From inaccurate (and non-existent) polling to a years-long ground game by the Labor challenger Ali France, and from national factors to the impact of a local independent, our Queensland correspondentBen Smee unpickshow Peter Dutton became the first opposition leader to lose his seat.
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And talking of polls, we look at how the really dubious thing was not so much getting the margin of Labor’s win correct but that all the surveys were very similar.
Kevin Rudd has taken aim at the US proposal to put tariffs on screen productions, saying the world does not want a “tax on Bluey”.
Australia’s ambassador to the US was speaking at a Milken Institute event in Los Angeles, on apanel about the state of modern diplomacy.
The discussion turned to the diplomatic value of culture, and Rudd said cultural brands had the “power to capture the public imagination”.
He gave the example of the cartoon Bluey, which is set in Brisbane and became a global success, and added “by the way… I don’t think we want to see a tax on Bluey” – a reference to Donald Trump’s plan to add a 100% tariff to foreign-produced films
Rudd said:
Anthony Albanesehas pledged to deliver an environment protection agency that can protect the environment while also standing up for jobs and the mining sector.
In an interview with ABC’s 7.30 last night, the prime minister said he would sit down with “sensible people” across the sectors to determine another way forward on the failed environment watchdog.
In the final months of the Albanese government’s first term, a proposed federal EPA was dumpedamid a major backlash from WA. The proposed body would have been able to make approval and regulatory decisions and impose beefed-up penalties with the Environment Information Australia to provide data, information and analysis.
Albanesepromised to deliver a different modelin his second term as prime minister. While he didn’t offer any details about the new model, Albanese told 7.30:
“We need to make sure that there is more sensible decision making. That’s something that I’m committed to. It’s something as well that conservation groups want to see where a project clearly doesn’t stack up. There should be an easier way to make decisions.”
Asked about whether environment ministerTanya Plibersekhad done a good job with creating the initial model, Albanese deflected to blame the Senate.
“She was dealing with a Senate that was a Senate of blockers, whether it be the Greens or the Coalition, not wanting to look for solutions, looking to play politics.”
Plibersekhad struck a deal in writingwith both the Greens and the independent senator David Pocock on supporting the nature positive legislation before Albanese vetoed it hours later in a private meeting withAdam BandtandSarah Hanson-Young.
Plibersek is expected to be moved out of the environment portfolio after the caucus meets on Friday.
Prof Rinaldo Bellomo, a medical science pioneer who has been hailed as “one of the world’s most influential scientific minds”,has died aged 68.
Bellomo completed his medical degree at Monash University after arriving in Australia from Italy in 1980 and served as a professor in the medical faculty where his contributions focused on improving intensive care – particularly in the management of acute renal failure, to which he dedicated much of his life.
In a statement last night, the university said it acknowledged his passing with “deep sadness and profound respect”, describing him as “a towering figure in Australian and global intensive care medicine, and a cherished member of our academic community”.
It said his “scientific achievements are almost without parallel. Professor Bellomo was named one of the world’s most influential scientific minds for seven consecutive years (2014–2021) by Clarivate Analytics, recognising his prolific contributions to medical science”
He was, the university noted, the most published and most cited medical researcher in Australian history.
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Anthony Albanesemight have won an election victory for the ages but his problems aren’t going away. MPs on both sides of the factional divide arelobbying furiouslyfor representation in the prime minister’s new cabinet, we’re reporting this morning, with Victorian MPs demanding that what they consider as a bias towards the NSW right faction be corrected. And speaking on 7.30 last night, Albanese pledged to deliver an agency that can protect the environment while also standing up for jobs and the mining sector. More on that – and all the news on the seats still too close to call, and the Liberals’ leadership fight – coming up.
The academic and medical world is paying tribute to one of Australia’s greatest ever scientists this morning.Prof Rinaldo Bellomo, of Monash University, considered “one of the world’s greatest scientific minds”, has died aged 68 with the university saying in a statement that he was “a towering figure in Australian and global intensive care medicine, and a cherished member of our academic community”. More coming up.