Australia politics live: Tim Wilson calls government’s move to charge for FoI requests a ‘truth tax’

<p>Shadow industrial relations minister says Labor needs to provide hard evidence the system is being overrun by bots. 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>Rallies ‘deeply unsettling for many Australians’: Mark Butler</strong></p><p><strong>Mark Butler</strong> is continuing his media rounds and has moved across to ABC News Breakfast.</p><p>I think these rallies were deeply unsettling for many Australians. For most Australians who saw from that rally, a message of division, intolerance and in some cases, violence - including violence against police.</p><p>I think what we want to do from a federal government [point of view] is just reinforce the importance of social cohesion – the importance of us being a really successful multicultural community with all of the benefits.</p><p>These new, evolving, technologies require and a new, proactive, approach to harm prevention– and we’ll work closely with industry to achieve this.</p><p>While this move won’t eliminate the problem of abusive technology in one fell swoop, alongside existing laws and our world-leading online safety reforms, it will make a real difference in protecting Australians.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/02/australia-politics-live-labor-coalition-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-question-time-cosmetic-surgery-tobacco-excise-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>