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| Abbott looks on from backbench in Turnbull ministry's first question time – as it happened | Abbott looks on from backbench in Turnbull ministry's first question time – as it happened |
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| 8.03am BST | 8.03am BST |
| 08:03 | 08:03 |
| Night time politics | Night time politics |
| Thank you for your company and thanks to the brains trust, Lenore Taylor, Shalailah Medhora and Daniel Hurst. Mike Bowers, take a bow. | Thank you for your company and thanks to the brains trust, Lenore Taylor, Shalailah Medhora and Daniel Hurst. Mike Bowers, take a bow. |
| 7.04am BST | 7.04am BST |
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| Tomorrow, Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten and Richard di Natale come together for a National Day of Unity organised by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) and the Welcome to Australia organisation. | Tomorrow, Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten and Richard di Natale come together for a National Day of Unity organised by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) and the Welcome to Australia organisation. |
| Samier Dandan, president of the LMA and Pastor Brad Chilcott of Welcome to Australia will meet other faith leaders for an event at 11am. | Samier Dandan, president of the LMA and Pastor Brad Chilcott of Welcome to Australia will meet other faith leaders for an event at 11am. |
| The event was started last year. This year, Turnbull had agreed to speak prior to his elevation with Labor’s Tanya Plibersek and Greens MP Adam Bandt. However, since the spill, Turnbull maintained his commitment and Shorten and di Natale came on board. | The event was started last year. This year, Turnbull had agreed to speak prior to his elevation with Labor’s Tanya Plibersek and Greens MP Adam Bandt. However, since the spill, Turnbull maintained his commitment and Shorten and di Natale came on board. |
| Chilcott says there has been a noticeable change in the public debate and he welcomed Russell Broadbent’s call to end mandatory detention for children. He says they are now expecting more MPs at tomorrow’s event, especially following the cross party show of support. Particularly more Coalition MPs and senators. | Chilcott says there has been a noticeable change in the public debate and he welcomed Russell Broadbent’s call to end mandatory detention for children. He says they are now expecting more MPs at tomorrow’s event, especially following the cross party show of support. Particularly more Coalition MPs and senators. |
| There has been a shift from politics of fear and division towards something far more positive. | There has been a shift from politics of fear and division towards something far more positive. |
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| Labor is supporting the Coalition government’s immunisation register bill which widens the scope of the two current immunisation registers. The bill is being debated in the house. | Labor is supporting the Coalition government’s immunisation register bill which widens the scope of the two current immunisation registers. The bill is being debated in the house. |
| This is from the ministers speech. | This is from the ministers speech. |
| The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, ACIR, will be expanded to become the Australian Immunisation Register, which will capture all vaccines given from birth to death through general practice and community clinics. | The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, ACIR, will be expanded to become the Australian Immunisation Register, which will capture all vaccines given from birth to death through general practice and community clinics. |
| The ACIR currently records vaccinations given to children aged less than seven years. The ACIR will be expanded in two stages. | The ACIR currently records vaccinations given to children aged less than seven years. The ACIR will be expanded in two stages. |
| From 1 January 2016, it will expand to collect and record vaccinations given to young individuals under the age of 20 years, enabling implementation of the government’s ‘no jab, no pay’ budget measure. | From 1 January 2016, it will expand to collect and record vaccinations given to young individuals under the age of 20 years, enabling implementation of the government’s ‘no jab, no pay’ budget measure. |
| From September 2016, it will be expanded further to cover all vaccinations from birth to death given through general practice and community clinics, supporting the addition of the zoster virus vaccine to the National Immunisation Program for persons aged 70 years. | From September 2016, it will be expanded further to cover all vaccinations from birth to death given through general practice and community clinics, supporting the addition of the zoster virus vaccine to the National Immunisation Program for persons aged 70 years. |
| The bill expands the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program Register to become the Australian School Vaccination Register, which will capture all adolescent vaccinations given through school programs from the start of the 2017 school year. | The bill expands the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program Register to become the Australian School Vaccination Register, which will capture all adolescent vaccinations given through school programs from the start of the 2017 school year. |
| 5.47am BST | 5.47am BST |
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| Alone again. Naturally. | Alone again. Naturally. |
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| I might just note that not one MP was thrown out of question time today. | I might just note that not one MP was thrown out of question time today. |
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| Bruce Billson, the former minister for small business enthusiasm. | Bruce Billson, the former minister for small business enthusiasm. |
| Where is that ol’ Billson magic? | Where is that ol’ Billson magic? |
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| Kelly O’Dwyer, the new minister for small business enthusiasm. | Kelly O’Dwyer, the new minister for small business enthusiasm. |
| Funny faces 1. | Funny faces 1. |
| Funny faces 2. | Funny faces 2. |
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| 05:19 | 05:19 |
| Albo questions Turnbull on his government’s commitment to funding public transport. Turnbull repeats the importance of funding a range of transport infrastructure, from mass transit to roads - which is a marked departure from Abbott’s roads focus. | Albo questions Turnbull on his government’s commitment to funding public transport. Turnbull repeats the importance of funding a range of transport infrastructure, from mass transit to roads - which is a marked departure from Abbott’s roads focus. |
