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Online Press review 25 May 2015 The articles in purple are not available online. Please contact the Press and Information Department. FRONT PAGE Counter-terrorism tsar Greg Moriarty to protect home front (AUS) Balogh Tony Abbott will today appoint Justice Minister Michael Keenan as the nation’s first Counter- Terrorism Minister, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. Parents turn to Muslim schools to enforce values (AUS) Bita Enrolments in hard-line Islamic colleges are growing nine times faster than those of mainstream schools, as more Muslim parents demand a strict religious education for their children in - Australia. Ziggy Switkowski blasts lack of science co-operation (AUS) Kitney RMIT chancellor and NBN chairman Ziggy Switkowski has lashed out at the Coalition and Labor for their lack of bipartisanship on the formulation of science policy, warning that the nation lacks a consistent narrative on the importance of science to the economy. Cost of rooftop solar systems outweigh benefits by $9bnm (AUS) Maher The costs of programs to encourage the installation of rooftop solar systems have outweighed the benefits by $9 billion and will result in a $14bn subsidy being paid by consumers who do not have panels to those who do. Boatpeople ‘labourers’ not Rohingya: Indonesia (AUS-WE) Stewart, Balogh Indonesia has told Australia that most of the 7000 boatpeople stranded at sea in the region are not Rohingya asylum-seekers but illegal labourers from Bangladesh. Beaten, lost and grieving: the terrible toll (AUS-WE) Hodge In a forlorn cake shop between the gaudy beach town of Cox’s Bazaar and the Myanmar border, Jewel Barua tells a nightmarish tale of abduction and beatings at the hands of successive human-traffickers — one that ends in a Thai slave camp and with the ruination of his family. Integrate new arrivals or let in crime, terror: minister (AUS-WE) Maley Failure to integrate the 50,000 asylum-seekers who arrived by boat over the past decade presents an intergenerational challenge that, if not met, will increase the risk of crime, poverty and even terrorism. Foreign airlines could fly domestic in the Top End (AFR) Ferguson In the next few weeks Federal Cabinet will decide whether to proceed with a controversial proposal to open up the domestic aviation industry to foreign competition. Scott Morrison tells retirees they must spend their superannuation (AFR) Tingle Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has told retirees hit by tougher pension rules that they must run down their superannuation savings to maintain their incomes and can't expect to pass on to their children large sums of cash accumulated with the help of generous tax concessions. NATSEM analysis shows federal budget to hit the poor hardest, while rich benefit (SMH) Hutchens Families with children on the lowest incomes will bear the brunt of the federal government's budget cuts, while high income families will actually see their disposable incomes increase slightly over the next four years. Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] Labor's Tony Burke becomes latest MP to back same sex marriage (SMH) Harrison Right wing Labor MP Tony Burke has declared his support for same-sex marriage, arguing the best thing for community cohesion would be for the change to be legislated as soon as possible. Budget stripped more than $15b from families, low-income people: ACOSS analysis (CAN- WE) Khadem By keeping most of the last year's budget cuts, and introducing new ones in the May budget, the Abbott government is stripping more than $15 billion over four years from families and lower- income Australians, new analysis by the Australian Council of Social Service shows. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS POLITICS Barnaby Joyce rejects farmers’ plea for extra drought aid (AUS) Elks Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has rejected Queensland’s plea for extra cash to help drought-stricken farmers build water tanks and troughs to help keep stock alive. Super changes? Let’s take a hard look at the facts (AUS/Opinion) Ergas “The taxation concession on superannuation earnings in retirement is unsustainable,” Chris Bowen said last week. And “someone has to show the courage to say it and to deal with it”. Abbott hits the campaign trail, bearing gifts for all (AUS/Opinion) Hudson Whether he calls an early election or not, Tony Abbott is in campaign mode. Since the budget the Prime Minister has visited nine marginal seats in six states, including electorates where he would not have been very welcome just a few months ago. No easy stroll through the park to the next election for Tony Abbott (AUS-WE/Opinion) van Onselen In the wake of the handing down of the federal budget there has been an understandable focus on the substance (or lack there of) attached to the policy measures within it. Make union leaders accountable (AFR/Opinion) Tehan Modest member Unions play politics to the extent