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| Malcolm Turnbull hits back at Labor over his personal finances - politics live | Malcolm Turnbull hits back at Labor over his personal finances - politics live |
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| South Australians Liberal Christopher Pyne and Independent Nick Xenophon will be pitted against one another in the next federal election. Xenophon goes from strength to strength electorally, while the Coalition is having trouble in South Australia as a result of a series of decisions including car manufacturing and the stink over submarines. But they came together to bring forward a bill after long lobbying by the family of murdered Adelaide woman Anthea Bradshaw. | |
| Bradshaw’s parents, Martin and Ros, constituents in Christopher Pyne’s Sturt electorate, and brothers Craig and Paul, have long campaigned for this change. | |
| Pyne said the bill was a culmination of years of work by the Bradshaws and others and would mean that the law regarding murder or manslaughter of Australians overseas would apply in the same way for crimes committed before 2002 as it does today. | |
| 5.59am BST05:59 | |
| Ask and ye shall receive. | |
| Absolutely wild to see Bill Shorten hit the streets minutes after #qt pic.twitter.com/tyfhKVOn5m | |
| Turnbull in question time: | |
| So really, if the honourable member wants to go round wearing a sandwich board saying, “Malcolm Turnbull’s got plot of money,” feel free. I think people know that. | |
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| Shalailah Medhora | |
| A number of politicians will work with religious leaders on creating a new, humane asylum seeker policy, after conceding that public opinion on the issue has shifted. | |
| The 5/5 working group, containing five politicians from different parties and five cross-denominational religious leaders, was created during a forum in Parliament House on Thursday. | |
| Around 50 leaders representing Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith groups met with 15 politicians from the Liberal, National, Labor and Greens parties on how to create a “solution c” on asylum seekers, away from the polarising “stopping the boats” and “opening the borders” rhetoric that has surrounded the debate. | |
| Updated at 6.00am BST | |
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| Shalailah Medhora | |
| Over in the pink house, the new employment minister, Michaelia Cash, is being asked about the industrial relations legacy left by her predecessor, Eric Abetz.Former Australian Capital Territory chief minister turned federal senator, Katy Gallagher, asked Cash if acknowledged that industrial action undertaken by public servants in the last 12 months is the worst we’ve seen in 30 years.Cash concedes that industrial relations have occurred, but says public servants need to be realistic. | |
| In the real world you don’t get a pay rise without a productivity gain. | |
| Staff in departments representing 50% of all public servants have voted to take industrial action since the Coalition came to power in 2013, the community and public sector union estimates. | |
| 5.33am BST05:33 | 5.33am BST05:33 |
| If you want to wear a sandwich board... | If you want to wear a sandwich board... |
| Updated at 5.48am BST | |
| 5.30am BST05:30 | 5.30am BST05:30 |
| Smile and the whole world smiles with you. Except in parliament. | Smile and the whole world smiles with you. Except in parliament. |
| Updated at 5.48am BST | |
| 5.28am BST05:28 | 5.28am BST05:28 |
| I would call that a sledge. | I would call that a sledge. |
| Congratulations @steveciobo on his first question in the House, a wait of a mere 14 years and 11 months or since @Wyatt_MP was 11 years old | Congratulations @steveciobo on his first question in the House, a wait of a mere 14 years and 11 months or since @Wyatt_MP was 11 years old |
| 5.28am BST05:28 | 5.28am BST05:28 |
| Naughty Matt Doran. | Naughty Matt Doran. |
| .@cpyne breaks the "no props" rule with a lovely photo of @AlboMP on Mt Rushmore #qt pic.twitter.com/NZBq6T3q7l | .@cpyne breaks the "no props" rule with a lovely photo of @AlboMP on Mt Rushmore #qt pic.twitter.com/NZBq6T3q7l |
| 5.23am BST05:23 | 5.23am BST05:23 |
| That’s it for QT. A veritable avalanche of Bowers pics coming up. | That’s it for QT. A veritable avalanche of Bowers pics coming up. |
| 5.23am BST05:23 | 5.23am BST05:23 |
| Innovations min. @cpyne taunts @AlboMP with a photo of Mt Rushmore with his head on it @gabriellechan @GuardianAus pic.twitter.com/LrjhvwBJj6 | Innovations min. @cpyne taunts @AlboMP with a photo of Mt Rushmore with his head on it @gabriellechan @GuardianAus pic.twitter.com/LrjhvwBJj6 |
| 5.22am BST05:22 | 5.22am BST05:22 |
| Turnbull hits back at Labor on his wealth | Turnbull hits back at Labor on his wealth |
| Tony Burke to Turnbull: The average superannuation balance of an Australian woman contributing to superannuation is around$40,000. The minimum buy-in fort he Bowery investment fund in the Cayman Islands is $1m US. Is the prime minister seriously so out of touch that he thinks the millions of Australians who simply choose Australian super as their default fund are doing the same thing that he did when he actively invested in an exclusive fund registered in the Cayman Islands? | Tony Burke to Turnbull: The average superannuation balance of an Australian woman contributing to superannuation is around$40,000. The minimum buy-in fort he Bowery investment fund in the Cayman Islands is $1m US. Is the prime minister seriously so out of touch that he thinks the millions of Australians who simply choose Australian super as their default fund are doing the same thing that he did when he actively invested in an exclusive fund registered in the Cayman Islands? |
