From 15m agoKey events15m agoFederal opposition “have rocks in their head”: Gee3h agoQueensland man shot by police3h agoGood morningFilters BETAKey events (3)Anthony Albanese (8)Daniel Andrews (4)Labor (4)Canberra (3)Garma (3)6m ago21.41 EDT
Queensland police are giving a press conference after a fire on Russell Island where six people are unaccounted for, including one man and five young boys, including a three-year-old boy.
Police say they are still unsure about the circumstances of the fire.
There were seven people home at the time of the fire, including a 28-year-old woman who managed to escape the fire unharmed.
She is extremely distressed at this point in time.
Police say the house has been “burnt to the ground” in a “truly tragic” event for the local community.
These are a young man and young boys that could have become men into the future.
Police say nine other people have sustained minor injuries including smoke inhalation as there were two adjoining homes.
Updated at 21.44 EDT15m ago21.32 EDTFederal opposition “have rocks in their head”: GeeLorena Allam
Former nationals MP, Andrew Gee is scathing of the current tactics of the federal opposition.
There is a danger in being by governed by polls.
You never stand for anything
You never vote for anything
You never move the country forward.
There is a lot of misguided politics behind the No side.
If they think that opposing the voice the way they are, if they think that’s the way to political salvation, they have rocks in their head
That’s the way to political ruin.
Gee posed the question: that if the vote doesn’t get up where does that leave conservative side of politics?
They will be seen as reconciliation wreckers.
At end of the day, Opposing the voice isn’t going to get your seats on the northern beaches back …. (He names Electorates that went to the Teals)
Politically I think it is the road to ruin for them.
To borrow from JFK, that type of victory will be ashes it their mouth b/c they’ll have lost a traditional base that would otherwise have put them into power.
Huge cheers.
19m ago21.28 EDT
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Andrews not regretful
A reporter asks Andrews if he regrets allowing Fowles to remain in the party following the alleged 2019 Canberra hotel incident.
Andrews said he was not a “regretful person”:
I’m focused on the future. I’m focused on doing what’s right.
Andrews publicly supported Fowles after the 2019 alleged incident. He said the alleged assault was a “more serious issue.”
Updated at 21.36 EDT20m ago21.27 EDTAdeshola Ore
Andrews not speculating on whether MP should resign from parliament
Asked if Fowles should resign from parliament, Andrews said it was a matter for the Ringwood MP:
I’m not going to speculate on that.
Andrews said the alleged incident was “utterly different” to when Fowles was accused of kicking through the lower half of a door at the Abode Hotel in Canberra in July 2019 to get his luggage.
It is conduct that is…
2023-08-05 20:36:31
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