastating message” to migrant and refugee communities across Australia.

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  The high court will not hear an appeal by Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, ending a seven-year challenge of news reports that labelled him a war criminal.

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  Former Victorian premier Dan Andrews responded to widespread criticism over his high-profile attendance at yesterday’s massive military parade in Beijing.

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  The commonwealth has agreed to pay $475m in additional compensation to robodebt victims in the largest class action settlement in Australian history. The former Labor minister and University of Canberra vice-chancellor, Bill Shorten, said the robodebt class action settlement “closes a dark and shameful chapter in Australian public administration”.

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  The leader of the opposition, Sussan Ley, rejected claims from Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price that federal Labor was promoting migration by specific ethnic groups, including Indians, to grow its electoral support. Julian Hill, meanwhile, called Nampijinpa Price’s comments “bonkers”.

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Thank you all, as ever, for joining us. We’ll be back bright and early with more breaking news.

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The High Court will not hear an appeal by Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, ending a seven-year challenge of news reports that labelled him a war criminal.

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The former special forces soldier had appealed his 2023 Federal Court loss after he sued Nine Newspapers for defamation over reports claiming he was complicit in the murder of four unarmed civilians in Afghanistan, AAP reports.

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Roberts-Smith disputed Justice Anthony Besanko’s findings that the allegations were substantially true, arguing that was not backed up by sufficient evidence for such serious claims.

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On Thursday, Australia’s highest court refused the former soldier’s application to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal ruling.

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It came on the same day the recipient of Australia’s highest two military honours – the Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry – was ordered to pay a lump sum of Nine’s legal costs for the unsuccessful Federal Court appeal.

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The independent member for Curtin, Kate Chaney, asks the attorney general whether Labor will support her bill to criminalise AI tools designed to create child sexual abuse material.

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Frontline police are being overwhelmed by the increasing scale and depravity of child sexual abuse driven by AI tools … The government has a crackdown [on] nude apps which is a part[ial solution]. We need action.

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Michelle Rowland says some of the technology is “of great concern” and is particularly harmful for young people. She says Chaney’s bill will be given “due consideration” by the government.

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This is precisely the reason why this government, in the last term, brought forward the statutory review of the online safety act by a year … we have announced that we will take steps in relation to these apps which have no place …

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When we consider criminal sanctions, they of course require careful consideration and discussion between states and territories, and I can confirm to the member that this has been openly discussed at the first meeting of the standing Council of Attorneys General which met only a couple of weeks ago.

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The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, returns to her line of questioning on Daniel Andrews.

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This month the prime minister expelled the Iranian ambassador, an action the Coalition has strongly supported but what message does it send when the prime minister of this country doesn’t have the spine to condemn his former flatmate, Daniel Andrews, for posing in photos with the Iranian president, a leader whose regime has actively orchestrated attacks on Australian soil?

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To the delight of nobody, Anthony Albanese returns to his “delulu with no solulu” line:

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Well, they are delulu, Mr Speaker, if they are going to come here over an [matter] in which there was bipartisan support for the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador for at least 12 hours … before there was criticism of the government’s action.

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My government have taken decisive action. I am not responsible for what every Australian citizen does. What I’m responsible for … is what our government does.

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My position is very, very clear. Which is we did not send any government representative because it would not have been appropriate … But the idea that what you do on an issue such as opposition of the Iranian regime is look for difference where there is none actually undermines Australia’s position in … international politics.

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Question Time is under way, beginning with a question from the leader of the opposition, Sussan Ley on the former Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews’ attendance at a CCP military parade this week:

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Prime minister, today I once again unequivocally express the coalition’s utter condemnation of former premier Dan Andrews attendance at the CCP military parade, where he stood with dictators, despots and war criminals like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un. Will the Prime Minister show the necessary leadership to join with us and so many other Labor leaders in this condemnation?

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A bill to strip basic legal protections from the noncitizens it plans to deport to Nauru and retrospectively validate visa decisions made before the high court’s NZYQ ruling has passed the Senate.

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Shortly before it was passed with Coalition support, Greens and crossbench senators spoke against the changes, labelling it “racist” and “rushed”.

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The Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi accused Labor of creating a bill that would make US president Donald Trump “proud”:

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You praise migrants for what they bring to this country. You eat our food, you enjoy our festivals, but then you stitch up dirty deals with the Coalition to demonise us.

