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Good Evening Tonight. A Treasury insider exposes the deceit behind Labour's to perannuation tax that spares politicians, and debate erupts over Emmanuel Macron's shove in the face, with concerns the French president could be a victim of domestic violence. But aren't the feminists pretty quiet? Bromen Bishop and Holly Hughes will give their take what is Israel's plan in Gaza. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharen Haskell will join Me Live for
an exclusive interview. This as Palestinian leaders praise Anthony Albinizi and rogue MP ed Husick demands sanctions on the Jewish state. Alex Rifchin will be on the show to respond. What's Across Live to London for the latest on the motive behind the Liverpool Beaed collision. But first you'll remember during the election campaign, Anthony Albanezi pledged to return the pot of Darwin to Australian hands and away from Chinese ownership.
He rushed to beat Peter Dutton to that announcement, phoning in unexpectedly to ABC local radio in Darwin to say that he'd buy the pot back if necessary, but details when pressed, we're pretty thin on the ground.
So I just need to be clear here, are you announcing that the Labor government will buy back the Port of Darwen lease off Lambridge.
What we are doing is we will enter into negotiations to do that. That is what we've been doing informally through potential buyers up to this point already.
So are you buying back the lease of the Port of Darwin or not.
Well, what we're doing is trying to get to see if there's a private buyer through particularly superannuation funds that we've had discussions with. They have standed out Lamdbridge as well. We want that to be the case, but we want it.
So.
The Prime Minister's preference was for a private firm to buy the port rather than spend government funds, although he kept that option open. This was a change in position from just eighteen months earlier, when he ruled out any intervention. In October twenty twenty three, Albanize said that he had accepted the report of his own agency that the Chinese Link Company would continue to operate the lease, and he said at the time the issue was resolved, done and
dust it. But then in the election campaign he changed his tune and he said he wanted the port to return to Australian ownership.
So you're making sure you have a buyer first before you announce those plans.
Well, we want it to be in Australian hands. We prefer that it be through superinnuation funds or some other vehicle.
Albinizi had been so fixated on stealing Peter Dutton's thunder by announcing he wanted to cut ties with the Chinese first that he made the announcement before he had an actual plan or any plan for that matter. So, as you just heard, he said he wanted the Port of Darwin returned to Australian ownership. But now it seems there's another foreign buyer. This one at least is our strategic ally.
The Australian reports on the front page today that an American private equity company with close ties to the Trump administration is set to bid to buy the port from Chinese billionaire Yi Chang, The US Forum Sarah Bruss. It was formerly run by Trump's Deputy Secretary of Defense, Steve Feinberg, and the company is reportedly about to put in an
offer for around half a billion dollars. Now, this is only slightly more than the amount Landbridge paid for it a decade ago, and they're looking the Chinese company land Bridge, that is, they're looking for an offer around double that at a billion dollars. Now. China is taking this seriously. Its ambassador visited the port last week and there could be consequences to our diplomatic relationship if Australia insists on breaking the ninety nine year lease. Now, as you know,
Albanesi will be loath to upset Beijing. He thinks cozying up to she makes him a master at foreign policy.
But as The Australian's editorial today says that if the Chinese own company land Bridge refuses an offer from a US fund to buy the Port of Darwin and no Australian offer emerges, Albanzi will need to make good his commitment during the election campaign to force the port from Chinese hands if no suitable buyer emerged, because there is a strong argument against having the Chinese retain control of our critical infrastructure. The Chinese government has in recent months
stepped up its posturing and aggression towards Australia. There was the warship engaging in live fire exercises off our coast, the spy ship circumnavigating the southern coastline. And this is about our strategic interest, our national security and sovereignty. It's absurd, really to think that alban Easy is spending some sixteen billion dollars to pay off the hex debt of young voters to buy their vote. Yet he wouldn't step in to pay just a billion dollars for the port of Darwin.
His priorities, as usual, are way out of whak. Now, let's turn to the events in live because this is the sort of tragic event that we now all need to be on the lookout for. It's the new reality of the world we're living in. Thousands of football fans were celebrating Liverpool's Premier Title Premier League title victory in their hometown when a car plowed into the crowd. This joyous celebration turned into horror. Forty seven have been injured
and twenty seven hospitalized. Four of them are children. Here's that horrific moment that was captured from above.
