In part two of our chat with the deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Senator Jane Hume, we get into her party’s migration policy and what the “right mix” of migrants looks like in Australia.

After announcing welfare would be limited to citizens in its budget reply, the Coalition has been asked whether it’s failed in its promise to not become ‘One Nation Lite’ and if its future could include Pauline Hanson’s party.

Hume responds to those questions, as well as Sussan Ley’s claims that the Coalition is worse off now than it was when she was dumped.

Listen to part one here.

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Tuesday Headlines:

• Elon Musk loses high profile lawsuit against Open AI
• Australians among those on-board Israeli-seized Gaza flotilla
• Sydney triple murder a suspected domestic violence incident
• Global scramble underway to try to stem Ebola outbreak
• Social media ban preventing Aussie teens from accessing news
• Two men arrested over stunt at Punch the monkey’s enclosure

Deep Dive: The Coalition has spent the last year in the political wilderness, battling an increasingly influential One Nation and a failure to present genuine and clear policies.

Last week, opposition leader Angus Taylor issued his budget reply speech, with a focus on taxes and migration as a way to win back disaffected voters.

In this special two-part interview, Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with the deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Senator, Jane Hume, about whether this budget platform will be the one to claw them back votes and re-cement them as a meaningful opposition to Labor.

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Headlines:

• Opposition promises to scrap Labor's tax changes

• US President Donald Trump's new threat for Iran

• Passenger detained and banned from Qantas after allegedly biting attendant

• Thousands queue across the globe for SWATCH watch

Deep Dive:

Over the weekend the World Health Organisation declared an Ebola outbreak in the Republic of Congo and Uganda as a ‘public health emergency of international concern’, following the recent Hantavirus cruise ship crisis, which has left many asking if Australia is prepared for another pandemic?

Have we learnt any lessons from COVID-19 and what is needed to make sure that next time the Government gets the balance right?

In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Paul Griffin, a microbiologist and director of infectious diseases at Mater Hospital, who explains why trust in the public health system is vital for prevention.

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