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The independent Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe said: “It is bills like these that normalise racism and white supremacy in the highest places of power in the colony.”

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The ACT senator David Pocock pointed out the major parties both labelled the cohort “violent” but were willing to send them to a tiny Pacific nation for an expected $2.5bn over a three-decade period.

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Former prime minister John Howard and former foreign minister Alexander Downer have issued a joint statement saying they are “appalled” by the Albanese government’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood.

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They accused the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, of undermining the enduring trust between Australia and Israel.

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Albanese plans to recognise Palestine as a state at this month’s United Nation’s general assembly in New York.

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The question of recognising Palestine as a sovereign state is not a matter of empty symbolism. It strikes at the heart of whether international law is to be respected or discarded whenever political expediency is deemed more convenient.

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Some argue that recognition would “advance” the peace process. In reality, it entrenches division. It teaches the Palestinian leadership that peace is unnecessary for statehood and it signals to Israel that international institutions cannot be relied upon to uphold agreements or protect its security concerns. Far from building confidence between the parties, premature recognition would only deepen mistrust.

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The pair say the federal government has damaged Labor’s standing on leadership in the Middle East.

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We all want to see peace in the Middle East: a lasting two-state solution that guarantees Israel’s security and offers dignity and self-determination to the Palestinians. But such a peace cannot be imposed from abroad, nor achieved by unilateral recognition. It must be built painstakingly by the parties themselves, through negotiation, compromise, and responsibility. And it must be grounded in the framework of international law, not a bypass of it.

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The Senate is debating a home affairs bill to strip natural justice from noncitizens within the NZYQ cohort in an effort to expedite their deportation to Nauru.

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But just who is within the NZYQ cohort? And are they all violent criminals, as some politicians have claimed?

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Well, according to the home affairs department’s evidence in March 2025, around nine of the 300 or so person group have been previously charged with a low-level crime, or have no criminal history at all.

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Officials said 13 within the group had a murder or attempted murder conviction, 95 had a criminal history of sex-based offending, and for assault and violent offending, kidnapping and armed robbery, the total was 133.

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Other criminal histories within the cohort include:

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  Domestic violence and stalking: 19

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  People smuggling: 7

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  Serious drug offending: 24

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But remember, these are convictions that have been served already.

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In March, the department also said around a third of the group had been charged with a breach of visa conditions or migration laws since being released from indefinite detention as a result of the high court’s ruling in November 2023.

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As a result of the concern for community safety, some of the released cohort were placed under strict monitoring conditions, including ankle bracelets and curfews. More than two-thirds of the group were not subject to curfews or electronic monitoring as of February.

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The leader of the opposition, Sussan Ley, has rejected claims from Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price that federal Labor was promoting migration by specific ethnic groups, including Indians, to grow its electoral support.

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Singling out Indians coming to Australia, the outspoken Northern Territory senator said sections of the community were concerned at “the core number, or the type of migrants that are coming in”.

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I think Labor like to be able to ensure that they’re going to allow those in that would ultimately support their policies, their views, and vote for them as well.

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Speaking on Sky News earlier, Ley was asked about Price’s claims that migrants were being “brought in from India to boost the Labor vote”.

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She said Price had corrected her comments and Australia’s migration policy was “non-discriminatory”.

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Every day that I’m opposition leader, I’m fighting for every single Australian, no matter where you came from. And our Australian Indian community is amazing, you contribute as Australian Indians so much to our country. We know how hard you work, your family values, and the contribution you make across this country. And as opposition leader, I value that incredibly.

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It doesn’t matter how you vote, we’re here for everyone because we know that the values of the Liberal party; aspiration, hard work, reward for effort and building this community in this country are something that will resonate in a serious, credible, compelling agenda.

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The commonwealth has agreed to pay $475m in additional compensation to robodebt victims in the largest class action settlement in Australian history.

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The federal government announced on Thursday it had agreed to settle Knox v The Commonwealth, an appeal from the original robodebt class action settlement in Prygodicz v The Commonwealth.

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The total deal amounts to $548.5m, with up to $60m set aside to administer the settlement scheme and up to $13.5 to cover the applicants’ reasonable legal costs.

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The compensation, which still requires federal court approval, would be in addition to the amount paid following the original robodebt class action settlement in 2020.

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In a statement, the attorney general, Michelle Rowland, said:

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Today’s settlement demonstrates the Albanese Labor government’s ongoing commitment to addressing the harms caused to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Australians by the former Liberal government’s disastrous robodebt scheme.