Oh to be borderses hoy, Oh my god.
He I mean, it's a miracle that at this point. No one has died, but four people were trapped under the van, One of them was a child. Now police say the drivers a white British man aged fifty three, and the parade was nearly just finished. It was a little after six pm when the van reportedly accelerated and then veered right into the crowd. The car went on for a further twenty meters until it eventually stopped. Now police were quick to say that this was not a
terror attack. They say it's an isolated incident, meaning they're not looking for other suspects.
What I can tell you is that we believe this to be an isolated incident and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it. The incident is not being treated as terrorism.
Now. We're going to cross Live to Sophie Elsworth a bit later to get the latest on what police are saying about the motive. But one person who was there, a man named Mark Levy, told the Daily Mail, I will never forget the noise of the people being hit, and I will never forget the look on a policeman's face and his uniform covered in blood. And a joyful parade became a scene of carnage in just a matter of moments, and it's a tragedy that can unfold all
too easily. Now, it was the love affair that captured the world's attention. The younger Emmanuel Macron forty seven and the older woman, Brigitte seventy two. They met when he was just fifteen and she was a married mother of three. She was thirty nine years old, so that's around a twenty four year age gap. She was one of his high school teachers, and fourteen years after they met, in
nineteen ninety three, they were married. But now their marriage is being examined through a different light after this footage emerged of Brigitte pushing her husband in the face. Now, Macron's offers initially tried to claim it was fake footage, fake and it was a line that the French media obediently repeated, but that spin wasn't sustainable when it emerged that several press cameras from international media outlets captured the shove.
Now Macron has since denied that he was having a domestic dispute, and he sought to downplay the whole incident. He said they were just playing monipoza.
We were squabbling and I was joking with my wife and I'm surprised by it, and it becomes some sort of geoplanetary catastrophe. Everybody needs to calm down and should really focus on actual news.
Hasn't it annoying when journalists focus on the wrong news. But if you look at the initial footage, you can see by the stunned look in his face that they weren't playing and he wasn't expecting the physical contact. So his office then changed their line. Wasn't fake news anymore, it was then Russian disinformation. It was a conspiracy theory. That's, of course ridiculous because clearly she deliberately pushed his face, and now there's controversy and much debate around the way
she slapped him. Now, if this was a man shoving a woman in the face, it would be clearly labeled by everyone an act of domestic violence. They'd be concerned that the woman was being physically abused, concern for her ongoing safety in that relationship. But why is it any different if the gender roles are reversed. Ben Fordham today said that it was, in his view, a physical assault, and that Macron might be a victim of physical and domestic violence.
You reverse the roles for a moment and imagine that it was her.
On the receiving end of the slab.
I reckon he'd be under a wrist right.
Now, and Jemma Tognini writes that this is a double standard. She says, a woman gets hit in the face and it's game over, as it bloody, should be a man, calm down. They're just showing the world how close they are. They're just chilling now. Mccrine is the ultimate lefty hero. So the feminists have been strangely quiet on this one. They always are quick to talk about domestic violence, but not in this instance, it seems, because apparently domestic violence
just goes one way, men hitting women. If it's the reverse, it's fake news, it's Russian disinformation, it's a conspiracy theory. They're just showing their togetherness. Jenese Qua Cela vi pade problem, the hypocrisy. We're going to come back to that topic in a moment with Bronwan Bishop and Holly Hughes. But let's turn to Israel now, where a new hostage ceasefire
deal is on the table. US Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff has told CNN that Israel will agree to a temporary ceasefire hostage deal that would see half of the living and half of the deceased return and lead to substantive negotiations to find a path to a permanent ceasefire, which I've agreed to preside over. That deal is on the table, her Muss should take it. So, of course, yet again,
the terrorist organization hasn't accepted the deal. We're joining me now for an exclusive interview is Israeli Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Sharen has girl Charen, Great to see you again.
So what.
What will Israel have to give her mus in return for ten living hostages?
Look, the exact details are still being talked about, and our negotiation team has returned.
