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| Liberal MP Russell Broadbent calls for an end to children in detention – politics live | Liberal MP Russell Broadbent calls for an end to children in detention – politics live |
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| Robert Simms has been sworn in as the Australian Greens’ new senator for South Australia, replacing Penny Wright who stood down for personal reasons. He will give his first speech to the senate tomorrow afternoon but in the meantime, he has documented his own experiences for Coming Out Day at the Huff Post. | |
| I was 12 when I realised I was gay. It was a pretty frightening thing at the time. I didn’t know any gay people or have any sense of what a gay life might be like so my impressions were largely shaped by the caricatures I saw on TV. | |
| For many years at primary school other kids used to joke that they thought I was gay, well before I had even thought about it. That experience always lead me to believe that being gay was not really something a man should aspire to be. | |
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| Shadow immigration spokesman Richard Marles will introduce a private members bill for mandatory reporting of child abuse in all offshore and onshore detention facilities. | |
| The Migration Amendment (Mandatory Reporting) Bill 2015 will seek to amend the Migration Act to make it unequivocal that if an immigration or border protection worker reasonably believes that a minor has suffered or is suffering a reportable assault in detention, the worker must within 24 hours alert the Australian Border Force Commissioner. | |
| There should be absolutely no doubt that staff, including medical contractors working in these facilities not only have the freedom to report abuse, but have a legal obligation to do so. This bill seeks to also make it an offence if a worker fails to report an assault. | |
| Back in June, Labor joined the Coalition to vote down a Greens amendment to enforce mandatory reporting. Go figure. | |
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| No one escapes an Entsch bear hug. | |
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| Don’t go towards the light! | |
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| Labor’s Tim Watts is introducing the revenge porn bill, suggesting people who are the victims of revenge porn distributed on the internet feel similarly violated to physical sexual assault victims. | |
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| Anthony Albanese has just spoken to the high speed rail authority bill, which establishes the authority to continue work towards establishing high speed rail on the east coast of Australia. This is the one that Albo started, so he is marking his territory. | |
| Here is a picture Mike Bowers prepared earlier. | |
| 12.15am BST00:15 | 12.15am BST00:15 |
| The wonderful Twitter corro Matt Hatter is here to help with themes of the day. | The wonderful Twitter corro Matt Hatter is here to help with themes of the day. |
| @gabriellechan Good morning! Happy to assist @Barnaby_Joyce control water & solve the children in detention issue. pic.twitter.com/bJDbIhC2G9 | @gabriellechan Good morning! Happy to assist @Barnaby_Joyce control water & solve the children in detention issue. pic.twitter.com/bJDbIhC2G9 |
| 12.11am BST00:11 | 12.11am BST00:11 |
| Labor to introduce revenge porn bill this morning | Labor to introduce revenge porn bill this morning |
| Labor will shortly introduce a bill to make it a federal offence to distribute, or threaten to distribute, private sexual images or film clips without consent, a practice also known as revenge porn. | Labor will shortly introduce a bill to make it a federal offence to distribute, or threaten to distribute, private sexual images or film clips without consent, a practice also known as revenge porn. |
| At the moment, there are no federal laws around this issue. Shalailah Medhora did a story last month summing up the laws as they stand. | At the moment, there are no federal laws around this issue. Shalailah Medhora did a story last month summing up the laws as they stand. |
| 12.05am BST00:05 | 12.05am BST00:05 |
| From eagle eye Herald Sun corro Rob Harris: | From eagle eye Herald Sun corro Rob Harris: |
| Here's the poster in Joe Hockey's new backbench office window pic.twitter.com/v4b3v97xk5 | Here's the poster in Joe Hockey's new backbench office window pic.twitter.com/v4b3v97xk5 |
| Updated at 12.17am BST | Updated at 12.17am BST |
| 12.02am BST00:02 | 12.02am BST00:02 |
| Seating plan B: Abbott, Hockey, Andrews down the back of the bus | Seating plan B: Abbott, Hockey, Andrews down the back of the bus |
| There has been a new seating plan in the parliament. Tony Abbott has been put with his mates. He is now next to former treasurer Joe Hockey, with former defence minister Kevin Andrews across the aisle. Andrew Laming, who was originally next to Abbott, is far, far away. | There has been a new seating plan in the parliament. Tony Abbott has been put with his mates. He is now next to former treasurer Joe Hockey, with former defence minister Kevin Andrews across the aisle. Andrew Laming, who was originally next to Abbott, is far, far away. |
