{"id":924465,"date":"2026-08-03T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/australia-news-live-pm-pays-tribute-to-keir-starmer-after-resignation-nsw-queensland-state-budgets-to-be-handed-down-today\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:14:39","slug":"australia-news-live-pm-pays-tribute-to-keir-starmer-after-resignation-nsw-queensland-state-budgets-to-be-handed-down-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/australia-news-live-pm-pays-tribute-to-keir-starmer-after-resignation-nsw-queensland-state-budgets-to-be-handed-down-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: PM pays tribute to Keir Starmer after resignation; NSW, Queensland state budgets to be handed down today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<header><\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3 data-testid=\"key-posts-header\">Key Posts<\/h3>\n<p><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" data-testid=\"key-posts-collapse-button\"><path d=\"M4 10.6665L16 22.6665L28 10.6665\" \/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">What we covered today<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an1e\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Thanks for reading our live national news blog today, <strong>Tuesday, June 23.<\/strong> This is where we will end the rolling coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief look at some of the main headlines of the day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese invoked the Socceroos to speak about the value of diversity in Australian society, responding to Pauline Hanson\u2019s calls for a monoculture, which he said was a \u201cnonsense argument\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>New One Nation MP David Farley appeared on the ABC to call on migrants to \u201cblend in\u201d and \u201cact Australian\u201d but appeared to have broken slightly with his leader\u2019s demand for a strict national \u201cmonoculture\u201d. In an interview following One Nation leader Pauline Hanson\u2019s controversial National Press Club address last week, the MP for the regional seat of Farrer since last month acknowledged that Australia was \u201cmultiracial, and it is multi faith\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Health Minister Mark Butler rejected claims that changes to the NDIS would result in the deaths of participants and their isolation from their communities \u2013 an issue raised in a brief Senate inquiry that has today been extended.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Ben Roberts-Smith scrapped plans to travel to Canberra for the opening tonight of the Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial after becoming sick. Roberts-Smith\u2019s barrister, Slade Howell, told Sydney Downing Centre\u2019s court during a bail hearing application this afternoon that the accused war criminal had \u201cfall[en] ill\u201d and had stayed in his home state of Queensland.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>The NSW treasurer delivered the state\u2019s budget, announcing an extra $10.3 billion in health funding over four years, but the budget remains in deficit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for tuning in. We\u2019ll be back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/national\/australia-news-live-paid-parental-leave-extended-un-begins-strait-of-hormuz-evacuation-iran-us-negotiations-hit-roadblock-20260624-p609hm.html\">tomorrow with your latest news updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Latest Posts<\/h3>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">6.15pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Antarctic storms threaten to dump more dying birds on Australian shores<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Mike Foley<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an1d\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Australians should be on high alert for more sick or dead birds this week as a storm brews in the Southern Ocean that could drive more infected birds from the Antarctic region to our coastline, raising the risk of a devastating outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus.<\/p>\n<p>A cold front is expected to sweep past the coastline of south-west Western Australia from late Thursday evening, increasing the risk of more infected seabirds landing on Australia\u2019s southern shores from outbreak hotspots such as Heard Island.<\/p>\n<p>This has been identified as the likely pathway for the two known cases of infected birds found near Esperence last week, a brown skua and a giant petrel.<\/p>\n<p>BirdLife conservation and science director Dale Wright said: \u201cLooking at the two species that have already arrived on our shores, there\u2019s a concern that other seabirds might be pushed to our shore by more storm fronts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Australia is the final continent to record cases the H5N1 bird flu, which has killed millions of wild birds and mammals across the world, and wreaked havoc on the poultry industry overseas. Experts warn the virus would be catastrophic for Australia\u2019s native wildlife, which is thought to be particularly susceptible.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from climate and energy reporter Mike Foley<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/politics\/federal\/bird-flu-antarctic-storms-threaten-to-dump-more-dying-birds-on-australians-shores-20260623-p609bm.html\"> here. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">5.21pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">One Nation votes with independents, Greens to cap fuel tax credit scheme for miners<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Brittany Busch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an18\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>One Nation MP David Farley has voted with the independents and the Greens to cap the fuel tax credit scheme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/business\/companies\/fortescue-launches-ad-campaign-against-billion-dollar-diesel-tax-handouts-to-miners-20260421-p5zpu7.html\">for the most profitable mining companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Labor and the Coalition opposed the amendment moved by Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme would be limited by introducing a transition tax incentive with a cap of $50 million annually per consolidated corporate entity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">5.18pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">One Nation MP David Farley acknowledges Australia is multiracial and multi-faith<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Clay Lucas<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an16\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>New One Nation MP David Farley has appeared on the ABC to call on migrants to \u201cblend in\u201d and \u201cact Australian\u201d but appeared to have broken slightly with his leader\u2019s demand for a strict national \u201cmonoculture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview following One Nation leader Pauline Hanson\u2019s controversial National Press Club address last week, the MP for the regional seat of Farrer since last month acknowledged that Australia was \u201cmultiracial and it is multi faith\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>One Nation MP David Farley during question time in Canberra earlier this month.<\/span><cite><span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, like his leader, Farley demanded priority be given to national assimilation. \u201cWe don\u2019t mind if you\u2019re British, Australian-British, Australian-Canadian or Australian-Chinese, but you\u2019ve come to this country, and been adopted by this country,\u201d Farley said. \u201cYou\u2019re an Australian first, so blend in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on what \u201cblending in\u201d meant, Farley said migrants must \u201cact Australian\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">4.49pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Why Albanese\u2019s sweeping property tax changes mark the biggest reform in a generation<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Shane Wright<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an12\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Anthony Albanese\u2019s emphatic federal election victory has delivered the biggest tax shake-up in a generation.