Also, I want to say this, there were a few proposals on the table, not just now, also two months ago. The most important thing is that Israel has accepted It accepted the deal that with Whitkov proposed a month ago. It accepted the deal that Whitkov is putting now on the table. But unfortunately Hamas is not accepting it. Unfortunately, and for me, it's very overwhelming also to see how
many of our allies, many countries around the world. Is trying to put pressure on Israel for a ceasefire when it is Hamas who continues to reject every single deal that's coming into the table. The pressure should be on hama Us and not on Israel. We are willing to go to a ceasefire also for a length, a lengthy period of time, in return for our hostages.
We are not acting in Gaza for the sake of a war. We are there for the sake to.
Return our hostages and to dismantle a Nazi death cult called Ramas, a terrorist organization vouch to eliminate and annihilate my country.
And my people and Assuran as of the part of the hostage negotiations. I mean, the reality is that Hamas wants Israel to permanently leave Gaza. To commit to permanently leaving Gaza so that Hamas a terror organization can regroup. Is this the sticking point?
This is something that we cannot accept.
They are insisting on that, and that's a point that Israel cannot except. The meaning of believing Commas in power means that they'll continue to use millions of Palestinians as human shield. They'll continue to build their power for another
seventh of October. And if I know, Look, Sharry, I don't think that any reasonable person would tell their children, their family, their community to go back and live a few hundred meters from a death cult getting prepared for another massive massacre that can even be ten times worse than the seventh of October. I can't be responsible for that.
I'm a politician, I'm a representative of the people. I cannot tell them to go back when I know that this death cult is two hundred meters away from their home. And that is the Palestinians too.
So, Charon, we're seeing reports that Israeli is preparing to take over seventy five percent of Gaza within the next three miles in order to eliminate Hamas. As you say, what is the plan after that for Gaza?
So look, our first plan is our goals of war, which means to bring back our hostages, eliminate Haramas. We are looking now and also seeing.
How to.
Control from a security perspective, the area to make sure that Hamas doesn't build any power back again.
And that's very important. I cannot applay the whole plan.
Because it's not written, it's being discussing many forms, and there's many ideas. Many countries are bringing different ideas, and it's not going to be dependent only on Israel.
So how Gaza's going to look after is still a question.
And you know, I would really like that many of our partners will actually take part in that. But unfortunately, and especially of what we've seen in recent week, with some countries taking a clear position, they become unfortunately irrelevant in that discussion, a neutral discussion about the future. They disregards the needs, the needs of our people for safety and for security, and they disregards the Palestinian needs also to live free from a terrorist organization that is sterializing.
Them, murdering them and abusing them.
And seeing even protests by Palestinians in Gaza in the past week. We're out of time, but just quickly before you go, Sharan, I want to ask your response to our Prime minister who claimed just yesterday that the actions of the Israeli government were outrageous. That was his terminology, outrageous. What would you say to Anthony Albanesi.
Well, I have to say it's quite disappointing. It's not the first time that we're disappointed. I think that Australia. You know, we would have expected Australia and the leadership to stand beside us during a difficult time. I know the reports that are coming, Cherry, you've been covering that up for now a year and more than a year and a half now, those organizations who keep on saying that Gaza is facing femine, Okay, facing femine is a situation in the future, it's not a situation right now
in the present. And they continue to say it for more than a year and a half and the fact is that until now it didn't reach that stage. Why because we are monitoring it closely. But what we want is that the age reached the people and not Tramas. And when they come and tell me time after time that we have to do it the old way through ANRA, through Ramas, I don't agree that. I don't think that it has to come through a terrorist organization and we
have to try a different way. And I think that if Australia would have positioned itself more neutrally than it would have been a partner and also discussing those future plan and also the aid plan in Gaza as well.
This is something that we would welcome.
Yeah, but now it sounds like Australia would not be welcome at a seat at the table because it's been shown to have a biased position, which I completely agree with. Charenne Haskell really appreciate your time as always, Thank you so much. That's Charene Live in Israel. Well let's bring in now outgoing Liberal Senator Holly Hughes and fromer Speaker of the House Bronwin Bishop. Welcome to you both. I want to start with getting your take on the Emmanuel
Macron shove in the face. You know, this is the type of thing, Holly, that you'd expect the feminists would have been outraged about, but it's been pretty quiet. It's from the deathly sign. It's really feminist. It's just extraordinary.