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the royal commission described robodebt as a ‘crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal’. It found that ‘people were traumatised on the off chance they might owe money’ and that robodebt was ‘a costly failure of public administration, in both human and economic terms’.

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Settling this claim is the just and fair thing to do.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is making “urgent enquiries” after at least 15 people were killed when a funicular railway in Lisbon derailed and crashed on Wednesday.

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A spokesperson for Dfat said they were not aware of any Australians who had been killed or seriously injured, but the department was providing consular assistance to one individual.

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The Australian government offers its deepest sympathies to those affected.

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Authorities said some foreign nationals were among the dead but would not identify the victims or disclose their nationalities. At least 18 people, including a child, were injured, five of them seriously, emergency services said.

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“It’s a tragic day for our city … Lisbon is in mourning, it is a tragic, tragic incident,” Carlos Moedas, the mayor of the Portuguese capital, told reporters.

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Ben Roberts-Smith will have to pay lump sum costs to the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times, to cover some of their legal fees, over his failed attempt to sue the newspapers for defamation, a court ruled on Thursday.

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The federal court in Sydney determined it was appropriate that Roberts-Smith pay a lump sum of costs to the newspaper publishers and gave the two parties 14 days to decide on an appropriate figure.

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Justice Nye Perram ruled that the former SAS soldier should not have to pay costs on an indemnity basis, as requested by the publishers, which allows for a higher payment of costs and is ordered by the court for reasons including if parties have brought a hopeless case, behaved unreasonably or improperly in the proceedings or committed an abuse of process.

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The defamation suit was brought by Roberts-Smith, a Victoria Cross recipient and one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, in 2018. He lost that case, with Justice Anthony Besanko finding in 2023 that Roberts-Smith had, on the balance of probabilities, committed war crimes while deployed in Afghanistan.

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Roberts appealed the decision, but lost that appeal in May, with three justices of the federal court agreeing he was not defamed by Nine newspapers and journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters through reports which claimed he had committed war crimes

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In a summary of the judgment, the appeal justices wrote that they were “unanimously of the opinion that the evidence was sufficiently cogent to support the findings that the appellant murdered four Afghan men”.

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The legal costs of the marathon legal battle are believed to exceed $35m. Roberts-Smith, 46, was awarded Australia’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, in 2011, for single-handedly taking out machine-gun posts to protect pinned-down colleagues in Afghanistan. He has always denied the allegations against him.

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He has received support from wealthy backers, including Kerry Stokes, the chairman of Seven West Media, who agreed to pay the costs of Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation action.

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Gina Rinehart – the mining magnate and Australia’s richest person, who criticised a “relentless attack” on Roberts-Smith – has donated to a fund designed to support the legal cost of defending actions against current and former SAS soldiers but declined to say whether she personally funded Roberts-Smith’s legal costs.

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  This blog post was amended 4 September 2025. An earlier version stated the SAS Resources Fund supports the legal costs of soldiers. The fund supports the legal cost of defending actions against soldiers.

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Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has described the March for Australia rallies over the weekend attended by confirmed neo-Nazis as “a pro-Australia march” attended by “quiet Australians” and a “demonstration of unity”.

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In a doorstop this morning, Price said Australia had “come under attack” from the left after she was forced to remove an Australian flag in the Senate on Wednesday.

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I implore others around the country to take up wearing the Australian flag. I think it’s a wonderful thing to do. I think we need to teach our children to be proud to call themselves Australian.

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Asked if protests over the weekend had stoked division, she said they “weren’t necessarily protests” but were a “pro-Australia march”.

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For so long, Australians who are proud to call themselves Australian have been under attack – particularly by the left – and have been told that we are a racist country. And this has been brewing for some time … What happened was, the quiet Australians came out and decided to be loud. That’s what that was about. To say no, no, no, let’s be proud of who we are.

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I saw some beautiful footage of members of the migrant community standing with white Australians … and singing our national anthem together happily, joyfully and so proud in doing so. That to me was a demonstration of unity.

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The independent senator for the ACT, David Pocock, will renew calls for reform to the political influence of lobbying today.

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Fronting the media alongside other crossbench parliamentarians this morning, Pocock will announce a voluntary register for politicians to publish information about lobbyists with privileged access-all-areas passes to Parliament House.

