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West Australian
11-05-2025
- Politics
- West Australian
Israeli plans for Gaza are ‘ethnic cleansing', says former minister Ed Husic
Labor's Ed Husic says Israel's plan to annex Gaza is a form of 'ethnic cleansing' and that the Netanyahu government has 'atrociously managed' the conflict. Israel's security cabinet approved a plan last week which military officials have said would displace most Palestinians in the strip. Mr Husic, who was dropped from the ministry amid a factional fight last week, said it was vital the international community continued to focus on the conflict. Earlier in the week, Foreign Minister Penny Wong warned colleagues against politicising the Middle East conflict saying it was important not to bring the conflict to Australia. But Mr Husic said he would continue speaking up on behalf of Muslim communities and those concerned about Palestine, saying he has more leeway to do so now he is no longer on Labor's frontbench. 'We've seen just in the past week or so, the Israeli parliament say it wants to annex Gaza, and, effectively, that is a form of ethnic cleansing,' he said. 'We've seen the starvation of its people through the failure to provide humanitarian assistance. 'And if I might add, that's against international humanitarian law, starving people out in conflict is a war crime.' Asked if he had more freedom to speak about the conflict following his axing from Cabinet, the former Minister for Industry and Science, said: 'I don't think I could ever stay silent in the face of innocent civilians being slaughtered in their tens of thousands and being starved out of Gaza,' he said. 'So I tried to find a 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.' Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Daniel Aghion said it had always been Mr Husic's right to speak out on the issue of the Gazan people. 'The Jewish community disagrees with him strongly on that, but on anti-Semitism, on the racial hatred and safety and security of the Australian Jewish community, he has always stood in support of us and with integrity,' he said. 'It is useful to have differing viewpoints around the cabinet table so that the debate can be had.' Mr Aghion likened it to the way the major parties sought to have more women elected and appointed to cabinet, to recognise women's issues and ensure they were fully considered. 'Although we're a very small community, I don't think it is any different when you start to think about matters of the day, which, in our case, are matters concerning Israel and the safety and security of the Australian Jewish people,' he said.
ABC News
23-04-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Federal election 2025: Dutton suggests repeal of tax cuts would fund extra defence spend — as it happened
Peter Dutton has suggested repealing Labor's latest round of tax cuts would help fund his planned boost in defence funding. Mr Dutton wants to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product over the next five years, from the current level of 2 per cent. Speaking on Afternoon Briefing, Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic described the Coalition's plan as a "defence policy through a Costco aisle". Take a look back at our live coverage below. If you want to explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, check out our Key Events 8m ago 8 minutes ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:52am 37m ago 37 minutes ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:23am 59m ago 59 minutes ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:01am Show all key events Submit a comment or question Log in to comment Live updates Latest Oldest 4m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:56am We'll end our coverage here J By Joshua Boscaini That's it for the election blog today! Make sure to come back tomorrow morning for another day on the campaign trail. In the meantime, you can check out the rest of today's online coverage at our and you can try out to see how you align with the political parties. React React Key Event 8m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:52am 'No explanation': Marles lays into Coalition defence spend P By Paul Johnson Defence Minister Richard Marles has attacked the Coalition's defence spending during an appearance on 7.30. That proposed spend is $21 billion over a five-year period and was announced earlier today. However Marles told 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson that there was no substance to the spend. "There is no explanation of how the money is going to be raised," Marles says. "There is no explanation of how the money is going to be spent. "The Leader of the Opposition and the shadow minister for defence — having had three years to work up this policy — announce a figure of $21 billion, and they do not nominate a single military capability that this is going to go towards." Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie was offered the opportunity to appear on the show but declined the invitation. The Coalition had earlier accused the government of ripping $80 billion out of defence spending. Marles denied that was the case. "What we have done is reprioritised, in accordance with what the Defence Strategic Review advised, over $70 billion from various areas of Defence into other areas of Defence," he says. React React 21m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:39am Shadow defence minister warns Australia can't take US alliance for granted J By Joshua Boscaini Senior opposition figure Andrew Hastie has warned Australia's long-standing military alliance with the United States faces uncertainty under President Donald Trump's "unpredictable" America First agenda. Speaking alongside Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at the unveiling of the Coalition's long-awaited defence policy, the former soldier said a massive increase in military spending was needed to deal with rapidly changing geo-strategic circumstances. "With the election of President Trump, America is moving to an America-first posture," he told reporters. "We still have a strong relationship with the United States, but we can't take anything for granted." Read more from ABC defence correspondent Andrew Greene : React React 29m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:31am In pictures: Anthony Albanese visits a battery storage facility in Collie J By Joshua Boscaini (ABC News: David Sciasci) (ABC News: David Sciasci) (ABC News: David Sciasci) (ABC News: David Sciasci) React React Key Event 37m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:23am Dutton to scrap student debt reductions, end EV subsidies if elected J By Joshua Boscaini A Peter Dutton Coalition government would not go ahead with Labor's promise to cut 20 per cent off student loans. The Liberal campaign also refuted Dutton's claim that he would not change electric vehicle subsidies, confirming the Liberals would in fact scrap that policy. Read more from political reporter Isobel Roe : React React 49m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:11am Anthony Albanese makes a stop in Mandurah N By Nicole Hegarty, on the trail with Albanese (ABC News: David Sciasci) The PM and media pack made a short stop at a pre-polling booth in Mandurah in the electorate of Canning . Anthony Albanese joined Labor's candidate Jarrad Goold to hand out how to vote cards. Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie holds the seat for the Liberals but a swing in 2022 and recent redistribution have reduced the margin to 1.2 per cent. The electorate also takes in some outer southern suburbs of Perth and semi-rural areas to the south. Despite the margin Hastie is expected to hold on to the seat. He joked after meeting one voter about the millions of others he's yet to personally hand how to votes to. At the end of the event he had a friendly exchange with a volunteer for Andrew Hastie responding to her banter with a reference to the Activity Test. It's a measure the Coalition has vowed to reinstate after Labor decided to give parents access to three taxpayer subsidised days of childcare regardless of their employment status. React React Key Event 59m ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 9:01am AEC identifies source of unauthorised pamphlets attacking Allegra Spender J By Joshua Boscaini The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) says it has identified the source of unauthorised pamphlets attacking independent MP for Wentworth Allegra Spender . More than The bottom of each page of the leaflet reads, "Produced by the people of Wentworth for the people of Wentworth", which puts it in breach of electoral law. The AEC says it has received a written undertaking from the individual responsible for the pamphlets that they would not distribute any further copies of the material. "There is no evidence to indicate that they are or have ever been affiliated with any political party or candidate currently contesting the election for the Division of Wentworth," the AEC says. The electoral commission says it's considering whether to seek civil penalties for contraventions of the Electoral Act. React React 1h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 8:36am In pictures: Peter Dutton on the campaign trail in Perth J By Joshua Boscaini (ABC News: Ian Cutmore) (ABC News: Ian Cutmore) (ABC News: Ian Cutmore) (ABC News: Ian Cutmore) React React 1h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 8:28am 📹: Comparing Albanese and Dutton on healthcare J By Joshua Boscaini Both major political parties want to make healthcare easier to access for Australians, but they have different plans on how to do it. React React 1h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 8:07am NSW Police arrest 17yo over alleged Sydney polling booth assault N By Nick Visser Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy after an elderly man was assaulted outside a polling booth in Sydney's inner west . NSW Police said the man, believed to be in his 80s, is in serious condition after the incident in Ashfield . Paramedics responded just after 1pm and took him to hospital. Officers took the teenage suspect into custody at the scene and he is being questioned at a police station. A crime scene has been established at the polling booth. Ashfield is in Prime Minster Anthony Albanese's electorate of Grayndler . React React 2h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 