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A triumphant Pauline Hanson<\/strong> has accused the major parties of \u201cdisregarding and disrespecting voters\u201d for too long after One Nation\u2019s win in the Farrer byelection.<\/p>\n Speaking on Sky News, Hanson said:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s not just a win for One Nation or Pauline Hanson \u2013 that\u2019s not the big picture here. What I\u2019m looking at is the win for Australia. We are now taking on the major political parties. (They) have been so arrogant for too long, disregarding, disrespecting, taking the voters out there for granted and knowing that they run this country into the ground. I want my country back. I want to bring back prosperity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hanson conducted the interview on the airport tarmac before boarding her new, Gina Rinehart<\/strong>-gifted, plane back to Queensland.<\/p>\n The One Nation<\/a> leader praised the mining magnate as a proud and patriotic Australian while hitting out at her \u201cbitter\u201d critics.<\/p>\n double quotation markThese bitter people \u2026 tall poppy syndrome. Well, get over it people. I don\u2019t ask for anything, but gee, when I got that backing from other people, I really appreciate it. So thank you very much, Mrs Rinehart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.54 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Rock fisher dies after being swept off rock NSW Central Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n A rock fisher has died after he was swept off rocks on NSW\u2019s Central Coast yesterday.<\/p>\n In a statement today, NSW police said emergency services were called about 1.20pm on Saturday to Frazer Park, after reports a rock fisher had been swept into the water.<\/p>\n The body of a 41-year-old man was recovered from the surf by helicopter. It is believed he was wearing a flotation device when he was struck by a wave.<\/p>\n Police said he was with two other men when the incident occurred. One of the men, who entered the water in an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve him, was rescued by a passing vessel and is uninjured.<\/p>\n Investigations are under way. A report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.20 EDT<\/p>\n Climbers, rescuers winched out of NSW mountain range after falling rock causes head injury<\/strong><\/p>\n Two climbers and their rescuers have been winched to safety out of the Warrumbungles mountain range in north-central NSW, after one was hit on the head by a falling rock on Saturday.<\/p>\n The climbers from Victoria were about 150m up Cornerstone Rib<\/a>, when one \u2013 a 61-year-old man \u2013 was hit by the rock and suffered cuts and a suspected concussion.<\/p>\n His climbing partner managed to reach the ledge and activated an emergency beacon about 1pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n A helicopter dropped police rescue officers and two critical care paramedics at the top of the bluff, and the climbers were brought to the top and treated.<\/p>\n The climbers and their rescuers remained there overnight before being winched out by a rescue helicopter about 8am on Sunday.<\/p>\n Officers from police rescue and two critical care paramedics were winched to the top of the Bluff by PolAir, the NSW police aviation command, and the climbers were brought up and treated.<\/p>\n The injured man was taken to hospital in Coonabarabran, where he is in a stable condition.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.02 EDT<\/p>\n Australian-born Labour MP threatens to challenge Starmer for UK leadership<\/p>\n Taking a brief break from examining fissures in Australian politics<\/a>, an Australian-born British Labour MP has said she will seek to trigger a leadership contest against the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Catherine West<\/strong> grew up in Sydney and Darwin, but moved to the UK more than 20 years ago. She is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet and a former junior Foreign Office minister.<\/p>\n Catherine West. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal\/Alamy Stock Photo\/Alamy Live News.<\/p>\n On Saturday, West said that if no cabinet minister would seek to remove the prime minister, she would seek the necessary signatures herself to trigger a leadership contest.<\/p>\n West told the BBC\u2019s PM programme:<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m putting people on notice \u2013 if I don\u2019t hear by Monday morning of some leadership hopefuls, I will be asking everybody in the parliamentary Labour party to put a name against my name, because we need to get this ball rolling.<\/p>\n But my preferred option is for the cabinet to do a reshuffle within itself, where there\u2019s plenty of talent and for Keir to be given a different role, which he might enjoy, perhaps an international role, and then for others to come to the fore, who can communicate the message, who are very able, so we can have minimum fuss.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.41 EDT<\/p>\n Hanson says major parties disregarded and disrespected voters A triumphant Pauline Hanson<\/strong> has accused the major parties of \u201cdisregarding and disrespecting voters\u201d for too long after One Nation\u2019s win in the Farrer byelection.