Politics live: Greens call for US execution live stream to be blocked; Flydubai pilot’s Australia links ‘disturbing’

From 41m ago 21.45 CEST Greens call for US execution live stream to be blocked The Greens are pushing for the Albanese government to ensure the live streaming of a firing squad execution in the US is not able to be viewed in Australia. Last week, the US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, said the public would be able to watch the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan on 3 December. The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has written to the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, and the communications minister, Anika Wells, seeking assurance it won’t be shown in Australia. Hanson-Young suggested large fines could apply for digital platforms if they showed the stream or did not take steps to block the video at a later date. Hanson-Young told the ABC: double quotation mark I think this is incredibly shocking and barbaric, and Australians don’t want this on our screens. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Photograph: Sarah Wilson/AAP Share Updated at 22.16 CEST 26s ago 22.26 CEST Kristy McBain, the emergency management minister, is doing the media rounds, to talk ahead of what could be a brutal and damaging summer season in Australia. You might remember a couple of months ago there was a national test of the AusAlert system, where all compatible phones sounded an alarm and displayed a test message. McBain tells ABC News Breakfast just two states have so far signed onto the system, but more will be going through that process in the coming weeks “before we hit disaster season proper”. double quotation mark That will get much better protection for communities who are experiencing disaster, as I said. Near real–time message not [reliant] on any one telco provider is a real game changer for emergency management. Share 9m ago 22.18 CEST Reserve Bank should ban point of sale charges for small business, says Labor minister Labor frontbencher Kristy McBain says the Reserve Bank should go a step further than its card surcharge ban, and ban charging at the point of sale for small businesses. The government has copped a bit of flack from the card surcharge ban, which was costing consumers $1.6bn a year, and small businesses then went and started raising the price of their goods. McBain tells Seven’s Sunrise program that the government isn’t in charge of these decisions – the Reserve Bank is – but small businesses shouldn’t have to keep paying fees to card networks or banks to accept those card and digital payments. double quotation mark These banks are making billions of dollars in profits every year and small businesses are already paying account-keeping fees and a range of other fees directly to their banks. So that’s what I’d like to see the RBA actually take that next step and say, you know, there is no charging for those point of sale machines. View image in fullscreen Labor’s Kristy McBain. Photograph: James Ross/AAP Share Updated at 22.23 CEST 19m ago 22.07 CEST Krishani Dhanji Big tech, health and education on the parliamentary agenda Good morning, Krishani Dhanji with you here on our politics blog to cover another busy sitting week. Time is quickly running out for the government who have a few key pieces of legislation they want to pass with only three joint sitting weeks left in the year and one Senate-only sitting week. As my colleague Tom McIlroy has brought you this morning, Labor’s digital duty of care bill will be in the spotlight, with the Greens putting themselves at the negotiation table. They want bigger fines – a share of global revenue – for tech platforms that do the wrong thing. Health and education are also on the legislative agenda: the government’s plan to reduce private health insurance rebates for over-65s isn’t loved (or at all liked, really) by the Coalition or the Greens so they’ll need to find a way around that. But the opposition and Greens are more supportive of a bill to change university funding, which guarantees spots for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, regional, rural and First Nations families (though expect lots of amendments). Buckle in, it’s going to be a busy week! Share Updated at 22.13 CEST 29m ago 21.58 CEST NSW government moves to challenge One Nation to cost promises The NSW government will seek to amend legislation to give One Nation access to the independent Parliamentary Budget Office in a bid to challenge the populist party to cost their promises. In a statement, the Minns government said it was clear the March 2027 election would see three parties competing to form government – and the legislation only contemplates a Labor v Coalition contest. The treasurer, Daniel Mookhey, said he was “looking forward” to seeing One Nation’s ideas. double quotation mark But right now, voters will only get advice from the independent PBO on the costs of the Coalition and Labor’s policies. They should get that same advice about One Nation’s policies. One Nation has made no secret of how much they admire American and Argentinian-style wage policies, healthcare policies and cuts to the public service. No doubt they will want to import these ideas into NSW, but voters deserve to have independent advice about what they mean for them. Share Updated at 22.11 CEST 37m ago 21.49 CEST FlyDubai pilot links to Australia ‘disturbing’: opposition The opposition says reports the FlyDubai pilot involved in a thwarted hijacking was radicalised while studying in Australia are “deeply disturbing”. At the weekend, the attorney-general of the United Arab Emirates said that pilot Hamad Saif al-Shamsi underwent a “drift towards extremism and terrorism” while studying in Melbourne. Flydubai co-pilot began radicalisation in Australia, UAE prosecutors say Read more The shadow home affairs minister, Jonno Duniam, said there could be no place for hate preachers or anyone advocating terror or violence in the country. double quotation mark That is why the Coalition will tighten visa laws to keep those who preach hatred out of Australia and deport non-citizens who promote violent extremism. Extremism has no place in Australia. We need to detect it early, confront it wherever it emerges and give our police and security agencies the resources they need to keep Australians safe. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said the man was radicalised online, as extremist groups target young people, particularly men. He said the government wanted to properly screen people at the border and in online settings. Al-Shamsi received a student visa for study in Australia in 2014. He left in 2017 and his visa was cancelled two years later. View image in fullscreen Photograph: Karl Dittlbacher/Reuters Share Updated at 22.15 CEST 41m ago 21.45 CEST Greens call for US execution live stream to be blocked The Greens are pushing for the Albanese government to ensure the live streaming of a firing squad execution in the US is not able to be viewed in Australia. Last week, the US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, said the public would be able to watch the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan on 3 December. The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has written to the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, and the communications minister, Anika Wells, seeking assurance it won’t be shown in Australia. Hanson-Young suggested large fines could apply for digital platforms if they showed the stream or did not take steps to block the video at a later date. Hanson-Young told the ABC: double quotation mark I think this is incredibly shocking and barbaric, and Australians don’t want this on our screens. View image in fullscreen Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Photograph: Sarah Wilson/AAP Share Updated at 22.16 CEST