| Christopher Pyne asks how the “politics of envy” is in the purview of the PM. | Christopher Pyne asks how the “politics of envy” is in the purview of the PM. |
| Speaker asks Burke to rephrase the question. Burke does but the substance stays the same. | Speaker asks Burke to rephrase the question. Burke does but the substance stays the same. |
| At which Turnbull gives the following speech. It is longish, I know for a blog entry, but it is worth running. | At which Turnbull gives the following speech. It is longish, I know for a blog entry, but it is worth running. |
| It is a very sad day that the Labor party, which could be talking today about the economy, could be asking about growth, could be proposing some new ideas on innovation or enterprise, spends most of today’s question time and most of yesterday’s question time on just another shabby smear campaign. Just another wander down the avenue of the politics of envy, just another smear. | It is a very sad day that the Labor party, which could be talking today about the economy, could be asking about growth, could be proposing some new ideas on innovation or enterprise, spends most of today’s question time and most of yesterday’s question time on just another shabby smear campaign. Just another wander down the avenue of the politics of envy, just another smear. |
| I’ll save the honourable member some trouble. The fact is that Lucy and I have been very fortunate in our lives. We have more wealth than most Australians, that is true. That is absolutely true. We’ve worked hard, we’ve paid our taxes, we’ve given back. | I’ll save the honourable member some trouble. The fact is that Lucy and I have been very fortunate in our lives. We have more wealth than most Australians, that is true. That is absolutely true. We’ve worked hard, we’ve paid our taxes, we’ve given back. |
| I don’t believe that my wealth, or frankly most people’s wealth, is entirely a function of hard work. Of course hard work is important but, you know, there are taxi drivers that work harder than I ever have and they don’t have much money. There are cleaners that work harder than I ever have or you ever have and they don’t have much money. And the honourable leader of the opposition could think about some of those cleaners and how he looked after them ... | I don’t believe that my wealth, or frankly most people’s wealth, is entirely a function of hard work. Of course hard work is important but, you know, there are taxi drivers that work harder than I ever have and they don’t have much money. There are cleaners that work harder than I ever have or you ever have and they don’t have much money. And the honourable leader of the opposition could think about some of those cleaners and how he looked after them ... |
| This country is built upon hard work, people having a go and enterprise. Some of us will be more successful than others, some of us are fortunate in the turn of business, some of us are fortunate in the intellect we inherit from our parents. There is lot of luck in life and that’s why all of us should say, when we see somebody less fortunate then ourselves, ‘There but for the grace of God goes me.’ I have always taken that view and honourable members opposite who know me know that is true. | This country is built upon hard work, people having a go and enterprise. Some of us will be more successful than others, some of us are fortunate in the turn of business, some of us are fortunate in the intellect we inherit from our parents. There is lot of luck in life and that’s why all of us should say, when we see somebody less fortunate then ourselves, ‘There but for the grace of God goes me.’ I have always taken that view and honourable members opposite who know me know that is true. |
| Now, let me say the simple point I made about First State Super was simply this – that big funds, big companies, small funds invest in these offshore vehicles and when they do, the income comes back to Australia and all of the tax – not most of it, all of it – goes to the Australian taxation office. | Now, let me say the simple point I made about First State Super was simply this – that big funds, big companies, small funds invest in these offshore vehicles and when they do, the income comes back to Australia and all of the tax – not most of it, all of it – goes to the Australian taxation office. |
| So really, if the honourable member wants to go round wearing a sandwich board saying, ‘Malcolm Turnbull’s got a lot of money’, feel free. I think people know that. | So really, if the honourable member wants to go round wearing a sandwich board saying, ‘Malcolm Turnbull’s got a lot of money’, feel free. I think people know that. |
| Updated at 5.25am BST | Updated at 5.25am BST |
| 5.07am BST05:07 | 5.07am BST05:07 |
| Labor focuses on Turnbull's investments | Labor focuses on Turnbull's investments |
| A Dixer to Steve Ciobo on the government’s aid program. | A Dixer to Steve Ciobo on the government’s aid program. |
| Dreyfus asks Turnbull when he became aware that the Bowery fund was registered in the Cayman Islands. | Dreyfus asks Turnbull when he became aware that the Bowery fund was registered in the Cayman Islands. |
| Turnbull says he feels sorry for Dreyfus because he is “spending a lot more time on my investments than I have had time to spend”. | Turnbull says he feels sorry for Dreyfus because he is “spending a lot more time on my investments than I have had time to spend”. |
| He says Josephine Lindon, an Australian in New York, manages his investments because “I don’t have time to go through these things”. | He says Josephine Lindon, an Australian in New York, manages his investments because “I don’t have time to go through these things”. |