<\/p>\n Speaking on Sky News, Hanson said:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s not just a win for One Nation or Pauline Hanson \u2013 that\u2019s not the big picture here. What I\u2019m looking at is the win for Australia. We are now taking on the major political parties. (They) have been so arrogant for too long, disregarding, disrespecting, taking the voters out there for granted and knowing that they run this country into the ground. I want my country back. I want to bring back prosperity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hanson conducted the interview on the airport tarmac before boarding her new, Gina Rinehart<\/strong>-gifted, plane back to Queensland.<\/p>\n The One Nation<\/a> leader praised the mining magnate as a proud and patriotic Australian while hitting out at her \u201cbitter\u201d critics.<\/p>\n double quotation markThese bitter people \u2026 tall poppy syndrome. Well, get over it people. I don\u2019t ask for anything, but gee, when I got that backing from other people, I really appreciate it. So thank you very much, Mrs Rinehart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.54 EDT<\/p>\n Wilson says decision to form minority government with One Nation<\/a> \u2018up to the Australian people\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Speers asks, for the record, if Wilson is open to forming a minority government with One Nation MPs.<\/p>\n Wilson:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt all comes down to what Australians put up. I want to stop the Albanese government from continuing to wreck Australia.<\/p>\n My objective is to make sure the Liberal party is in a position to govern as strongly as possible. We traditionally form a coalition with the National party, but it\u2019s up to the Australian people to decide who they want to vote for.<\/p>\n But I can tell you quite clearly my objective is to make sure Liberals beat One Nation candidates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.02 EDT<\/p>\n Wilson says Liberals’ Farrer preference deal ‘delivered’ result for One Nation<\/p>\n David Speers<\/strong> asks Tim Wilson<\/strong> directly: was the preference deal the right call, or the wrong call?<\/p>\n Wilson responds:<\/p>\n double quotation markWell it was a call that was made, and it\u2019s obviously one that has, you know, delivered a result.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.55 EDT<\/p>\n Wilson concedes Liberal preferences helped legitimise One Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n Wilson is asked about his 2019 comments that One Nation and its \u201cdespicable acolytes\u201d should be put last on Liberal how-to-votes.<\/p>\n He says there are plenty of people fighting for that \u201clast position\u201d on the ballot paper these days.<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s not just One Nation any more. I wish it were that simple, but it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll make these decisions on what puts us in the best position to defeat the government, to be in a position to win seats. Politics is zero-sum. Somebody wins, somebody loses, and I want to make sure Liberal candidates are elected.<\/p>\n But we do that by being our best and not by providing pathways to anyone else, including the teals, including Labor, including the Greens, and of course that includes One Nation too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Asked whether the decision by the Liberals to direct preferences to One Nation in Farrer \u201cadds to their credibility\u201d and legitimacy. Wilson says there\u2019s \u201cno point pretending otherwise\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markWhen you win seats it obviously gives them an opportunity and platform. That comes also with risks. So they\u2019re there now and the performance of One Nation will be hinged on David Farley and, of course, the defector Barnaby Joyce. How they perform now will obviously inform how Australians see them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.42 EDT<\/p>\n Wilson promises Coalition will be \u2018very clear\u2019 on migration<\/strong><\/p>\n Wilson is asked about comments made by the opposition leader, Angus Taylor,<\/strong> after the byelection that hinted at a rightward shift toward \u201cending mass migration\u201d and stopping net zero policies.<\/p>\n Wilson says we have to \u201coutline what we\u2019re opposed to, but most importantly, we have to define what we\u2019re for\u201d.<\/p>\n Insiders host David Speers <\/strong>asks if that is clear.<\/p>\n double quotation markI can assure you in the coming weeks we\u2019re going to make it very clear what we\u2019re for. Australians need to know that we\u2019re in favour of families, community, small business and self-starters. <\/p>\n My focus on migration is how we make sure we get new Australians integrated successfully.<\/p>\n One of the reasons Australians have become very nervous about migration is they feel that people are coming to Australia and getting the benefits without making the contribution. And I want the best, boldest, most confident new Australians we can have. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.38 EDT<\/p>\n Tim Wilson says Labor MPs will be \u2018nervous\u2019 after Farrer result<\/strong><\/p>\n Wilson says there are \u201ca lot of messages\u201d out of the byelection, including for Labor.<\/p>\n double quotation markThere would be some nervous Labor MPs because what people want to see is change.<\/p>\n One of the most consistent messages is that people want someone who is going to fight for them and their future.<\/p>\n People are going to be very antagonistic towards the government breaking their promises on tax issues ahead of the budget and if they keep behaving like this I expect it\u2019s going to come for them too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.28 EDT<\/p>\n Shadow treasurer: Libs need to be ‘bigger, better, bolder’<\/p>\n The shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson<\/strong>, is speaking on the ABC\u2019s Insiders program.