And whether it is family violence, domestic violence, it doesn't matter which way it's being perpetrated. It's something that's got to be called out. And you can see very clearly in that footage the force of the push, the step back that was taken, the look of shock and horror on Macron's face, and the fact that he actually steadied himself on the door before waving, and then the body language between the two of them coming down the stairs.
You could see he'd sort of cropped the arm out for her to take, and very deliberately she did not take it. So I mean, I just think it's really frightening footage. I think it's there's going to be more and more questions to be asked about this because it's sending the wrong message that domestic violence can only ever go one way.
I also think Brumwin that there's a problem when this is another case of a politician ignoring what we can all see, trying to spin claim it's and untruth. Saw it with Joe Biden's mental decline. They just think they can get away with telling the public lies.
That's perfectly true. But I think there's another aspect to it as well, and that is and I think it goes back and reflects how she, as a thirty nine year old wasn't making advances to a fifteen year old child. Now that's a jailable offense here in this country. I'm not sure what the position is in France, but it clearly isn't an acceptable position. I wouldn't have thought, and it's always been brushed over and said, oh, it really doesn't matter. It's Okay, for the left to do these
things is what's implied. So then when we see them together in different circumstances, I guess we'll all look two or three times at their interaction next time we see them together. But I think the points that Holly's made, that you've made, that was no little push aside, That was a physical bang. And the point, the more important point I think that is to be made is the one that they think they can just lie.
Yes, exactly.
But I think it's an interesting point you made that she would have had the authority over him when she was his teacher, and what I read was that the parents moved him to a different school to try and separated them. But you know that power dynamic might remain even though he's the president of France, which is a scary thought.
Really.
Now let's turn to this debate that's continuing over net zero. This has once again emerged today in the Coalition after Andrew Hasty had this to say.
Net zero again, that's a straight jacket that I'm already getting out of. The real question is should austral In families and businesses be paying more for their electricity and should we allow this sort of hypocrisy at the heart of our economy to continue, whereby we sell coalon gas to India and China and we deny it to our own people. That's the question that I think we need to answer.
So Andrew Hasty decided he wasn't going to run for the Liberal leadership at this point in time, Hally, what do you think of the points he makes about energy?
Look, I actually agree with Andrew there. I think Australia has really put itself in a straight jacket. We know that industry is suffering, families of having to pay more and more for their power bills. The fact that we are one point three percent of global emissions, we are
going to make zero difference on the global stage. I think it was incredibly telling this week that even New Zealand, you know, I mean they are almost as left as left with so much of their politics, they've walked away from that zero when something isn't achievable, Like everyone wants a reduction in emissions, but I think we need to stop chasing it at such a huge expense for all Australians and start to reprioritize ourselves as a nation as other.
Nations are doing.
And when as technology evolves. I firmly believe technology will continue to evolve so that we will be able to reduce emissions. But the fact that they've put this cap on it, they've put this target time frame on it, and it's clearly not something that's achievable.
Just to clarify it, not what you said, but that headline there, New Zealand has not pulled out of NAT zero. This was reported on Sky earlier and then you referenced it just there. So they are engaging in energy activities that mean they're unlikely to meet their NAT zero targets, but they actually haven't withdrawn from them. Brumen, what do you think of Andrew Hastier's position? Should the coalition withdraw from that zero? Is that what you think? You know mainstream Australians want that?
Do you think yes?
From my position has always been clear. I never thought we should have signed up for it the first place. I think we should withdraw from.
Howard government though, wasn't it you were?
And I am very much afraid to admit that I actually voted to that bill. But for at that period, we knew we had hundreds and hundreds of years worth of coal and nobody thought would not be using coal. So now the point that it should be removed so the market can take decision as to whether they want to invest in it would be the way to go in my thinking. But I never ever agreed to signing up to the net zero proposition. I think it was a big mistake and one that has caused the opposition
eternal grief as a result. So I would be pulling out and I would agree with Andrew Hasty, But I think the points that have to be made is that this is no longer an ideological discussion. This is a financial discussion, and that we are penalizing our country and our people, destroying vast acres of the Australian beautiful landscape, destroying livelihoods and farming in the name of what. So it's time that I think that acknowledged that something like
seventy percent of the world is not doing it. And yet here we have a man who eats noodles at a mass service. It tells us how to behave with regard to energy.