| I put my investments in the hands of a very capable professional. | I put my investments in the hands of a very capable professional. |
| Turnbull says many members in the house, “almost all”, are invested in Australian superannuation funds which have invested in managed funds, registered in the Cayman Islands. He names First State Super, a superannuation fund for government employees as an example of having such investments. | Turnbull says many members in the house, “almost all”, are invested in Australian superannuation funds which have invested in managed funds, registered in the Cayman Islands. He names First State Super, a superannuation fund for government employees as an example of having such investments. |
| I don’t think they are suggesting the directors of First State Super are doing anything inappropriate ... We have been scrupulous about these affairs and we always will be. | I don’t think they are suggesting the directors of First State Super are doing anything inappropriate ... We have been scrupulous about these affairs and we always will be. |
| Updated at 5.22am BST | Updated at 5.22am BST |
| 4.58am BST04:58 | 4.58am BST04:58 |
| A Dixer in between and then Andrew Leigh to Turnbull: According to the Australian newspaper, the prime minister has said, and I quote, “If you’re a PAYG taxpayer, there are few opportunities available to you to reduce the level of your tax.” Why is it the prime minister thinks it’s appropriate for him to actively invest in a vulture fund located in a tax haven when, in his words, it’s completely out of reach for most Australians? | A Dixer in between and then Andrew Leigh to Turnbull: According to the Australian newspaper, the prime minister has said, and I quote, “If you’re a PAYG taxpayer, there are few opportunities available to you to reduce the level of your tax.” Why is it the prime minister thinks it’s appropriate for him to actively invest in a vulture fund located in a tax haven when, in his words, it’s completely out of reach for most Australians? |
| Speaker Tony Smith rules out the second part of the question because personal matters have to be linked to policy issues. | Speaker Tony Smith rules out the second part of the question because personal matters have to be linked to policy issues. |
| Then this from Turnbull: | Then this from Turnbull: |
| I have answered the question in the previous answer but I do have to record my deep sympathy for the honourable member. I felt sorry for him, listening to him on the radio this morning, being forced to utter such crude smears as he’d been sent out to do and now he’s having to do it again. He is a former professor of economics and I know him well enough to know how uncomfortable he feels having to do the dirty work that the leader of the opposition is not prepared to do himself. | I have answered the question in the previous answer but I do have to record my deep sympathy for the honourable member. I felt sorry for him, listening to him on the radio this morning, being forced to utter such crude smears as he’d been sent out to do and now he’s having to do it again. He is a former professor of economics and I know him well enough to know how uncomfortable he feels having to do the dirty work that the leader of the opposition is not prepared to do himself. |
| Updated at 5.21am BST | Updated at 5.21am BST |
| 4.54am BST04:54 | 4.54am BST04:54 |
| Mark Dreyfus to Turnbull: The minimum outside investment for the Bowery Opportunity Fund registered in the Cayman Islands and invested in by the prime minister is US$1 million. Why does the prime minister consider it appropriate to actively invest in this exclusive fund registered in a notorious tax haven when the Australian government is claiming to be working in the G20 to address profit shifting and tax evasion? | Mark Dreyfus to Turnbull: The minimum outside investment for the Bowery Opportunity Fund registered in the Cayman Islands and invested in by the prime minister is US$1 million. Why does the prime minister consider it appropriate to actively invest in this exclusive fund registered in a notorious tax haven when the Australian government is claiming to be working in the G20 to address profit shifting and tax evasion? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| I notice the shadow assistant treasurer this morning offering me investment advice which I thank him for but perhaps he should stick to his day job. He suggested I should invest in a large Australian industry super fund. The reason – just so that honourable members are aware – the reason I did not invest in managed funds, large managed funds like that in Australia, is because obviously, they’re indexed funds [and] they have a very large exposure to Telstra and I was the communications minister and I had a lot to do with Telstra. The whole focus was to avoid conflicts. | I notice the shadow assistant treasurer this morning offering me investment advice which I thank him for but perhaps he should stick to his day job. He suggested I should invest in a large Australian industry super fund. The reason – just so that honourable members are aware – the reason I did not invest in managed funds, large managed funds like that in Australia, is because obviously, they’re indexed funds [and] they have a very large exposure to Telstra and I was the communications minister and I had a lot to do with Telstra. The whole focus was to avoid conflicts. |