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Pocock is proposing to maintain the voluntary register on a central, publicly accessible website.

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He said lobbying had a “legitimate role to play” in the political system but it needed to be transparent and well regulated.

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People with sponsored passes enjoy enormous privilege and access to our most senior decision makers. It is not unreasonable for the Australians those parliamentarians have been elected to represent to know who enjoys that access, and who gave it to them, and I hope my parliamentary colleagues will participate.

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Last year’s Senate inquiry into lobbying highlighted just how broken our current system is and also demonstrated that many lobbyists also support a stronger one.

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The register will be made public next month.

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Labor MP Ed Husic has urged the government to prevent dual nationals joining a foreign force, in cases where “a body with the weight of the ICJ believes plausible genocide could be occurring in a part of the world where that foreign force is operating.”

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Speaking to the House last night, Husic – who has been a strong advocate for Palestine and a vocal critic of Israel’s war in Gaza – said it was “not unrealistic” to expect that dual nationals in Australia may be called to serve in the Israeli defence force.

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It’s understood Husic questioned whether dual Australian-Israeli citizens who were fighting in Gaza for the Israel Defence Forces could be implicated under foreign fighter laws during a party room meeting on Tuesday.

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I’d urge our government to send a clear statement surrounding the risks of participating in IDF actions in Gaza.

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We don’t need Australians placed in a position where they witness, abet or participate in what will likely be deemed a genocide. I’m also concerned about the impact of trauma on those returning after witnessing what they would have in Gaza.

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Navalny, a prominent anti-corruption campaigner, died in 2024 months after being sent to a prison in Siberia.

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Wong praised Navalnaya’s courage and determination in calling for democracy in Russia following her husband’s death.

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You’ve had to deal with a lot of loss. Alexei was a champion of democracy and human rights and the Australian government holds [Russian president Vladimir] Putin personally responsible for his death

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We stand with you when we fight for human rights and democracy.”

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Navalnaya is on the board of the International Anti-Corruption Foundation, set up to tell “the truth about Russian criminal power”, and thanked Australia for its support. She told reporters in Canberra during the meeting:

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Russia is not Putin. We’ll do everything so that Russia will become a free, normal democratic country.

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The Russian activist also held talks with the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, during her visit to Canberra.

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The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has written to a “comprehensive list” of tech companies including Google, Meta, Snap and TikTok to ask that they determine whether their platforms will need to only allow access to people 16 and over from 11 December, and outline the steps they will take now to be ready for when the ban comes into effect.

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Inman Grant has told the companies that if they are covered by the ban, they will need to find and deactivate accounts held by Australians under 16. They will be expected to communicate it to those affected, including providing information on how to download their account data and where to seek support.

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The companies will also be expected to take reasonable steps to stop children under 16 pre-empting the ban by changing their account such as by changing the date of birth information.

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The platforms have also been told that self-declaration of age will not be enough to constitute “reasonable steps” to comply with the ban, suggesting the companies will be required to use some form of age-assurance technology outlined in the report issued this week.

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The Nationals shadow ministers Bridget McKenzie and Ross Cadell and the Liberal backbencher Sarah Henderson crossed the floor on a Senate vote about immigration levels last night.

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party attempted to establish a parliamentary inquiry into “the impact of high immigration on the Australian economy”.

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The Coalition opposed the motion but McKenzie and Cadell, both members of the opposition frontbench, and Henderson, voted with conservative Coalition senators Alex Antic and Matt Canavan in favour of the inquiry.

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Liberal frontbencher, Anne Ruston, was heard appealing across the chamber to McKenzie to vote with the rest of the Coalition against the motion.

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The motion was ultimately defeated 37 votes to 9.

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The vote came in a week when large public rallies about immigration featured speeches by right-wing activists and neo-Nazis.

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Australia’s stronger-than-expected economic growth could dash hopes for further interest rate cuts, Australia Associated Press reports.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Michele Bullock, insisted she does not know “at this stage” what the uplift in economic growth revealed on Wednesday could mean for interest rates.

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“But it does mean that it’s possible that if it keeps going, then there may not be many interest rate declines left to come,” she said when asked after giving the 60th Shann memorial lecture at the University of Western Australia last night.

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Her speech focused on technological change, including the bank’s increasing use of text analytics models providing a “third lens” to monitoring shifting business conditions.

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“But we also overlay our own judgement on top of those things,” she said.“I personally don’t see a world where we place all our faith in a model.”

