Australia news LIVE: Australia is ‘projected shortfall' on climate targets: Kean; Liberal powerbrokers face backlash over ‘assertive women' remarks
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McKenzie, Palaszczuk on 'unity ticket' to slam controversial senior Liberal male figures remarks
By Kayla Olaya
National's senator Bridget McKenzie, and former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk have slammed the comments made by two senior Victorian Liberal men, former party president Alan Stockdale, and former senator Richard Alston, as 'out of touch'.
Stockdale and Alston, who oversee the NSW Liberals since the administration failed to nominate 144 council candidates, told the NSW Liberal Women's Council in a meeting that: 'women are sufficiently assertive now,' and, 'that we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men's involvement'.
'I hope women are assertive as they represent their communities, they fight for the future of their countries, and I think Anastasia and I'll be on a unity ticket on this,' said McKenzie on Today this morning.
'It was in my Senate room where 80 per cent of the senators are women, and they were all in shadow cabinet, and the guys weren't. It was as a shocking comment. I think it's time for Alan to head back to the Melbourne club ... and chat with the old boys about what went wrong.'
Palaszczuk backed the comments made by McKenzie, calling the comments 'out of touch'.
'I can't believe this. I mean, you finally got one step forward for the Liberal Party with Susan Ley being elected, and it's three steps backwards with these comments. These are not appropriate in this day and age,' said Palaszczuk.
'Honestly, the Liberal Party needs a good, hard look at themselves, and especially the men. I mean, there are good women coming through on, through all different political parties, and this guy is out of touch. He's absolutely out of touch. And there's no room for this in today's modern society.'
Australia is 'projected shortfall' on 2030 climate targets: Kean
By Nick O'Malley
Matt Kean, the former NSW treasurer who serves as the chair of the Australian Climate Change Authority, has signalled that the government may fail to reach its goal of sourcing 82 per cent of power from renewables by 2030.
Citing an estimate by Dr Gabrielle Kuiper, an expert on distributed energy resources, he said the nation might fall shy of the target – which is crucial in Australia meeting its emissions reduction targets – by the equivalent of about 10 gigawatts' worth of large-scale solar farms.
'Given we need to add about 6GW a year of solar or wind farms to 2030, such a projected shortfall is sizeable,' he said in the Talbert Oration at the Australian Museum on Wednesday evening.
Kean, who is in the process of preparing advice on what Australia should declare as its 2035 emission reduction commitment under the Paris Agreement, said the target should be ambitious, informed by science and achievable.
He said having lost the argument over the physics and chemistry of climate change he said some politicians would oppose pursuing ambitious goals due to economics.
'To those politicians… I say get out of the way. Stop holding our country back and stop holding your political parties back. Try acting in the national interest, or take the low road to political oblivion.'
Australia could speed up its transition by 'going with the electron flow' said Kean. 'The pace of electrification will determine whether we succeed or fail.'
He said Australia could speed up its efforts via the government's program to support household solar, but also by speeding up approvals for large-scale renewable and transition projects, improving the energy efficiency of our homes and businesses, setting greater reductions targets for industry and by deploying solar on commercial buildings.
'We should be optimistic but resolute and tireless too.'
6.26am
'No one expected this crowd': At least 11 people killed in IPL stampede outside cricket stadium
At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured after a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to enter a cricket stadium in southern India's Karnataka state, authorities said.
The crush happened as tens of thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League, the world's most popular T20 cricket tournament.
Karnataka state's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who only uses one name, said the crowd tried to break one of the stadium's gates and enter to take part in celebrations.
Eleven people were killed and 33 others were injured, Siddaramaiah said, adding that most of the injured were stable and receiving treatment in hospitals.
'At a time of celebration, this unfortunate event should not have happened. We are saddened by this,' he told reporters.
'No one expected this crowd,' he said.
6.22am
What you need to know
Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of today's national news stories. I'm Kayla Olaya, and I'll be with you for the morning.
It's Thursday, June 5.
Here's what's making news this morning:
US President Donald Trump has played down the chances of successful peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war after a phone call with Vladimir Putin, and foreshadowed Russian retaliation to the weekend's surprise Ukrainian attacks on Russian air bases.