<\/p>\n He says the halving of the Liberal vote is \u201ca serious situation\u201d.<\/p>\n Tim Wilson. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAP<\/p>\n He says the party needs to be \u201cbigger, better, bolder, confident liberals defining the future of our country\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markIt shows there\u2019s a lot of work we\u2019ve got to do and Angus (Taylor)<\/strong> has been very upfront about that. The work needs to keep going on.<\/p>\n We need to outline very clearly a bold and confident idea for the country and where we want to take it.<\/p>\n The idea that the political pendulum just swings between the Coalition and Labor is no longer right.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.31 EDT<\/p>\n Chalmers calls housing tax system \u2018broken\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking earlier on Sky News, the treasurer,\u00a0Jim Chalmers,<\/strong>\u00a0says the housing tax system is \u201cbroken\u201d, \u201cunfair\u201d, and \u201cunacceptable\u201d in his strongest defence yet of the case for breaking a promise not to touch negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.<\/p>\n Changes to the property investor tax concessions are expected to be the centrepiece of the budget that Chalmers hands down on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n The prime minister, Anthony Albanese<\/strong>, and senior ministers repeatedly ruled out future changes to negative gearing and the 50% capital gains tax discount during the 2025 election campaign, which Labor won with a huge majority.<\/p>\n Chalmers said:<\/p>\n double quotation markThe budget on Tuesday night will signal, I think, a year of more ambitious reform which recognises that the status quo in housing and tax is broken, it is unfair, it is unacceptable.<\/p>\n A lot of the work and all of the comments that we have made in the past has reflected that overwhelming focus on [housing] supply, as the prime minister said. But there are additional steps that need to be taken to make the housing market fairer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.21 EDT<\/p>\n Farrer result a ‘bloodbath’: Chalmers The treasurer, Jim Chalmers<\/strong>, says the Farrer byelection result was a \u201cbloodbath\u201d for the Coalition that casts doubt on Angus Taylor\u2019s future as Liberal leader.<\/p>\n Appearing on Sky News ahead of Tuesday night\u2019s budget, Chalmers said:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt wasn\u2019t a byelection, it was a bloodbath for the Coalition. Angus Taylor went big on division and lost really badly. It should come as a surprise to nobody after how badly he failed as shadow treasurer that he\u2019s now failing as leader, and it would surprise me if the clock wasn\u2019t already ticking on his leadership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Chalmers said the result showed the Coalition would need to join forces with One Nation if it wanted to return to government, leaving Labor as the only party left in the \u201csensible centre of Australian politics\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.06 EDT<\/p>\n Chalmers says budget will include $2bn extra for infrastructure<\/p>\n The upcoming federal budget will include an extra $2bn over four years to fund infrastructure, such as roads, water, power and sewerage, that will help build up to 65,000 new homes, the Albanese government announced on Saturday night.<\/p>\n The new funding, to be formally announced on Tuesday, will help finance the completion of housing projects that would otherwise face expensive hurdles. It will be provided to local governments and state utility providers, and a quarter of those funds, about $500m, will be reserved exclusively for regional Australia.<\/p>\n Jim Chalmers. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAP<\/p>\n The Labor government said the extra $2bn brought the total investment in infrastructure to assist housing projects to $6.3bn since the party came into power.<\/p>\n Treasurer Jim Chalmers<\/strong> said in a statement:<\/p>\n double quotation markBuilding more homes is a big focus of this Budget and a big focus of the Albanese Government. \u2026<\/p>\n Right now, it\u2019s too hard for too many Australians to get into their own home and get ahead and that\u2019s why we\u2019re investing in supply. Our housing plan is pro-aspiration and it\u2019s pro-investment.<\/p>\n We\u2019re coming at this housing challenge from every responsible angle, and boosting supply is central to that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.12 EDT<\/p>\n Dfat officials travel to Canary Islands to assist Australian in hantavirus-hit cruise ship<\/p>\n Consular officials with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat)<\/strong> are travelling to Tenerife, the largest of Spain\u2019s Canary Islands, to provide assistance to four Australian citizens and one permanent resident on board the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dfat said it was not aware of any travellers displaying symptoms of the virus, but would help coordinate response efforts with local authorities and partner countries. A spokesperson said:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe are considering options for the safe repatriation of the four Australians and permanent resident. Our priority is the safety of the community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Passengers watch epidemiologists board the MV Hondius in Praia. Photograph: AP<\/p>\n The MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife about midday on Sunday, local time. No passengers are allowed to stay in the country or take commercial flights, but travellers are expected to be repatriated by their respective nations.