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The Coalition is calling on the government to secure adequate guardrails regulating Artificial Intelligence after the Treasurer announced hopes to use the technology to Labor's advantage.
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27 minutes ago
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Albanese seeks call with Netanyahu as pressure mounts to recognise state of Palestine
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. Benjamin Netanyahu isn't much of a fan of Anthony Albanese. In the grand scheme of things, you doubt either man is losing sleep over that. It's also unlikely to be changing anytime soon, as Australia inches closer to officially recognising a Palestinian state. Netanyahu hasn't been shy in offering his criticism of the Albanese government's handling of antisemitism within Australia in recent years. Albanese too has been increasingly forceful criticising Netanyahu's government's role in blocking humanitarian aid getting to starving children in Gaza. You can only imagine what a call between the two men would be like; you could almost hear Albanese asking: "Bibi, you still there?" That Australia is telegraphing that it wants a call with Netanyahu helps to explain this moment. Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong are getting their ducks in a row. They're telegraphing what's coming and preparing the nation for what will be a historic moment when Australia joins the vast majority of nations in recognising Palestine. This week they were particularly keen to be seen to be responding, announcing another $20 million in humanitarian aid a day after hundreds of thousands of people took part in pro-Palestine protests across the country. They were also keen to push back against backbencher Ed Husic's suggestion that the political class had failed to recognise the deep-seated feeling in "middle Australia" about the plight of Gaza. In recent days, Albanese has spoken with the head of the UN, the French president and the Palestinian Authority leader. In all calls, recognition was discussed and the leaders agreed to meet on the sidelines of a UN meeting next month, where France, Canada and the UK will recognise Palestine. Australia is all but certain to be alongside them. Albanese believes in institutions and conventions. He likely views it as his responsibility to raise Palestinian recognition directly with Netanyahu before making the public commitment. The Coalition insists it should come at the end of the peace process, Labor says recognition delivers peace. Wong goes further and argues there will soon be no Palestine left to recognise if things continue as they are. As Netanyahu plots his next moves, children in Gaza continue to starve, something even Opposition Leader Sussan Ley was willing to recognise this week, having tied herself in knots over it last week. Ultimately, it's a matter for Netanyahu if he takes a call from Australia or not. But call or not, this train is in motion. Albanese is headed to Recognitionville and it's a one-way trip. The only question that remains is the train's ETA. It takes a bold minister to claim any project will be delivered on time and on budget. When it's the defence minister, it takes boldness to new levels. Just look at the basket case that is the Hunter frigate project that Labor inherited. Ordered in 2018, the first of the warships won't be operational until at least 2034, and are likely to cost $7 billion each. That brings us to this week and the announcement that Japan beat Germany to supply 11 warships under a $10 billion defence contract, which came about after a review recommended reducing the number of Hunter frigates Australia intended to buy. While not Hunter level expensive, the Mogami was more expensive that the German option. Defence Minister Richard Marles repeatedly argued the Japanese version, a stealthy frigate with greater firepower and smaller crewing requirements, was the ideal fit for Australia's needs. It's certainly not without risks though. The next generation version that Australia will acquire is yet to be in the water. There are 11 earlier models that are operational and these are around 90 per cent like the ones Australia will get. To mitigate delays, the government has specified that there be no changes to the design. Except there will be translations into English for the combat system, which seems wise. Such was the competition for the contract, Japan allocated vessels from its production line to go to Australia that were otherwise earmarked for its own military. That production schedule gives the government confidence that the first of the ships will arrive in Australia in 2029. Hearing that the first of those ships will be delivered this decade almost induced whiplash. The deal sees Japan construct the first three before production switches to Western Australia for the rest. It could well prove that the greater risk is on Australia's side, with the government recognising the scale of work needed to get the Henderson shipyards ready for the build. If it's not ready in time, Japan seems on board to continue supplying warships to Australia. 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- News.com.au
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