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| Labor press government on Dyson Heydon, free trade agreement – as it happened | Labor press government on Dyson Heydon, free trade agreement – as it happened |
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| Night time political summary | Night time political summary |
| The end is nigh, the end of the political day at least. It was an odd day, dominated as it was by leaking advice followed by leaking. It was also dominated by the search for facts on exactly what the attorney general was planning to do to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation act. | The end is nigh, the end of the political day at least. It was an odd day, dominated as it was by leaking advice followed by leaking. It was also dominated by the search for facts on exactly what the attorney general was planning to do to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation act. |
| This is what we discovered: | This is what we discovered: |
| Tomorrow is the last sitting day for a fortnight. The PM will have a meeting with Indigenous leaders about his heretofore passion, constitutional recognition. This meeting will precede his promised week in indigenous communities. That will occur next week in the Torres Strait. | Tomorrow is the last sitting day for a fortnight. The PM will have a meeting with Indigenous leaders about his heretofore passion, constitutional recognition. This meeting will precede his promised week in indigenous communities. That will occur next week in the Torres Strait. |
| Thanks to Lenore Taylor, Daniel Hurst and Shalailah Medhora for their assistance. Mike Bowers provided his usual storm of outstanding images and has patented the Herbert filter - after the good sport Ewen Jones - for those pollies who are a little more shy about their image. | Thanks to Lenore Taylor, Daniel Hurst and Shalailah Medhora for their assistance. Mike Bowers provided his usual storm of outstanding images and has patented the Herbert filter - after the good sport Ewen Jones - for those pollies who are a little more shy about their image. |
| Thanks for your company. I enjoy your wit and ideas. | Thanks for your company. I enjoy your wit and ideas. |
| Good night. | Good night. |
| This shall now be known as "The Herbert Filter" @EwenJonesMP @gabriellechan #politicslive http://t.co/UUKEPYwjxW pic.twitter.com/kEX75NKubs | This shall now be known as "The Herbert Filter" @EwenJonesMP @gabriellechan #politicslive http://t.co/UUKEPYwjxW pic.twitter.com/kEX75NKubs |
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| Just by the by, Dyson Heydon must be feeling confident. The royal commission is moving onwards and upwards. It has just announced a two week hearing block in Brisbane as part of its inquiry into the Queensland branch of the CFMEU. | Just by the by, Dyson Heydon must be feeling confident. The royal commission is moving onwards and upwards. It has just announced a two week hearing block in Brisbane as part of its inquiry into the Queensland branch of the CFMEU. |
| Proceedings are scheduled to take place from Monday 14 September to Friday 25 September. | Proceedings are scheduled to take place from Monday 14 September to Friday 25 September. |
| Tomorrow the ACTU will deliver its submission to Dyson Heydon by 2pm to disqualify Dyson Heydon. His hearing will be on Friday. | Tomorrow the ACTU will deliver its submission to Dyson Heydon by 2pm to disqualify Dyson Heydon. His hearing will be on Friday. |
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| Back to Kathy Jackson, who has been ordered to pay the Health Services Union about $1.4m after a court found she misappropriated the union’s money. | Back to Kathy Jackson, who has been ordered to pay the Health Services Union about $1.4m after a court found she misappropriated the union’s money. |
| As reported by AAP, between 2003 and 2011 Jackson used credit cards to pay for travel, retail, food, alcohol entertainment and fitness. The court found $305,828 chalked up on union plastic was Jackson’s personal spending. As well the $1,338,626 in damages, she was ordered to hand back $67,912 in overpaid salary. | As reported by AAP, between 2003 and 2011 Jackson used credit cards to pay for travel, retail, food, alcohol entertainment and fitness. The court found $305,828 chalked up on union plastic was Jackson’s personal spending. As well the $1,338,626 in damages, she was ordered to hand back $67,912 in overpaid salary. |
| Tony Abbott has complimented Jackson on many occasions, such as this comment last year. | Tony Abbott has complimented Jackson on many occasions, such as this comment last year. |
| We’ve had people like Kathy Jackson heroically – heroically – say that enough is enough, it’s all got to stop and I think that the honest people inside the union movement, the honest people inside the Labor party will welcome this royal commission. | We’ve had people like Kathy Jackson heroically – heroically – say that enough is enough, it’s all got to stop and I think that the honest people inside the union movement, the honest people inside the Labor party will welcome this royal commission. |
| He called her a “very credible whistleblower” and spoke up for her during the Coalition’s campaign against fellow HSU official and disgraced MP Craig Thomson. | He called her a “very credible whistleblower” and spoke up for her during the Coalition’s campaign against fellow HSU official and disgraced MP Craig Thomson. |