7:51am Dutton stops for fish and chips in Perth E By Evelyn Manfield, on the trail with Dutton Peter Dutton's tour of Perth continues, except he's separated from the media to have fish and chips for lunch by the beach with two of his kids. Loading Twitter content During his lunch break he also headed to a petrol station in Pearce with the local candidate. That takes Dutton's petrol station tally to 13 this election. Pearce is another Labor seat, held on a pretty healthy margin, but nonetheless a Liberal target. Why? It's the most mortgaged electorate in the country and it's seats like this where the Liberals are hoping their question about: "Are you better off than you were three years ago?" is cutting through. Dutton talked up the fuel excise cut at the station before paying $57 for the fuel. React React 2h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 7:37am Labor MP says number one issue for voters is cost of living J By Joshua Boscaini Patricia Karvelas is speaking to Bruce MP Julian Hill who's on the pre-poll booth at Dandenong Stadium in Melbourne's south-east. It's a safe Labor seat but it's being hunted down by the Liberal party's Zahid Safi , who didn't agree to be interviewed by Afternoon Briefing . He acknowledges it has been a difficult two years for Australians. Hill says the number one issue for his constituents is cost of living. "The number one issue in all parts of the community, it manifests differently but it is cost of living. Those pressures make people feel different," he says. And that's where we'll leave our coverage of Afternoon Briefing for today. React React 2h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 7:27am Coalition's defence plan a 'bumper sticker', Husic says J By Joshua Boscaini Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has joined Afternoon Briefing and has been asked about the Coalition's defence policy. Husic starts by saying the Coalition hasn't detailed where the money would come from to pay for the spending increase. But Patricia Karvelas steps in to say that the Coalition has committed to repealing Labor's tax cuts to pay for defence. Husic says the Coalition's plan was "defence policy through a Costco aisle". "This is not defence policy it is a bumper sticker and that reads we will spend more and that is what they have basically put and in a campaign that is not good enough," he says. React React 2h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 7:18am Hastie asked about women in combat roles J By Joshua Boscaini Afternoon Briefing host Patricia Karvelas has asked Andrew Hastie about women in combat roles — a topic he was quizzed on in a press conference earlier today. She's asked whether the Australian Defence Force should move to a single primary test for men and women. There's currently a separate test for men and women. Hastie says his comments were isolated to combat roles, including service in special forces, submarines and fighter jets. "I mention those particularly because they require a special set of skills and attributes," he says. React React Key Event 2h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 7:05am Andrew Hastie says Australia needs 'more money' in defence J By Joshua Boscaini Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has appeared on Afternoon Briefing to talk about the Host Patricia Karvelas has asked Hastie about comments he made today that Australia can't take anything for granted following US President Donald Trump's return to The White House. He says Trump is "rebalancing the terms of trade and security" with its partners. "So the message for us is we need to be strong on our own two feet," he says. "Yes, we do have a deep relationship with the United States but the lesson from Ukraine is often in times you've got to demonstrate strength yourself if you want your friends to help you." While Australia has a strong relationship with the US at a operational and diplomatic level, Hastie says Trump is "somebody who is hard to predict" and Australia needs to have the capability to defend itself. React React 3h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 6:56am Let's take a look back at the PM's press conference J By Joshua Boscaini The prime minister's press conference has wrapped up but here are the main points: Anthony Albanese stepped up to talk in Collie in WA where he promoted a battery energy storage facility. Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the Coalition's nuclear energy is a "dog of a policy". The PM says a historical Twitter post from the Labor candidate for Flynn Helen Madell about Pope Francis was a "mistake". Albanese brushed off questions about whether he would visit communities concerned about offshore windfarms on WA's south coast. The PM criticised the Coalition's defence policy released today as lacking detail. Albanese announced the Governor-General Sam Mostyn , Labor senator Don Farrell and Coalition MP Michael McCormack will represent Australia at Pope Francis's funeral . React React Key Event 3h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 6:47am Don Farrell and Michael McCormack to attend Pope Francis's funeral J By Joshua Boscaini Anthony Albanese says Australia will be represented at Pope Francis's