| Andrew Hastie is next to the father of the house, Philip Ruddock, for training purposes. | Andrew Hastie is next to the father of the house, Philip Ruddock, for training purposes. |
| Abbott lieutenant Andrew Nikolic, the former whip, is next to former small business whiz Bruce Billson. | Abbott lieutenant Andrew Nikolic, the former whip, is next to former small business whiz Bruce Billson. |
| You can see the chamber in all its glory here but you need to click on the Pdf as the one immediately visible is the old one. | You can see the chamber in all its glory here but you need to click on the Pdf as the one immediately visible is the old one. |
| Updated at 12.17am BST | Updated at 12.17am BST |
| 11.54pm BST23:54 | 11.54pm BST23:54 |
| Parliament coming up at 10am. | Parliament coming up at 10am. |
| 11.44pm BST23:44 | 11.44pm BST23:44 |
| The Nats are waving, "over here". | The Nats are waving, "over here". |
| Barnaby Joyce has written to Turnbull asking him to clarify the water responsibilities after Liberal senator Anne Ruston was appointed assistant minister. The Oz reported the Nats are antsy about maintaining total control over water, which was their one key win in the Coalition agreement drawn up with Turnbull. | Barnaby Joyce has written to Turnbull asking him to clarify the water responsibilities after Liberal senator Anne Ruston was appointed assistant minister. The Oz reported the Nats are antsy about maintaining total control over water, which was their one key win in the Coalition agreement drawn up with Turnbull. |
| The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, which is the body that buys water, has remained with the environment department. | The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, which is the body that buys water, has remained with the environment department. |
| Turnbull has yet to reply but he has a meeting with the Nationals on Wednesday. | Turnbull has yet to reply but he has a meeting with the Nationals on Wednesday. |
| Barnaby did not sound too worried. | Barnaby did not sound too worried. |
| I’m absolutely certain the agreement will be honoured. This is crucial for how the Coalition works. The Coalition is a business arrangement between different parties. | I’m absolutely certain the agreement will be honoured. This is crucial for how the Coalition works. The Coalition is a business arrangement between different parties. |
| Updated at 12.16am BST | Updated at 12.16am BST |
| 11.12pm BST23:12 | 11.12pm BST23:12 |
| Former Labor MP Peter Garrett is out flogging his book. He has ruffled Labor feathers for repeating what has been heard before regarding former PM Kevin Rudd’s attractive personality traits, including being a megalomaniac. This is Garrett. | Former Labor MP Peter Garrett is out flogging his book. He has ruffled Labor feathers for repeating what has been heard before regarding former PM Kevin Rudd’s attractive personality traits, including being a megalomaniac. This is Garrett. |
| I’ve been particularly strong in this book about leadership and Rudd’s leadership and I think it needed to be said. Rudd wasn’t someone who was easy to work with in that way, and his vanity and his exercise of power as prime minister was contrary ultimately, to me, to what good leadership is. | I’ve been particularly strong in this book about leadership and Rudd’s leadership and I think it needed to be said. Rudd wasn’t someone who was easy to work with in that way, and his vanity and his exercise of power as prime minister was contrary ultimately, to me, to what good leadership is. |
| Anthony Albanese, sometime leadership contender, senior frontbencher and Rudd backer, says poppycock. Rudd was a good PM. | Anthony Albanese, sometime leadership contender, senior frontbencher and Rudd backer, says poppycock. Rudd was a good PM. |
| Kevin Rudd was a good prime minister. Kevin Rudd is one of three Labor leaders to take Labor from opposition to government in the post-war period, along with Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke. Kevin Rudd is deserving of respect as a Labor leader, just as Julia Gillard is, and I think that Peter Garrett’s comments last night are most unfortunate indeed and do not reflect well on him. | Kevin Rudd was a good prime minister. Kevin Rudd is one of three Labor leaders to take Labor from opposition to government in the post-war period, along with Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke. Kevin Rudd is deserving of respect as a Labor leader, just as Julia Gillard is, and I think that Peter Garrett’s comments last night are most unfortunate indeed and do not reflect well on him. |
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| Russell Broadbent: the Australian people are standing up and saying "no, not on". | Russell Broadbent: the Australian people are standing up and saying "no, not on". |
| Liberal MP Russell Broadbent is unequivocal on his position. | Liberal MP Russell Broadbent is unequivocal on his position. |
