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12 minutes ago
- ABC News
Julie Bishop rejects bullying allegations and Labor abandons the P-word
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. It's one big happy family at the good ship government and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. In interview after interview Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers were jumping out of their skin to tell the world just how aligned they were. We text all the time, they said. We meet in person all they time, they insisted. Don't believe what you read in the newspapers, they cried. Questions arose after the Australian Financial Review reported on Wednesday that the two men had held private talks to agree to rein in public expectations about the artist formerly known as the productivity roundtable. The paper reported any tension was mere "frisson" rather than anything serious but it prompted no shortage of rebuttals. It's been months since Albanese first announced the treasurer would hold a three-day productivity summit in August. In the time since, the rebrandings have been thick and fast, as no shortage of ideas emerge ahead of the what's now being called the three-day economic roundtable (productivity is so yesterday, it seems). There is nothing new about points of tension between prime ministers and treasurers, and there is little to suggest Albanese and Chalmers' relationship is any different to their predecessors. Treasurers have the freedom to be ambitious, while prime ministers tend to be more cautious, acutely aware of public sentiment. That's been on display here. Chalmers has bemoaned the "rule in, rule out" game, encouraging people instead to bring forward their best ideas to boost productivity (or whatever word the government is now using). Albanese, meanwhile, has been very willing to rule out proposals, whether its changes to negative gearing or adopting a four-day work week. When it was first pitched, the government vowed the roundtable wouldn't bear the hallmarks of the first term jobs and skills summit, the announcements from which seemed pre-ordained before the event. Leaked Treasury advice, revealed by the ABC on Thursday, went some way to undermining that thanks to a pre-written list of outcomes for the yet-to-be-held event. The document was prepared for the cabinet. Chalmers insists that it shouldn't be a "big surprise" that briefings had been prepared. But Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, smelling a rat, argued it showed the talks were a "stitch up". Both men say there is low hanging fruit that they hope the economic reform-nee-productivity roundtable can tackle. While it remains to be seen what fruit will be picked next week, one thing that is almost certain is that if you drive an EV, you should expect things are about to get more costly. Labor looks set to use the summit the thrash out road user charging rules to see electric vehicle owners make a greater contribution to road repairs, to help offset falling fuel excise revenue. As for why no one says productivity? Ask people in Labor and they will tell you the word tanks in focus groups. When people hear it, they think it means they need to work harder, even if the ambition is the opposite. Albanese's week started with a highly choreographed event, in which he and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong pledged Australia would recognise Palestine next month. The scale of the moment can't be understated. Decades in the making, Albanese and Wong have spent recent months painstakingly preparing for the pledge, knowing all too well that once said, there'd be no going back. Shame no one told Parliament House's lawn mower, the engine of which roared so loudly that the Albanese and Wong could hardly be heard. Albanese has talked about recognising Palestinian statehood for decades and he seemed acutely aware of the moment. But telling too was how quickly he then donned a hard hat and high-vis vest. He headed to Melbourne on Tuesday to talk about housing and to Brisbane on Wednesday to talk batteries and to attend the Ekka, where he happily ate a famous strawberry sundae (maybe don't look up the pictures of the consumption). While questions about Palestinian recognition might have followed him, the image people saw was that of PM moving throughout the country, signalling his agenda was much bigger than events in the Middle East. Attracting barely a peep from the United States, the Coalition quickly announced it would repeal the recognition if it won the next election, before accusing Labor of emboldening Hamas. Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Michaelia Cash has taken with gusto to adding theatrical flair to her pronunciation of Hamas, so much so it's almost impossible to describe. Pronunciation aside, this is where things start getting confusing. On Wednesday, Nine newspapers published comments attributed to one of Hamas's co-founders, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, praising Albanese's "political courage", comments the Coalition couldn't pounce on quick enough. But then a statement published on Hamas's English and Telegram channels denied the issuing of the statement, insisting Yousef was imprisoned without any means of communication. Awkwardly for Ley, after saying Hamas was "cheering" on the government, when told Hamas had rejected the comments she replied: "I am not responding to comments by Hamas and nor am I taking them seriously." A quick look at former foreign minister Julie Bishop's Instagram profile shows a dizzying post-political career filled with curated images of her travelling the world, speaking at global events and attending glitzy opening nights. The former foreign minister and deputy Liberal leader retired from federal politics in 2019 after failing to replace Malcolm Turnbull as PM. In the years since, she's opened an advisory firm, joined boards and become a special UN envoy on Myanmar. Among her more prestigious appointments was becoming the chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU). For such a high-profile figure, Bishop has been noticeably quiet in the role in recent months as festering tensions at the ANU boil over amid widespread job and funding cuts. Which brings us to this week and a Senate inquiry interrogating the quality of governance at the nation's universities. Appearing on Tuesday, ANU academic Liz Allen used parliamentary privilege to accuse Bishop and other members of the executive of bullying. Allen, a staff-elected member of the ANU council until she quit earlier this year, accused Bishop of being "hostile and arrogant" to staff and suggested the previous vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt had "kept the chancellor's behaviour in check". In highly charged testimony, she spoke of the personal toll she had experienced and accused Bishop of blocking her from leaving a room after berating her. Bishop didn't appear at the hearing but issued a statement to "reject any suggestion" that she had acted in "any way other than with respect, courtesy and civility". Speaking on Wednesday, ACT senator David Pocock said "everyone in the room was really moved" by Allen's testimony and said it highlighted the human toll poor leadership and governance was having at the ANU. He's also called for Bishop to stand aside while the allegations are investigated. For now, neither Bishop nor embattled vice chancellor Genevieve Bell are budging but neither are the calls for their removal.
