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Sydney Morning Herald
04-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Australia news LIVE: Unannounced spot checks in childcare centres to be fast-tracked; Trump's ‘big beautiful bill' clears US Congress
Latest posts Latest posts 11.31am Discussions to make CCTV in childcare centres mandatory: Clare By Cindy Yin Education ministers will discuss whether CCTV cameras should be made mandatory in childcare centres after a childcare worker in Melbourne was charged with more than 70 alleged child sex abuse offences Asked on Sky News whether it would be made mandatory, Education Minister Jason Clare said it was one of the issues education ministers will discuss at their meeting next month. 'One of the things that having a CCTV camera in a childcare centre can do is if there's somebody who is potentially up to no good, they know the camera's there, it means it's less likely they're going to act,' he said. 'It was a recommendation out of an independent review that NSW did, and it was released last week. 'They have to be in the right places – if deterrence is going to work, how you set them up is just as critical as whether you've got them there at all,' Clare said. 10.52am Unannounced spot checks in childcare centres to be fast-tracked By Cindy Yin Education Minister Jason Clare has said unannounced spot checks will soon be able to take place in childcare centres following a childcare worker in Melbourne being charged with more than 70 alleged child sex abuse offences. Clare said the government would fast-track legislation when parliament returns on July 22 to give approximately 150 people in his department the power to perform unannounced spot checks at childcare centres. '[It] gives the sort of people who work in my department who investigate fraud in childcare centres the ability to do spot checks, unannounced visits,' Clare told Sky News. 'They won't need a warrant, they won't need the police to come with them when they're investigating fraud in childcare centres'. Another aspect of the legislation gives the government the ability to cut off funding to childcare centres persistently not meeting child safety standards. 10.23am Nvidia briefly on track to become world's most valuable company ever Chipmaker Nvidia hit a market value of $US3.92 trillion ($5.96 trillion) on Thursday (Friday AEST), briefly putting it on track to become the most valuable company in history as Wall Street doubled down on optimism about AI. Shares of the leading designer of high-end AI chips rose as much as 2.4 per cent in early trading, giving the company a higher market capitalisation than Apple's, with a record closing value of $US3.915 trillion in December 2024. The company is close to overtaking Apple's all-time record and becoming the world's most valuable company in history. Wall Street lifted following the report from the US government, which said employers added 147,000 more jobs to their payrolls last month than they cut. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs, notching a third week of gains. The Dow closed up 0.77 per cent, only 0.41 per cent away from its own record. The unexpected acceleration in hiring signals the US job market is holding up despite worries about how president Donald Trump's tariffs may hurt the economy and inflation. 9.53am Saudi defence minister met with Trump to discuss Iran de-escalation, Fox News reports Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with US President Donald Trump and other officials at the White House on Thursday (Friday AEST) to discuss de-escalation efforts with Iran, Fox News reported. Talks included discussions about getting to the negotiating table with Iran and de-escalating the conflict, according to Fox News sources. Discussions also reportedly included ending the war in Gaza and the release of the remaining hostages. Sources also told Fox News, 'there was progress and optimism on all fronts.' Khalid is the younger brother of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump says US has given Ukraine too many weapons US President Donald Trump complained that the United States provided too many weapons to Ukraine under the previous administration, his first public comments on the pause in some shipments as Russia escalates its latest offensive. Speaking to reporters on Thursday (Friday AEST) before boarding Air Force One for a flight to Iowa, Trump said former President Joe Biden 'emptied out our whole country giving them weapons, and we have to make sure that we have enough for ourselves.' Air defence missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons are among those being withheld from Ukraine. Loading Trump, who also spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Friday AEST), suggested he wasn't completely cutting off US assistance to Ukraine. 'We've given so many weapons,' he said, adding that 'we are working with them and trying to help them.' Trump said he had a 'pretty long call' with Putin that 'didn't make any progress' in resolving the war, which the Republican president had promised to swiftly bring to a conclusion. 'I'm not happy about that,' he said. The Kremlin described the conversation as 'frank and constructive' — the sixth publicly disclosed chat between the two leaders since Trump returned to the White House. While discussing the situation around Iran and in the broader Middle East, Putin emphasised the need to resolve all differences 'exclusively by political and diplomatic means,' said Yuri Ushakov, his foreign affairs adviser. The leaders agreed that Russian and U.S. officials will maintain contact on the issue, he added. 