Senator Dorinda Cox described Labor as patronising to women and people of colour and claimed the party cared more about its donors than members in her application to run for the Greens in 2020.
Champion former rugby league player Johnathan Thurston and his long-time manager, controversial player agent Sam Ayoub, are embroiled in an explosive lawsuit involving a former employee who has accused Ayoub of serious sexual misconduct and Thurston of allegedly ignoring the behaviour.
Former Liberal party president Alan Stockdale, and former Victorian senator Richard Alston, who oversee the NSW Liberals since the administration failed to nominate 144 council candidates, told the NSW Liberal Women's Council in a meeting that: 'women are sufficiently assertive now,' and, 'that we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men's involvement'.
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How new Greens leader Larissa Waters - who replaced Adam Bandt after he lost his seat - handles the party's relationship with the government will be crucial for the more contentious parts of Labor's legislative program. The usually low-key Waters will be under a lot of pressure. The Greens had a bad election, losing three lower house seats. Now they have lost a senator at the start of Waters' watch. Waters conceded on the Serious Danger podcast in late May that Labor had successfully run the narrative of the Greens as blockers. "So I do think we're going to need to be quite deft in how we handle balance of power in this term, [...] People want us to be constructive. They don't just want us to roll over and tick off on any old shit. They want meaningful reforms." Waters will want to pick her fights carefully, and also find ways of pursuing the Greens' agenda where the party co-operates. 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She emerged from the brief split in the Coalition looking much steadier than Nationals leader David Littleproud, even though she had to persuade her party room to accept the minor party's policy demands. In her frontbench reshuffle, she was willing to wear the inevitable criticism that came with dropping a couple of senior women who had under-performed. As deputy leader, Ley adjusted her style a while before the election, toning down the aggression and sometimes wild attacks, that had characterised her performance earlier in the term. A Liberal source said she found her "line and length". As leader, she will have others, notably deputy Ted O'Brien, to do the head-kicking, giving her room to attempt to develop a positive political persona. Labor leaned into attacking Dutton - never afraid to name him. With Ley, Albanese might adopt the Bob Carr approach of avoiding using his opponent's name. At least until he finds his line and length in dealing with her. Anthony Albanese loves a trophy, especially a human one. He prides himself on his various "captain's pick" candidates - good campaigners he has steered into seats. Way back in the Gillard days, he was key in persuading discontented Liberal Peter Slipper to defect. Slipper became an independent and Labor's speaker. The exercise helped the government's numbers, but the bold play didn't end well for Labor or for Slipper. The government was tarnished, and Slipper, relentlessly pursued by the Coalition and mired in controversy, eventually had to quit the speakership. The affair did produce Julia Gillard's famous misogyny speech, however. Now Albanese has another gee-whiz prize - Western Australian senator Dorinda Cox, who has defected from the Greens. Cox, after being defeated in a bid for Greens deputy leader, approached Labor and the PM drove her course to being accepted into the party. The manoeuvre makes a marginal but insignificant difference to Senate numbers - Labor will still need the Greens to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Taking in Cox is a risk, and some in Labor are looking at it askance. The prime minister's embrace of Cox contradicts Labor's argument when its Western Australian senator Fatima Payman defected to become an independent. It said then hers was a Labor seat and she should therefore resign. But this wouldn't be the first time expediency trumped consistency in politics. Cox, who is Indigenous and was spokeswoman for First Nations and resources in the last parliament, has been a fierce critic of extending the North West Shelf gas project, which the government has just announced. Albanese says he is confident she "understands that being a member of the Labor Party means that she will support positions that are made by the Labor Party". She has also faced allegations of treating staff badly. Labor discounts the claims against her, saying they are overblown and a product of Greens factionalism and toxicity. Certainly, she was given a tough time by the hard-left faction represented by deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi. Labor would be wise to ensure Cox feels supported in her new party home. Albanese perhaps calculates that the worst that can happen is there's a blow up and she defects to the crossbench. Labor could shrug and say, she was never really one of us. Snatching a senator from the Greens is particularly satisfying to Albanese because he hates the party so much. Last term, lower house Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather (defeated at the election) really got under his skin. More generally, the Greens held up important legislation, most notably on housing. In the new Senate, Labor will need only the Greens to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. 