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AU Financial Review
31-05-2025
- Automotive
- AU Financial Review
PM ‘treated differently' on super tax, workplace minister admits
Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists Australia is on track to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, despite a small rise in emissions last year. Bowen said new vehicle emissions standards would help lower emissions in future years. Total emissions rose 0.05 per cent last year, according to government figures released on Friday. Bowen admitted on the ABC Insiders program the 82 per cent renewables target for electricity remained 'challenging'
West Australian
15-05-2025
- Politics
- West Australian
Deputy PM Richard Marles rejects Ed Husic's ‘factional assassin' claim
Richard Marles has rejected dumped minister Ed Husic's description of him as a 'factional assassin' and denied he has blood on his hands following Labor's post-election reshuffle. Mr Marles, who is acting Prime Minister while Anthony Albanese is in Indonesia, repeatedly blamed 'collective processes' for the decision to axe Mr Husic and former Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus from the front bench. He did not deny ignoring phone calls from Mr Husic and would not say whether he has spoken to Mr Dreyfus since the news broke. 'All the conversations I have . . . I do on the basis that those conversations are confidential,' Mr Marles told reporters in Perth. 'It is a difficult process and none of us have an entitlement to be a minister, we all know that. We know that we submit ourselves to those processes.' Mr Husic launched a scathing attack on national television in the wake of the cabinet reshuffle, accusing Mr Marles of prioritising factional wars over leadership. 'We've had sort of bare-faced ambition and a deputy prime minister wield a factional club to reshape the ministry,' Mr Husic told ABC Insiders on Sunday. 'I think when people look at a deputy prime minister, they expect to see a statesman, not a factional assassin. 'I thought it was also especially disrespectful of the deputy prime minister to put the prime minister in a terrible place where he was being asked to intervene. I didn't think that was right either. 'I feel for supporters of our party, who went from the high of a Saturday and a terrific and tremendous win to the lows of factional grubbiness.' Mr Marles said he is 'confident' the reshuffle has resulted in a 'first rate ministry' and rejected concerns it could trigger a by-election, if Mr Dreyfus - who is 68 - decides to retire, after being relegated to the backbench. 'I'm not about to speculate on all of that again, all I would say is I very much acknowledge the service that Mark has provided,' Mr Marles said. 'He has every reason to feel very proud of the service that he has provided.' Mr Dreyfus, who was first appointed Attorney-General in 2013 as part of the Gillard Government, is yet to publicly comment on his demotion. He was replaced as Attorney-General by former Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, with his cabinet spot taken up 38-year-old Victorian MP Sam Rae - a former advisor to right-faction power broker Stephen Conroy - who was sworn-in as Aged Care and Seniors Minister.
Sky News AU
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘He's dreaming': Sky News host spears outgoing Industry Minister Ed Husic after turning on party in heated ABC interview
Outgoing Industry Minister Ed Husic has been brought down a peg after he was booted from the Labor frontbench as part of a post-election reshuffle. Mr Husic, along with Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, was dumped from the ministry after internal caucus votes. Sky News was told Anthony Albanese had sympathy for the pair - as the Prime Minister was not responsible for deciding the members of ministry - but acknowledged there needed to be a refresh of the frontbench as well. Mr Husic was quick to lash out at his party following the decision and accused Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles of acting as a 'factional assassin' in an explosive interview on ABC Insiders on Sunday. On Monday, Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said Mr Husic was 'dreaming' if he thought Mr Marles was the 'only architect of his demise'. Clennell said Mr Husic was 'kind of popular' in Western Sydney, particularly among the pro-Palestinian community, but doubted there was any sniff of a scandal after his sacking. 'Is he the most talented cabinet minister that I've ever seen lose their job? No, he is not,' Clennell said. 'I think there was a bit of a self-indulgent attitude by Ed yesterday, frankly. No one out there really cares that a guy in the New South Wales right, who's not a mainstream guy, lost his job. 'Jim Chalmers wasn't getting sacked, Penny Wong wasn't getting sacked.' Clennell said Mr Husic's accusatory interview was 'quite the dummy spit' and speculated he could cause trouble 'down the track'. The Sky News host said there had been reports Mr Husic regularly argues with Foreign Minister Wong and Treasurer Chalmers, two of the most important and senior people in government. 'So this is perhaps where you end up when you're a relatively junior cabinet minister and you do that,' Clennell said. Mr Husic, the first Muslim to serve as a federal cabinet minister, had been one of the few Labor voices critical of Israel's conduct in Gaza. 'Innocent civilians (were) being slaughtered in their tens of thousands and being starved out of Gaza," he said. 'I tried to find the way to be able to speak at the cabinet table and speak elsewhere, to be able to make sure that communities we represent know that their voices are heard. 'You should have the ability to speak up on the issues that you believe in. You should have the ability to question. It builds a stronger, not a weaker, party to do so.'
