Australian news and politics live updates: AFP Commissioner won’t reveal when he briefed PM on terror plot

Donald Trump’s continual statements and presidential orders are affecting world policitics and business and Mr Dutton has been asked how he sees the the immediate future now the President has taken office.

“We have to understand the dynamic,” Mr Dutton said.

“As we saw, the President was moving markets before the inauguration and the President has a very different approach than his predecessors in my memory and he has a business approach.

“He has been a negotiator. He’s been a deal-maker his entire life and it’s created incredible success, obviously, in terms of his own finances and his success in business and that’s the model he’s applied, both in the 45th presidency and obviously now in the 47th as well.

“We had a good relationship with the Trump first administration and we’ll have a great relationship with the Trump Mark II after the election and we’ll work with them very closely.”

Peter Dutton is questioning why the process may have changed since he was Home Affairs Minister for the government around terrorism incidents.

“When I was Home Affairs Minister - and I’m sure it’s the case for Tony Burke now - we carried secure communications with us 24/7, wherever we were in the world, and the idea was there that that you were able to be contacted for an NSC meeting to be convened immediately if there was a terrorist attack or whatever incident may have occurred.

“There are countless reasons why the Prime Minister should be involved in a discussion - the deployment of assets from the Commonwealth, the involvement of specialist services and other aspects of the Commonwealth’s assets that they could bring to bear in an investigation.

“It just ... again, it doesn’t pass the pub test.”

“I have spoken by text with the Director-General of ASIO,” Mr Dutton said.

“I’ve had a number of briefings from the AFP Commissioner and from the Director-General of ASIO in relation to the anti-Semitic attacks and obviously there is information that is publicly available which is the extent ofsome of the briefings anyway.

“I have not had a briefing in relation to this event. I will do in course when there is further information available.”

Peter Dutton has told reprters that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has produced a ‘new line’ on the Sydney terrorism threat timeline.

“He tried to give Karl Stefanovic and some of you this morning a line that you shouldn’t assume he wasn’t advised.”

“That is a new line again.

“I just think we need somebody with honesty and integrity to have a look at process and then we can work out from there what happened.”

“Well, it should be made public and there should be transparency around is because it is without precedent,” Mr Dutton said.

“There is no way in the world that the Prime Minister would be kept in the dark for 10 days about an alleged terrorist plot that could kill hundreds of Australians.

Why was the Premier of New South Wales notified about it if there was a national security imperative to keep it from political leaders?

“It just doesn’t add up.”

Mr Dutton has epressed his happiness that the new hate crime laws will be put in place to try and curb the growing anti-Semitic attacks in Australia.

“We are also very pleased that the Government has seen fit to support our proposal in relation to mandatory sentences for acts of anti-Semitism.”

“Anti-Semitism has no place in our society whatsoever and the escalation that has taken place since October 7 has been a national shame and a national disgrace.”

Peter Dutton has called out the PM on his transparency over the planned mass terrorism event in Sydney.

“The Prime Minister can run around with all sorts of theories about why he can’t disclose the dates that he was advised by the Australian Federal Police for national security reasons, but, again, that’s not a credible story either,” Peter Dutton says.

“The Prime Minister keeps chopping and changing his position. That’s exactly why there needs to be an independent inquiry in relation to this matter.

“An eminent Australian from the criminal intelligence and law enforcement community needs to be appointed to conduct this review because it can’t happen again.”

Oppositon leader Peter Dutton says he has written to the PM to demand an independent inquiry into the Sydney caravan terror incident and why there was a delay in Mr Albanese being notified.

Mr Dutton says the Prime Minister wasn’t notified until nine days or 10 days after what was believed to be the biggest planned terrorist attack in our country and the public needs to know why.

“It is inconceivable that the Prime Minister didn’t know about it,” Mr Dutton said.

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Coalition leader Peter Dutton is about to speak to the media about Labor’s new mandatory minimum sentencing laws for hate crimes amid the growing anti-Semitic attacks in Australia.

The Albanese goverment has pushed through the new laws after mounting pressure to toughen up laws to punish offenders.

Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill has warned Donald Trump’s red tape slashing, pro-oil and gas agenda will siphon more investment offshore unless Australia gets its house in order.

Ms O’Neill will tell the Melbourne Mining Club on Thursday that America’s deregulation and swing away from free trade towards protectionism both pose a threat to Australia.

It adds to ongoing concern in the energy industry that regulatory fights, lawfare, and uncertainty are pushing the land Down Under down the list of places to invest in big projects.

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