Marles reiterates Australia not supplying weapons to Israel
Richard Marles also repeated the government’s position that “we are not supplying weapons to Israel”.
He was asked by host David Speers if the government would block the sale of armoured steel and F-35 components to Israel. Marles said:
Let’s be clear we don’t supply weapons to Israel.
We’re an F-35 country and we have been that for a couple of decades. That is a multi-lateral arrangement with supply chains that are organised by Lockheed Martin in the United States and have multiple supplies in respect of all of those supply chains. So really that is a very different question. We are a part of that process.
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Footage shows near-misses on NSW light rail network
The Minns government has released footage of near-misses on the NSW light rail network.
The transport minister John Graham said the CCTV footage from onboard light rail vehicles in Sydney, the Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta and Newcastle showed the vulnerability of pedestrians, bike riders and people on mobility scooters around trams.
A light rail tram on George Street, Sydney. Photograph: Andrew Merry/Getty Images
The government urged passengers and pedestrians to prioritise their safety by staying alert, putting down phones, not rushing and observing road rules and signs. Motorists were reminded that, unless signed otherwise, U-turns were not permitted at traffic lights and “illegally turning across light rail tracks puts everyone at risk”.
The vision includes footage of cars and bikes crossing in the path of trams, which Graham said could have easily ended in injury or worse:
These moments are hard to watch because in some cases there is just centimetres or milliseconds from the result being so much worse.
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Updated at 02.12 CEST
Marles is asked a final question about tax reform in the context of the Albanese government’s forthcoming productivity roundtable.
He says “the tax policies that we have are what we took to the election but we need to be lifting productivity in this country”.
“And over the longer-term, we need to have a clear eye as to how best to do that. We’re not seeking to constrain the ideas that are put forward at the roundtable next week.”
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Updated at 01.43 CEST
Marles reiterates Australia not supplying weapons to Israel
Richard Marles also repeated the government’s position that “we are not supplying weapons to Israel”.
He was asked by host David Speers if the government would block the sale of armoured steel and F-35 components to Israel. Marles said:
Let’s be clear we don’t supply weapons to Israel.
We’re an F-35 country and we have been that for a couple of decades. That is a multi-lateral arrangement with supply chains that are organised by Lockheed Martin in the United States and have multiple supplies in respect of all of those supply chains. So really that is a very different question. We are a part of that process.
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Updated at 01.38 CEST
More on Insiders, Marles is asked if he is concerned that any attempt by Israel to take control of Gaza City would be a violation of international law.
Marles says the government is “opposed to this decision and we urge Israel not to take this step” and “we need to see an end to hostilities and we need to see that now”.
We have got a humanitarian catastrophe playing out in Gaza. We need to see humanitarian assistance flow to the people in Gaza and we obviously need to see a return of the hostages from Hamas that are being held in Gaza and a return of those hostages to their families in Israel.
He says the government is “worried” about whether Israel occupying Gaza City would represent a breach of international law, “but our fundamental point here is that food and aid being prevented is a breach of international law”.
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Updated at 01.36 CEST
‘No role for Hamas’ in future Palestinian state, Marles says
The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, is appearing on the ABC’s Insiders. He is asked if he agrees with statements by US secretary of state Marco Rubio that announcements by countries including France to recognise a Palestinian state had “encouraged Hamas to abandon ceasefire talks”.
Marles said:
If you support a two-state solution, what that means is that you support the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people to a state but also you understand that the only enduring pathway to peace is to have two states living side by side with each’s security mutually assured.
Asked the same question again, he adds:
I think recognition is a separate question … it is important to talk about the factors that are part of recognition and we have articulated as we have discussed this question that there can be no role for Hamas in a future Palestinian state.
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Updated at 01.36 CEST
Australia will make its own decisions on Palestinian statehood, says Albanese
Tom McIlroy
Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, have discussed the Middle East war and Israel’s plans to take control of more of Gaza in coming days.
The PM said Australia would make its own decisions about recognising Palestinian statehood, likely ahead of the United Nations general assembly in New York next month.
On Saturday, the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, joined with ministers from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany to issue a new statement condemning the plans and warning the moves risk breaching international law and putting the lives of hostages and civilians in renewed danger.
Albanese said there were no immediate plans for additional sanctions on Israeli government figures but Australia took the suffering in Gaza very seriously.
We called for an immediate ceasefire. We called for the release of hostages and we called for the unimpeded entry of aid into Gaza,” he said in Arrowtown on Sunday morning.
We have a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding there. And the idea that it can just be continued is completely unacceptable.
Anthony Albanese with the New Zealand prime minister, Christopher Luxon in Queenstown, New Zealand. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 01.17 CEST
Zelenskyy must be included in Trump-Putin talks, says Albanese
Tom McIlroy
Anthony Albanese says Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be a party to Donald Trump’s upcoming ceasefire talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
The two leaders are set to talk about the invasion of Ukraine in Alaska this week. Trump has flagged “swapping of territories” between both sides but is unclear if the Ukrainian leader will be invited to attend.
Speaking during his visit to New Zealand on Sunday, the prime minister said Ukraine must be included in any discussion about the war. He said:
We must remember that it is Russia and Vladimir Putin who is the aggressor here, who has breached international law, who has engaged in an illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine, who has taken action, which has resulted in death and destruction in Ukraine.
And Vladimir Putin can end all this tomorrow. He can just withdraw behind his boundaries of Russia.
It’s also had a huge impact, of course, on the global economy. It’s one of the factors that fed into global inflation that had consequences on supermarket shelves right around the world.
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Updated at 01.20 CEST
Tasmanian premier signals ‘orderly exit’ from greyhound racing
The end of Tasmanian government support for the greyhound racing industry would coincide with the end of the current funding deed.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff said on Sunday:
It’s time to draw a line in the sand and ensure an orderly exit from greyhound racing in Tasmania.
He acknowledged the news would be “extremely disappointing” for many in the greyhound industry, but said it had become increasingly clear it didn’t align with community expectations.
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Updated at 01.07 CEST
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It’s Lisa Cox with you to bring you up to speed as we start the day.
AAP is reporting that the Tasmanian Liberals would phase out funding for greyhound racing by 2029 – effectively ending the sport in the state – in a bid to secure the support of crossbenchers in minority government.
The Tasmanian premier, Jeremy Rockliff, who is looking to shore up the support of progressive independents, said the time had come to make a call on the future of greyhound racing in the state.
The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, will appear on the ABC’s Insiders this morning, while Anthony Albanese has been meeting his counterpart, Christopher Luxon, in New Zealand.
We will bring you all the latest as it happens.
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