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Traders pared back their rate cut expectations after the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed the surprise jump in the nation’s economic growth rate. Gross domestic product surged from 1.4 to 1.8% on an annual basis in June, above the Reserve Bank’s forecast of 1.6%.

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Bob Carr, the former Labor foreign minister, has defended his attendance at Xi Jinping’s carefully staged gathering of world leaders this week, but said he “would have avoided” the controversial photocall that included Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

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Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has been heavily criticised for appearing in the lineup with the dictators and alleged war ciminals after a huge military parade in Beijing coinciding with China’s 80th anniversary commemorations of the defeat of Japan in the second world war.

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Speaking on ABC’s 7.30, Carr said he was in Beijing for the commemorations rather than the military parade, and while he did not attend the parade he would have avoided the group shot.

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I certainly would have avoided them, if there were the remotest possibility [of being photographed with Putin].

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When I accepted the invitation to come to the commemoration of China’s enormously historically significant victory over the Japanese aggressor … the idea of the parade grew up separate from that.

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I made it clear to the Chinese ambassador that I wasn’t here for the parade. I was here for the terrific meetings I’ve been able to hold with countries that are like-minded, not aggressors and oppressors.

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Pressed on whether Daniel Andrews had been “naive” in allowing himself to be photographed with leaders such as Putin and Kim, Carr replied:

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Dan Andrews can speak for himself. He is someone who has been battered to death by media hostility in his own state, and gone on to win big majorities … he can defend himself.

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Carr said he did not watch the military parade and agreed with former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who was also at the 80th anniversary commemorations, that “you and I wouldn’t have picked this guest list”.

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Carr said his attendance meant he had been able to engage with China, he had met the Japanese prime minister about a possible peace between China and Japan, and had had his first ever meeting with the current Indonesian foreign minister.

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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer, bringing you the best breaking news this morning before I hand the news baton to Krishani Dhanji.

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Bob Carr, the former Labor foreign affairs minister, has defended his attendance at Xi Jinping’s carefully staged gathering of world leaders this week, but he avoided the controversial photocall with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in which Daniel Andrews appeared. More coming up.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Michele Bullock, said last night it is possible that the uplift in economic growth revealed on Wednesday could dash hopes for another cut in interest rates. “There may not be many interest rate declines left to come,” she said. More coming up.

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It’s time to wind down our live news coverage for the day. Here’s what has been keeping us busy on the last sitting day of parliament:

• A bill to strip basic legal protections from the noncitizens it plans to deport to Nauru and retrospectively validate visa decisions made before the high court’s NZYQ ruling has passed the Senate. But just who is within the NZYQ cohort? And are they all violent criminals, as some politicians have claimed? Read our fact-check here. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre said the bill was “Trump-style” and “sends a devastating message” to migrant and refugee communities across Australia.

• The high court will not hear an appeal by Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smithending a seven-year challenge of news reports that labelled him a war criminal.

• Former Victorian premier And Andrews responded to widespread criticism over his high-profile attendance at yesterday’s massive military parade in Beijing.

• The commonwealth has agreed to pay $475m in additional compensation to robodebt victims in the largest class action settlement in Australian history. The former Labor minister and University of Canberra vice-chancellor, Bill Shortensaid the robodebt class action settlement “closes a dark and shameful chapter in Australian public administration”.

• The leader of the opposition, SUSAN LAWrejected claims from Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price that federal Labor was promoting migration by specific ethnic groups, including Indians, to grow its electoral support. Julian Hillmeanwhile, called Nampijinpa Price’s comments “bonkers”.

Thank you all, as ever, for joining us. We’ll be back bright and early with more breaking news.

Nampijinpa Price’s comments on immigration ‘bonkers’: Labor MP

Julian Hill says Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s ABC interview yesterday, in which she suggested Labor’s immigration policies garnered left-leaning Indian Australian voters – comments she later walked back – was “bonkers”.

The Labor MP told Afternoon Briefing a short time ago:

It was absolutely bonkers. It was incoherent. It was all over the shop.

There were literally racist tropes being spread, suggesting that all people of a particular race vote one way, as if they’re Daleks with one brain cell. That is racist. It’s offensive.

I’ll tell you the data: Australians of Indian heritage are more likely to be employed than your average Aussie. They work two jobs. They work hard, they contribute, just like generations of migrants before, and many of them were born here, as were their parents and their grandparents.