<\/p>\n The Australian government is working closely with states and territories to prepare for that eventuality, including looking into any necessary quarantine requirements, health monitoring or testing arrangements.<\/p>\n Hantavirus, while serious, has a low transmission rate between humans and officials have maintained that the likelihood of a widespread outbreak comparable to Covid-19 or the flu is very low. The World Health Organization is managing an internationally coordinated response and has assessed the current risk to the global population as low.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.52 EDT<\/p>\n Jane Hume says ‘trust has been lost’ by the Coalition The deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume<\/strong>, has conceded the Coalition has lost the trust of voters after Saturday\u2019s thumping Farrer byelection defeat.<\/p>\n The Liberal primary vote collapsed below 13% as One Nation\u2019s David Farley<\/a> romped home to victory, winning the right-wing populist party\u2019s first-ever lower house seat.<\/p>\n Jane Hume. Photograph: Con Chronis\/AAP<\/p>\n Hume told Sky News:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe always knew it was going to be a tough ask when a retired member, particularly one that has been long serving, more than 20 years, retires, when Labor chooses not to run and there isn\u2019t an anti-establishment push. That\u2019s really what we\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n We need to reflect on what it is that the people of Farrer and right around Australia are telling us that we need to rebuild trust. Trust has been lost by the Coalition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hume pinned the erosion of trust on the two Liberal-National splits and the decision to put all of its policies up for review after the 2025 election.<\/p>\n All of those occurred under Sussan Ley<\/strong>, whose decision to retire from parliament after losing the leadership to Angus Taylor<\/strong> triggered the byelection.<\/p>\n Ley \u2013 who held the southern New South Wales<\/a> seat for 25 years \u2013 issued a pointed statement about Saturday night\u2019s result, which appeared to suggest the Coalition\u2019s position was worse now than when she was ousted in February.<\/p>\n Asked about Ley\u2019s statement on Sunday morning, Hume said:<\/p>\n double quotation markI saw that statement late last night. Sussan, as a long serving member (is) entitled to have their say. It was interesting on the booth, though, no one mentioned Sussan Ley to me, not in pre-poll and not on election day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.57 EDT<\/p>\n Ley: the voters never get it wrong<\/p>\n Here is some more of the statement from Sussan Ley<\/strong>, who resigned as the member for Farrer after she was dumped as opposition leader:<\/p>\n double quotation markServing the people of Farrer for 25 years, having been endorsed by locals at nine elections, was the privilege of my professional life. I know David (Farley)<\/strong> will feel that same sense of honour and responsibility.<\/p>\n Until tonight, at every one of 30 elections since 1949, through difficult and challenging circumstances, it has been held without exception by the Liberal and National parties. It would be an error to reduce both the scale and significance of tonight\u2019s defeat to a Coalition split which occurred months ago, or to misattribute it to the date the vote was held.<\/p>\n I urge the Liberal leadership to accept this result with humility because the voters never get it wrong. On the day the leadership spilled in February, the new leaders said the Liberal Party needed to \u2018change or die\u2019. Three months later, the result in Farrer demonstrates that statement to be far truer today than it ever was then.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Sussan Ley. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.01 EDT<\/p>\n Good morning<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to this Sunday, 10 May.<\/p>\n And welcome, too, to an upturned political order in Australia, after One Nation won its first-ever lower house seat<\/a> at the Farrer byelection.<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson<\/strong> says her rightwing populist party is coming after Coalition and Labor seats around Australia, declaring her supporters want to \u201ctake the country back\u201d after winning an emphatic victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n The result is stunning for a number of reasons: One Nation<\/a> candidate David Farley<\/strong> finished in a two-party contest with independent Michelle Milthorpe<\/strong>. It was a jarring visual for political watchers used to seeing elections as red-v-blue contests.<\/p>\n The loss will further weaken Angus Taylor\u2019s<\/strong> depleted opposition and is the latest evidence of a move away from the traditional forces in Australian politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sussan Ley<\/strong> \u2013 the former opposition leader, whose resignation set the byelection in motion \u2013 has urged the Liberals to accept the result with \u201chumility\u201d, saying \u201cvoters never get it wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n There is a lot to unpick today, and we\u2019ll be bringing you coverage of reactions and news stories as they come in. The shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson<\/strong>, is due to be interviewed on the ABC\u2019s Insiders program shortly.<\/p>\n\n
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