ALP national executive suspends CFMEU affiliations
The ALP national executive have unanimously agreed to suspend the CFMEU construction division’s affiliation to ALP branches in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
In a statement, ALP national secretary Paul Erickson said the action had been taken because the alleged conduct of a number of officials and delegates within the division had not been in the interest of union members.
The suspension will remain in place “until further notice”. It means that the branches of the CFMEU that have been suspended will be excluded from all rights ordinarily afforded to an affiliated union under Labor’s national constitution and the rules of ALP state branches.
The ALP will not levy or accept any affiliation fees from this division for the period of the suspension, and no political donations from them will be accepted. Erickson said:
The number one job of any union and its officials is to look after its members. The reported behaviour is the complete opposite of this.
The National Executive has taken note of the general manager of the Fair Work Commission’s statement that, among other things, he is seeking advice about making an application to place the branches of the CFMEU into administration.
The ALP National Executive will consider extending the suspension of affiliation to other branches of the construction division should they be placed into administration.
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This follows a quarterly meeting of the ministers in Brisbane today. In the joint letter, the ministers said:
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As the nation’s agriculture ministers, we have a duty to protect and grow the industry we represent in our respective jurisdictions.
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We have serious concerns that this duty would be compromised by the federal opposition’s proposal for nuclear power in and around prime agricultural land.
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The statement said an estimated 11,955 farms are situated within 80km of the seven nuclear reactors the federal opposition has proposed as part of its energy policy. The ministers said opposition leader Peter Dutton must “urgently explain” whether these farmers would have to follow extensive actions that farmers in the US near nuclear reactors have to undertake (we had more details on this earlier in the blog here).
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The ministers said Dutton also had to explain how he would manage competing demands for water resources in these locations. They also expressed concern about the “risk to food production in the event of a nuclear leak or accident.”
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The federal opposition’s plans for nuclear energy have raised significant questions affecting our farmers and rural communities. The opposition owes it to them to answer these questions.
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Signatories include Watt, Mark Furner, Tara Moriarty, Rebecca Vassarotti, Jackie Jarvis, Clare Scriven, Mark Monaghan, and Michaela Settle.
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Queensland has become the latest state to set a record for electricity demand, as a cold front makes its way across the country.
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Victoria broke a 17-year record for maximum winter electricity demand on Monday, with the tally reaching 8,612 megawatts at 6pm according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.
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Yesterday, Queensland also broke its record for maximum winter electricity demand at 8,728 megawatts, up 12 megawatts from the previous record on 4 July, 2022.
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At the time of record demand, generation consisted of 65.1% black coal, 25.9% gas, 4.2% hydro, 2.5% wind, 0.7% batteries and 1.6% imported electricity.
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Yesterday, Queensland hit a new winter maximum operational demand record (8,728 MW), up 12 MW from the previous record (4 July 2022).
At the time, generation consisted of black coal 65.1%, gas 25.9%, hydro 4.2%, wind 2.5%, batteries 0.7% & imported electricity 1.6%. pic.twitter.com/E2HtmxjMlW
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The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has condemned the “unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians” as a result of Israel’s actions throughout the past week, including many near schools.
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In a series of posts to X, Wong wrote:
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Australia condemns the unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians as a result of Israel’s operations in this last week, including many near schools.
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This must stop. Australia has been calling for a ceasefire for eight months. We call on parties to immediately agree to President Biden’s UNSC endorsed ceasefire proposal.
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Civilians, including women and children, are caught in the middle. They must be protected. Hostages must be released and humanitarian access must be increased.
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At least 60 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, health officials have said, including in an attack on a school sheltering displaced people and another on an Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone”. You can read the full report from Bethan McKernan below:
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The ALP national executive have unanimously agreed to suspend the CFMEU construction division’s affiliation to ALP branches in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
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In a statement, ALP national secretary Paul Erickson said the action had been taken because the alleged conduct of a number of officials and delegates within the division had not been in the interest of union members.
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The suspension will remain in place “until further notice”. It means that the branches of the CFMEU that have been suspended will be excluded from all rights ordinarily afforded to an affiliated union under Labor’s national constitution and the rules of ALP state branches.
