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Following Lidia Thorpe’s motion on the alleged attempted bombing at the Invasion Day rally in Perth, and call to condemn racism against First Nations people, the Greens senator David Shoebridge tries to suspend standing orders to move a motion to push the government to rescind the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog’s invitation to Australia.

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Anthony Albanese has defended the decision to invite Herzog, despite much protest, including from rank-and-file Labor members.

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Shoebridge says:

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What the hell is Labor doing inviting someone like that to Australia … Next week this government is going to be providing the red carpet for a man who incited genocide.

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History will judge this moment, it will judge whether we stood on the right side, or whether we chose pandering to the US and its ally Israel over justice … this invitation is immoral, it’s wrong and it’s time we said so.

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The shadow foreign minister, Michaelia Cash, says the opposition won’t support that motion.

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Another day, another stunt in the lives of the Australian Greens at the expense of being able to actually move on legislation that does need to be debated in this place.

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Australia’s relationship with Israel should not be used as a prop, as it is being, for parliamentary theatrics.

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The government also won’t support the motion.

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Liberal chief whip, Aaron Violi, stands up next, and says “there is a lot of hubris in the House”.

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He also accuses the government of trying to dodge scrutiny and transparency, and says question time needs to be a time for the opposition to be able to hold the government to account.

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Violi accuses the Labor caucus of not being able to stand up to its leaders, and points to the lack of action on gambling reform.

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It is crucial that the opposition be able to hold this bad government to account, because there is no one within that caucus that will hold the government to account … gambling reform, let’s talk about the Murphy report, the member for Bennelong is prepared to put a few statements out there publicly about the importance of gambling reform …

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The member for Macarthur has said that if it went to a conscience vote, the Murphy report and gambling reform would pass this House, that’s the words of the member for Macarthur, do you need better evidence and proof of why you need an opposition with the ability to hold the government to account?

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David Littleproud has confirmed he’s received a written offer from the Liberal party. You can read about that offer here:

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The Nationals leader has just released a statement saying that his party will take its time to consider the details of the offer.

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The Nationals are united in our endeavours to reset the Coalition, but we won’t be providing updates on any negotiations through the media.

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The negotiations are ongoing and we will always be constructive and act in good faith.

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Littleproud says it’s important that the party takes the time to “get the settings right”.

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Google has said Australian users identified as being under 18 will have their accounts restricted from this week, after an expansion of the age assurance rollout from the US last year to Australia, Singapore and Brazil this week.

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In a blog post on Monday, Google said:

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These measures are designed to recognise users who are either over or under 18, so that we can provide age-appropriate experiences for those under 18. This is just one part of our broader commitment to keeping Australians safe online.

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Under the changes announced last year, Google is using AI to determine the ages of user accounts by looking at the types of information a user searches for or videos they’ve watched on YouTube.

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Google is already estimating ages of Australian users on YouTube under the social media ban for under 16s based on age of the Google account and other signals, but this will expand the age checking, and for accounts under 18, users will have personalised advertising disabled, and Google Play will not allow minors access to adult apps.

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The three National senators who defied the shadow cabinet to oppose Labor’s hate speech laws would be forced to sit on the backbench for six months under Sussan Ley’s offer to the Nationals to reunite the Coalition.

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Ley briefed Liberal MPs on the terms of a potential peace deal with the Nationals after talks with David Littleproud on Monday night.

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The opposition leader did not face a snap leadership spill at Tuesday’s meeting as conservative rival Angus Taylor bides his time before mounting a challenge.

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Ley and Littleproud met on Monday night but could not reach an agreement on reforming the Coalition after last month’s split, meaning the two parties will sit separately when parliament resumes later on Tuesday.

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Guardian Australia has confirmed that under Ley’s offer to Littleproud the three senators would not be able to rejoin the shadow cabinet for six months.

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The suspension expires in July 2026.

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The Nationals would be able to choose which of their MPs replaced the suspended trio in the shadow cabinet.

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Under the deal, both parties would adhere to shadow cabinet solidarity and neither party would have the ability to overturn a decision made by shadow cabinet.

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The Liberals also want to regain the assistant Treasury portfolio, which was handed to the Nationals after the 2025 federal election.

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The skills portfolio could be offered in exchange.

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The Nationals party room is meeting on Tuesday morning to consider the offer.

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Leaving the federal parliament for a moment, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, says he expects protest restrictions to be in place for a visit by Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, next week, as NSW police meet today to decide whether to extend a declaration effectively banning marches through Sydney’s CBD, potentially impacting planned pro-Palestine rallies.

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Last month police narrowed the area covered, allowing Invasion Day rallies to go ahead, although it could be re-extended to cover a wider area for Herzog’s visit between 8 and 12 February. The Palestine Action Group has planned a rally as part of a “national day of protest” on Monday at Sydney’s Town Hall, which is currently covered by the declaration, although it is not yet known if the group plans to march.

