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News live: Australia invited to join Trump’s ‘board for peace’; federal parliament returns to debate hate speech and gun control laws
The Guardian
•January 18, 2026•By Krishani Dhanji👁️0
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New gun control measures set to pass with Greens support after PM agreed to split draft laws. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDeputy prime minister and defence minister, Richard Marles, says the Coalition has “gone missing” as the government tries to get the opposition to support its contentious hate bill (that it was forced to split over the weekend).Marles is doing the media rounds for Labor this morning and starts on ABC News Breakfast, imploring the Coalition to come to the table.What we wanted to do was to put in place the entirety of the report combatting antisemitism that was done by Jillian Segal. We wanted anti-vilification laws put through the parliament. The Liberal Party at that point said they supported it. The Jewish community want us to do it but when we get to the crunch, the Liberal Party have gone missing.This is not politicking between Labor and Liberal, this is politicking within the Liberal Party. They have to get...
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