| The consequence of an Australian investor investing in a managed fund of that kind located in the Cayman Islands is that all of the income that is paid to that Australian investor is taxed in Australia and paid to the Treasury. If the Australian investor invested in a managed fund that was located in the United States there would be 15% US withholding tax so at least 15% of the tax paid would go to the United States government so the choice of the offshore vehicle actually means that more tax is paid in Australia than otherwise. The same amount of tax is paid but more of it is paid in Australia. That is the consequence of the arrangements. There is no tax avoided in Australia, in fact more tax is paid in Australia as a consequence. | The consequence of an Australian investor investing in a managed fund of that kind located in the Cayman Islands is that all of the income that is paid to that Australian investor is taxed in Australia and paid to the Treasury. If the Australian investor invested in a managed fund that was located in the United States there would be 15% US withholding tax so at least 15% of the tax paid would go to the United States government so the choice of the offshore vehicle actually means that more tax is paid in Australia than otherwise. The same amount of tax is paid but more of it is paid in Australia. That is the consequence of the arrangements. There is no tax avoided in Australia, in fact more tax is paid in Australia as a consequence. |
| Updated at 5.20am BST | Updated at 5.20am BST |
| 4.45am BST04:45 | 4.45am BST04:45 |
| A Dixer to Kelly O’Dwyer on small business. | A Dixer to Kelly O’Dwyer on small business. |
| 4.45am BST04:45 | 4.45am BST04:45 |
| Updated at 5.18am BST | Updated at 5.18am BST |
| 4.43am BST04:43 | 4.43am BST04:43 |
| Chris Bowen to Turnbull: Yesterday the treasurer said about the government’s multinational tax policy, and I quote, “It will raise real revenue,” but according to page 14 of the government’s own budget paper number, the government’s booked zero revenue against the multinational tax policy. Prime minister, why won’t the government get serious about making large multinational companies pay a fair share of tax? | Chris Bowen to Turnbull: Yesterday the treasurer said about the government’s multinational tax policy, and I quote, “It will raise real revenue,” but according to page 14 of the government’s own budget paper number, the government’s booked zero revenue against the multinational tax policy. Prime minister, why won’t the government get serious about making large multinational companies pay a fair share of tax? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| The Labor government, in its six years in office, completely ignored the changes in the digital economy that were allowing the tax base to be eroded by large multinational companies ... | The Labor government, in its six years in office, completely ignored the changes in the digital economy that were allowing the tax base to be eroded by large multinational companies ... |
| This government is taking that on with changes to the GST, the so-called Netflix tax, with changes that are being discussed with the states today to lower – as we speak – to lower the threshold, the tax-free threshold for goods imported from $1,000, to reduce that. All of these taxes are now much easier to collect. | This government is taking that on with changes to the GST, the so-called Netflix tax, with changes that are being discussed with the states today to lower – as we speak – to lower the threshold, the tax-free threshold for goods imported from $1,000, to reduce that. All of these taxes are now much easier to collect. |
| In terms of the specific multinational measures, the base erosion of profit shifting measures, the commissioner for taxation himself has said that he expects them to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue. Time will tell but we’re very comforted by the forecast that he’s given. | In terms of the specific multinational measures, the base erosion of profit shifting measures, the commissioner for taxation himself has said that he expects them to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue. Time will tell but we’re very comforted by the forecast that he’s given. |
| Updated at 5.18am BST | Updated at 5.18am BST |
| 4.36am BST04:36 | 4.36am BST04:36 |
| A Dixer to the environment minister, Greg Hunt, on exporting environmental technology under the recent free trade agreements. | A Dixer to the environment minister, Greg Hunt, on exporting environmental technology under the recent free trade agreements. |
| Updated at 5.16am BST | Updated at 5.16am BST |
| 4.35am BST04:35 | 4.35am BST04:35 |
| Labor to Turnbull: Today the Senate passed Liberal government legislation which will ensure that the amount of taxation paid by private corporations with a turnover of over $100m a year will remain secret. Why is the Liberal government so committed to keeping the tax affairs of large private corporations a secret from Australians? | Labor to Turnbull: Today the Senate passed Liberal government legislation which will ensure that the amount of taxation paid by private corporations with a turnover of over $100m a year will remain secret. Why is the Liberal government so committed to keeping the tax affairs of large private corporations a secret from Australians? |
| Turnbull says the tax transparency laws, brought in by Labor, had inadvertently put medium-sized businesses at a disadvantage. | Turnbull says the tax transparency laws, brought in by Labor, had inadvertently put medium-sized businesses at a disadvantage. |