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The group is part of a constitutional challenge to legislation rushed through parliament following the Bondi attack that gives the police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, the power to prevent the authorisation of public assemblies for up to 90 days following a terrorist attack, meaning protesters are not legally protected for offences such as blocking traffic or pedestrians.

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The decision must be given final approval by the police minister, but Lanyon and the premier have insisted the process is independent from government influence. Today Minns says he had “a lot of meetings” with Lanyon in relation to Herzog’s visit, but denies he has sought to influence the decision.

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There’s a need to protect both the president as an invited guest to Australia and also regular Australians as they go about their jobs and their lives in Sydney next week. And we want to make sure that we’re balancing those protections in the next seven days. It’s not going to be straightforward, but you can expect restrictions to be a place, I would assume …

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I’ll let [NSW police] make the determination, but I just think that a reasonable person could look at the circumstances and say, we just can’t have a riot in Sydney, you’re gonna have a lot of people that are mourning a horrible terrorist event on 14 December.

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The government has released the Thriving Kids Advisory Group report, which has proposed a model of care for the program which will aim to move children with low to moderate support needs across from the ballooning NDIS.

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After agreement at national cabinet, the government has promised to commit $2bn with the states and territories to also commit $2bn. The program will be aimed at children under the age of nine with developmental delay and/or autism, with low to moderate support needs.

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The advisory group’s proposed model will have key principles which will aim to identify children with developmental delay as early as possible, connect children and families with supports, offer evidence based supports that are child and family centred, deliver supports across “everyday settings”, ensure supports are empowering and acknowledge that children’s needs can change over time.

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The health minister, Mark Butler, is speaking to reporters in parliament:

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The thing people have complained most about the operation of the NDIS for this cohort is the time it takes to get a diagnosis, the need for a formal diagnosis, which can take years to access and cost thousands of dollars before parents are given any support for their children. This will be easy to access. It won’t require a formal diagnosis and those supports, importantly, will be child and family centred, they will be available where children and their parents live and learn and play.

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Butler says the commonwealth will negotiate bilateral agreements with the states and territories and will aim to see the money flow to them from 20 February.

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As we flagged earlier this morning, the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, is holding a press conference at parliament this morning to announce a plan to allow GPs to diagnose and prescribe medication for ADHD.

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She says the announcement forms part of her determination to find “new ways to support families”.

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It follows a speech to Labor MPs yesterday, in which Allan tested out a new pre-election slogan around “new solutions” to the pressures of modern family life.

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The premier told reporters this morning:

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This will save families time and money – and, in today’s world, time and money is precious for families, particularly when the cost-of-living pressures that are really real. We’re always looking at ways to support families.

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We know that there is such a thing as over-diagnosis, there are risks associated with medication, but we also believe that’s not a reason to withhold services and so we have to find the right balance. That’s what we’re trying to do here. This is a correction that needs to take place and we believe that in working together and collaborating, both at the training level but also at the service delivery level, ensuring patients get access to specialist care when they need it.

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Stem research must stop being viewed as a cost to the public purse and instead as an investment in Australia’s future economic security and resilience. Every dollar invested in R&D returns $3-5 to the economy.

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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe will introduce a motion into the Senate to condemn the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth last month.

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Thorpe tells RN Breakfast there have been “double standards” in the response to the alleged attempt, and that her motion will try to “achieve some solidarity” in the parliament and recognise some of the trauma caused.

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Thorpe says the response from the government has been “very poor” and accuses the prime minister of not coming out “on his own” to condemn the act.

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To have a homemade fragmentation bomb packed with screws and ball bearings [allegedly] thrown into a crowd of families and the nation falls silent, I think, is an absolute double standard and disrespectful to all of those families that are still traumatised and reeling in the hurt that this one lone man [allegedly] created for many people.

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It also highlights racism and hate directed at First Peoples in this country, that it’s real and that it’s rising. I’ve never seen it so bad in my 52 years. So we’re under attack all the time. It seems to be normalised.

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It wasn’t until the prime minister was asked at a press conference about this act of violence that he responded. He did not come out on his own to condemn the violence. And it’s all kind of been watered down compared to, as I said earlier, other acts of violence.

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David Littleproud has been slowly tempering his language around a possible return to the Coalition, after he first said that his party would not serve under Sussan Ley.

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Speaking to the Today show this morning, he says he and his party will be “adults” and consider whether there is a pathway to return.

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No, I said we couldn’t work with Sussan unless our three [senators] were reinstated.

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We’re going to be adults, we’re going to be considered and deliberations as a room, and we’ll hopefully get to a juncture where we can get back.

