At Authorities Home, the PM and his new ministry are being sworn in.
The swearing-in ceremony, which began at 9am, is performed by the governor normal Sam Mostyn in Canberra.
The PM took the affirmation as his fiancée, Jodie Haydon, and son, Nathan, watched on.
Key occasions
And we’ve received some pics of the swearing-in ceremony this morning.
Right here is the PM arriving at Authorities Home:
And right here he’s being sworn in, along with his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, and son, Nathan, watching on:
And we’ve received Penny Wong rocking up in Labor pink together with her daughter to be sworn in:
At Authorities Home, the PM and his new ministry are being sworn in.
The swearing-in ceremony, which began at 9am, is performed by the governor normal Sam Mostyn in Canberra.
The PM took the affirmation as his fiancée, Jodie Haydon, and son, Nathan, watched on.
McKim touts Greens’ energy in Senate regardless of decrease home losses
The Greens’ performing chief, Senator Nick McKim, additionally stated:
We confronted huge David v Goliath campaigns by each main events this election, funded by large firms and the fossil gas foyer.
But extra folks than ever earlier than have backed the Greens’ large options for the housing, price of residing, and local weather disaster – demanding greater than the Band-aid options provided by Labor and the Liberals.
The Greens labored to maintain Dutton out, and he’s been kicked out. And now we’ll be returning with the unimaginable Elizabeth Watson-Brown within the Home of Representatives, and all 11 of our Senators within the Senate.
The Greens are set to be a robust drive within the subsequent parliament, as a part of a robust progressive crossbench and holding the stability of energy within the Senate, pushing for extra motion on the local weather, housing and the price of residing crises.
Greens’ MP: ‘No excuse now for Labor to withstand reform’ in ‘most progressive Senates we’ve ever had’
After the ABC referred to as the seat of Ryan for the Greens and their candidate Elizabeth Watson-Brown, the occasion has says they are going to use their stability of energy within the Senate to get Labor to take stronger motion on local weather, housing and cost-of-living crises.
The Greens member for Ryan, Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP:
I need to thank the folks of Ryan for once more placing their belief in me to be their sturdy, impartial voice in parliament – and for serving to to maintain Dutton out.
I’m deeply honoured to be your MP and can work exhausting with you for a brighter future for all of us.
This time period now we have one of the progressive Senates we’ve ever had, a chance for actual progressive reform. There isn’t any excuse now for Labor to withstand actual reform to assist folks and nature.
The Greens are able to push Labor to take stronger motion on the local weather, housing and cost-of-living crises.
Benita Kolovos
Victoria to increase $8,000 sign-on bonus for brand new jail officers
Allan says they are going to have sufficient employees to supervise the additional beds, with greater than 640 jail officers and 170 youth justice officers becoming a member of the corrections system up to now yr.
A $8,000 sign-on bonus introduced initially of the yr for brand new recruits on the Western Plains and Hopkins correctional centre will likely be prolonged to all grownup prisons as a part of the funding announcement, for an extra 320 new employees in youth justice and 400 in grownup corrections.
And the federal government will likely be introducing amendments to the Corrections Act to parliament later this morning to crack down on prisoners who assault and injure custodial employees. The modifications make it clear any prisoner convicted of assaulting and injuring a corrections employee will get further time added on high of their current sentence.
The corrections minister, Enver Erdogan, says:
Sadly that wasn’t all the time a case up to now, there have been totally different interpretations [by the courts] … we’re making the regulation crystal-clear. The message is in the event you assault employees try to be doing further time … chatting with employees, there’s a sense if folks don’t get further time there’s no actual penalties.
Benita Kolovos
Allan talks up bail legal guidelines and says they’re already having an impression
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, is holding a press convention on the new Western Plains correctional centre in Lara to announce $727m within the newest funds will likely be spent to ramp up capability within the state’s prisons.
Allan says the federal government will want extra jail beds to take care of an elevated variety of alleged offenders being remanded in custody resulting from her authorities’s new bail legal guidelines.
She says legal guidelines – which had been broadly criticised by authorized, human rights and First Nations teams – have already had an impression since they handed in March. Figures supplied by the federal government present there are 465 extra folks on remand in Victorian prisons this month in contrast with April final yr, a rise of twenty-two%.
Thirty-nine extra younger persons are on remand this month in contrast with April final yr, a rise of 71%.
Allan says:
We’re increasing the capability of youth justice and grownup amenities … recognising neighborhood security comes first and our robust new bail legal guidelines are working.
The funding package deal will enable for the opening of just about 1,000 further grownup jail beds throughout the state’s prisons and an extra 88 beds at youth justice amenities at Cherry Creek and Parkville.