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She emerged from the brief split in the Coalition looking much steadier than Nationals leader David Littleproud, even though she had to persuade her party room to accept the minor party's policy demands. In her frontbench reshuffle, she was willing to wear the inevitable criticism that came with dropping a couple of senior women who had under-performed. As deputy leader, Ley adjusted her style a while before the election, toning down the aggression and sometimes wild attacks, that had characterised her performance earlier in the term. A Liberal source said she found her "line and length". As leader, she will have others, notably deputy Ted O'Brien, to do the head-kicking, giving her room to attempt to develop a positive political persona. Labor leaned into attacking Dutton - never afraid to name him. With Ley, Albanese might adopt the Bob Carr approach of avoiding using his opponent's name. At least until he finds his line and length in dealing with her. Anthony Albanese loves a trophy, especially a human one. He prides himself on his various "captain's pick" candidates - good campaigners he has steered into seats. Way back in the Gillard days, he was key in persuading discontented Liberal Peter Slipper to defect. Slipper became an independent and Labor's speaker. The exercise helped the government's numbers, but the bold play didn't end well for Labor or for Slipper. The government was tarnished, and Slipper, relentlessly pursued by the Coalition and mired in controversy, eventually had to quit the speakership. The affair did produce Julia Gillard's famous misogyny speech, however. Now Albanese has another gee-whiz prize - Western Australian senator Dorinda Cox, who has defected from the Greens. Cox, after being defeated in a bid for Greens deputy leader, approached Labor and the PM drove her course to being accepted into the party. The manoeuvre makes a marginal but insignificant difference to Senate numbers - Labor will still need the Greens to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Taking in Cox is a risk, and some in Labor are looking at it askance. The prime minister's embrace of Cox contradicts Labor's argument when its Western Australian senator Fatima Payman defected to become an independent. It said then hers was a Labor seat and she should therefore resign. But this wouldn't be the first time expediency trumped consistency in politics. Cox, who is Indigenous and was spokeswoman for First Nations and resources in the last parliament, has been a fierce critic of extending the North West Shelf gas project, which the government has just announced. Albanese says he is confident she "understands that being a member of the Labor Party means that she will support positions that are made by the Labor Party". She has also faced allegations of treating staff badly. Labor discounts the claims against her, saying they are overblown and a product of Greens factionalism and toxicity. Certainly, she was given a tough time by the hard-left faction represented by deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi. Labor would be wise to ensure Cox feels supported in her new party home. Albanese perhaps calculates that the worst that can happen is there's a blow up and she defects to the crossbench. Labor could shrug and say, she was never really one of us. Snatching a senator from the Greens is particularly satisfying to Albanese because he hates the party so much. Last term, lower house Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather (defeated at the election) really got under his skin. More generally, the Greens held up important legislation, most notably on housing. In the new Senate, Labor will need only the Greens to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. How new Greens leader Larissa Waters - who replaced Adam Bandt after he lost his seat - handles the party's relationship with the government will be crucial for the more contentious parts of Labor's legislative program. The usually low-key Waters will be under a lot of pressure. The Greens had a bad election, losing three lower house seats. Now they have lost a senator at the start of Waters' watch. Waters conceded on the Serious Danger podcast in late May that Labor had successfully run the narrative of the Greens as blockers. "So I do think we're going to need to be quite deft in how we handle balance of power in this term, [...] People want us to be constructive. They don't just want us to roll over and tick off on any old shit. They want meaningful reforms." Waters will want to pick her fights carefully, and also find ways of pursuing the Greens' agenda where the party co-operates. 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She emerged from the brief split in the Coalition looking much steadier than Nationals leader David Littleproud, even though she had to persuade her party room to accept the minor party's policy demands. In her frontbench reshuffle, she was willing to wear the inevitable criticism that came with dropping a couple of senior women who had under-performed. As deputy leader, Ley adjusted her style a while before the election, toning down the aggression and sometimes wild attacks, that had characterised her performance earlier in the term. A Liberal source said she found her "line and length". As leader, she will have others, notably deputy Ted O'Brien, to do the head-kicking, giving her room to attempt to develop a positive political persona. Labor leaned into attacking Dutton - never afraid to name him. With Ley, Albanese might adopt the Bob Carr approach of avoiding using his opponent's name. At least until he finds his line and length in dealing with her.
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