Robodebt settlement a ‘meaningful’ outcome, Shorten says

Bill Shortenthe former NDIS minister, says today’s historic robodebt settlement is “meaningful”.

Speaking with the ABC a short time ago, he said:

I’m not going to pretend that it’s the best outcome. The best outcome is that the law was never broken by the previous government. But as the second best outcome, it is meaningful. I’m not going to pretend everyone is happy. I’m not going to pretend that it captures all the pain and suffering, but it is meaningful.

On a different subject, he said those who marched with neo-Nazis on Sunday had “already lost the argument”.

When you’re marching with Nazis … you’ve already lost the argument.

I don’t like Nazis full stop … and if they’re marching alongside you, then [your message] is going nowhere fast.

Liberal party MPs’ criticism of Dan Andrews continues

The former Victorian premier may have attempted to explain away his controversial attendance at yesterday’s Beijing military parade – see below post – but the criticism continues to roll in.

Speaking on the ABC just now, Senator Dave Sharma said “we need to draw a distinction between Dan Andrews visiting China and then Dan Andrews … attending a military parade in China”:

I’ve got no problems with Dan Andrews making a visit to China. I’ve got no problems with commercial engagement with China. But I think, as Bob Carr himself recognised – and decided not to attend – attending this sort of military parade, which was a show of might, which was clearly … intended to send a strong message to the western alliance system in countries like Australia, which was attended by a whole group of leaders from countries who are basically committed to overturning the order that we seek to preserve: That sends a very bad signal if you’re a former Australian leader of any calibre.

Senator Jane Hume meanwhile told Afternoon Briefing the photo-op was “not a good idea. It’s not a good look. You’re standing beside dictators and despots. This is not great for Australia’s reputation to be standing with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

Why would you consider doing it? I think it’s an extraordinarily appalling lack of judgment on And Andrews’ behalf. And you know, quite frankly, I cannot understand why the prime minister hasn’t condemned him.

And Andrews: ‘A constructive relationship with China is in Australia’s national interest’

Former Victorian premier And Andrews has responded to widespread criticism over his high-profile attendance at yesterday’s massive military parade in Beijing.

In a statement, he said:

I was invited to Beijing for the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan in World War II. I’ve said for years that a constructive relationship with China – our largest trading partner – is in Australia’s national interest and hundreds of thousands of Australian jobs depend on it. That hasn’t changed.

It was a chance to meet and engage with regional leaders – like former New Zealand Prime Ministers John Key and Helen ClarkMalaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and of course Chinese President Xi. We also shared in an official photograph.

And just so there’s no confusion – I have condemned Putin and his illegal war in Ukraine from day one. That’s why he banned me from Russia last year.

Further, my support for Israel and Australia’s Jewish community has been outspoken and unwavering, and I unequivocally condemn Iran for its attacks on Australia, Israel and elsewhere around the world.

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Jacqui Lambie tells neo-Nazi protesters ‘You probably need to have a good look at yourself in the mirror’

Jacqui Lambie says social media is influencing a “lot of vulnerable Australians” and needs to be “reined in” after recent anti-immigration rallies.

Speaking on the ABC just now, the senator said:

If you want to go and support neo-Nazis, then that is absolutely shocking, and you probably need to have a good look at yourself in the mirror and probably get off social media and stop reading the misinformation and disinformation.

She said “social media companies need to be reined in. They need to be regulated. And nobody seems to have the courage up here to do that.”

She continued:

I think that right now, there is a lot of vulnerable Australians out there. The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer, and that that makes them all vulnerable … and they are looking for something to belong to.

The High Court will not hear an appeal by Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smithending a seven-year challenge of news reports that labelled him a war criminal.

The former special forces soldier had appealed his 2023 Federal Court loss after he sued Nine Newspapers for defamation over reports claiming he was complicit in the murder of four unarmed civilians in Afghanistan, Aap reports.

Roberts-Smith disputed Justice Anthony Besanko’s findings that the allegations were substantially true, arguing that was not backed up by sufficient evidence for such serious claims.

On Thursday, Australia’s highest court refused the former soldier’s application to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal ruling.

It came on the same day the recipient of Australia’s highest two military honours – the Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry – was ordered to pay a lump sum of Nine’s legal costs for the unsuccessful Federal Court appeal.

Rip Curl owner flags store closures

The owner of major brands including Kathmandu and Rip Curl will close 21 stores as part of an overhaul of the business amid weak sales and a depressed share price.