<\/p>\n<p>No matter your opinion about the merits of the government\u2019s planned changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax (plus the working Australians tax offset and $1000 standard deduction), the political magnitude of what will pass the Senate this week is difficult to ignore.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.<\/span><cite><span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You might not recognise it because it has been so long since a broad range of tax changes, in a single package, have been announced, debated and pushed through the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Since World War II, there have only been three that really surpass it. Read Shane Wright\u2019s analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/politics\/federal\/albanese-has-spent-his-political-capital-on-his-tax-reforms-now-comes-the-real-test-20260623-p609c6.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to find out more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">3.55pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">\u2018In a battle of wits, Starmer appeared unarmed\u2019: Kathy Lette on why Britain has a new PM<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Kathy Lette<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an0u\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Writer Kathy Lette says she first met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer when he was her then-husband Geoffrey Robertson\u2019s junior at Downing Street Chambers. Lette says Starmer was diligent, decent, calm and capable \u2013 but also a bit lacklustre.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>Lonely job: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation.<\/span><cite><span>AP<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would never have singled him out as prime ministerial material. Basically, if Starmer bored any more he\u2019d strike oil,\u201d Lette writes in her latest piece. Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/toodle-pip-keir-starmer-if-you-had-bored-any-more-you-d-have-struck-oil-20260623-p6099p.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">3.33pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Aged care assessment tool a disgrace, says Monique Ryan<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Brittany Busch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an0q\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Independent MP Monique Ryan has criticised as a disgrace the government\u2019s use of an assessment tool in aged care that relies on an algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>During this afternoon\u2019s question time, Ryan, the member for the Melbourne seat of Kooyong, shared the story of elderly constituent Graham Crossan, who lives with motor neurone disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraham is 80, he\u2019s ventilation dependent, and he needs 24-hour care, but your integrated assessment tool says he doesn\u2019t qualify for the highest level of support. It\u2019s a disgrace,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>Kooyong MP Monique Ryan.<\/span><cite><span>The Age<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aged Care Minister Sam Rae said he was very familiar with the case and was regularly briefed about Crossan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">3.15pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Speaker tears into Angus Taylor after lies accusation towards prime minister<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Brittany Busch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an0m\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Speaker Milton Dick has torn into Angus Taylor and struck out his question after the opposition leader accused the prime minister of lying \u2013 a word that has been banned because it is unparliamentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are demeaning the dignity of this house,\u201d Dick said. \u201cFor 125 years, those sorts of descriptors have not been used.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>Speaker Milton Dick during question time in Canberra last month.<\/span><cite><span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor called for the prime minister to answer the question, and Dick said the only reason he wasn\u2019t \u201cnamed\u201d \u2013 an official rebuke that comes with a short ban from the chamber \u2013 was because of the respect afforded his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this continues, I will be left with no other choice,\u201d Dick said. \u201cThis is a deliberate defiance of the conventions and traditions of this House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second day in a row Dick has struck out an opposition question, usually a rare measure, in a sign he has run out of patience with the line of questioning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">3.01pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Coalition demands Albanese rule out family home tax<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Brittany Busch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an0i\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The Coalition has called for the prime minister to rule out putting taxes on the family home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only do we think the first home and the family home is sacrosanct on this side, we want more Australians to have it,\u201d Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. \u201cThat\u2019s the point that you\u2019re opposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.<\/span><cite><span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The prime minister cited a real estate agent from the Cook electorate who said they had seen growing interest from first home buyers in the past week. \u201cThat is what is happening right around the country,\u201d he said. \u201cLabor supporting people into their own home, which is so important. Those opposite are just opposed to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<div>\n<header><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">2.51pm on Jun 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Albanese mocks \u2018chief yapper\u2019 Taylor over Greens tax deal<\/h2>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Brittany Busch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"post-body-p5an0d\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Anthony Albanese has relished Coalition attempts to pin him down on potential changes to tax law, saying it was the opposition\u2019s fault for dealing itself out of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister suggested Opposition Leader Angus Taylor, whom he labelled the \u201cchief yapper\u201d, could not be annoyed that Labor talked to the Greens to negotiate its capital gains tax changes.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.<\/span><cite><span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt strikes me as \u2026 strange, Mr Speaker, that those opposite say that the legislation that is before the Senate is so terrible that they had to rule out any support for it before they\u2019d even seen it, and now they\u2019re asking a series of questions about not things that are in the legislation, but things that aren\u2019t,\u201d Albanese said.<\/p>\n<p>Manager of opposition business Dan Tehan jumped up to accuse Labor of \u201ctax-maxxing\u201d with the Greens. Speaker Milton Dick was onto him, saying he would not abide MPs abusing the standing orders to get clips for their social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav data-testid=\"live-article-pagination\">\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/national\/australia-news-live-oil-sanctions-lifted-state-budgets-handed-down-20260623-p6095z.html?ref=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_source=rss_feed\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Posts What we covered today By Thanks for reading our live national news blog today, Tuesday, June 23. This is where we will end the rolling coverage. Here\u2019s a brief look at some of the main headlines of the day. 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