| Abbott was asked in question time about his on-going praise for Jackson over the past few years. His reply talked about the unions and the value of the royal commission but he was not going to mention her name after the court decision. | Abbott was asked in question time about his on-going praise for Jackson over the past few years. His reply talked about the unions and the value of the royal commission but he was not going to mention her name after the court decision. |
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| Lenore Taylor has a story which seeks to put some detail around the government’s planned changes to environmental laws. While the agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce suggested this morning farmers will be protected, farmers have told Lenore that they are unclear at what the government is trying to achieve and has urged the Coalition to hold off until the effect is clear. | Lenore Taylor has a story which seeks to put some detail around the government’s planned changes to environmental laws. While the agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce suggested this morning farmers will be protected, farmers have told Lenore that they are unclear at what the government is trying to achieve and has urged the Coalition to hold off until the effect is clear. |
| Essentially it could effect communities ability to challenge projects, even if they are relatively nearby. | Essentially it could effect communities ability to challenge projects, even if they are relatively nearby. |
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| The honourable member for Herbert, Ewen Jones rehydrates. | The honourable member for Herbert, Ewen Jones rehydrates. |
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| Every day is a wedge in Australian politics. | Every day is a wedge in Australian politics. |
| The Greens continue to make incursions into National party territory. Last year the Senate committee inquiry into beef levies found the tax should be overhauled and recommended that there should be a producer-owned organisation to receive and direct the levies. | The Greens continue to make incursions into National party territory. Last year the Senate committee inquiry into beef levies found the tax should be overhauled and recommended that there should be a producer-owned organisation to receive and direct the levies. |
| Tassie Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson’s motion attempted to remind the Senate that Barnaby Joyce has not acted on the tax, according to ABC Rural. | Tassie Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson’s motion attempted to remind the Senate that Barnaby Joyce has not acted on the tax, according to ABC Rural. |
| The Australian Beef Association, Cattle Council of Australia, the Australian Meat Producers Group, and concerned beef producers around the country, presented a united voice to the Minister of Agriculture. The Liberal and National parties say that they are supporters of the Australian beef industry but that support’s been undermined by the failure of the Minister to actually support what the producers want. | The Australian Beef Association, Cattle Council of Australia, the Australian Meat Producers Group, and concerned beef producers around the country, presented a united voice to the Minister of Agriculture. The Liberal and National parties say that they are supporters of the Australian beef industry but that support’s been undermined by the failure of the Minister to actually support what the producers want. |
| LNP senator Barry O’Sullivan described Whish-Wilson’s motion as “fatally flawed”. | LNP senator Barry O’Sullivan described Whish-Wilson’s motion as “fatally flawed”. |
| This tofu tiger from Tasmania is a ‘Johnny-come-lately’ into this space, and what you will see here in this motion today is just an attempt at what’s called a wedge motion...a waste of people’s time in the Senate. | This tofu tiger from Tasmania is a ‘Johnny-come-lately’ into this space, and what you will see here in this motion today is just an attempt at what’s called a wedge motion...a waste of people’s time in the Senate. |
| It turns out there is a bedtime story on You Tube about the Tofu Tiger, the little tiger with empathy. | It turns out there is a bedtime story on You Tube about the Tofu Tiger, the little tiger with empathy. |
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| And then I said to Al... | And then I said to Al... |
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| Where is your bow sir? | Where is your bow sir? |
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| Bill Shorten is speaking to a matter of public importance on “the government’s failure to invest and protect Australian jobs”. | Bill Shorten is speaking to a matter of public importance on “the government’s failure to invest and protect Australian jobs”. |
| Seven MPs were thrown out of question time, including one from the government, Deakin MP Michael Sukkar. | Seven MPs were thrown out of question time, including one from the government, Deakin MP Michael Sukkar. |
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| I’ve got the talking points. | I’ve got the talking points. |
| “He has the manner of a likeable rascal but I hope that there is more to him than that.” | “He has the manner of a likeable rascal but I hope that there is more to him than that.” |
| From a young Malcolm’s report card, reported in Fairfax. | From a young Malcolm’s report card, reported in Fairfax. |
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| Kevin Andrews and his hair. | Kevin Andrews and his hair. |