KMD Brands told shareholders today the changes were part of a $25m “cost reset program”, referring to cost cuts. The company, which has a global network of stores, did not disclose the location of the outlets it intends to close.

Shares in the listed company are down more than 50% over the past year amid a challenging time for many retailers facing strong competition from online retailers.

The KMD chairman, David Kirksaid:

We believe KMD Brands is materially undervalued by the market.

Over the last 18 months we have deliberately made significant executive team changes to enhance the core capabilities of the group.

KMD owns and licences hundreds of stores around the world, selling its well-known surf and hiking products. It also owns footwear brand Oboz.

Bill Shorten: Robodebt settlement closes ‘dark and shameful chapter’

The former Labor minister and University of Canberra vice-chancellor, Bill Shortensays the robodebt class action settlement “closes a dark and shameful chapter in Australian public administration”.

In a statement, Shorten said the outcome was “historic”. He continued:

While no court process can erase the pain inflicted, it does offer long-overdue recognition for the hundreds of thousands of Australians who were unfairly targeted, harmed and demonised.

Along with Gordon Legal when we started the class action in 2019, I said that Robodebt was unlawful, unjust, and unconscionable … Today’s outcome shows that those warnings were right – and that governments must never again put expedience ahead of justice.

Governments of all persuasions must commit to never again outsourcing morality to machines or allowing administrative convenience to override human rights.

He said the University of Canberra was home to many students, staff, and alumni whose lives were touched by the policy.

I want them to know that their experiences matter, that they have been heard, and that institutions must learn from these mistakes … Accountability is not optional – it is the cornerstone of trust in government.

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Asylum Seeker Resource Centre criticises ‘Trump-style’ deportation laws

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says the government’s Nauru bill is “Trump-style” and “sends a devastating message” to migrant and refugee communities across Australia.

In a statement, the organisation said the bill removed the most basic legal safeguard – the right to fairness – from deportation decisions and validated “flawed decisions of the past”.

In a statement, Kon karapanagiotidisCEO of the ASRC said:

This bill is a racist attack on migrants that drags us back to the darkest days of the White Australia policy. In a week when neo-Nazis are marching in our streets, the Albanese government and the Coalition have revived a racist agenda we thought had been consigned to history. The recent election told us that Australians have rejected this kind of race-baiting and dog whistling, and the decision to revive this kind of politics is an enormous betrayal of our multicultural communities.

JANA FAVEROdeputy CEO of the ASRC, said the government “should be ashamed”:

The threat of deportation is now real for thousands of people. People who have Australian citizen family members, including children. This would cause permanent family separation. They should be ashamed.

Thank you for guiding us through QT and beyond, Caitlin Cassidy. I’ll be with you for the remainder of the day’s breaking news – let’s get going.

Question time winds up

There is a dixer on strengthening Medicare, and then question time concludes for the day, before a dig from the prime minister.

Mr Speaker, having had questions from this side about cost of living, wages, economic growth, Aukus, social cohesion, robodebt, social security and Medicare, I ask that further questions be placed on notice and I suggest to those opposite that they go touch grass during the break and get in touch with what Australians are concerned about.

Le questions net zero and Joyce interrupts

A question from the independent member for Fowler, Come on theis interrupted by Barnaby Joyce who is accused of making an unparliamentary remark.

Le quizzes Labor over its promise that energy bills would go down, and whether it “isn’t true that your government’s approach to net zero is leaving almost zero dollars in the pockets of families and small businesses and how exactly will the household battery rebate help them?”

The minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowenbegins to answer, saying it is a “lie” that the cheaper home batteries policy hasn’t been of benefit to her electorate.

Le objects on a question of “relevance and I think professionalism as well”.

These are question to the prime minister … please address the question.

The independent member for Curtin, Kate Chaneyraises a point of order over “the member for New England is breaching standing order 90 by … the things he was saying which I don’t want to repeat in front of the children upstairs here”.

The speaker, Milton Dicksaid he didn’t hear due to the noise but warns Joyce over standing orders and asks Bowen to remain directly relevant.

There is yet another question on Daniel Andrews

This one is from manager of opposition business, Alex Hawkeon whether Andrews has complied with the requirements of the foreign influence register scheme.

This time the question is addressed to Michelle Rowland.

If only Andrews were in the room! But as we know, he is elsewhere.