| This had nothing to do with gathering tax. What it was calculated to do, however, was to prejudice medium-sized Australian private companies as against big multinationals and public-listed companies. What that meant was that if you were a food manufacturer, family-owned business, and you were dealing with Coles or Woolworths, whose profits of course are a matter of public record because they’re public listed companies, and you were negotiating with them, it would mean that Coles or Woolworths on the other side of the table would know everything about your affairs and be in an even stronger bargaining position. And it underlines this fact: that the Labor party has never been comfortable with small or medium businesses. | This had nothing to do with gathering tax. What it was calculated to do, however, was to prejudice medium-sized Australian private companies as against big multinationals and public-listed companies. What that meant was that if you were a food manufacturer, family-owned business, and you were dealing with Coles or Woolworths, whose profits of course are a matter of public record because they’re public listed companies, and you were negotiating with them, it would mean that Coles or Woolworths on the other side of the table would know everything about your affairs and be in an even stronger bargaining position. And it underlines this fact: that the Labor party has never been comfortable with small or medium businesses. |
| Updated at 5.16am BST | Updated at 5.16am BST |
| 4.31am BST04:31 | 4.31am BST04:31 |
| A Dixer to PDuddy, the immigration minister otherwise known as Peter Dutton. | A Dixer to PDuddy, the immigration minister otherwise known as Peter Dutton. |
| Will the minister update the house on the role of the 457 visas in creating jobs and building the economy and how does engaging with our overseas neighbours help boost jobs and growth here in Australia and what are the obstacles to this engagement? | Will the minister update the house on the role of the 457 visas in creating jobs and building the economy and how does engaging with our overseas neighbours help boost jobs and growth here in Australia and what are the obstacles to this engagement? |
| 4.27am BST04:27 | 4.27am BST04:27 |
| The innovation minister, Christopher Pyne, gets a question on innovation and commercialising research in creating jobs and growth. | The innovation minister, Christopher Pyne, gets a question on innovation and commercialising research in creating jobs and growth. |
| Pyne uses it, as Scott Morrison did before, to razz Anthony Albanese for claiming responsibility for too many infrastructure projects. Albo is often reminding the parliament that many of the projects which the government claims credit for were started under Labor. | Pyne uses it, as Scott Morrison did before, to razz Anthony Albanese for claiming responsibility for too many infrastructure projects. Albo is often reminding the parliament that many of the projects which the government claims credit for were started under Labor. |
| Morrison joked that Albo claimed credit for Stonehenge and Machu Picchu. Pyne adds in Mount Rushmore. There is general bonhomie on this, the last day of the sitting week. | Morrison joked that Albo claimed credit for Stonehenge and Machu Picchu. Pyne adds in Mount Rushmore. There is general bonhomie on this, the last day of the sitting week. |
| Albo doesn’t miss the opportunity. | Albo doesn’t miss the opportunity. |
| It goes to relevance because the only hole they dug was the one they buried the former prime minister in! | It goes to relevance because the only hole they dug was the one they buried the former prime minister in! |
| Updated at 5.15am BST | Updated at 5.15am BST |
| 4.21am BST04:21 | 4.21am BST04:21 |
| Andrew Wilkie asks agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce: the live animal export industry is systemically cruel, not in Australia’s economic self-interest and lacks popular support, but here we are again with yet another exposé on television of serious animal abuse, this time involving more sheep in the Middle East. Minister, why won’t you shut this vile trade down and, if you won’t, will you change the sign on your door to read, “Minister for animal cruelty”? | Andrew Wilkie asks agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce: the live animal export industry is systemically cruel, not in Australia’s economic self-interest and lacks popular support, but here we are again with yet another exposé on television of serious animal abuse, this time involving more sheep in the Middle East. Minister, why won’t you shut this vile trade down and, if you won’t, will you change the sign on your door to read, “Minister for animal cruelty”? |
| Joyce says the exporter supply chain assurance system is designed to make sure there are appropriate protocols around the live export trade. He says there is 99% compliance and no, he won’t close the trade down. | Joyce says the exporter supply chain assurance system is designed to make sure there are appropriate protocols around the live export trade. He says there is 99% compliance and no, he won’t close the trade down. |
| Updated at 4.47am BST | Updated at 4.47am BST |
| 4.18am BST04:18 | 4.18am BST04:18 |
| Labor’s Jenny Macklin asks Turnbull about the government’s plan to cut family tax benefit part B to families once their youngest child turns six. | Labor’s Jenny Macklin asks Turnbull about the government’s plan to cut family tax benefit part B to families once their youngest child turns six. |
| Jill says her daughter relies on family tax benefits to help with the day-to-day costs of her kids. Will this government reverse a $3,000 a year cut to single-income families? | Jill says her daughter relies on family tax benefits to help with the day-to-day costs of her kids. Will this government reverse a $3,000 a year cut to single-income families? |
| (These plans have yet to pass the Senate.) | (These plans have yet to pass the Senate.) |
