Paterson says Hanson’s vision for monocultural Australia ‘deeply weird’ as he defends Taylor’s response – as it happened

Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Opposition frontbencher James Paterson says One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s vision for a “monocultural” Australia is “deeply weird”. He said: double quotation markFor decades, if not centuries, Australians have spoken other languages at home. I think this push to impose a government-down mandated monoculture is deeply weird. We’re wrapping up today’s blog. Thanks for joining us. Here’s a reminder of today’s top stories: Labor’s tax package passed the federal parliament, with the government agreeing to further concessions to stop people being penalised in the event of a divorce or death; The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has revealed the woman held in a Syrian detention camp who was issued a temporary exclusion order, barring her from entering Australia, has applied for and been granted a return permit; The country’s top spy chief, Mike Burgess, says he is really concerned about the level some nation states like Iran could go to cause harm against Australians; The unemployment rate has eased to 4.4% in May, from 4.5%, in a sign that the previous month’s jump in the jobless rate was not the st