Right Now 08/12/2017 Marriage Passed, National Security Legislation, Sydney Stadiums and Jerusalem
Channel: The Unshackled
Date: 2017-12-08

Well its now happened, same sex marriage was passed into law yesterday by the House and received royal assent from the Governor-General this morning. It looked as if the passage of the law would be derailed by citizenship matters however the House spent the entire day considering the proposed amendments, none of them were passed and many people still have concerns about the impact this legislation will have on religious freedom. Only 4 voted against the final bill however many more abstained including Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and Andrew Hastie. The gallery was packed with same sex marriage advocates who were quite noisy in the House throughout the day. Malcolm Turnbull has clearly been wanting to own this legislation and believes he is finishing the year on a high, no doubt the problems that have plagued his government will return in 2018.

While the passing of the same sex marriage legislation dominated the news cycle and the minds of most MPs in the parliament another important piece of legislation was introduced in the House immediately following the marriage vote. That was the legislation to establish the new Home Affairs Department that was announced earlier this year that will be headed by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and will encompass the Australian Federal Police, domestic spy agency the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Australian Border Force. It proved to be a divisive shake up and was seen more through the prism of Malcolm Turnbull trying to shore up Peter Dutton’s support for his leadership. On the face of it makes sense to have one department oversee all of our law enforcement and security agencies. If Malcolm Turnbull is able to successfully oversee this reform it would certainly give him another symbolic change, like same sex marriage that he can say was introduced under his Prime Ministership

The New South Wales state government is receiving widespread criticism for its plans to knock down Sydney’s two major sports stadiums ANZ Stadium in Homebush and Allianz Stadium in inner Sydney’s Moore Park and rebuild them without actually increasing their capacity at a cost of $2 billion to taxpayers. The two stadiums have both had lifespans of less than 30 years, Premier Gladys Berejiklian is facing a backbench revolt, Opposition Leader Luke Foley has highlighted how many schools and hospitals could be built for $2 billion and a petition against the stadium rebuilds has already gained 136,000 signatures in a few days. The NRL which uses both stadiums is threatening to move the NRL Grand Final interstate unless the stadiums are rebuilt. It has always amazed me that taxpayers are always asked to foot the bill for new stadiums when our sporting codes are always flushed with funds.

United States President Donald Trump has made the decision to move the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This fulfils an election commitment from Trump, previous Presidents had also made such a commitment however had always reneged claiming it would be detrimental to the Middle East peace process. Also no doubt as we are witnessing now the move has unleashed a fresh wave of violence amongst Palestinians and Israeli troops have been deployed in various fault lines in the country, so far no one has been killed. Trump has stated this move signalled a new approach to solving the Arab Israeli conflict however the decision has incurred the criticism of Turkey, Russia and European Union. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has stated Australia will not follow.

NewsLinks:
http://www.theunshackled.net/rundown/breaking-same-sex-marriage-bill-passes-the-house/
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/federal/2017/12/07/pm-introduces-draft-home-affairs-legislation.html
http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/backlash-grows-over-nsw-governments-2-billion-stadium-scam/news-story/b06ef337c76ca8a4828e9c6d18b39142
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/trump-s-jerusalem-move-sparks-violent-backlash

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