9.06am Qantas says frequent flyer information secure after hack By Chris Zappone Qantas expects to be able next week to share the details of individual customer data that was affected by the hack of a call centre platform, based on the pace of an ongoing forensic investigation, the airline has said in an update. The breaching of up to 6 million customers' data, first revealed on Wednesday, prompted a reassurance that frequent flyer accounts were secure, even as the airline reminded customers they could update passwords and PINs at any time. To date, Qantas has not been contacted by anyone claiming to have the data since the incident, which was suspected to be the work of the Scattered Spider criminal cyber group. Qantas is continuing to work with government authorities to investigate the event. Loading 'Our investigation is progressing well, with our cybersecurity teams working alongside leading external specialists to determine what information has been accessed,' Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson said. 'We're finalising a process that will enable us to provide affected customers with more information about their personal information that was potentially compromised.' Next week, Qantas 'will be in a position' to tell affected customers which types of their personal data were contained in the third-party system that was accessed. 'This will confirm specific data fields for each individual, which will vary from customer to customer,' Qantas said in a statement. Qantas became the latest major airline to be hit by a cyber breach, revealing on Wednesday that hackers had accessed customers' personal information from one of its call centres. In the Friday morning update, Qantas reiterated that frequent flyer passwords, PIN numbers and log in details were not accessed or compromised, 'but customers can update these details at any time'. 8.53am Sporting stars, UK leaders pay tribute to Liverpool FC's Diogo Jota after car crash death By David Crowe Football champions and political leaders have led the stunned reaction to the sudden death of Liverpool FC star Diogo Jota in a fiery car crash in northern Spain less than two weeks after he married his long-term partner. The Portuguese champion was driving with his brother, Andre Silva, when a tyre blew out on their Lamborghini, forcing it off the road. The vehicle became engulfed in flames and the two men died at the scene. Photographs and footage published in Spanish media showed a burnt and destroyed Lamborghini by the side of the highway. The London Telegraph reported that Jota had been told to drive 10 hours to a Spanish ferry rather than fly to Britain. It said Jota had been given medical advice to avoid taking a plane back for training, but that it was unclear where he was given that advice. Thousands of fans gathered at the Liverpool club's home ground, Anfield Stadium, as champions expressed their shock at the news. Jota, 28, began playing for his country as a teenager and represented Portugal at the 2022 World Cup. He signed with Liverpool for a reported £41 million ($85 million) in 2020 and was a star forward in the club's victory in the Premier League this year. 8.34am New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says NASA astronomers spotted an interstellar comet in Chile earlier this week and have confirmed it poses no threat to Earth. Officially, it's the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. 'These things take millions of years to go from one stellar neighbourhood to another, so this thing has likely been travelling through space for hundreds of millions of years, even billions of years,' said Paul Chodas, director of NASA's centre for near Earth object studies. 'We don't know, and so we can't predict which star it came from.' Loading The comet is 670 million kilometres from the sun, out near Jupiter, and heading in the direction of Earth at 59 kilometres per second. NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth — but closer to the red planet than us, at a safe distance of 240 million kilometres. Astronomers around the world are monitoring the icy snowball, which has officially been designated as 3I/Atlas to determine its size and shape. Chodas said there have been more than 100 observations since its discovery on July 1, with preliminary reports of a tail and a cloud of gas and dust around the comet's nucleus. The comet should be visible by telescope until September, before it gets too close to the sun, and reappear in December on the other side of the sun. 8.15am 'We will back you the whole way': Nationals back PM's small business plan By Cindy Yin Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has welcomed the PM's push for businesses to drive growth in the economy instead of the government, but has criticised the move by saying it came too late. Speaking on Sky News today, the Nationals senator welcomed the shift in Labor's outlook, saying the government had 'finally woken up'. 'The government has finally woken up and realised, after spending the first three years smashing small business and our industrial base through a raft of industrial relations policies, energy policies and new regulation … They've suddenly realised that government jobs don't grow the economy.' She also said the Nationals would throw their support behind any business-first policies Labor puts forward in its second term. 