| Many people think the environment of cities or some people may think that the environment of our cities is a touchy-feely thing. Let me say to you, say to honourable members, a liveable city is a vital piece ofeconomic infrastructure. Having a clean environment in our city, being able to move around our cities easily, the denial of public transport options in our cities discriminates against the old, the poor and the young. | Many people think the environment of cities or some people may think that the environment of our cities is a touchy-feely thing. Let me say to you, say to honourable members, a liveable city is a vital piece ofeconomic infrastructure. Having a clean environment in our city, being able to move around our cities easily, the denial of public transport options in our cities discriminates against the old, the poor and the young. |
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| A Dixer to Warren Truss about infrastructure projects, which he uses look at Labor’s concrete bank. | A Dixer to Warren Truss about infrastructure projects, which he uses look at Labor’s concrete bank. |
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| Albanese to environment and cities minister Greg Hunt. Is the minister aware that the so-called new projects he announced in today’s ‘Herald Sun’ to improve the Monash Freeway was, 1, approved by Infrastructure Australia in 2012 - 2, funded in the Labor government’s 2013 Budget as part of the managed motorways program, and, 3, cut by the Coalition Government in their 2014 Budget? | Albanese to environment and cities minister Greg Hunt. Is the minister aware that the so-called new projects he announced in today’s ‘Herald Sun’ to improve the Monash Freeway was, 1, approved by Infrastructure Australia in 2012 - 2, funded in the Labor government’s 2013 Budget as part of the managed motorways program, and, 3, cut by the Coalition Government in their 2014 Budget? |
| Greg Hunt says he is delighted to talk about road funding because the federal (Abbott) government wanted to fund the East West link project which was dumped (as promised) by the state Labor government. | Greg Hunt says he is delighted to talk about road funding because the federal (Abbott) government wanted to fund the East West link project which was dumped (as promised) by the state Labor government. |
| In its absence, we have to look at this other (Monash) project. | In its absence, we have to look at this other (Monash) project. |
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| Andrew Hastie joins the club. | Andrew Hastie joins the club. |
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| Put on a happy face. | Put on a happy face. |
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| A Dixer to small business minister Kelly O’Dwyer. | A Dixer to small business minister Kelly O’Dwyer. |
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| Anthony Albanese asks deputy prime minister Warren Truss whether he supports the Gold Coast light rail project funded by Turnbull on Sunday. | Anthony Albanese asks deputy prime minister Warren Truss whether he supports the Gold Coast light rail project funded by Turnbull on Sunday. |
| ‘Course I do says Truss, I negotiated the deal. | ‘Course I do says Truss, I negotiated the deal. |
| We’ve committed to it.I was involved in negotiating the deal. I fully support the project and I commend the Queensland Government on calming down the rhetoric and then getting on with the job in dealing with this project in a business-like way. | We’ve committed to it.I was involved in negotiating the deal. I fully support the project and I commend the Queensland Government on calming down the rhetoric and then getting on with the job in dealing with this project in a business-like way. |
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| A Dixer from Sarah Henderson to the innovation minister and warhorse Christopher Pyne. Will the Minister update the house on how the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will boost innovation so creating jobs and investment across Australia, including in my electorate of Corangamite? | A Dixer from Sarah Henderson to the innovation minister and warhorse Christopher Pyne. Will the Minister update the house on how the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will boost innovation so creating jobs and investment across Australia, including in my electorate of Corangamite? |
| We are doing all all of this because freer trade leads to jobs and growth. We get that on this side of the House. | We are doing all all of this because freer trade leads to jobs and growth. We get that on this side of the House. |
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| Labor to Turnbull: I refer to the latest ABS statistics which show public infrastructure spending has fallen by 20% since the Coalition was elected. When will the government restore commonwealth funding for public transport projects including Melbourne metro? Brisbane cross river rail? | Labor to Turnbull: I refer to the latest ABS statistics which show public infrastructure spending has fallen by 20% since the Coalition was elected. When will the government restore commonwealth funding for public transport projects including Melbourne metro? Brisbane cross river rail? |
| Turnbull says some of the projects mentioned in Labor’s recent “concrete bank” infrastructure policy announcement were already underway by the government and others had not had a business case completed. | Turnbull says some of the projects mentioned in Labor’s recent “concrete bank” infrastructure policy announcement were already underway by the government and others had not had a business case completed. |
| Honourable members know that we do not discriminate between road or rail, mass transit projects. | Honourable members know that we do not discriminate between road or rail, mass transit projects. |
| There goes the prime minister for roads. | There goes the prime minister for roads. |
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| Daniel Hurst | Daniel Hurst |
| In the senate question time, Labor’s Senate leader, Penny Wong, tried to prod the Coalition over the Nationals’ grumblings over ministerial responsibility for water resources. | In the senate question time, Labor’s Senate leader, Penny Wong, tried to prod the Coalition over the Nationals’ grumblings over ministerial responsibility for water resources. |
| Tasmanian Liberal frontbencher Richard Colbeck played down the tension. He says Nationals and Liberals are concerned about the proper allocation of water in the Murray-Darling Basin. | Tasmanian Liberal frontbencher Richard Colbeck played down the tension. He says Nationals and Liberals are concerned about the proper allocation of water in the Murray-Darling Basin. |
| “In my view there is no differential between the National party and the Liberal party in this space. We are a very contented Coalition.” | “In my view there is no differential between the National party and the Liberal party in this space. We are a very contented Coalition.” |
| He says the prime minister will spell out “the overall specifics” in ministerial charter letters. | He says the prime minister will spell out “the overall specifics” in ministerial charter letters. |
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| Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce gets a Dixer on the TPP. | Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce gets a Dixer on the TPP. |