funeral by Governor-General Sam Mostyn , Labor sentaor Don Farrell and Coalition MP Michael McCormack . React React 3h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 6:44am Bowen quizzed about Coalition nuclear energy plan cost J By Joshua Boscaini Chris Bowen has been asked about a report that says the Coalition's nuclear energy plan could cost as little as $116 billion . Bowen says the Liberal party's plan has "holes" in it. He says the Smart Energy Council's modelling is a conservative estimate. "They have assumed no aluminium, no steelmaking, no heavy industry," he says. React React 3h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 6:39am PM pressed on when detail of news media bargaining incentive will be released J By Joshua Boscaini The PM has been asked about when he will release the detail of the news bargaining incentive that would force big tech to pay for hosting news on their platforms. He says the government is working through those issues. "We have consulted with ... news media companies as well and we will continue to advance those interests, just as we have put in place the social media ban," he says. React React 3h ago Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 6:33am Will negative campaigning turn off voters? J By Joshua Boscaini Anthony Albanese has been asked if the negativity of the election campaign will turn off voters in the lead up to polling day. He says Labor is putting forward serious policies. "It is right there,you can touch it. You can see it and people will have their homes powered by it. We have serious policies we have put forward," he says. 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Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amidst housing crisis, Australia's first 3D-Printed, multi-storey home is underway in Melbourne
A multi-storey, liveable home in suburbia printed with AI powered 3D construction technology will be the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere, with every aspect of the project home-grown in Sydney and Melbourne. MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In Melbourne's outer suburbs, a giant robotic crane 3D printer towers over a concrete house being built. The robotic crane 3D printer is an unusual sight in a quiet residential street in Melbourne, Victoria. But it's no ordinary crane, it's LUYTEN's cutting-edge PLATYPUS X12 Crane 3D Construction Printer. It is AI powered and is making history by 3D home printing the first multi-storey house in Australia and Southern Hemisphere. While previous attempts of using this technology were limited to single storey, standard home prototypes printed in 20-24 degrees Celsius weather conditions, this house started printing during a Melbourne summer in 35-42 degrees Celsius heat and frequent storms. The house design was optimised to introduce features to push 3D printing potential to the limit, such as printing a lift core, and walls with shapes that serve as noise cancelling using the acoustic principle of diffraction. The AI powered printer uses re-enforced-learning algorithms to help ensure the quality of each layer of the print because the concrete layers are not just about aesthetics, it is structural -- and the AI software ensures precision construction. The multi-story, 350 m2 home will be lived in, by Ahmed Mahil, the CEO and Global President of LUYTEN. "As the first CEO to live in a 3D printed house, printed by his own company and own company's manufactured robots, I intend to break the psychological barrier people may have and to smash any doubts in the industry about the future of 3D printed homes," said Mr Mahil. 3D printing can help deliver faster homes. LUYTEN's multi-storey home is expected to be finished in 5 weeks, compared to the usual 8-11 months for a build. 3D printing is emerging as an innovative solution to Australia's housing crisis, and it's capturing the attention of the Federal and State governments. "We've had positive feedback and support from State and Federal governments and late last year we had the Minister for Industry and Science, Hon Ed Husic, visit our 3D construction printer robot factory in Melbourne," said Mr Mahil LUYTEN are also proud to be working alongside renowned international engineering firm Bollinger + Grohmann on the certification of the groundbreaking home ensuring structural integrity, safety, and optimal performance of the printed structure. LUYTEN is also collaborating with the University of New South Wales ARC Centre for Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing's research and design expertise for the design of the home. By combining their strengths, the group will be setting a new standard for 3D printed homes. About LUYTEN: LUYTEN's cutting edge 3D printer technology enables builders to transform construction projects that would traditionally take months or years to complete and instead finish them within a number of days. The 3D concrete printing revolutionary technology enables 60 percent reduction of construction waste, 70 percent reduction of production time, and 80 percent reduction of labour costs when compared to hands-on construction projects. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Luyten 3D Sign in to access your portfolio
