In a significant political development, Bill Shorten, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Minister, announced plans to introduce a reform bill aimed at overhauling the NDIS, amidst a looming fight with state governments. Concurrently, the Australian government faced setbacks with its immigration legislation, as a proposed deportation bill aimed at enhancing the power of the immigration minister, Clare O'Neil, to detain and deport immigrants was blocked in the Senate. The opposition, including the Coalition and the Greens, united to refer the bill to a Senate legal committee for further scrutiny, delaying its passage until May 7. The bill's failure has sparked a heated debate among politicians, including Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, Opposition leader Peter Dutton, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Critics like Sanmati Verma and Laura John, and Betia Shakiba have raised concerns over the bill's implications for immigration policy and human rights. The controversy extends to the NDIS reform, with criticisms over the government's engagement with stakeholders and the rapid introduction of new laws by Disability Minister Lizzie Blandthorn.
Disability Minister Lizzie Blandthorn has hit out at her federal counterparts over the “rapid” introduction of new laws that would overhaul the NDIS to prevent rorts and curb soaring participant costs. > https://t.co/ONYi2tGdLN https://t.co/gpz0bJlrzY
The federal opposition is indicating it will support extraordinary immigration laws the government rushed into parliament, less than a day after delaying a vote on the proposal. https://t.co/CQOTdzoXrc
I am scared - Labor’s cruel deportation bill is an attack on my family and countless others like us | Betia Shakiba https://t.co/DnWZiBtrPk
Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie says the “urgency is just not there” for the Albanese government to rush its detainee bill through parliament as it appears they are “confident” they will win their High Court case. https://t.co/uLnTbcVA6l
Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie says “every effort was made” to get the Labor government’s detainee bill through. https://t.co/v1QbQQvesP
Claire O’Neil and Andrew Giles have been left red faced. Their efforts to rush new immigration laws through Parliament have FAILED. Dan Tehan has described them as the “worst Ministers in Australian history”. Listen to him unload HERE. 🎧https://t.co/9DPHhRF8WC🎧
🚨 Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan has blasted Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles. He's labelled them the "worst Ministers ever". LISTEN HERE: https://t.co/9DPHhREB74
🚨 Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan has blasted the Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles. He's labelled them the "worst Ministers ever". LISTEN HERE: https://t.co/9DPHhREB74
Trump style immigration laws buried in Labor’s deportation bill. They are designed to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia. Thankfully we pushed this back from the brink with a Senate inquiry but the threat’s still real. https://t.co/tVK1b4aZtg
Labor’s deportation bill could be used to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia https://t.co/IzEACnk86k
.@FergusonNews interviews Shadow Home Affairs Minister @SenPaterson about why the Coalition refused to back the government’s immigration changes today. #ABC730 https://t.co/7ECMP49t1f
Pauline Hanson has delivered an explosive rebuke of Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil over another detainees debacle amid claims the secretary of her department left her office in tears. https://t.co/9J4sJaEA9u
MUST LISTEN A fiery on air debate has erupted. Ben has called out Bill Shorten for failing to crack down on NDIS rorts. But the Minister didn’t like what he was hearing. Listen to the explosive audio HERE. https://t.co/D3R9wO1vNJ https://t.co/GvABnR2oJh
Albanese government not ‘engaging deeply and honestly’ over NDIS overhaul, Queensland premier says https://t.co/o76qvsMemp
Emergency laws that would give the immigration minister power to jail immigrant detainees who don't cooperate with deportation have been blocked by the Coalition, Greens and crossbench. Find out why: https://t.co/r0e0gf6f4t https://t.co/AiOVGh3BtH
Labor’s deportation bill will only create an endless roundabout between immigration detention and prison | Sanmati Verma and Laura John https://t.co/S8RPz9p91a
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has slammed Opposition leader Peter Dutton for his “incapacity to stand up” to his backbench. https://t.co/Lx9wmLLDs0
Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan has called on Anthony Albanese to “sack” Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over the detainee debacle. https://t.co/9hgDh2TZ2w
Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite says the former Coalition government “talked tough game” on immigration detainees but “didn’t deliver”. https://t.co/tqnOwn3ZvY
Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan has criticised the Albanese government for not “doing enough” on third-country resettlement and says the Coalition is worried about it. https://t.co/CnNos662o5
National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister Bill Shorten says the NDIS is “changing lives” and is an “achievement of all sides of politics”. https://t.co/t4wLEGOOwP
An emergency Bill to change migration laws has hit yet another hurdle in an extraordinary blow to the government. > https://t.co/zZjcBXsCuK https://t.co/ZDd6OeWEBb
A furious Clare O’Neil has accused the opposition of playing politics after the Coalition and Greens teamed up to block Labor’s drastic new deportation laws in the Senate. https://t.co/C6qrUh2S8o
Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan has slammed Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil for “running away" from two press conferences today, saying she “now has a stitch”. https://t.co/CEGYb2zEtN
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has demanded the Coalition come forward and give an answer as to why they voted to delay Labor’s detainee bill. https://t.co/9kK7pT8Uuz
The Greens and the crossbench voted with the Coalition in the Senate to block the bill, referring it to a Senate legal committee, which will hand down a report by May 7. https://t.co/hbZLctNKQp
Labor’s deportation bill fails to pass Senate in ‘almighty backfire’ as Coalition and Greens team up https://t.co/oyAMblffcE
As new legislation looms, here's the latest on the future of the NDIS https://t.co/1yVE5wyEnl
Sky News Australia can reveal Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster left Clare O’Neil’s office in tears after a discussion about immigration detainee documents. https://t.co/4F3H2urq4v
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says he is “hearing whispers” the Opposition will not “play the government’s game” by supporting the new detainee laws being proposed today. https://t.co/YlCjcDoiUd
** MUST LISTEN ** A fiery on air debate has erupted. Ben has called out Bill Shorten for failing to crack down on NDIS rorts. But the Minister didn’t like what he was hearing. Listen to the explosive audio HERE. 🎧https://t.co/D3R9wO23Dh🎧 https://t.co/8vpo9SXqTq
Exclusive: One of the nation’s most powerful public servants blindsided her two ministers by releasing key new details about ex-detainees’ criminal records after the High Court’s landmark decision overturning indefinite detention https://t.co/hrIBtB1ha6
🚨 What is @billshortenmp doing to tackle rorts on the National Disability Insurance Scheme? The Minister joins @BenFordham at 8:15AM. Listen LIVE via https://t.co/PDFkmiKWWD.
Australia politics live: Shorten to table bill to overhaul NDIS; Black Summer inquiry to deliver findings https://t.co/O00paCyv1m
Bill Shorten to introduce NDIS reform bill as fight looms with states https://t.co/XRivGNuvQV