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Littleproud is also not a fan of the comparison between the Liberals and Nationals fight to the reality TV show Married at First Sight (MAFS), which the prime minister made yesterday. The Nationals leader says:

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Anthony Albanese can make those jibes. The reality is this is serious business. We didn’t do it lightly. Our party room [took a] principled position.

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The government has announced cheaper loans for some Hyundai and Kia EVs this morning, to incentivise the vehicles and help drive down emissions (pun intended).

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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $60m to partner with the two vehicle brands that would give eligible customers between 0.5% and 1% on their finance rate. The government says it could save an EV user with a $70,000 loan, $1900 in interest costs over five years.

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The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, said eligible cars include fully electric vehicles under the luxury car tax threshold:

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Transport is one of our biggest sources of emissions, and electric vehicles are a key way we cut pollution while saving people money.

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Meanwhile, the government is reviewing its current EV tax incentive policy, which exempts EV drivers from paying fringe benefits tax, through a novated lease under certain conditions. The fringe benefits tax break can save EV users tens of thousands of dollars over several years but costs the budget billions – leading the productivity commission to recommend scrapping it.

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Liberal politicians have joked they need “divine intervention” at a church service before parliament resumes today.

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Federal parliamentarians are attending the ecumenical service, before sitting begins later. Media doorstopped most of the MPs on their way in, with reporters asking what they were praying for, whether they needed “forgiveness”, and whether they prayed for a Coalition reunion.

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Liberal MP and shadow minister Scott Buchholz, pointing at the church, joked: “that’s where we need divine intervention”.

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Other Coalition MPs laughed and shrugged off similar questions when asked. Nationals MP Anne Webster, asked if she’d pray for the Coalition reuniting, said “absolutely”.

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Liberal MP and shadow minister Andrew Wallace, asked about leadership issues, said: “Sussan Ley has the support of the party room, and she absolutely has my support.”

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Journalists also fired questions at Ley on her way in but she replied “can’t be late for church”.

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We’ll expect to hear from Ley and Anthony Albanese on their way out of the church later.

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With the Coalition parties still split, the Liberals will get fewer questions in parliament’s question time today. We’re told that with the diminished Liberals sitting on their own and the Nationals now on the crossbench, the official opposition and the crossbenchers will get the same number of questions – likely five each.

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The opposition would normally get more questions than the crossbench.

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The Labor minister and leader of the house, Tony Burke, poked fun at the issue as the question time arrangement was confirmed by the government:

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It had never occurred to me that, when Barnaby Joyce went to the crossbench, that the entire National party would move to the crossbench with him.

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The crossbench is now as big as the opposition, so the arrangements for question time will be changed to reflect that.

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Sussan Ley is expected to avoid a snap challenge from rival Angus Taylor when Liberal MPs meet face-to-face for the first time since the Coalition split plunged the opposition leader’s position into jeopardy.

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After Ley held talks with the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, on Monday night in the first step towards a potential reunion, Liberal MPs will meet at 9am for their usual party room meeting at the start of two weeks of sittings in Canberra.

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The meeting is expected to be highly charged after almost a fortnight of intense speculation about Ley’s leadership following the split with the Nationals over Labor’s hate speech laws.

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Liberal MPs believe it is only a matter of time before Taylor challenges Ley, after Andrew Hastie’s decision to rule himself out left the shadow defence minister as the only right faction contender.

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Liberal MPs across the factions do not expect a motion to spill the leadership will be moved at the meeting, although many concede the situation is highly unpredictable.

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Ley and her allies are desperate to shift the spotlight from the Coalition’s internal chaos to the performance of the Albanese government, especially with the Reserve Bank widely tipped to lift interest rates on Tuesday.

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Multiple sources said there would likely be only one or two voters separating Ley and Taylor if a vote was held today.

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Taylor is bound to support Ley as a member of the shadow cabinet, meaning he would need to quit the frontbench in order to move – or even support – a spill motion.

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Senior rightwingers Jonathon Duniam and James Paterson, who were present at secret leadership talks between Hastie and Taylor in Melbourne last week, also remain in the shadow cabinet.

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Krishani Dhanji here with you for the first official sitting week of the year – honestly it feels like the politics has just not stopped over summer.

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There’s a few big things happening today, including the Reserve Bank’s interest rate decision, and we’ll see the Liberals and Nationals operating as separate entities in parliament for the first time as well. The two parties will also hold their own meetings this morning, where Sussan Ley is expected to avoid a leadership challenge (more on that in a moment).

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The government is announcing discounted loans for some Hyundai and Kia electric vehicles to incentivise the EV market.

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And the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has been punted the media rounds for the government today (and will no doubt say that he won’t forecast what the RBA will do) but there will be plenty of talking heads throughout the day.

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I’ve got my coffee, I hope you’ve got one too, let’s get started.

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