| Turnbull flicks the question to Christian Porter, the social services minister. | Turnbull flicks the question to Christian Porter, the social services minister. |
| The family tax benefits and the changes we have proposed and are before the parliament – that you are opposing – are designed to pay for the childcare package that the treasurer when he was the minister brought in, a childcare package that you support ... We think a modest change to pay for the childcare package is a very good idea. | The family tax benefits and the changes we have proposed and are before the parliament – that you are opposing – are designed to pay for the childcare package that the treasurer when he was the minister brought in, a childcare package that you support ... We think a modest change to pay for the childcare package is a very good idea. |
| Updated at 4.44am BST | Updated at 4.44am BST |
| 4.11am BST04:11 | 4.11am BST04:11 |
| A Dixer to Barnaby Joyce on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. He uses the question to talk about rural women for international day for rural women. | A Dixer to Barnaby Joyce on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. He uses the question to talk about rural women for international day for rural women. |
| 4.09am BST04:09 | 4.09am BST04:09 |
| Labor to Turnbull: Will the prime minister reverse his government’s current policy to force tradies, labourers, nurses who’ve worked hard their whole life to work until they’re 70 in order to be able to claim the aged pension? | Labor to Turnbull: Will the prime minister reverse his government’s current policy to force tradies, labourers, nurses who’ve worked hard their whole life to work until they’re 70 in order to be able to claim the aged pension? |
| Turnbull says Labor increased the pension age. | Turnbull says Labor increased the pension age. |
| Shorten says the Coalition increased the age in the last budget. | Shorten says the Coalition increased the age in the last budget. |
| In a sense, they are both right because both Labor and the Coalition are responsible for the last two increases in the pension age. | In a sense, they are both right because both Labor and the Coalition are responsible for the last two increases in the pension age. |
| 4.07am BST04:07 | 4.07am BST04:07 |
| Just on that last Labor question, it was essentially a Dixer to Turnbull on the summit. Labor is treading a fine line on Turnbull’s investments because it has yet to show any wrongdoing on the prime minister’s part. | Just on that last Labor question, it was essentially a Dixer to Turnbull on the summit. Labor is treading a fine line on Turnbull’s investments because it has yet to show any wrongdoing on the prime minister’s part. |
| So in strategic terms, best to ask something broad-ranging before setting into the Caymans. | So in strategic terms, best to ask something broad-ranging before setting into the Caymans. |
| A Dixer to the treasurer, Scott Morrison, on the impediments to infrastructure development. | A Dixer to the treasurer, Scott Morrison, on the impediments to infrastructure development. |
| Updated at 4.43am BST | Updated at 4.43am BST |
| 4.03am BST04:03 | 4.03am BST04:03 |
| Bill Shorten asks Malcolm Turnbull to update the house on countering violent extremism. Turnbull notes sad death of Curtis Cheng. | Bill Shorten asks Malcolm Turnbull to update the house on countering violent extremism. Turnbull notes sad death of Curtis Cheng. |
| Radicalisation, extremism, violent extremism is now being seen in the very young. Now, we are a big nation, we are a big Australian family and we have many agencies that are level – federally and at state and territory level – engaged in the vital task of ensuring our community is safe. | Radicalisation, extremism, violent extremism is now being seen in the very young. Now, we are a big nation, we are a big Australian family and we have many agencies that are level – federally and at state and territory level – engaged in the vital task of ensuring our community is safe. |
| Updated at 4.42am BST | Updated at 4.42am BST |
| 3.55am BST03:55 | 3.55am BST03:55 |
| Help! I want to get off. | Help! I want to get off. |
| 3.53am BST03:53 | 3.53am BST03:53 |
| Lunchtime summary | Lunchtime summary |
| Quickly, quickly, question time. | Quickly, quickly, question time. |
| 3.34am BST03:34 | 3.34am BST03:34 |
| Umemployment steady | Umemployment steady |
| The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the unemployment rate has stayed fairly steady on 6.2% from 6.3% in July. The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, is speaking about the jobs figure. But there has been a drop in full-time jobs as opposed to part-time work, which increased. | The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the unemployment rate has stayed fairly steady on 6.2% from 6.3% in July. The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, is speaking about the jobs figure. But there has been a drop in full-time jobs as opposed to part-time work, which increased. |
| Q: How concerned are you that over the past month almost 14,000 full-time jobs have gone? | Q: How concerned are you that over the past month almost 14,000 full-time jobs have gone? |
| Certainly again, as I said, I prefer to look it at over the long-term average and when you look at the number of jobs that have been created since we came into government, since September 2013, approximately 310 ,000 jobs have been created. | Certainly again, as I said, I prefer to look it at over the long-term average and when you look at the number of jobs that have been created since we came into government, since September 2013, approximately 310 ,000 jobs have been created. |