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The ALP will not levy or accept any affiliation fees from this division for the period of the suspension, and no political donations from them will be accepted. Erickson said:
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The number one job of any union and its officials is to look after its members. The reported behaviour is the complete opposite of this.
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The National Executive has taken note of the general manager of the Fair Work Commission’s statement that, among other things, he is seeking advice about making an application to place the branches of the CFMEU into administration.
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The ALP National Executive will consider extending the suspension of affiliation to other branches of the construction division should they be placed into administration.
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Australia’s jobless rate rose to 4.1% as the economy added more than 50,000 jobs.
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The unemployment rate in June was a seasonally adjusted 4.1%, the ABS has just reported. That rate compared with the 4.1% rate economists had expected.
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The economy also added 50,100 jobs, compared with the economists’ estimate it would have added 20,000 roles.
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More soon.
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The secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Sally McManus, spoke with ABC RN earlier this morning about the allegations against the CFMEU.
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Responding to accusations that her union was previously aware of allegations against the CFMEU, McManus said “we had no idea of the alleged infiltration by criminal elements” and added:
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How come [the media] needed a nine-month investigation? How come the police haven’t been talking about this? How come [you’re] expecting that we would know that, when the people with all of the resources – all of the resources – weren’t saying it?
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It’s one thing for people to say, ‘oh, we knew it’ or this or that, or ‘why didn’t they go to the police’? That’s what I would say: if we had known, if we had of known there were [alleged] criminal elements in that union, that’s exactly what we would have done. And now that we do, we will fight it.
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Young people are digital natives and for many that means that social media is already part of their worlds. Unfortunately, for too many young people that time on platforms has led to harm. It is clear that social media platforms need a lot of change to improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
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However, the proposal that the age of accessing social media be increased from 13 to 16 simplifies what is a very complex issue. And, it ignores the fact that many young people are using social media to access things like mental health support, to build their identities and as a source of connection … What we don’t want to see are solutions that lead to unintended harms.
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Eighteen organisations have released a joint statement on the need for climate and energy policy certainty.
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Signed by the likes of the Clean Energy Council, National Farmers’ Federation and WWF-Australia, the group reinforced the need for “a certain, credible and consistent policy framework” for business, industry investors, as well as consumers, farmers, local communities and workers.
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The statement said a “credible and consistent energy framework” is “essential” to attract finance at the lowest cost of capital and ensure all sectors can plan, resource and deliver a “just and timely transition to net zero emissions”.
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Australia’s existing national emissions and energy targets for 2030 are critical foundations for the investments we need to deliver reliable, affordable and clean energy. Achieving them and the deeper targets that must follow on the road to net zero will take further and sustained effort.
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Planning for our energy future needs to be evidence-based, transparent, and founded in wide consultation. It must deliver a cost-efficient, practical and equitable response that suits Australia’s context and meets our immediate and longer-term energy needs. And it has to be resilient to a changing climate.
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Signatories also include the Ai Group, Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Council of Social Service, Australian Energy Council, Energy Efficiency Council, Property Council of Australia and the Smart Energy Council.
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Labor’s national executive is deciding whether it will continue taking donations from the embattled CFMEU’s construction division after state branches and the peak union body suspended links, AAP reports.
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The national executive was set to meet today and would be “dealing with this in a fairly firm fashion”, the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, said.
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Burke said “a number of state branches have already done so,” but wouldn’t preempt whether the executive would cut ties or refuse future donations.
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The division between their role and the role of ministers is important.
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While not wishing to breach that separation either, Bill Shorten told the ABC’s 7.30 program he fully expected the executive “to make sure there’s no more donations received from the CFMEU until their house is cleaned”.
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Good morning, and welcome back to the Australia news live blog. I’m Emily Wind and I’ll be taking you through our rolling coverage today.
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Making news this morning: AAP reports that Labor’s national executive is deciding whether it will continue taking donations from the embattled CFMEU’s construction division, after state branches and the peak union body suspended links.
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The national executive is set to meet today and would be “dealing with this in a fairly firm fashion”, the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, said. He noted “a number of state branches have already done so,” but wouldn’t preempt whether the executive would cut ties or refuse future donations. More on this shortly.