Josh Taylor
Australia information highest variety of knowledge breachers after 25% improve since 2023
Australia has recorded the best variety of knowledge breach experiences in six years of reporting in 2024, with a rise of 25% in notifications to the Workplace of the Australian Data Commissioner in comparison with 2023.
In response to the most recent notifiable knowledge breaches report overlaying 1 July to 31 December 2024, there have been 595 knowledge breaches within the latter half of the yr, taking the entire variety of breaches reported that yr to 1,113, up 25% from 893 in 2023.
Within the half yr, the best variety of experiences got here from well being suppliers (121) adopted by authorities (100), finance (54), authorized and accounting (36), and retail (34).
The report discovered 69% of the information breaches occurred resulting from malicious or prison assault, with phishing – that’s, utilizing compromised credentials to entry knowledge – being the commonest, comprising 34% of breaches. It was adopted by ransomware at 24%.
Most reported breaches affected lower than 5,000 folks every, however two had been reported to have an effect on between 500,000 and 1 million folks. Most private data within the breaches was contact data, id knowledge or monetary or well being data.
The privateness commissioner, Carly Sort, stated:
The developments we’re observing recommend the specter of knowledge breaches, particularly by way of the efforts of malicious actors, is unlikely to decrease, and the dangers to Australians are solely prone to improve.
Companies and authorities companies must step up privateness and safety measures to maintain tempo.
Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance welcomes appointment of Murray Watt as atmosphere minister
The Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance has welcomed and congratulated Senator Murray Watt on his appointment as the brand new minister for atmosphere and water whereas urging him to proceed the reform agenda for the Murray-Darling basin begun by his predecessor.
Craig Wilkins, the nationwide director of the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance, stated:
Through the subsequent time period of presidency, the way forward for Australia’s best river system will likely be determined as the present Murray-Darling basin plan involves an finish and a brand new one is created.
It is a pivotal appointment at a pivotal time.
Choices made within the subsequent three years will decide whether or not the river will get a combating probability to construct resilience within the face of worsening local weather impacts, or proceed to face a cycle of fish kills, blue inexperienced algae outbreaks and deterioration in water high quality and quantity.
Minister [Tanya] Plibersek introduced widespread sense, conviction and practicality to resolving challenges within the basin. We look ahead to Minister Watt persevering with the sturdy reform agenda begun underneath his predecessor.
The Restoring our Rivers Act was a serious step in direction of a wholesome basin following years of poor progress, stalled negotiations and undermining of the basin plan.
Victorian authorities provides $700m in jail funding in subsequent state funds
From AAP: The Victorian authorities will set $700m apart in subsequent week’s state funds to open extra jail beds to prepare for the elevated demand after the introduction of harder bail legal guidelines.
Nearly 1,000 further grownup jail beds will open throughout the system and a further 88 beds will open at youth justice centres at Cherry Creek and Parkville. The announcement additionally contains amendments to the Corrections Act to crack down on prisoners who assault and injure custodial employees.
In a press release, a state authorities spokesperson stated neighborhood security got here first in Victoria and there have been penalties for breaking the regulation:
Our robust new bail legal guidelines imply extra folks charged with severe offenders are going to jail. That’s why we have to open extra jail beds now.
Now we have zero tolerance for prisoners who assault our employees. Our new legal guidelines make the results clear.
Requested what actual motion on local weather change appears like, Ryan stated the federal government wants to maneuver extra rapidly:
Nicely, they should transfer extra rapidly with the online zero transition and we have to have larger readability for the areas about how electrification will proceed. Rewiring Australia has been held up, and that’s costing us all.
We have to have larger readability round how electrification can work within the suburbs and the way properties and companies could be assisted to get off fossil fuels and to affect in a means that’s fast and efficient, which brings down their vitality prices rapidly but additionally takes strain off the grid.
They’re all big-picture points the place authorities coverage will make a giant distinction, and they’re issues that I’ll be pushing for within the subsequent three years.
Ryan stated she’s going to spend the following three years specializing in housing affordability, tax reform and the local weather:
Up to now for the reason that election, what we’ve seen is each the Liberals and the Nationals sort of activate one another, and so they’re clearly engaged in management battles this week. They’ve received some vital points, I believe, to take care of, and one among them is the truth that they didn’t take satisfactory coverage to the federal election.
We’d like an efficient opposition within the Home of Representatives. That’s extraordinarily necessary. And we’d like the federal government to be held to account on the issues that communities like Kooyong care about, that are tax reform, housing affordability, local weather, and the cost-of-living disaster, and in order that will likely be my job, to carry the federal government to account on these issues.
