Australia politics live: Husic says ‘deep feeling’ in Labor caucus to recognise Palestine; Wells reveals ‘Big Wiggle’ lobbied against YouTube ban

<p>Follow today’s news live</p><ul><li><p><strong>Get our </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl"><strong>breaking news email</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3"><strong>free app</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl"><strong>daily news podcast</strong></a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Liberal senator says YouTube decision represents a ‘broken promise’</strong></p><p>The Liberal senator <strong>Paul Scarr</strong> says the decision to reverse YouTube’s exemption from the social media ban could amount to a “broken promise”, but won’t say whether or not including it in the ban is the right decision.</p><p>There is a lot of harmful content out there. But the fact of the matter is the legislation, when it was first passed by the parliament, specifically excluded YouTube, and now the government appears ready to change their position in that respect. And that’s a broken promise.</p><p>Kids are so tech savvy, they’re going to find a way around these bans. These bans are not going to work. So what we actually need to do is to make those platforms safer and safer, not just for kids but for anyone who’s accessing them. And I think that’s where the responsibility should be on the big tech companies. They’re getting off scot-free right now.</p><p>They [the government] were silent on the possibility that it would be brought in… and so let’s wait and see what they table. The eSafety commissioner’s advice needs to be scrutinised.</p><p>I make the point they failed to tell the Australian people about this before the election.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/30/australia-politics-live-senate-question-time-gaza-palestine-israel-anthonty-albanese-sussan-ley-youtube-social-media-ban-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>