The Age
11-05-2025
- Politics
- The Age
Marles a ‘factional assassin', Husic says in attack following factional coup
Dumped Labor minister Ed Husic has launched a sensational attack on Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, describing him as a 'factional assassin' whose decision to get rid of two ministers compromised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's election victory. Husic also claimed the government had been 'shackled' by a timid approach on policy and said his removal as a cabinet minister was carried out partly as retaliation for his outspoken pro-Palestinian advocacy. The member for the Sydney seat of Chifley made the remarks in an ABC Insiders interview on Sunday morning that was scheduled before Husic learnt in the middle of last week that he would lose his position in the ministry. The Victorian Right faction led by Marles was underrepresented in the cabinet and it was entitled to two new spots, for MPs Sam Rae and Daniel Mulino, meaning Husic, from the NSW Right, and attorney-general Mark Dreyfus were forced to make away. 'We've had bare faced ambition and a deputy prime minister wield a factional club to reshape the ministry,' Husic said, in one of the most striking displays of disunity in the life of the Albanese government. Loading 'I think people when they look at a deputy prime minister, they expect to see a statesman, not a factional assassin.' Husic said the prime minister should have stopped Marles, and that the factional coup had hurt the image of the newly elected Labor government. 'I just feel for the supporters of our party, who went from the high of a Saturday and a terrific and tremendous win… I just feel like it's been a distraction at the start of what'll be a successful second term,' he said, urging Albanese to 'burn through the timidity that shackled us' in its first term.
Sydney Morning Herald
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Marles a ‘factional assassin', Husic says in attack following factional coup
Dumped Labor minister Ed Husic has launched a sensational attack on Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, describing him as a 'factional assassin' whose decision to get rid of two ministers compromised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's election victory. Husic also claimed the government had been 'shackled' by a timid approach on policy and said his removal as a cabinet minister was carried out partly as retaliation for his outspoken pro-Palestinian advocacy. The member for the Sydney seat of Chifley made the remarks in an ABC Insiders interview on Sunday morning that was scheduled before Husic learnt in the middle of last week that he would lose his position in the ministry. The Victorian Right faction led by Marles was underrepresented in the cabinet and it was entitled to two new spots, for MPs Sam Rae and Daniel Mulino, meaning Husic, from the NSW Right, and attorney-general Mark Dreyfus were forced to make away. 'We've had bare faced ambition and a deputy prime minister wield a factional club to reshape the ministry,' Husic said, in one of the most striking displays of disunity in the life of the Albanese government. Loading 'I think people when they look at a deputy prime minister, they expect to see a statesman, not a factional assassin.' Husic said the prime minister should have stopped Marles, and that the factional coup had hurt the image of the newly elected Labor government. 'I just feel for the supporters of our party, who went from the high of a Saturday and a terrific and tremendous win… I just feel like it's been a distraction at the start of what'll be a successful second term,' he said, urging Albanese to 'burn through the timidity that shackled us' in its first term.
