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Peter Dutton has insisted he is not racist after the independent MP Zali Steggall defended calling the opposition leader so in parliament and accused him of fuelling division with his political attacks over visa holders from Gaza. As the war of words escalated, Dutton rejected Steggall’s assertion and claimed the member for Warringah is the divisive one.
“I’m not a racist, and I’m not going to be standing here as a punching bag for people like Zali Steggall,” Dutton told Nine’s Today Show on Friday.
Meanwhile, on Seven’s Sunrise, the education minister, Jason Clare, echoed Steggall’s allegations. “This is what he’s done all his life – just attack migrants, whether it’s Chinese, Indian, New Zealanders or now the Palestinians,” Clare said. “He’s basically Pauline Hanson without the personality.”
Newsroom edition: the media is in crisis, gambling ads are not the answer – Full Story podcast
This week the Labor government is facing criticism for its proposal to put a cap on gambling advertising despite most people supporting an outright ban. But why water down legislation that holds such high community support? According to Bill Shorten, because the future of free-to-air TV depends on it.
Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and deputy editor Patrick Keneally about the crisis in the media, and why we should be looking for answers outside the gambling industry.
“Dutton’s sweeping edict, ‘no one from Gaza’, echoes the Coalition’s consistently dehumanising rhetoric,” – Samiha Olwan
Olwan’s mother-in-law was one of four – out of 22 – family members who arrived in Australia from Gaza last November after being approved to travel through Rafah by Dfat. She wrote for Guardian Australia describing what her family has faced trying to try to get their remaining family members in Gaza to Australia, saying Dutton’s comments “affirm a longstanding political position and attitude towards Palestinian refugees from Gaza”.
In the 12 months to June 2023, more than 112,000 NSW children were identified of being at risk of significant harm and referred to Department of Communities and Justice offices. Only one in four received a home-based safety assessment; the other 84,000 had their cases closed. The NSW auditor general found the DCJ did not follow up with any of these children and does not know what happened to them.
Pets provide solace, support and sometimes unconditional love. Yet, when they die, much of our grief remains unspoken.
Zoe Williams, recalling her own loss, writes pet grief is objectively, indisputably real, and explores why this great open secret – that losing an animal is enormously hard – is so often minimised.
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