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海恩斯悼念演讲将开启议会,但工党不可忽视沸腾民怨的深层原因Haines tribute speeches to open parliament, but Labor mustn’t overlook broader causes of boiling anger

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Tributes and flowers are left for independent federal MP Helen Haines outside her electoral office in Wangaratta. The independent MP will be at the forefront of many politicians’ minds when parliament sits this week. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

联邦议会将于周一上午开幕,首先发表致敬海伦·海恩斯的演讲。对于一个日益躁动、令人不适的政治圈子而言,这本应是一个团结一致、跨党派的时刻。

Federal parliament will commence on Monday morning with speeches paying tribute to Helen Haines It should be a unifying, bipartisan moment for an increasingly febrile, unpleasant political bubble.

我们的政治代表们谈论着降温、友善相待,但挑战在于他们是否真的会改变自身行为——而不仅仅是指责对手这样做。我们已经看到迹象表明,议会这种“大团圆”时刻不会持续太久,而导致澳大利亚部分地区出现愤怒和疏离感的真正原因可能太难解决。

Our political representatives talk of turning down temperatures and being kinder, but the challenge is whether they will actually change their own behaviour – not just hector their opponents to do so. Already, we are seeing cracks that the parliamentary kumbaya moment will not last long, and that real contributors to the anger and dislocation present in some parts of Australia may be too hard to fix.

一个眼前的焦点是工党的“数字照护义务”立法,本周将进行辩论。影子通讯部长莎拉·亨德森声称,政府“利用这起骇人听闻的袭击事件”针对海恩斯来推行改革——工党否认这一指控。

One immediate thread is Labor's digital duty of care, up for debate this week. The shadow communications minister, Sarah Henderson, claimed the government was "using this horrific attack" on Haines to push its reforms – a charge Labor denies.

针对海恩斯的所谓袭击事件,引发了对议员和政治工作人员安全保障的更广泛审视,特别是针对女性以及网络暴力方面。这是一场迟到的讨论;上周曝光的令人作呕的报告,往往是议员们私下隐忍的,包括议员收到寄来的人类粪便、被迫搬家,以及塔尼亚·普利伯塞克透露她“经常”收到强奸威胁。

The alleged attack on Haines has ripped open a much wider examination of safety and security for MPs and political staff, particularly women, and in relation to online abuse. This is an overdue discussion; stomach-churning reports aired last week, often kept private by MPs, include MPs being mailed human faeces, forced to move house, and Tanya Plibersek revealing "regular" rape threats.

周一上午,阿尔巴尼斯将在议会发表致敬演讲,预计随后将有许多同僚议员发言。政府内部正在讨论立即改善议员安全的措施,以及一个关于全国文明与尊重的更宏大项目;不仅针对政治家,还包括零售工作者、急救人员、护士等。预计这将在未来几周持续发酵。但资深工党部长们指出,“数字照护义务”立法是拼图中的一块。

Monday morning will see Anthony Albanese give a tribute speech in parliament, expected to be followed by many fellow MPs. There is discussion inside government about immediate safety improvements for MPs and a broader project on national civility and respect; not just for politicians but retail workers, emergency services, nurses and more. Expect that to percolate over coming weeks. But senior Labor ministers pointed to the DDOC as one piece of the puzzle.

上周在澳广电台节目中,哈米什·麦克唐纳问阿尔巴尼斯:“解决这种卑劣网络暴力的办法是什么?”

On ABC radio last week, Hamish Macdonald asked Albanese "what's the answer?" to address such vile online abuse.

阿尔巴尼斯表示,政府尝试了“一系列措施”,其中包括“目前提交议会审议的一项非常温和的数字照护义务立法。我们将拭目以待,看它是否能获得支持。”住房部长克莱尔·奥尼尔对国家广播电台表示,必须对网络愤怒进行“清算”,点名批评“靠让澳大利亚人愤怒和不敬而赚取数十亿美元的公司”。她没有专门提到数字照护义务,但涉及了其主要目标中的一些。

Albanese said the government tried "a range of measures" including "a very modest digital duty of care legislation before the parliament. We'll wait and see whether it receives support." The housing minister, Clare O'Neil, told Radio National there "has to be a reckoning" about anger online, calling out "companies making billions of dollars off making Australians angry and disrespectful". She didn't mention digital duty of care specifically, but touched on some of its main aims.