ABC News
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- ABC News
Environmentalists sound alarm over plan to remove 500 trees next to national park
Environmentalists are raising the alarm over a plan to remove 500 trees from a development adjacent to a national park in Sydney's north-west. Developer ISPT is planning a data centre on an industrial plot of land in North Ryde, which backs onto Lane Cove National Park. The site was cleared in 2009 for a development that never went ahead. About 200 of the trees that have been slated for removal are ones that grew back in the previously cleared area. Local conservationists said many of the other 300 were mature trees that provided hollows for birds and animals. "They take 100 years or more to develop," Friends of Lane Cove National Park president Tony Butteris told 702 ABC Radio Sydney. "They're important because they are right next to the park and it's a habitat corridor. "What we're saying is let's look at it again. You can still get the development there without taking so many trees out." ISPT claims to have been the first property company to become carbon neutral in 2020. A spokesperson for the company said in a statement that it would be offsetting the tree removal by planting 750 new native Australian trees. The company also said it would be providing access walkways and viewing platforms to the national park. "While we are always reluctant to remove existing flora … we will be implementing an offset tree re-planting program," the spokesperson said. The spokesperson said the company was willing to consult with the Friends of Lane Cove National Park to discuss their concerns. However, Mr Butteris said new trees would not have the same value as the old trees on the site. "'Pull them down and plant another sapling over the way' doesn't really do the trick," Mr Butteris said. The data centre has been assessed as a state-significant development by the state's planning department.
News.com.au
12 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Kings Cross's oldest bar snapped up by 28-year-old
Kings Cross's oldest bar has been snapped up by a 28-year-old lawyer and entrepreneur. The 25cm space leased to The Piccolo Bar, which has operated at the foot of the Art Deco Manhattan bulding at 6 Roslyn St, Potts Point for 73 years, is now owned by Ari James, founder of the property portal Million Dollar Listing Sydney. He picked up popular bar, in the past frequented by the likes of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Peter Allen, Gough Whitlam and today's socialites and celebrities, in an off-market deal for circa $740,000. 'I love Potts Point and its little iconic properties,' James said. 'And this is quite a well known place, people in the Cross love it and it was founded in 1952.' Infamous Fadi Ibrahim 'masterpiece' He has no intention of changing things too much, with David Spanton's transformation of the iconic space into an aperitivo bar and diner four years ago a roaring success. Spanton will continue to lease the space. He'd brought in designer Michael Delany, of Honkytonks and The Oxford Taven fame, to reimagine the space, while retaining its charm. James has purchased the freehold from Tina Newton-Carra, niece of the Piccolo Bar's late owner, Vittorio Bianchi, who died at the age of 91 in March. It was the bar's proximity to the Sebel Townhouse, where many celebrities used to stay, that made the bar a magnet for famous people. along with its good coffee. Bianchi was born in a village outside Naples in 1934 but arrived in Sydney by ship when he was just 14. He worked at the Piccolo Bar in the 1960s and eventually bought it in 1994. Its new owner, Ari James, also owns two corner properties in the building, occupied by Fratelli Paradiso.
