Australian news and politics live updates: Six more ISIS brides returning from Syria next week
LIVE UPDATES: The Albanese Government is reportedly waiting on official confirmation that even more ISIS brides and their children are returning from Syria next week.
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Max Corstorphan is reporting live.
Labor tells Aussies to read the Budget to understand
Assistant Multicultural Affairs Minister Julian Hill said on Wednesday that confused Australians should read the Budget papers, claiming most will then be on board with the Albanese Government’s controversial changes.
“More Australians support these (Budget changes) than oppose them”.
“But the biggest number of people are unsure, because they actually want these things explained and want to understand why this is going to make the country better.
“I’m absolutely confident, absolutely confident that as we explain these changes to Australians … we win the policy argument, we win the politics, if the Opposition just sit there and play politics, that’s a matter for them.”
Mr Hill then told Aussies to get the Budget papers, go to “page one, section four”, saying “all the details are there”.
“It’s a compelling case why these changes will make Australia’s tax system fairer, more productive and give Australians a fair crack.”
‘An hour away’: Inside Trump’s latest attack plan
US President Donald Trump has shared new details about his plans to attack Iran, saying he is “not going to let the world be blown up on my watch”, telling Iran they now only have “a limited period of time”.
Mr Trump on Monday night announced that he had postponed a major new attack on Iran at a time when long-term peace negotiations appeared to have stalled.
Now, Mr Trump has revealed that his lethal attack was only “an hour away”.
“They knew I was getting ready to attack,” Mr Trump said on Tuesday.
“I was an hour away from making the decision to go today (Tuesday US time). I had made the decision.
“They (negotiators) heard I had made the decision and said ‘sir can you give us a couple more days because we think they’re being reasonable’.”
Mr Trump went on to say that his next attack could now be triggered in “two or three days”, claiming that Iran’s leaders are begging for a deal.
More ISIS brides returning to Australia in days
The Albanese Government is reportedly waiting for formal advice confirming that more so-called ISIS brides are booked to fly back to Australia, just weeks after four other women and their children returned from Syria.
Reports claim that six Australian women linked to the Islamic State and their children are to return next week.
The women are understood to be in a notorious Syrian prison camp, the Kurdish-controlled al-Roj internment camp, something the US has been pushing to shut down.
Reports suggest that the Syrian Government has unlocked funds that would get the women back to Australia.
