IT WILL soon be easier for state and territory governments to call in special

forces troops to help respond to terror attacks.

The Turnbull Government will introduce draft laws to federal Parliament on
Thursday updating military call-out powers.
“The types of situations we are looking at are perhaps long siege situations,”
Attorney-General Christian Porter told the Nine Network on Thursday.
“Or if something terrible like the Paris attacks happened in Australia where
you have multiple, geographically spread, co-ordinated violence.”
The legal changes are the most significant since call-out powers were first
introduced in the lead-up to the Sydney Olympics.
The terror threat Australia faces today is greater and more complex than ever,
Mr Porter said.
Under existing arrangements, states have to declare a situation out of control
and beyond their resources before the military can be called in to assist local
authorities.
The changes come after recent international terrorist attacks and follow a
review into the deadly 2014 Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney.
Matthew Guy vows to build $30 billion
'super highway'
By Melissa Cunningham & Benjamin Preiss
Updated28 June 2018 — 12:49pmfirst published at 10:06am
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The Victorian Coalition has vowed to spend $30 billion on East West Link and
two other toll roads for Melbourne if it wins power in November - but is yet to
reveal how it will be funded.

Opposition leader Matthew Guy announced on Thursday a redesigned East

West Link would be built beneath Melbourne by a Victorian Coalition
government.

Matthew Guy says a Coalition Government would create “the biggest

connected super-highway in Australia and get Victoria moving again.
Photo: Alex Murray
If elected in November, he vowed building would begin on East West Link and
a North East Link by 2021.

Mr Guy revealed the party was looking at two possible routes for East West
Link, one of which would stretch underground from the Eastern Freeway to
the West Gate Tunnel in West Melbourne.

The other would connect the Eastern Freeway and CityLink around Parkville.
He also pledged to finish Labor’s West Gate Tunnel, creating a triple bypass of
toll roads that would allow motorists to drive from Melbourne's north-eastern
suburbs to Geelong without hitting a single traffic light.

But most of the ambitious project remains unfunded.

When asked on Thursday morning how his party would pay for it, Mr Guy told
radio station 3AW that about $7 billion dollars had already been committed
by state and federal governments.

But he did not reveal where another $22 billion-plus would come from.

"I've committed there will be $2 billion in our first term ... there might need to
be more state contribution than that," he said.

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"The feds have already committed $5 billion on the table. The East West Link
tunnel and North East Link tunnel would need to be toll roads, and of course
on top of that you've got a staged process [to build the projects]."

Mr Guy said the city’s growth was fast outpacing its infrastructure.

"It’s not about roads or public transport. Melbourne’s growth means we need
to do both," Mr Guy said.

"It's not just about roads, it's congestion. Melbourne is dead on its feet.
Congestion in this city is like it's never been before... and I support the concept
of de-centralisation. We've got to grow the whole state, not just Melbourne."

This week The Age revealed Melbourne’s peak hour is spiralling out to three
hours as the city's gridlock spills into the weekend.
Mr Guy described the election pledge as a "generational project."

A memorial site in Martin Place after the Lindt siege. Picture: Toby ZernaSource:News Corp Australia
Defence Minister Marise Payne said the changes will give the Australian
Defence Force pre-approval to respond to threats on land, at sea and in the
air.
The move will also simplify and expand the military’s powers to search,
seize, and control movement at the scene of a terrorist incident.
“These reforms will ensure defence is more flexible and agile in the way it
supports states and territories,” Ms Payne said.
Police forces remain the best first response to terrorist incidents.
States and territories will continue to have primary responsibility for
protecting life and property in their jurisdictions, Mr Porter said.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced last July there would be
increased co-operation between police and the military in response to
incidents, including special forces providing specialised training to local
officers.
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