| Updated at 3.42am BST | Updated at 3.42am BST |
| 3.24am BST03:24 | 3.24am BST03:24 |
| Dib. Dib. Dob. | Dib. Dib. Dob. |
| Finally got to Bowers’ photos from down the hill. | Finally got to Bowers’ photos from down the hill. |
| Updated at 3.28am BST | Updated at 3.28am BST |
| 3.03am BST03:03 | 3.03am BST03:03 |
| Apologies for my absence. I have been getting a briefing on very interesting stuff. In the meantime, independent senator Nick Xenophon and the innovation minister, Christopher Pyne, have been doing a joint press conference on their attempts to get the law changed in relation to murder investigations overseas. | Apologies for my absence. I have been getting a briefing on very interesting stuff. In the meantime, independent senator Nick Xenophon and the innovation minister, Christopher Pyne, have been doing a joint press conference on their attempts to get the law changed in relation to murder investigations overseas. |
| This is from their joint statement. | This is from their joint statement. |
| The government has introduced a new bill today that will give law enforcement authorities new powers to pursue individuals suspected of murdering or committing manslaughter against Australians citizens or residents in foreign countries. | The government has introduced a new bill today that will give law enforcement authorities new powers to pursue individuals suspected of murdering or committing manslaughter against Australians citizens or residents in foreign countries. |
| The crime legislation amendment (harming Australians) bill will amend the criminal code to make the murder or manslaughter of Australians in foreign countries before 2002 an offence able to be pursued by Australian authorities if investigations in the foreign country did not properly investigate the crime. | The crime legislation amendment (harming Australians) bill will amend the criminal code to make the murder or manslaughter of Australians in foreign countries before 2002 an offence able to be pursued by Australian authorities if investigations in the foreign country did not properly investigate the crime. |
| The bill is a joint initiative of the minister for industry, innovation and training, Christopher Pyne, and senator Nick Xenophon after the tragic murder of local Adelaide woman Anthea Bradshaw. | The bill is a joint initiative of the minister for industry, innovation and training, Christopher Pyne, and senator Nick Xenophon after the tragic murder of local Adelaide woman Anthea Bradshaw. |
| Updated at 3.30am BST | Updated at 3.30am BST |
| 1.43am BST01:43 | 1.43am BST01:43 |
| Debate on Bob Day and David Leyonhjelm’s private members bill was adjourned earlier today. The bill, also sponsored by Liberal senators Cory Bernardi and Dean Smith, seeks to water down the Racial Discrimination Act though it does not go as far as attorney general George Brandis’s bill early in the life of the Abbott government. Brandis and his then prime minister had to back down after fierce opposition. | Debate on Bob Day and David Leyonhjelm’s private members bill was adjourned earlier today. The bill, also sponsored by Liberal senators Cory Bernardi and Dean Smith, seeks to water down the Racial Discrimination Act though it does not go as far as attorney general George Brandis’s bill early in the life of the Abbott government. Brandis and his then prime minister had to back down after fierce opposition. |
| Liberal senator Zed Seselja supports the bill because free speech is a foundational right, notwithstanding the taunts of children in the school yard when he was growing up. | Liberal senator Zed Seselja supports the bill because free speech is a foundational right, notwithstanding the taunts of children in the school yard when he was growing up. |
| It is from the right to life and free speech that all other freedoms flow. If free speech really is a foundational right, then the bar needs to be set very high before a law outlaws any form of speech. 18C in its current form sets the bar too low. | It is from the right to life and free speech that all other freedoms flow. If free speech really is a foundational right, then the bar needs to be set very high before a law outlaws any form of speech. 18C in its current form sets the bar too low. |
| And then: | And then: |
| I support this bill because I believe freedom of speech is one of the centrepieces of our democracy. | I support this bill because I believe freedom of speech is one of the centrepieces of our democracy. |
| Labor’s Lisa Singh cannot believe we are back at this point. | Labor’s Lisa Singh cannot believe we are back at this point. |
| We have gone through this debate tirelessly under the Abbott government where we saw very clearly after an immense amount of community pressure and pressure from the opposition, that the Abbott government embarrassingly ... had to tell the attorney general that his idea to reduce the racial discrimination laws in the country was a bad step and he had to withdraw them. | We have gone through this debate tirelessly under the Abbott government where we saw very clearly after an immense amount of community pressure and pressure from the opposition, that the Abbott government embarrassingly ... had to tell the attorney general that his idea to reduce the racial discrimination laws in the country was a bad step and he had to withdraw them. |
| Little did we know it was going to be temporary ... The new Turnbull government wouldn’t come out and say no, we will not weaken racial discrimination laws ... Everyone thought there was a new broom at the top, that it was all going to be different. Why doesn’t Malcolm Turnbull show that he is going to be different? | Little did we know it was going to be temporary ... The new Turnbull government wouldn’t come out and say no, we will not weaken racial discrimination laws ... Everyone thought there was a new broom at the top, that it was all going to be different. Why doesn’t Malcolm Turnbull show that he is going to be different? |