Yeah, shocking behavior. And we find out this week, conveniently after the election, that power power prices are going to go up again by one hundreds up to two hundred and fifty dollars in New South Wales. We find out all sorts and in little tipbits are coming out now now exactly, Harley, I want to ask you about the rose Hill Gardens race coss. This is quite a New South Wales issue, but the premiere in New South Wales. Chris Mins did have plans to transform Sydney's housing market,
built thousands of more homes. I mean he was going to boost the housing supply. But it became quite controversial about whether that should be the site for this housing. It was voted down today. What's your view on this?
Well, I'm a member, so I have to declare an interest here that I participated in that vote. And I think there's a lot of members that are very happy with the result, a lot of trainers that are very happy with the result. There wasn't a feeling with you. Look, I always had some concerns about it and I felt that moving to Warwick Farm was not an appropriate answer for a second race course. I was at Ramwik on the weekend. I'll be back this weekend at rose Hill.
I think we're going to be this weekend. But the track was beautiful at Ramwick last week even after all of that rain. But there is no way that that can be maintained and the level of racing, and when we're talking, we want the Everest, we want all of these big events that bring a lot of money into the state. The need to have the proper result, like the proper facilities, is important. So there, I certainly got some very happy messages this afternoon for members.
There you go, and there's plenty of other land. Well, the pressure will be on the Premium Hour to come up with another solution. Meanwhile, quickly turning to Victoria, the Herald Sign has reported today that Opposition leader Brad Batton is facing pressure to intervene because John Persudo has to pick up the two point three million dollar defamation bill from Moyra Deeming. Bromin, what do you think about this?
Should the Victorian Liberal Party have to pocket this bill or should it be up to Pursuito Seeing it was his decision to get rid of to Sakko.
I think Pezudo's behavior all along was pooring. I think Mora Deeming stood her ground and I support her in doing so. He knew those costs were being raked up. He's brought it on his own head. And now for people who sort of wanted to support Perzzutto even more are trying to say that Liberal Party people have to pay for it. Well, there is the Cormack Foundation. There was known as the rich bank for the Liberals, but they don't always seem to loosen the purse strings very often.
But I think if he has the standing on the support of the people he says he has, then go along and ask them.
So it's a difficult one, but it was his decision to sack her, so you know, perhaps she can't be made to be out of pocket either, exactly.
Yeah, she shouldn't be made to pay for what he said about her and her right to defend that. But honestly, the Victorian Liberal Party look at the state of Victoria and yet here they are again talking about themselves.
When we don't want to undermind mister Beth and I think he's seeing good job.
No, no, absolutely well, Victorian Liberal Party and Federal Liberal Party. You might argue you'd probably be a lot better with both of you ladies back in charge, that's for sure, all right, Brama, Visha Polly here is great to see you both. Now you might have noticed a bit of a red haze in the air this morning.
A bit of.
Dusty atmosphere, well, a vicious dust on originated in South Australia. It then made its way to New South Wales and if you were up very early you would have seen this red hayes. Have a look. It was difficult driving for motorists and it triggered an air quality alope for Sydney. Difficult also for those who suffer from asthma. Now if it was bad in Sydney, imagine what the locals in regional South Australia were going through as the dust storms
battered towns. And I hope I'm going to say this correctly, such as all Rurou correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm sure my next guest certainly will. The Deputy Mayor of ur Rurou Council, Ralph Goring, joins me. Now, Ralph, have I got that about right? Or am I completely off?
No?
You got it pretty right, thanks Charry Soe.
There, so this dust orm was whipped up from winds in South Australia and Western Victoria. I mean, how bad was it in your part of the world.
Yeah, the dust film was pretty severe, you know it was probably only about fifty to sixty kilong the rail winds. But because the country's so dry, we've been in a drought for probably nearly three years now, blow every grainfall for five years. The country's really starting to show. Some of the farmers have started stowing dry as well, just to try and get the crop in and.
Hope that it ruins.