'Please, prime minister and treasurer, use the huge mandate the Australian people have given you to set our country up for the future, and we will back you the whole way. We want our country to be stronger, more prosperous and more secure,' McKenzie said. 'They've got a huge mandate – it's a great opportunity to do the type of deep reform that our economy needs, and our country needs, to set us up for the next century.' 7.49am 'Government doing less': PM to deliver vision for Australia's economy By Cindy Yin Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will outline the government's immediate and long-term economic vision for Australia in a speech he will deliver at a News Corp event in Sydney later today. Albanese will say Labor, now in their second term of government, must establish an economic plan which will make it 'easier for business to create jobs, start and finish projects, invest in new technology and build new facilities'. 'Some of this involves government doing less: clearing away unnecessary or outdated regulation. Eliminating frustrating overlap between local, state and federal laws,' the prime minister will say. 'Yet value also lies in areas where government can do better. Better aligning our investments in TAFE and vocational education, to deliver the skilled workforce employers need. And making sure those vital skills can cross state borders in real time. Working to our ambitious goals in housing and renewables, by getting projects approved and built faster, while maintaining our commitment to sustainability and safety.' He will also discuss major economic and political issues affecting Australian businesses and households, with speeches from a slew of business heavyweights. 'This is not a task government can, or should, tackle alone,' Albanese will say. 'In a strong, dynamic and productive economy, government should be a driver of growth – but not the driver of growth. Facilitating private sector investment and job creation, not seeking to replace it. 'From big employers to the millions of small businesses right around Australia, our government wants you to be able to resume your rightful place as the primary source of growth in our economy.'
Sydney Morning Herald
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Australia news LIVE: Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to finalise 60-day Gaza ceasefire; Wong meets Quad powers in Washington; Trump's ‘One Big Beautiful Bill' passed in US Senate
Latest posts Latest posts 10.16am Parents 'sickened' by abuse in Melbourne childcare centres: Clare By Cindy Yin Education Minister Jason Clare said any Australian would be 'sickened' after a childcare worker in Melbourne was charged with more than 70 child sex abuse offences. Plans are under way to test 1200 children aged for sexually transmitted infections. 'I think any Australian who heard the news yesterday would be sickened by what they heard. The parents of the children who are affected by this... they'd be terrified and rightly so,' Clare said on ABC's RN Breakfast. Clare mentioned steps the government has taken to improve the safety of childcare centres, such as banning phones in childcare centres, and cutting federal funding to centres not meeting safety and quality standards, but acknowledged there was far more to be done. Developing a national register of early childcare educators was among the possible changes floated by Clare, as well as improving information sharing for Working With Children checks across states and territories, and real-time monitoring for changes to people's criminal histories. Clare O'Neil, Housing Minister and MP for the Melbourne seat of Hotham, held back tears as she spoke on Seven's Sunrise, describing the situation as 'enormously upsetting'. 'We take so much care of our children, and then to place your trust in an institution, and to have it betrayed in this way, it is just awful,' she said. 'There is going to be a very fierce and appropriate discussion about what needs to change to ensure this kind of thing cannot happen again. Every politician, every leader, every regulator in our country is going to be poring over this case to understand how things could've been done differently.' 9.51am US won't send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following Pentagon review The US is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said on Tuesday. The munitions were previously promised to Ukraine for use during its ongoing war with Russia under the Biden administration. But the pause reflects a new set of priorities under US President Donald Trump. 'This decision was made to put America's interests first following a review of our nation's military support and assistance to other countries across the globe,' White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement. 'The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned – just ask Iran.' That was a reference to Trump recently ordering missile strikes against nuclear sites in Iran. The Pentagon review determined that stocks were too low on some items previously pledged, so pending shipments of some items won't be sent, according to a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity. To date, the US has provided Ukraine more than $US66 billion ($100 billion) worth of weapons and military assistance since Russia invaded in February 2022. The halt of the delivery of some weapons comes after Russia launched its biggest combined aerial attack against Ukraine over the weekend, according to Ukrainian officials. 