‘Crossed the line’: PM says some protests at MPs’ offices ‘need to be called out’
Albanese is requested about election-related violence right here, in gentle of protests at MPs’ electorate offices. He says such issues can escalate, that a few of the protests have “crossed the line”, and they “need to be called out unequivocally and opposed”.
He is requested if the Australian federal police will attain out to MPs, and he says they’ll put in place acceptable measures. And he says it will be a “tragedy” if politicians had to cease going round in public out of worry for his or her security:
One of the issues that I discover about our nice democracy is the nice privilege … of having the ability to chat with individuals who aren’t anticipating to see you. You get a unique degree of suggestions, as a result of it’s very actual. It’s not staged for the cameras. You get to interact.
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AAP studies that Diabetes Australia Group says a funding increase of $200 million is required to subsidise know-how for diabetics who can’t afford doubtlessly life-saving gadgets which assist monitor and take care of the continual illness.
The group has printed a report with financial modelling that implies the funding would assist practically 40,000 individuals with kind 1 and kind 2 diabetes.
Over the subsequent 4 years, the group says, the commonwealth funds ought to embody $130 million to increase entry to subsidised insulin pumps and $70m for subsidised steady glucose monitoring gadgets for these with kind 2 diabetes.
Cases of the continual illness are on the rise as a 32% improve has been recorded in the decade since 2013, impacting 5 per cent of Australians (roughly 1.5 million individuals), in accordance to the authorities.
The charity’s chief govt, Justine Cain, says the funding is required as diabetes know-how is just too costly for some Australians:
There are so many Australians battling the rising value of residing, which are lacking out on life altering and doubtlessly lifesaving diabetes know-how.
The fund would additionally have financial benefits, she mentioned.
If we are able to cut back the quantity of people that develop diabetes associated issues like stroke, coronary heart assault, blindness and kidney illness – we may cut back the financial burden on our well being system by billions of {dollars} every year.
The analysis comes after the federal authorities printed a report on 3 July about the state of diabetes, following a year-long inquiry by the standing committee on well being, aged care and sport.
One of the 23 suggestions aimed at strengthening the response to diabetes and weight problems was increasing subsidised entry to insulin pumps for all Australians with Type 1 diabetes.
Two our bodies present in Melbourne’s Maribyrnong River
AAP studies that the our bodies of a person and a girl have been present in a serious river in internal Melbourne. Police are attempting to decide if the deaths are linked or suspicious.
A passerby found the man’s physique in the Maribyrnong River close to Saltriver Place in Footscray, shut to the Footscray Wharf, at 9am on Sunday.
About 90 minutes later, one other member of the public discovered the girl’s physique close by, in the water at Smithfield Road in Flemington. Police mentioned in a press release:
Police are investigating to decide whether or not the deaths are suspicious and whether or not there are any hyperlinks between the pair.
Neither physique has been recognized.
Investigators have appealed for anybody with info or footage from the space to come ahead.
For anybody in need of some gentle reduction at the moment, right here’s Sian Cain’s cracking 10 Chaotic Questions with Michelle Visage:
From Australia’s ambassador to the US (and former prime minister), Kevin Rudd:
Here’s AAP on industrial relations minister Tony Burke’s feedback earlier on the building union:
Hefty fines to apply to unsafe lithium-ion batteries underneath NSW authorities proposal
AAP studies that New South Wales is proposing new requirements for lithium-ion batteries in an try to fight “the fastest growing cause of fires”.
The batteries utilized in e-bikes and e-scooters triggered 90 fires in the state in 2022 and 2023, with higher testing and certification to be required.
Products that don’t meet the new requirements may be hit with $825,000 fines for companies and $82,500 for people.
NSW Fair Trading can be working a shopper schooling marketing campaign, displaying unsafe charging practices and different methods which are contributing to the surge in fires.
Fair Trading minister Anoulack Chanthivong says the rise in lithium-ion battery fires was “alarming” and requires swift motion from the authorities.
“The reality is devices like e-bikes are here to stay … imposing higher standards means that consumers will have access to the products they want with the confidence that they’re safe,” he mentioned.
“As the popularity of lithium-ion batteries grows, we can’t afford to let them continue to go unregulated in our community … failing to act poses a huge risk to lives and property in NSW.”
Infant method a ‘milk myth that needs to be busted’
AAP studies that there are calls to scrap advertising pointers for toddler formulation:
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) desires the voluntary, self-regulated business settlement on the advertising of method to be eliminated as a result of it doesn’t cowl drinks for kids between 12 months and three years. AMA president, Prof Steve Robson, mentioned:
We need to scrap this voluntary code and exchange it with the evidence-based finest follow code.
Toddler milks are pointless, unhealthy and deceptively marketed as helpful – they’re a milk delusion that wants to be busted.
Instead, the AMA suggests the introduction of a legislated, obligatory code overlaying kids up to the age of three, consistent with the World Health Organization’s worldwide guidelines that covers formulation for kids up to three.
The name for stricter advertising guidelines is in response to a session on the extension of the Manufacturers and Importers (MAIF) Agreement for 5 extra years.
A request was lodged by the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) which is the physique for the main producers and ingredient suppliers of toddler method and toddler milk and responses at the moment are being heard.
The Australian College of Midwives additionally says the guidelines overlaying child method will not be match for function.
The group’s submission to the session says that the authorities ought to introduce obligatory laws and penalties ought to be launched for non-compliance.