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Meanwhile, 18 organisations have released a joint statement on the need for climate and energy policy certainty. Signed by the likes of the Clean Energy Council, National Farmers’ Federation and WWF-Australia, the statement reiterates business and community support for 2030 climate targets and states:
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Australia’s agriculture ministers sign joint statement of concern over nuclear reactors
The federal agriculture minister Murray Watt – along with his state counterparts in Queensland, NSW, the ACT, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia – have issued a joint statement expressing “serious concerns” about the impact of nuclear reactors on Australian agriculture.
This follows a quarterly meeting of the ministers in Brisbane today. In the joint letter, the ministers said:
As the nation’s agriculture ministers, we have a duty to protect and grow the industry we represent in our respective jurisdictions.
We have serious concerns that this duty would be compromised by the federal opposition’s proposal for nuclear power in and around prime agricultural land.
The statement said an estimated 11,955 farms are situated within 80km of the seven nuclear reactors the federal opposition has proposed as part of its energy policy. The ministers said opposition leader Peter Dutton must “urgently explain” whether these farmers would have to follow extensive actions that farmers in the US near nuclear reactors have to undertake (we had more details on this earlier in the blog here).
The ministers said Dutton also had to explain how he would manage competing demands for water resources in these locations. They also expressed concern about the “risk to food production in the event of a nuclear leak or accident.”
The federal opposition’s plans for nuclear energy have raised significant questions affecting our farmers and rural communities. The opposition owes it to them to answer these questions.
Signatories include Watt, Mark Furner, Tara Moriarty, Rebecca Vassarotti, Jackie Jarvis, Clare Scriven, Mark Monaghan, and Michaela Settle.
72% of Melburnians support building rail line to Melbourne airport: survey
Earlier, we flagged news that more than a third of Melburnians feel their quality of life has worsened over the past 12 months, according to the committee for Melbourne and Ipsos’s living in Melbourne 2024 report.
Some more details on the survey via AAP: almost three out of four people (72%) supported building a rail line to Melbourne airport, the highest approval of any key project polled.
The contentious Suburban Rail Loop (58%) and budget blowout-plagued North East Link (50%) fared much worse.
Senior government minister Mary-Anne Thomas suggested the government had a mandate to deliver the projects when asked about the survey.
“There have been two much larger and more significant polls undertaken in 2018 and 2022,” she told reporters, referencing the state elections.
We went to the people of Victorian with our plans to deliver the Suburban Rail Loop.
Blizzard conditions forecast for NSW alpine regions from tomorrow evening
A severe weather warning has been issued for damaging winds across alpine regions of New South Wales from tomorrow evening.
The Bureau of Meteorology says a strengthening northwesterly flow ahead of a cold front will bring “vigorous winds and blizzards” to the alpine region tomorrow evening, which are expected to ease on Saturday afternoon.
For alpine regions above 1,900 metres, damaging winds averaging 80-90km/h with peak gusts around 125km/h – along with blizzard conditions – are likely.
The NSW national parks and wildlife service recommends that back country travel be postponed until conditions improve.
Locations which may be affected include Mount Ginini, Perisher Valley, Charlotte Pass and Thredbo Top Station.
⚠️Severe Weather Warning has been issued for damaging winds developing across the alpine region later on Friday. It will become very windy across southern NSW on Friday and eastern parts on Saturday. Monitor for updates at https://t.co/aSN3kzTYQP 🌬️ pic.twitter.com/5QP7bHZFcb
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) July 18, 2024
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⚠️Severe Weather Warning has been issued for damaging winds developing across the alpine region later on Friday. It will become very windy across southern NSW on Friday and eastern parts on Saturday. Monitor for updates at https://t.co/aSN3kzTYQP 🌬️ pic.twitter.com/5QP7bHZFcb
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) July 18, 2024
Albanese asked about Fortescue job cuts
Anthony Albanese was asked what Fortescue job cuts, announced yesterday, mean for the government’s energy plan.
He responded:
Our energy plan is on track. We want to make sure that we deliver the clean energy that Australia needs and that when coal fired power stations close, as they’ve announced their closure, there isn’t a gap in the energy security that Australia needs. That’s why we need a real plan that’s fully costed, and that’s being rolled out with the certainty being provided for investment.