But yeah, and there's a lot of this dust has come further west than Iru, but it's continued on its way from there, obviously across the.
US in m Well, as you say, you know your town has been battling drought for years. Not only difficult for humans, imagine a lot of cattle would have been affected as well.
Yeah, cattle, sheep. There's a lot of sheep around this area. Particularly with the dry and coming in cold. The nutrition requirements for the animals are really picking up now because pilarly lambing starts about now, and with lambing they obviously need a lot more nutrition. And there's a well, there's no hate as you can see, like a very dry and so it was very difficult to feed the animals.
Now they're looking at even having to sell off the be a breeding stock because I just can't get it, and if they can get us that expensive, they can't afford it.
It's just extraordinary vision, which is why we wanted to talk to you tonight. Well, Ralph, stay strong and keep looking after your community. Thank you for joining us now.
Thanks, thanks for hold on it.
Thank you. That's still to come. Palestinian authorities have praised Alban Easy for his anti Israel comments. Alex Rifchin will give his reaction a bit later in the show. Plus, labor dodgers questions over a loophole allowing politicians to defer paying the super tax. David Pearl, former Assistant Treasury Secretary,
would join me to discuss as this outrage grows. That's next, all right, Alex Rifchin coming up shortly, but first let's return to labor supertax, and they sent out Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth today to defend the proposed supertax after the revelations that politicians on a defined benefit pension, including Alban Easy, will be able to defer paying the tax if it applies to them. Here switching out to say, I'll.
Be subject to the same tax if my balance ever reaches over three million dollars. So past federal and state So past federal and future federal MPs will be subject to this tax if their balance gets over three million. Now, this is a reasonable measure.
Some might disagree with that, and joining me now is former Treasury Assistant Secretary David Pearl. David, thanks so much for your time. Are you shocked that Labour's pushing ahead with taxing unrealized capital gains?
I'm not shocked, Chari, because for me, Labor has completely misread the election result. I think the election result can be attributed to the electorate's reluctance to toss out one term governments, first term governments, the Trump effect, and the worst opposition campaign I think anybody's ever seen. And I'm surprised that Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albernezi haven't stood up and said they have an electoral mandate to impose this unprecedented assault on Australian taxpayers.
Unprecedented assault indeed, I mean, what do you think of the principle of taxing unrealized capital gains, especially when we are hearing from financial advisors that people might have to sell assets in order to meet the tax liability.
Well, we tax unrealized land values through land tax and rates. But as I've already explained, those taxes typically at one to two percent, and land values don't change in a volatile way. So this is a new departure for our income tax system. I think that's the big thing about this,
and it will undoubtedly cause a lot of harm. I think the principle is the objection, because a taxpayer shouldn't have to go into debt or sell assets simply to meet a tax liability, and that's what this unrealized capital gains tax will do to them.
So just expanding on that further, when you say it will cause a lot of harm, people might have to go into debt. What do you think the consequences will be? People will have to sell property or you know what are we looking at here?
Well, somebody with a self managed fund invested in an illiquid asset like a business or a farm won't be able to sell five, ten, twenty percent of that in order to meet their tax liability. So when they get the bill from the ATO, they'll either have to sell other assets or go into debt. I think that's the difficulty. Those with investments in industry retail funds are in a
different position. They can make withdrawals from those funds fairly easily, so it's really in assault on those with self managed super funds, which account for one trillion of our four trillion dollar stock of super with investments in unlisted or illiquid assets.
We saw just on another topic, we saw Victoria's opposition delivered their budget reply today vowing to act stamp duty for first home buyers. I mean, this would be popular. What do you think though, is it good policy to act stamp duty for first home buyers.
I don't think it's great policy. I think the most sustainable way to make housing more affordable, as experts have pointed out, is to improve supply, and that goes to reducing the costs of construction, making land available, and dealing with council zoning. I think giving first home buyers extra money in their pocket, which both the federal government and the opposition did in the last election campaign and the
Victorian opposition doing now, just bids up prices. Yes, some first home buyers will be able to get that house, but it'll create price pressures that will leave others out of the market.
I mean we're seeing more and more of that, you know, just spending money to try and win votes, and it's always been the way that there are some elections sweeteners, but it just seems to be getting larger and larger. I mean, I just think that Labour's commitment federally to pay off hex debt is so egregious, it's such, it's so clearly buying the young vote, and you know we see it at a state level as well. Do you think this is now the new normal?