通讯部长阿尼卡·韦尔斯不愿在社交媒体或数字照护义务与海恩斯遇袭案之间划定具体联系,但上周呼吁就“我们所处的更广泛的网络环境”进行“一次诚实的对话”,表示平台应当“重新设计”产品。

The communications minister, Anika Wells, wouldn't draw specific links between social media or DDOC and the alleged attack on Haines, but last week called for "an honest conversation about the broader online environment we are living in", saying platforms should "redesign" products.

亨德森主张彻底废除数字照护义务,并表示联盟党不会就此进行谈判,她对此感到不满。

Henderson, who wants DDOC be dumped entirely and said the Coalition wouldn't negotiate, was unhappy.

她对《卫报澳大利亚版》表示:“在海恩斯涉嫌遇袭者一事由法院审理之际,推测其与社交媒体之间存在任何因果联系都是不恰当的。”

"It is inappropriate to be speculating about any causal link between Helen Haines' alleged attacker and social media which is a matter for the courts," she told Guardian Australia.

“我遗憾地看到,政府似乎在利用这起骇人听闻的袭击案来为其有缺陷的政策议程背书…… 采取更多行动以保障澳大利亚人在线安全是必要的,但工党的数字照护义务却是朝着错误方向迈出的危险一步。”国民党议员萨姆·比雷尔是海恩斯的维多利亚州乡区同僚,关系密切,他告诉我,如果有人“利用这场悲剧就数字照护义务发表政治言论”,他会“感到失望”。

"I regret the government appears to be using this horrific attack to support its flawed policy agenda … More action is required to keep Australians safe online but Labor's digital duty of care is a dangerous step in the wrong direction." Nationals MP Sam Birrell, a fellow regional Victorian who is close to Haines, told me he would be "be disappointed if people use this tragedy to make a political point" about DDOC.

政府驳回了此类指责。韦尔斯的办公室表示,照护义务将“在危害发生前加以缓解”,并更新现有的行业准则。

The government rejected such assertions. Wells' office said the duty of care would "mitigate harm before it occurs", and update existing industry codes.

一位发言人表示:“准则和标准是一种复杂、拼凑式的做法,任何家长或在网上受过害的人都会告诉你,这行不通。”

"The codes and standards are a complex, patchwork approach that any parent or person who has been harmed online will tell you is not working," a spokesperson said.

作为历史上最年轻的内阁部长之一,韦尔斯已成为保守派反对者嘲讽和愤怒的靶子,被指控建立了一个“奥威尔式”的“审查”制度——她强烈否认了这些指控。这就是阿尔巴尼斯呼吁“降温”时所指的那种言辞吗?

Wells, among the youngest cabinet ministers in history, has become a target for ridicule and anger from conservative opponents, accused of an "Orwellian" system of "censorship" – charges she strongly denied Is that the kind of rhetoric Albanese means when he calls to "turn down the temperature"?

在与跨党派众多议员的交谈中,常见的措辞包括“更好地处理分歧”、“改善氛围”、“挺身而出”。大多数人同意议会规范必须改善。但鲜有人对这会发生抱有信心。

Speaking to numerous MPs across the political divide, common phrases included talk of "disagreeing better", "improving the tone", "rising to the occasion". Most agreed standards had to improve. But few were confident that would happen.

跨党派议员长期以来对质询时间的恶毒性质发出警报,呼吁更文明的言论。莫妮克·莱恩上周对我说:“如果现在不发生这种改变,我非常担心它永远不会发生。”一位工党议员表示,政府真心希望降低对抗烈度,但承认“很难立法规定礼貌”。

Crossbenchers have long raised alarm about the venomous nature of question time, calling for more civil discourse. Monique Ryan told me last week: "If that doesn't happen now, I'm terribly concerned it never will." One Labor MP said the government genuinely wanted things toned down, but conceded "it's hard to legislate courtesy".