9.25am Qantas customer data stolen in cyber incident By Chris Zappone Qantas has disclosed that customer data has been stolen from a call centre in a cyber incident. An initial review confirmed that the data includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers and birthdates, as well as frequent flyer numbers. No credit card information or passport details were held in the system, Qantas said. 'The system is now contained. We understand this will be concerning for customers. We are currently contacting customers to make them aware of the incident, apologise and provide details on the support available,' the airline said. The event when hackers gained access to a 'third-party customer servicing platform'. 9.24am AUKUS brought up in talks between Australia, US By Cindy Yin Foreign Minister Penny Wong has discussed AUKUS with her US counterpart Marco Rubio at a Quad meeting of four countries in Washington, but did not confirm whether he would give the greenlight for the deal to continue ahead. It comes after the US threw the future of the $368 billion submarine deal into doubt after announcing in June it would review whether AUKUS should be changed or scrapped. Wong was unable to confirm, when asked by our North America correspondent Michael Koziol, if US Secretary of State Rubio was able to guarantee whether AUKUS would go ahead. 'We understand new administration is going to engage in the review. Not surprising, the United Kingdom did so. This is a multi-decade partnership [that will take] governments and administrations of both political persuasions over many years to deliver. We will continue to work with the United States and the United Kingdom,' Wong said. Wong also did not comment on whether the US administration had given any indication of changes it was considering making to the submarine deal. 'This is a partnership that's been in place for some time. It's a partnership which will last decades,' she said. 'This is a review which is still in the process of being undertaken, we will provide information to that review as and when requested. We'll do so in a calm, mature way.' 8.53am Man dies on flight to Sydney from Dubai By Sally Rawsthorne A man has died on board an Emirates flight from Dubai to Sydney overnight, trigging a large-scale operation involving the AFP, biosecurity and NSW Paramedics. Initial reports suggest there are no suspicious circumstances, with the various agencies involved as part of a standard process, a source at Sydney Airport not authorised to speak publicly told this masthead. Frustrated passengers said the A380 landed about 6.20am, and they were still on board on the tarmac 90 minutes later. 'We've not been released from the plane because of a medical emergency that occurred on a flight coming in,' a passenger on the flight told 2GB's Ben Fordham on Wednesday morning. 'All of the passengers ... have basically been told to stay in their seats, supposedly to provide access to the medical teams. But it's now been well over an hour and a half,' the passenger said. 8.39am Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to finalise 60-day Gaza ceasefire US President Donald Trump says Israel had agreed 'to the necessary conditions to finalise' a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza during which efforts will be made to end the US ally's war in the Palestinian enclave. 'Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalise the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War,' Trump said on social media on Wednesday morning AEST. 'The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help bring Peace, will deliver this final proposal. I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.' Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington next week under the weight of heavy expectation for a new ceasefire agreement in Gaza. 8.04am Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks after Quad meeting Foreign Minister Penny Wong spoke to the media in Washington following a meeting of foreign ministers from Australia, Japan, India, and the US - the group known as the Quad. Watch the press conference below: 7.44am Australia's defence spending not discussed in Wong's meeting with US By Cindy Yin In the one-on-one bilateral meeting between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the issue of Australia's defence spending did not crop up once. Loading Australia is facing increasing pressure from the US to increase defence expenditure to 3.5 per cent of GDP, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed back on. Speaking on Nine's Today show, Wong said Australia's defence budget was not brought up at all in talks she held with Rubio. 'Secretary Rubio didn't raise Australia's defence budget with me, what we did talk about was the work we're doing together,' she said. 'We spoke about the range of ways in which as allies and partners we work together in our region for strategic stability and that matters.' 7.29am 'Unfortunate' that Albanese and Trump meeting was cancelled: Wong By Cindy Yin Foreign Minister Penny Wong said it was 'unfortunate' that a planned meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump at the sidelines of the G7 last month was cancelled, but would not be drawn on a date for potential future talks between the two leaders. Wong spoke on Nine's Today show following the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting and talks with her US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 'It was an excellent meeting this morning, it reminded us how much our four nations share, how we can work together to meet the urgent challenges we face,' she said. She did not comment on the certainty of a future meeting between Trump and Albanese, but said she was working with Rubio to reschedule talks, saying it was 'unfortunate' their meeting at the G7 was cancelled at short notice. 