Australia news live: Marles ‘welcomes’ Trump’s invitation to join ‘board of peace’; parliament returns to debate hate speech and gun control laws

Deputy prime minister remains coy over whether Australia will join US-backed postwar Gaza panel. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPathway from extreme racist bigotry to violence is a ‘very short path’ says BurkeWhile the government has had to abandon anti-vilification reforms, Burke says a large number of people were calling for those reforms to be applied to a wider number of people, like the LGBTQI or disability communities.I know some people just take the freedom of speech side of the argument, but I’ve got to say, I am yet to believe that freedom of speech is about racist bigotry. Racist bigotry can be completely debilitating, and the pathway from extreme racist bigotry to violence is a very short path.There’s always a negotiation with the states. I don’t doubt that the vast majority of states will have a very high level of goodwill on this, and there’ll be conversations about the breadth and the structure of the buyback. The most important thing with the gun reforms is when I’m asked the question: if these had already been in place, would the two gunmen at Bondi had been able to have the firearms that they had? The answer is no.Certainly there’s parts of it that they had called for that they’re now not supporting. And I would find it bizarre if their original call to split the bill was so that they could oppose it twice. Like that would just be an extraordinary situation if that’s where all this goes. Everything they’ve been calling for says they should now be turning up and voting for it ...They [the bills] don’t deliver everything that we wanted them to. That’s the simple fact. That’s what happens when part of the legislation is withdrawn. Continue reading...