Albanese fields questions about CFMEU at doorstop interview
The prime minister has denied his government was slow to respond to allegations against the CFMEU during a doorstop interview earlier this morning.
Taking questions from reporters, Anthony Albanese responded: “There’s no delay whatsoever. We have had very swift action.”
As for why the CFMEU should not be deregistered, Albanese responded:
Deregistration would result in the union still being able to operate but without being regulated properly … What we need to make sure is that we get this right and take tough action, not just tough rhetoric with no action, which is what we saw from the former government.
Queensland sets new record for electricity demand amid cold snap
Queensland has become the latest state to set a record for electricity demand, as a cold front makes its way across the country.
Victoria broke a 17-year record for maximum winter electricity demand on Monday, with the tally reaching 8,612 megawatts at 6pm according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Yesterday, Queensland also broke its record for maximum winter electricity demand at 8,728 megawatts, up 12 megawatts from the previous record on 4 July, 2022.
At the time of record demand, generation consisted of 65.1% black coal, 25.9% gas, 4.2% hydro, 2.5% wind, 0.7% batteries and 1.6% imported electricity.
Yesterday, Queensland hit a new winter maximum operational demand record (8,728 MW), up 12 MW from the previous record (4 July 2022).
At the time, generation consisted of black coal 65.1%, gas 25.9%, hydro 4.2%, wind 2.5%, batteries 0.7% & imported electricity 1.6%. pic.twitter.com/E2HtmxjMlW
— AEMO (@AEMO_Energy) July 18, 2024
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Yesterday, Queensland hit a new winter maximum operational demand record (8,728 MW), up 12 MW from the previous record (4 July 2022).
At the time, generation consisted of black coal 65.1%, gas 25.9%, hydro 4.2%, wind 2.5%, batteries 0.7% & imported electricity 1.6%. pic.twitter.com/E2HtmxjMlW
— AEMO (@AEMO_Energy) July 18, 2024
Australia condemns ‘unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians as a result of Israel’s operations in this last week’, Penny Wong says
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has condemned the “unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians” as a result of Israel’s actions throughout the past week, including many near schools.
In a series of posts to X, Wong wrote:
Australia condemns the unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians as a result of Israel’s operations in this last week, including many near schools.
This must stop. Australia has been calling for a ceasefire for eight months. We call on parties to immediately agree to President Biden’s UNSC endorsed ceasefire proposal.
Civilians, including women and children, are caught in the middle. They must be protected. Hostages must be released and humanitarian access must be increased.
At least 60 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, health officials have said, including in an attack on a school sheltering displaced people and another on an Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone”. You can read the full report from Bethan McKernan below:
Uber Eats warns customers about scam circulating via WhatsApp
Uber Eats has warned customers about a scam circulating on WhatsApp, seeming to offer rewards and promotions.
In an email to customers, Uber Eats said scammers are claiming to be from Uber Eats and inviting recipients to join a promotional team, offering rewards for liking or bookmarking merchant stores.
Please be aware that these messages are not sent by Uber Eats.
If you receive these messages, we strongly advise you not to engage with it, share personal or financial information, or click on any links. Remember, we will never ask you to provide your password.
ALP national executive suspends CFMEU affiliations
The ALP national executive have unanimously agreed to suspend the CFMEU construction division’s affiliation to ALP branches in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
In a statement, ALP national secretary Paul Erickson said the action had been taken because the alleged conduct of a number of officials and delegates within the division had not been in the interest of union members.
The suspension will remain in place “until further notice”. It means that the branches of the CFMEU that have been suspended will be excluded from all rights ordinarily afforded to an affiliated union under Labor’s national constitution and the rules of ALP state branches.
The ALP will not levy or accept any affiliation fees from this division for the period of the suspension, and no political donations from them will be accepted. Erickson said:
The number one job of any union and its officials is to look after its members. The reported behaviour is the complete opposite of this.
The National Executive has taken note of the general manager of the Fair Work Commission’s statement that, among other things, he is seeking advice about making an application to place the branches of the CFMEU into administration.
The ALP National Executive will consider extending the suspension of affiliation to other branches of the construction division should they be placed into administration.
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