Well, it's a new normal because both Labor and the Coalition have ceased defending the interests of taxpayers in this country. So if you lift the veil on all of these spending promises, all of these electoral giveaways, you have both sides of politics reliant on bracket creep and a personal income tax, a personal income tax system which taxes one dollar in every two that you earn over one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, which is less than twice average
annual earnings. So taxpayers aren't represented by the two major parties. And I think this is the opportunity for the new liberal leadership to put their stamp on politics and to win a new political constituency which has been neglected since Howard's time.
I completely agree with you and I think Australia the figures show Australia has among the highest rates of personal income tax in the world. So this is what we're seeing. David Pearl. Always appreciate your insights. Thank you so much. Now still to come, tears and chaos in Liverpool after a driver plowed into a crowd of football fans. We'll cross live to London and alban easy wins the praise of Palestinian leaders. Alex Rifchun will join me after this
quick break. Rogue labor and husick today cold in his own government to impose sanctions on Israel.
There's an expectation we move beyond words. I think we should be calling in the Israeli ambassador to stress that Australia, as a member of the international community, expects the humanitarian particularly medical supplies be delivered and the other the third area I think we should be actively considering. And a suspect it's probably under active consideration is drawing up a list of targeted sanctions.
And of course his comments come after the Prime Minister yesterday lectured Israel with false accusations. The Executive Council of Australian Jury co CEO Alex Riftin joins me. Now, Alex, great to see you. What was your response when you heard at Husick's comments and are you concerned about this new level of hostility.
Well, look, I'm not particularly surprised, I have to tell you. I mean ed Hugh Six's comments were consistent with criticisms he made shortly after his demotion and remarks that he made at the very beginning of the war. I think he's long held these sorts of views, but he's been encumbered by the discipline of being cabinet from actually expressing himself. And now that incumbrance is off, and I think we're seeing his true feelings about Israel. And he will say
that he's concerned generally for humanity for both sides. But if you look at his remarks, there's the usual tokenistic condemnation of Hamas and a call for them to release hostages and disarm and whatnot, but there's substantive, serious criticism
of Israel. He's talking about bringing the Israeli ambassador, he's talking about imposing sanctions and working with other countries to impose a sanctions regime, and he cause fails to address the actual issue at hand, and we all know what that is, which is, for the first eighteen months of this war, Israel was fighting Humas with one hand and feeding him with the other. You had over one hundred trucks of age going in every day. Hamas would hijack
that aid. He would feed its fighters and not its people. It would then sell the AID on the black market to pop up its own regime and its terror forces. And Israel's looking for a solution, and Ed Husick is light on that now. What Israel's doing right now is try to create safe zones within Gaza where the AID can be deposited and safely distributed without a falling to the clutches of Hermas. But these are not the things that Husick is concerned.
With, no exactly, And I mean it's similar in a way to at least where the blame is being a portion for Albanesi's remarks yesterday, which Palestinian representatives have now praised. I mean Albinizi had this one sided, biased view where he puts all the pressure on Israel instead of constantly demanding that Hermas releases the hostages and surrenders. Because if there were no terrorists. Israel wouldn't need to be in Gaza in the first place. Alex, Well, that's.
The frustrating thing, showy. And we know how this's war started. But I think the government is quickly forgetting and I think they're forgetting the situation with the hostages, which is obviously very close to our hearts and something which we will never forget and never let go of. And the fact that Hummas began this war and that they're seeking to achieve the international isolation of Israel, that this sort of condemnation which they're reaping from Western governments, including our own,
plays exactly into their strategy. So we've said all along that this war ends with the end of Hamas. Anything short of that means that in a year or two years will return to the same cycle of violence, more bloodshed,
more needless war. Humas has to go, and the government if it was really interested in peace in the region, rather than tokenistic symbolic statements, it would be joining us in the international community in saying Hamas to unconditionally surrender immediately, and that would end the civilian and human suffering on both sides.