| Indefinite detention is not acceptable, we’ve been through this before. Women and children in detention behind razor wire in this country or locked away on an island is unacceptable. | Indefinite detention is not acceptable, we’ve been through this before. Women and children in detention behind razor wire in this country or locked away on an island is unacceptable. |
| Broadbent says he has had visits from clinicians all over Australia, saying exactly what the Royal Children’s hospital staff have said. | Broadbent says he has had visits from clinicians all over Australia, saying exactly what the Royal Children’s hospital staff have said. |
| It becomes broadly unacceptable to the Australian people. That’s the message here. The Australian people, through the Royal Children’s hospital, have shifted and they have said our detention policies are not good enough. Therefore, long-term indefinite detention is not acceptable in this country. It always comes to this. I knew it would come to this. It has come to this again. The Australian people are standing up and saying, no, not on. | It becomes broadly unacceptable to the Australian people. That’s the message here. The Australian people, through the Royal Children’s hospital, have shifted and they have said our detention policies are not good enough. Therefore, long-term indefinite detention is not acceptable in this country. It always comes to this. I knew it would come to this. It has come to this again. The Australian people are standing up and saying, no, not on. |
| Asked what is holding up policy change, Broadbent says: | Asked what is holding up policy change, Broadbent says: |
| When the people shift, the politicians will shift and they will understand they need to do something in regard to long-term detention. I know the government is going to enormous efforts to resolve this issue in this nation. | When the people shift, the politicians will shift and they will understand they need to do something in regard to long-term detention. I know the government is going to enormous efforts to resolve this issue in this nation. |
| Updated at 12.14am BST | Updated at 12.14am BST |
| 10.49pm BST22:49 | 10.49pm BST22:49 |
| Liberal MP Russell Broadbent calls for an end to children in detention | Liberal MP Russell Broadbent calls for an end to children in detention |
| After doctors at the Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne refused to return children to detention centres, Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has made a stunning intervention. Broadbent has long campaigned for more humane asylum seeker policies, more so in the Howard government than under Tony Abbott. | After doctors at the Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne refused to return children to detention centres, Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has made a stunning intervention. Broadbent has long campaigned for more humane asylum seeker policies, more so in the Howard government than under Tony Abbott. |
| He told Fran Kelly that the move by doctors and staff at the Childrens Hospital was significant. | He told Fran Kelly that the move by doctors and staff at the Childrens Hospital was significant. |
| These people are not leftie activists ... this organisation is the most revered organisation in Victoria bar none. They are a conservative group of people who just service our community in the most amazing way. The Royal Children staff, supported by their board, have made an amazing statement here ... | These people are not leftie activists ... this organisation is the most revered organisation in Victoria bar none. They are a conservative group of people who just service our community in the most amazing way. The Royal Children staff, supported by their board, have made an amazing statement here ... |
| They are saying there is something wrong in the world and we are prepared to stand up – on last Friday like they have – and given us this amazing photograph and an opportunity to see what they are thinking. | They are saying there is something wrong in the world and we are prepared to stand up – on last Friday like they have – and given us this amazing photograph and an opportunity to see what they are thinking. |
| You wouldn’t say the Herald Sun was the most leftist magazine in Australia. | You wouldn’t say the Herald Sun was the most leftist magazine in Australia. |
| Broadbent said he accepted Tony Abbott had stopped the boats, using the turnback policy, among other things. He supports turnbacks because “in some cases our generosity was being pushed to its limits”. | Broadbent said he accepted Tony Abbott had stopped the boats, using the turnback policy, among other things. He supports turnbacks because “in some cases our generosity was being pushed to its limits”. |
| Having said that, one child in detention is one too many –whether it is one or 200 is irrelevant. | Having said that, one child in detention is one too many –whether it is one or 200 is irrelevant. |
| He says he knows that Turnbull would like children out of detention and in community care. | He says he knows that Turnbull would like children out of detention and in community care. |
| Updated at 12.11am BST | Updated at 12.11am BST |
| 10.20pm BST22:20 | 10.20pm BST22:20 |