'Obviously, Secretary Rubio and I discussed the meeting between the PM and the president. And just as he did when he spoke to me after the G7, he expressed his regret for the fact that the meeting had to be rescheduled,' Wong said. 'I obviously said we completely understood; I think the world understood the president had a fair bit to do, given what was occurring in the Middle East. 'We are working together on rescheduling the meeting, and we are both looking forward to the president and the prime minister meeting.' 7.08am Wong meets US Secretary of State at Quad summit By Michael Koziol Foreign Minister Penny Wong is expected to speak to the media in Washington shortly after spending the day attending meetings at the Quad foreign leaders' summit. That included a quadrilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, India's External Relations Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, and bilateral meetings with each of them. Earlier, Wong and Rubio shook hands and posed for photographs in silence ahead of their bilateral meeting at the US State Department. Journalists were not allowed to bring in phones and were told not to ask questions.
Sydney Morning Herald
01-07-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Australia news as it happened: Albanese brushes off claims Trump insulted him; First small group of Australians escape Iran by plane; Wong touches down in the US for Quad meeting
2.17pm Sydney Airport operating on single runway amid 'bomb cyclone' event By Chris Zappone Sydney Airport is operating one runway in response to winds from the rainstorm hitting New South Wales. Airservices Australia, which manages Australia's air traffic control, said it had enacted 'single runway operations' at Sydney Airport due to strong south-westerly winds. 'Delays are expected; we will continue to work closely with industry to minimise impacts for the travelling public,' said a spokesperson for Airservices Australia. The decisions on specific flight cancellations will depend on individual airlines, said ASA, which noted that airlines would have expected the change to Sydney's Airport takeoff and departures. Airservices Australia said it anticipated this safety call in cooperation with our airlines and the Bureau of Meteorology. 'Airservices has nightly stakeholder meetings to work out an air traffic management plan prior to the next day's operations, so airlines and airports were well aware single runway ops were a likely outcome today due to BOM's inclement weather forecasts.' Travellers should consult the airlines to learn the status of particular flights. 12.51pm Wong touches down in Washington for Quad meeting By Cindy Yin Foreign Minister Penny Wong has arrived in Washington to hold talks with her US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio is hosting a meeting of Quad countries, marking the second time in six months foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan, and the US have held talks. Wong posted a picture of herself with Kevin Rudd, Australia's ambassador to the US ahead of the meeting. 'Fantastic to arrive in Washington DC ahead of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting,' she said. 'Looking forward to discussing how we continue to support a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.' It comes amid ongoing pressure on Australia and the US to resolve trade tensions after US President Donald Trump imposed a 10 per cent baseline tariff on Australian products, as well as a 50 per cent tariff on iron ore and steel earlier this year – an issue expected to be put sharply in focus. Another issue hanging in the backdrop will be a potential meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Trump. 12.39pm Liberals 'the party for Australian women': O'Brien By Cindy Yin Deputy Liberal leader Ted O'Brien said it was 'absolutely' a clear objective of the party to have more women join its ranks after the party has come under fire for supposedly having a gender problem. 'We need more women representing the Liberal Party in more winnable seats. How that is to be done, as Sussan has outlined, will be a matter for each division of the Liberal Party,' O'Brien told ABC News Breakfast this morning. 'What we have a clear focus on is the outcome – the Liberal Party really is the party founded truly by a lot of the hard work of Australian women. 'It is the party for Australian women, but we need more women in our ranks.' His comments come just days after Opposition Leader Sussan Ley gave an address at the National Press Club saying she would consider quotas if the party's state divisions saw them as the solution to gender equity. However, opposition defence spokesman Angus Taylor who challenged Ley for party leadership has since slammed the idea, arguing mentoring and recruitment support was a better alternative before claiming the Labor Party 'subverted democracy' with its quotas. O'Brien did not appear to share the same views as Taylor, saying: 'We've been very open about that, and we've got a lot of heavy lifting to do to get to that objective.'