Yeah, well it sounds tonight. I had Sharon Haskell on the show early and she basically said that Australia has lost its seat at the table to be part of the conversation about what happens to Gaza afterwards. Out of time, but I just quickly want to get your view on the University of Sydney academics who are now trying to stop the university from adopting a proper definition of anti Semitism.
Well, there's nothing surprising in this, and these academics and students at every turn seek to marginalize and isolate Jewish students. And I have to commend particularly the Australasian Union of Jewish Students in the five A group that have stood up heroically in extremely trying circumstances, and the Jewish communities with them and stand shoulders shouldered with them, and we
will fight this. You know, there is an end to the impunity been able to marginalize and harass and torn Jewish students, to keep them off campus, to purge them from society. We're not going to let it happen. And this important definition of anti Semitism helps actually understand what.
It is and you know, remedying in some form.
So we're going to fight Ford and we're going to stand with students and doing so.
Alex, always great to have you on the show. Thank you so much again for your time. All right, after the break, we'll cross to London for the latest on the Liverpool crash that's in a minute. Welcome back. We're going to cross now to the UK and return to the scene of the crime to Liverpool where a car ran into a crowd of people, hospitalizing twenty seven including four children on the ground for us in Liverpool, not London.
In Liverpool is News Cop Europe correspondent Sophie Elsworth. Sophie, thank you very much for joining us.
Now.
Police have said they're not treating this as a terror attack. What do we know about the motivation behind this.
This point in time, we know very little. We know that a fifty three year old white British male from Liverpool has been.
Arrested, but that is all the detail to date that we have on the driver.
And there's a lot of people obviously very keen to hear what the motivations were behind this tragedy that struck the sharry behind me. I mean, this was a city that was absolutely in peak celebration yesterday on Monday on our Bank holiday here in the UK, and then it quickly turned to sheer devastation when this car plowed through the crowd and injured.
Dozens of people.
So there's still a lot of detail yet to unfold, but we do not know what caused the driver to push his way and plow his way through this crowd, Charry, And there's also questions been asked how on earth was he able to get through the crowd in a vehicle.
I mean, the police were very quick to come out and say that this was not being treated as a terror attack, but then they haven't explained why they're making that statement. I mean, the driver could have been drunk, it could have been a health issue like a heart attacker. Is there any motivation that's been discussed at off or why they were so decisive and saying it wasn't a terror attack.
Well, they wanted to stamp this out, Charry very quickly because they were very concerned that misinformation would spread online on social media, so they wanted to come out with these key facts to stamp out any speculation very quickly.
But some witnesses did tell some of the news channels that the driver appeared agitated in the lead up to this unfolding of events and seemed distressed or agitated as he plowed through the crowd, and then we saw people running and attacking the car because they were so livid with were unfolded. We know that children have also been injured in this charry, So it's a tragedy that Liverpool's
still trying to come to churms with. People are coming down looking here to see what has actually happened, and many people just going how can we have a city that was celebrating such a momentous occasion with the victory in the English Premier League to now.
Mourning in his track. Many people in hospital recovering from this. Yeah, and we can see behind you that was the main street where it happened, where the parade was taking place and the crowds were gathered. You just mentioned the children who had been injured. Do we have any update on their condition now, how they're doing.
So we were asking various authorities who were down here today talking to the press and they're not giving detail on that either. Many of the injured are in various hospitals around Liverpool, so there's still a lot of unknown We expect to get more detail today. It's only lunchtime here in the UK. But there's so many questions that need to be answered and authorities really sharey they had weeks of planning for this event, So how this unfolded?
What was the motivation that must be determined, and we're waiting to find out.
Yeah, because it's the sort of incident that could really happen anywhere, and that's what's so terrifying. But when you look at the vision, as the cows, as the car is plowing through the crowds, you'd really have to think it's a miracle that no one was killed.
Absolutely, Sharry, I mean, it's unbelievable because they say the reports are that there are a million people. This is a parade that stretched for ten miles, so sixteen kilometers.
It was massive. Liverpool is a huge club obviously in the UK.
They've got supporters all over the world. The town was booked out. This was a massive event and then to have this happen and no one die is really quite remarkable so far to date.
All right, Sophy, appreciate your time and that's all we've got time for today. I'll see you tomorrow at eight o'clock right here, here's Paul Murray.