‘Crossed the line’: PM says some protests at MPs’ offices ‘need to be called out’
Albanese is requested about election-related violence right here, in gentle of protests at MPs’ electorate offices. He says such issues can escalate, that a few of the protests have “crossed the line”, and they “need to be called out unequivocally and opposed”.
He is requested if the Australian federal police will attain out to MPs, and he says they’ll put in place acceptable measures. And he says it will be a “tragedy” if politicians had to cease going round in public out of worry for his or her security:
One of the issues that I discover about our nice democracy is the nice privilege … of having the ability to chat with individuals who aren’t anticipating to see you. You get a unique degree of suggestions, as a result of it’s very actual. It’s not staged for the cameras. You get to interact.
PM urges individuals search out credible news sources
Albanese says he was involved earlier than this morning’s occasions about the need for respectful political discourse and “conflict fatigue”. And he urges everybody to “exercise caution when reading unverified reports of the events” and to search out credible news sources:
We all need to be on guard in opposition to these searching for to use misinformation to create division and this can be a time for unity. It’s a time for calm.
PM flags ‘lessons to be learned’ on safety from Trump rally capturing
Albanese is requested about any potential modifications to safety processes right here, and he says safety businesses will look at the occasions:
There is a substantial amount of cooperation, as Five Eyes companions, between Australia and the United States and I’m positive there’ll be classes to be discovered.
I say once more although, we should decrease temperature of debate. There is nothing to be served by a few of the escalation of rhetoric that we see in a few of our political debate … it’s a phenomenon not distinctive to the United States. We ought to be ready to have political dialogue and do it respectfully, and that’s actually vital.
PM on Trump rally capturing: ‘An inexcusable attack under the democratic values that Australians and Americans share’
Albanese says these at the rally have been “all participating in the democratic process” and labels the capturing “inexcusable”:
In Australia, as in the United States, the essence and the function of our democracy is that we are able to categorical our views, debate our disagreements and resolve our variations peacefully. We achieve this with respect for one another and in the spirit of a shared love of our nation. Any act of violence is an affront to that and should be condemned unequivocally.
This was an inexcusable assault underneath the democratic values that Australians and Americans share and the freedom that we treasure. These values are ones that unite our two international locations. It is the foundation of our alliance … all Australians stand with our buddies in the United States at this tough time.
‘Shocked’: PM on Trump assassination try
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is talking from Parliament House in Canberra, and says he’s “shocked” by this morning’s occasions:
Along with all Australians, I used to be shocked by the horrible scenes at former president Trump’s marketing campaign occasion in Pennsylvania.
I’m relieved by the news that the former president is protected and doing positive and I want him and his household nicely. I applaud the swift work of US safety businesses. I’m additionally saddened by studies {that a} member of the viewers has misplaced their life, and different attendees have been injured and I ship my condolences on behalf of Australia to their family members at this time of grief.
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‘Violence has no place in society’: Dutton on Trump rally capturing
The opposition chief, Peter Dutton, has commented on the capturing at the Trump marketing campaign rally. He mentioned “violence has no place in society”, and:
I ship my finest needs to former president Trump after this stunning try on his life. It is a reduction to see his assertion, and I want him a speedy restoration.
Dutton is in the US, after attending the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in Washington DC. His workplace mentioned final week he would be in the US till Tuesday, taking three days private go away after the management discussion board.
I ship my finest needs to former President Trump after this stunning try on his life. It is a reduction to see his assertion, and I want him a speedy restoration.
My ideas and prayers are for the spectator killed and others damage.
Violence has no place in society.
— Peter Dutton (@PeterDutton_MP) July 14, 2024
Teen lifeless after automobile crash in NSW
A crash has left one teenager lifeless and one other combating for all times, AAP studies, as a search is underneath manner for 2 lacking passengers after an allegedly stolen automobile crashed on the NSW south coast.
The automobile hit an influence pole at an intersection in Woodstock, close to Ulladulla, at 6.45am on Sunday.
Police mentioned the lifeless boy, whose age has not been revealed, was driving at the time of the crash.
Paramedics handled him at the scene however he was unable to be revived.
Another male teenager was airlifted to Sydney kids’s hospital at Randwick in a important situation.
Officers have been informed two different passengers fled the crash scene and police are attempting to find them.
Against the law scene has been arrange at the intersection as police examine the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Anyone with details about what occurred or related dashcam footage has been requested to contact investigators.
From former prime minister Tony Abbott to the former president:
Shocked by at the moment’s news. It’s by no means proper to strive to settle a political argument with a gun. After the capturing of Donald Trump, everybody ought to keep in mind that in a steady democracy the issues that unite us are at all times extra vital than something that divides us. Meanwhile, thank…
— Tony Abbott (@HonTonyAbbott) July 14, 2024
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Travelling vet nurses to the rescue – gallery
These photos! Beauty and heartbreak with the individuals who look after sick, injured and orphaned native animals:
Cars set on fireplace in NSW
Eight autos have been set on fireplace in the Hunter in the early hours of this morning. NSW police are interesting for public assist after emergency companies have been called to Brentwood Street, Muswellbrook. Police mentioned in a press release:
All autos have been destroyed in the fireplace nonetheless, there have been no studies of accidents, and no constructions have been broken.
The fireplace is being handled as suspicious and police are interesting for anybody with info or related dashcam imaginative and prescient to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
