Australia news live: ‘ridiculous’ for Coalition to oppose hate speech laws, Burke says; Joyce compares inherited guns to a ‘lounge suite’

Shadow minister says Coalition has not yet decided on approach to new laws but says they are ‘rushed’. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says One Nation won’t support gun reforms, calling proposals ‘obnoxious’One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce is speaking on RN now, saying the party will not support legislation before parliament next week. He said the gun reform legislation would punish “recreational pig shooters in country areas” that had nothing to do with the Bondi attack.This is not so much an omnibus but a bus crash. It is a combination and permutation of a whole range of issues …I think that there is something quite obnoxious with dragging them into it when they have done nothing but obeyed the law. And that is how we see it out here.Absolutely we’ve called for legislation to be brought forward. We’ve called for the parliament to be reformed because it is absolutely critical that we eradicate antisemitism in this country and that we remove radical Islam. That should be our laser-like focus.This legislation does neither of those things, and recalling parliament is not a free pass to passing bad legislation.These laws are nationally significant. They will impact every Australian. So we think that it’s reasonable that more time be taken to make sure that they are fit for purpose and that there are no unintended consequences. Continue reading...