The Age
01-07-2025
- Business
- The Age
As it happened: Albanese brushes off claims Trump insulted him; First small group of Australians escape Iran by plane; Wong touches down in the US for Quad meeting
2.17pm Sydney Airport operating on single runway amid 'bomb cyclone' event By Chris Zappone Sydney Airport is operating one runway in response to winds from the rainstorm hitting New South Wales. Airservices Australia, which manages Australia's air traffic control, said it had enacted 'single runway operations' at Sydney Airport due to strong south-westerly winds. 'Delays are expected; we will continue to work closely with industry to minimise impacts for the travelling public,' said a spokesperson for Airservices Australia. The decisions on specific flight cancellations will depend on individual airlines, said ASA, which noted that airlines would have expected the change to Sydney's Airport takeoff and departures. Airservices Australia said it anticipated this safety call in cooperation with our airlines and the Bureau of Meteorology. 'Airservices has nightly stakeholder meetings to work out an air traffic management plan prior to the next day's operations, so airlines and airports were well aware single runway ops were a likely outcome today due to BOM's inclement weather forecasts.' Travellers should consult the airlines to learn the status of particular flights. 12.51pm Wong touches down in Washington for Quad meeting By Cindy Yin Foreign Minister Penny Wong has arrived in Washington to hold talks with her US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio is hosting a meeting of Quad countries, marking the second time in six months foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan, and the US have held talks. Wong posted a picture of herself with Kevin Rudd, Australia's ambassador to the US ahead of the meeting. 'Fantastic to arrive in Washington DC ahead of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting,' she said. 'Looking forward to discussing how we continue to support a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.' It comes amid ongoing pressure on Australia and the US to resolve trade tensions after US President Donald Trump imposed a 10 per cent baseline tariff on Australian products, as well as a 50 per cent tariff on iron ore and steel earlier this year – an issue expected to be put sharply in focus. Another issue hanging in the backdrop will be a potential meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Trump. 12.39pm Liberals 'the party for Australian women': O'Brien By Cindy Yin Deputy Liberal leader Ted O'Brien said it was 'absolutely' a clear objective of the party to have more women join its ranks after the party has come under fire for supposedly having a gender problem. 'We need more women representing the Liberal Party in more winnable seats. How that is to be done, as Sussan has outlined, will be a matter for each division of the Liberal Party,' O'Brien told ABC News Breakfast this morning. 'What we have a clear focus on is the outcome – the Liberal Party really is the party founded truly by a lot of the hard work of Australian women. 'It is the party for Australian women, but we need more women in our ranks.' His comments come just days after Opposition Leader Sussan Ley gave an address at the National Press Club saying she would consider quotas if the party's state divisions saw them as the solution to gender equity. However, opposition defence spokesman Angus Taylor who challenged Ley for party leadership has since slammed the idea, arguing mentoring and recruitment support was a better alternative before claiming the Labor Party 'subverted democracy' with its quotas. O'Brien did not appear to share the same views as Taylor, saying: 'We've been very open about that, and we've got a lot of heavy lifting to do to get to that objective.'