“你希望这会成为那些煽动紧张局势的人反省的一周,”这位议员说。然而,另一位联盟党议员表示,他们不想要质询时间的改变。

"You'd hope this would be a week of reflection for people who inflame tensions," they said. Another Coalition MP, however, said they didn't want question time changes.

“我不想要平淡无奇。我喜欢激烈的交锋,这很重要,”这位议员说。

"I don't want it vanilla. I like it robust, it's important," they said.

议会和政府将如何回应针对海恩斯的所谓袭击仍不清楚。警方拒绝推测海恩斯所谓袭击者的动机。但专家表示,对导致疏离感和压力的社会因素进行更全面的审视,必须成为任何政治回应的一部分。

How the parliament and government will respond to the alleged Haines attack remains unclear. Police have declined to speculate on the motivations of Haines' alleged attacker. But experts say a more holistic look at social factors causing dislocation and stress must be part of any political response.

专注于暴力政治极端主义的维多利亚大学政治学教授德布拉·史密斯表示,“怨恨驱动”的暴力可能通过心理健康问题发展,也可能伴随着普遍的社会不稳定感或生活条件恶化而产生。

Debra Smith, professor of political science at Victoria University who focuses on violent political extremism, said "grievance-fuelled" violence can develop through mental health issues, but also alongside general feelings of social instability or a deterioration of living conditions.

受人尊敬的心理健康专家帕特里克·麦戈里教授在网上写道,针对议员的辱骂激增与“州心理健康系统岌岌可危、必须彻底重建”有关,并补充道“我们不能靠监禁解决这个问题”。这些专家分析给任何政府修正问题都带来了棘手难题。

Respected mental health expert Prof Patrick McGorry wrote online the surge in abuse of MPs was connected to "the threadbare state of state mental health systems which must be completely rebuilt", adding "we can't jail this away". These expert analyses raise wicked problems for any government to fix.

工党一贯的做法是告诉澳大利亚人情况很好,诸如劳动者在国内生产总值(GDP)中的份额在增长,或者澳洲储备银行的银行卡改革可能让你的咖啡更便宜之类的宣传,显然不再奏效,正在被苦苦挣扎的澳大利亚人所无视——请看“一国党”支持率的飙升。

Labor's modus operandi of telling Australians that things are going well, of spin such as workers' share of GDP is growing or that the Reserve Bank card changes could make your coffee cheaper is clearly no longer cutting it and being tuned out by struggling Australians – see the surge to One Nation.

澳洲储备银行因难以降低通胀,下个月很可能迎来第五次加息,而吉姆·查尔默斯正在为更糟糕的预算和更高的失业率做准备。

fifth interest rate rise is on the cards next month as the Reserve Bank struggles to lower inflation, and Jim Chalmers is preparing for a worse budget and higher unemployment.

这些会让澳大利亚人的心情好转吗?全国平均每升2.42澳元的无铅汽油呢?随着圣诞节临近,这推高了所有东西的价格。

Will any of these lighten the mood for Australians? What about unleaded petrol at a national average of $2.42 a litre, jacking up prices for everything with Christmas on the way?

大卫·波科克在国家新闻俱乐部揭示了令人震惊的日常挣扎,讲述了一位妇女在他的办公室里痛哭的故事:她因微薄的求职者津贴而陷入极度贫困,因为太久没吃肉了,竟吃起了邻居的狗粮。

David Pocock gave a shocking window into everyday struggles at the National Press Club, recounting a story of a woman sobbing in his office so destitute on the miserable jobseeker allowance that she ate a neighbour's dog food because she hadn't eaten meat in so long.

正如澳大利亚联邦警察专员克里西·巴雷特周日在《内幕》节目中所说,并非每一个经历心理健康问题、贫困或房贷压力的澳大利亚人都会诉诸暴力。但政府无法忽视导致澳大利亚人感到更悲伤、更愤怒、更绝望的关键原因。

Not every Australian experiencing mental health issues, poverty or mortgage issues will turn to violence, as the Australian federal police commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said on Insiders on Sunday. But the government cannot ignore key reasons contributing to Australians feeling sadder, angrier and more desperate.

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