Her answer is “exactly as the prime minister said”.

Every person is required to comply with the law as it stands.

Rowland says record robodebt compensation settlement ‘reflects the harm caused’ by policies of former government

The next dixer again goes to the attorney general on robodebt.

Earlier today, lawyer Peter Gordon said the fact the settlement was reached was an indication that the federal government “knew that the result in court was going to be even worse than the massive amount that they’ve paid out today”.

Michelle Rowland says the royal commission findings were “damning”, that robodebt was “cruel, neither fair or legal and a costly fail of administration in both human and economic terms”.

The robodebt scheme destroyed lives. The Albanese government has been left to clean up this shameful mess left by those opposite and that’s exactly what we’re doing.

We have made significant progress in implementing the recommendations of the robodebt royal commission and today the government has agreed to settle the matter which would see the commonwealth pay $475m in compensation. This would be the largest class-action settlement in Australian history, the size of which reflects the harm caused to vulnerable Australians by the policies of the former government.

The independent member for Curtin, Kate Chaneyasks the attorney general whether Labor will support her bill to criminalise AI tools designed to create child sexual abuse material.

Frontline police are being overwhelmed by the increasing scale and depravity of child sexual abuse driven by AI tools … The government has a crackdown [on] nude apps which is a part[ial solution]. We need action.

Michelle Rowland says some of the technology is “of great concern” and is particularly harmful for young people. She says Chaney’s bill will be given “due consideration” by the government.

This is precisely the reason why this government, in the last term, brought forward the statutory review of the online safety act by a year … we have announced that we will take steps in relation to these apps which have no place …

When we consider criminal sanctions, they of course require careful consideration and discussion between states and territories, and I can confirm to the member that this has been openly discussed at the first meeting of the standing Council of Attorneys General which met only a couple of weeks ago.

Coalition continues pressure over Andrews

The prime minister is again questioned on former premier Daniel Andrews’ ties to the Chinese Communist Party – this time by the member for Herbert, Phillip Thompson.

The re is dispute over the framing of the question, which initially asked whether Anthony Albanese was aware Andrews hadn’t disclosed his engagement on the foreign influence transparency scheme register if he would “immediately write to his close personal friend and former flatmate seeking his immediate compliance with the register”.

Thompson removes his reference to Andrews being a “close personal friend” and “former flatmate” of the PM.

Albanese says “everyone should comply with the law”.

It’s as simple as that. Everyone should comply with the law … This is a rather bizarre question that they’re going down.

Aly says Labor stands with Indian Australians ‘as we always have’

The minister for small business and multicultural affairs, Anne Alyuses a dixer on social cohesion to indirectly call out Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for her comments on Wednesday – which she has since walked back – that federal Labor was promoting migration by specific ethnic groups, including Indians, to grow its electoral support.

As long as we treat people with gritted-teeth tolerance instead of mutual respect, our social cohesion will remain fragile.

Over this week I have spoken to members of our Indian diaspora, and they’ve told me that they did not feel safe and they did not feel secure after the rallies that we saw on Sunday. And they’ve also told me that comments by some political leaders have exacerbated their fear and shattered their sense of security.

I want to say to Indian Australians, this is our message. You do not have to justify your belonging in this country … We stand with you as we always have.

When the immigration of Lebanese Australians was described as a mistake, that was wrong. When the African Australian community were unfairly stereotyped, that was wrong. When the Chinese Australian community were accused of being spies, that was wrong. And the scapegoating of Indian communities designed to undermine their sense of safety and belonging is wrong.

Bowen declares ‘we will have regard to the science’ in setting 2035 emissions reduction goal

The independent member for Bradfield Nicolette Boele asks a question of the climate change and energy minister. Action on climate change was a large part of Boele’s campaign to narrowly unseat the Coalition from Bradfield.

We need an emissions reduction goal [to] go high says the science, that’s your role. Will the government have ambition [and] take a 75% position or side with the sellers of coal?

Chris Bowen says the Climate Change Act requires the government to receive the advice of the Climate Change Authority before setting a target, which he will take into account for Australia’s 2035 goal.

It’s a matter of law. The law also requires the Climate Change Authority to have regard to the best available scientific knowledge … I must take account of that advice in setting the targets. And I am also able to take into account other factors such as the economic impact and the social impact of the target we set …

We will have regard to the science as we’re required to under the law and frankly as we are required to morally.