Australia news live: Littleproud says Nationals ‘bigger than any individual’ after Joyce quits; arrests over alleged $1m Sydney casino fraud

Follow all the day’s news liveExclusive: Taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLittleproud suggests values test for temporary migrants would stop ‘importing hate’Littleproud says a values test for new migrants – which the Coalition has flagged – wouldn’t hurt.What do you think about this idea of some sort of values test for people who are coming on temporary visas? There is already the citizenship test for those who want to become citizens, but if you are coming temporary visa, on any of these visas you are talking about, do think there should be some sort of values test? Is that a problem the moment?I don’t think it hurts … When you’ve seen the discord on streets, particularly of Sydney and Melbourne over the last two years since October 2023, I think there is a risk that we as Australians can’t import the hate that permeates in some other parts of the world. I think it’s important we make sure that when we do bring people from those challenged parts of the world, that they understand they are coming here with a responsibility to live up to the values and principles that our great country has been built on, with is migration, but how we have come together to be able to achieve a harmonious society for most of it and not allow that hate that permeates in some parts of the world to be imported in.Different individuals and groups have been misrepresenting key cost estimates from the [Net Zero] Australia Project as ‘the cost of Australia reaching net zero’. These misrepresented costs have typically ranged from $1.5 trillion to $9 trillion.” Continue reading...