that 71 per cent of Labor senators are former union officials. To break this link unions should be as accountable as companies. Consistency, not whiplash, is key to political success (AFR-WE/Opinion) Coorey The day after the budget was handed down, every Coalition MP and senator who either is a farmer, was a farmer or knew a farmer, was feeling pretty chuffed. GAY MARRIAGE Tony Burke backs ‘inevitable’ gay marriage (AUS) Owens Tony Abbott’s sister, Sydney councillor Christine Forster, has urged the Prime Minister to allow MPs a conscience vote on same-sex marriage as pressure builds following Ireland’s successful referendum. Irish vote sends a big message to the world, says Alan Joyce (AFR) Redrup, Mather Irish-born Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has applauded Ireland's "yes" vote on gay marriage. BUDGET 2015 Poorest to be worse off under welfare cuts (AUS) Creighton Families with children still face a net cut in welfare payments despite proposals for new childcare spending that have helped the Abbott government’s second budget win a warm reception. Abbott’s FTB budget cuts hurt single-income families, betray friends (AUS-WE/Opinion) Shanahan To say that the budget changes to family tax benefits affecting single-income families are the cause of disenchantment with Tony Abbott from some of his most avid supporters is an understatement. SECURITY/TERRORISM Use local Muslims ‘to deter would-be jihadists’ (AUS) Kelly Liberal Craig Laundy has a better understanding than most politicians of the challenges Muslims face as they attempt to build a life in the Australian suburbs. Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] ‘First things first: give us work’, say Muslims (AUS) Rushton Islamic leaders have challenged the federal government and the private sector to address high unemployment rates in their communities by creating work opportunities for Muslims and boosting their sense of social self-worth. Nizari are role models for necessary Muslim integration (AUS) McGarvie Having spent 12 years working for a language development and cultural research organisation in East Africa (mainly Uganda and Tanzania) I had the opportunity to develop friendships with Ismaili Muslims. Lebanese jihad influence wanes (AUS-WE) Schliebs Lebanese Australians struggling with marginalisation and disadvantage dominated the jihadi movement in Australia before the rise of Islamic State, accounting for a disproportionate number of terror charges and convictions. Australia an estranged country to many Muslims including Sheik Omran (AUS- WE/Feature) Le Grand Sheik Mohammed Omran remembers clearly the day he was meant to become an Australian citizen. He had bought himself a pair of shiny new shoes and a new suit. He had told the handful of friends he’d made during his three months here to come and celebrate with him. Statistics lay bare stark economic and social disparities for Muslims (AUS-WE/Feature) Rodgers The dictionary defines assimilation as the ability of groups to succeed and prosper in societies built on different religious and cultural building blocks. The idea is always controversial and raises fundamental questions about how far people with vastly different belief systems and social practices need to “change” to succeed in the society where they have been implanted. Tony Abbott names Greg Moriarty as new counter-terror tsar (CAN+SMH) Kenny, Allard Canberra's billion dollar-plus fightback against the increasing risk of home-grown terrorism will take a major step forward from Monday when Prime Minister Tony Abbott names the former distinguished diplomat, Greg Moriarty, as the country's first National Counter-Terrorism Coordinator. SUBMARINES No construction jobs in South Australia from submarine contract (AFR) Kerin Prime Minister Tony Abbott's pledge to create 500 new jobs in South Australia no matter who wins the $50 billion submarine project looks unlikely to include any construction jobs. EDUCATION/SCIENCE What learned academics at the Australian National University can teach you about ignorance (AFR/Comment) Bammer A selling point of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, is that they make free education available to anyone who has access to the internet, and that education is delivered by some of the world's best minds. How new Uni of NSW chief Ian Jacobs plans to reshape the university (AFR) Dodd The new vice-chancellor of the University of NSW, Ian Jacobs, is considering major changes, including extending study through the summer holidays and a Grand Challenges Institute to tackle the biggest problems, in a strategy to become one of the world's leading universities. How Christopher Pyne could save $800 million a year (AFR/Comment) Dodd After last year's federal budget disaster, with, among other things, the plan to deregulate university fees still stuck in the Senate and unlikely to pass, it's no wonder this year's budget avoided bravado in the education area.

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