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Labor’s proposed digital duty ‘carries potential risks to free speech’
A sweeping power contained in Labor’s proposed Digital Duty of Care could hand Communications Minister Anika Wells and her successors a back door to regulate speech, leading legal academics and civil liberties advocates say. Source: The Australian.
Streaming platforms to show unlimited gambling ads
Labor’s new gambling laws will remove the current blackout on gambling ads during sports matches on streaming services. Source: The Age.
Catholic Schools NSW chief to stand aside amid ICAC probe
The head of the body governing Catholic schools in New South Wales will stand aside after he was named in a corruption probe investigating donations to the NSW Liberal Party. Source: ABC News.
Coalition and Greens team up to delay Labor’s gambling bill
Labor’s long-delayed gambling advertising crackdown will be kicked along to another inquiry as the Coalition and the Greens seek extra time to scrutinise the contentious package, which advocates argue does not go far enough to protect families. Source: The Age.
Albanese plans further tightening of under-16 restrictions
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flagged a fresh tightening of the country’s world-first social media restrictions, saying the federal government would go further to curb harmful online content. Source: The Age.
Ombudsman warns NDIS could become another Robodebt
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has issued a stark warning to the Albanese Government that its plan to slash $35 billion from the National Disability Insurance Scheme could risk a repeat of the Robodebt scandal. Source: Canberra Times.
Labor strikes deal with Greens on tax reforms
Labor will modify its NDIS laws and invite eight weeks of extra scrutiny over plans to cut $38 billion from the scheme, in exchange for the Greens pushing the federal budget’s tax package through Parliament this week. Source: The Age.
Labor MP wants end to Lord’s Prayer in ParliamentÂ
A West Australian state Labor MP wants the traditional reading of the Lord’s Prayer removed from the WA Parliament and replaced with a moment of silence. Source: ABC News.
Senate inquiry delays NDIS reforms for second time
The Albanese Government’s plans to radically overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme have hit a stumbling block after a parliamentary report into the reforms was delayed for a second time. Source: The Australian.Â