| Good morning revolutionaries, | Good morning revolutionaries, |
| Today, I would urge you all to go all Che Guevara and release your inner revolutionary for this, the second sitting week of the ReTurnBull. As we know from innovation minister Christopher Pyne, the new prime minister has been calling on ministers to release their inner revolutionaries and get creative about policy development. The Bull will worry about the money. | Today, I would urge you all to go all Che Guevara and release your inner revolutionary for this, the second sitting week of the ReTurnBull. As we know from innovation minister Christopher Pyne, the new prime minister has been calling on ministers to release their inner revolutionaries and get creative about policy development. The Bull will worry about the money. |
| We may see some of those revolutionary ideas discussed in parliament today when it returns after a three week break. Over the weekend, Malcolm Turnbull rode the light rail to overturn Tony Abbott’s previous opposition to funding public transport. The PM kicked in $95m to a Queensland light rail project and live tweeted the event. | We may see some of those revolutionary ideas discussed in parliament today when it returns after a three week break. Over the weekend, Malcolm Turnbull rode the light rail to overturn Tony Abbott’s previous opposition to funding public transport. The PM kicked in $95m to a Queensland light rail project and live tweeted the event. |
| But the weekend was not all plain railing for the prime minister. He was jeered at the NSW Liberal State Council when he suggested the Liberal party was not run by factions. Turnbull is also facing discontent within grass roots members over the party’s failure to implement the full Howard reforms which would allow members more say in preselections. Daniel Hurst has documented the weekend’s events here. | But the weekend was not all plain railing for the prime minister. He was jeered at the NSW Liberal State Council when he suggested the Liberal party was not run by factions. Turnbull is also facing discontent within grass roots members over the party’s failure to implement the full Howard reforms which would allow members more say in preselections. Daniel Hurst has documented the weekend’s events here. |
| Tony Abbott is expected to be sitting on the backbench this week for the first time since he lost the job. He will be sitting next to Queensland Liberal Andrew Laming, who took part in a move to dump Abbott in February so that little bench will have a chilly air. Abbott has had almost four weeks to lick his wounds and ride the long board before moving into his backbench office next to his former pal Bronwyn Bishop. They will probably not be meeting for morning tea, given Bishop’s switch to Turnbull after Abbott took so much flak for her penchant for helicopters. | Tony Abbott is expected to be sitting on the backbench this week for the first time since he lost the job. He will be sitting next to Queensland Liberal Andrew Laming, who took part in a move to dump Abbott in February so that little bench will have a chilly air. Abbott has had almost four weeks to lick his wounds and ride the long board before moving into his backbench office next to his former pal Bronwyn Bishop. They will probably not be meeting for morning tea, given Bishop’s switch to Turnbull after Abbott took so much flak for her penchant for helicopters. |
| Turnbull hosted his MPs for a barbeque last night in Canberra so I will endeavour to get a few choice details from that par-tay later in the morning. | Turnbull hosted his MPs for a barbeque last night in Canberra so I will endeavour to get a few choice details from that par-tay later in the morning. |
| On the government agenda is the new healthy welfare card legislation, expected to be introduced into the Senate today. | On the government agenda is the new healthy welfare card legislation, expected to be introduced into the Senate today. |
| The China free trade enabling legislation is also on the menu this week , as is the bill to strip dual nationals of their Australian citizenship. | The China free trade enabling legislation is also on the menu this week , as is the bill to strip dual nationals of their Australian citizenship. |
| Soldier turned pollie Andrew Hastie will be in the house for the first time, since he won the Canning by-election. | Soldier turned pollie Andrew Hastie will be in the house for the first time, since he won the Canning by-election. |
| Barnaby Joyce has been speaking about water and Michaelia Cash has been speaking about Fair Work vice president Michael Lawler. More in a mo. | Barnaby Joyce has been speaking about water and Michaelia Cash has been speaking about Fair Work vice president Michael Lawler. More in a mo. |
| So jump aboard the Turnbull express with me @gabriellechan and @mpbowers. We will be on the Twits and time permitting, I will join the thread. In the meantime rip it up. | So jump aboard the Turnbull express with me @gabriellechan and @mpbowers. We will be on the Twits and time permitting, I will join the thread. In the meantime rip it up. |
| Tickets please. | Tickets please. |
| Updated at 10.32pm BST | Updated at 10.32pm BST |