| Neither Labor nor the Coalition are supporting the bill, so it looks like it will go down. | Neither Labor nor the Coalition are supporting the bill, so it looks like it will go down. |
| Updated at 3.32am BST | Updated at 3.32am BST |
| 1.15am BST01:15 | 1.15am BST01:15 |
| Shalailah Medhora wins the pun of the week with Kim Carr-dashian. | Shalailah Medhora wins the pun of the week with Kim Carr-dashian. |
| The opposition innovation spokesman, Kim Carr, has taken Toyota’s new hydrogen fuel cell car, the Mirai, for a spin around Parliament House. | The opposition innovation spokesman, Kim Carr, has taken Toyota’s new hydrogen fuel cell car, the Mirai, for a spin around Parliament House. |
| The vehicle, which releases zero carbon emissions, is in Australia for testing. | The vehicle, which releases zero carbon emissions, is in Australia for testing. |
| Updated at 3.33am BST | Updated at 3.33am BST |
| 1.09am BST01:09 | 1.09am BST01:09 |
| Daniel Hurst | Daniel Hurst |
| The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has defended his boss during an interview with Ray Hadley on 2GB. | The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has defended his boss during an interview with Ray Hadley on 2GB. |
| I just think people have moved on from this sort of class warfare. Malcolm Turnbull has been successful in business; he’s a self-made man. Good luck to him. | I just think people have moved on from this sort of class warfare. Malcolm Turnbull has been successful in business; he’s a self-made man. Good luck to him. |
| Dutton gave Bill Shorten a serve for pursuing the attack on the Cayman Islands investments, saying the Labor leader should “realise that not everybody can be a union leader”. | Dutton gave Bill Shorten a serve for pursuing the attack on the Cayman Islands investments, saying the Labor leader should “realise that not everybody can be a union leader”. |
| Dutton accused Shorten of “throwing this mud around” to distract from the character questions facing him at the trade union royal commission. | Dutton accused Shorten of “throwing this mud around” to distract from the character questions facing him at the trade union royal commission. |
| Updated at 3.34am BST | Updated at 3.34am BST |
| 1.01am BST01:01 | 1.01am BST01:01 |
| There can never be too many chicken jokes. | There can never be too many chicken jokes. |
| @gabriellechan Yeah they're cute now Bill, but they turn into... | @gabriellechan Yeah they're cute now Bill, but they turn into... |
| 12.58am BST00:58 | 12.58am BST00:58 |
| "I suppose we are all looking forward to going home - gosh knows I am." #barnabysays pic.twitter.com/Xybtb3c0Rs | "I suppose we are all looking forward to going home - gosh knows I am." #barnabysays pic.twitter.com/Xybtb3c0Rs |
| 12.40am BST00:40 | 12.40am BST00:40 |
| Barnaby does not comment on Bill Heffernan’s comments, covered in a previous post, but acknowledges everyone has a dog in this race. | Barnaby does not comment on Bill Heffernan’s comments, covered in a previous post, but acknowledges everyone has a dog in this race. |
| In the water space, anybody who has an opinion has a strong one. They don’t always line up but that is part of the art form of the politics in this portfolio. I think there’s something I’m really relishing: the opportunity to be part of the process of making sure that we look after the social outcomes of people who live in the basin, the economic future of the over 2 million people who live in the basin and the vast expert capacity that has, as well as the environmental outcomes which it – with the Coalition government – started the process of remedying. | In the water space, anybody who has an opinion has a strong one. They don’t always line up but that is part of the art form of the politics in this portfolio. I think there’s something I’m really relishing: the opportunity to be part of the process of making sure that we look after the social outcomes of people who live in the basin, the economic future of the over 2 million people who live in the basin and the vast expert capacity that has, as well as the environmental outcomes which it – with the Coalition government – started the process of remedying. |
| Updated at 3.46am BST | Updated at 3.46am BST |
| 12.36am BST00:36 | 12.36am BST00:36 |
| I AM responsible for water. Me. It's me, says Barnaby. | I AM responsible for water. Me. It's me, says Barnaby. |
| Keep your swimmers on because we are moving on to the Murray Darling basin and water responsibilities. | Keep your swimmers on because we are moving on to the Murray Darling basin and water responsibilities. |
| Barnaby Joyce is trying to clarify that he is responsible for water. There have been many stories confused about whether he will be responsible or whether Liberals will have some carriage of it. | Barnaby Joyce is trying to clarify that he is responsible for water. There have been many stories confused about whether he will be responsible or whether Liberals will have some carriage of it. |
| There is not one thing that can go through cabinet without the cabinet minister [ME] having a say. I’m responsible if it goes wrong; the responsibility resides with me. Let’s not try to create the binary effect, either or. I’ll work closely with Anne [Ruston] as I worked in the past with [former parliamentary secretaries] Richard Colbeck and Simon Birmingham. | There is not one thing that can go through cabinet without the cabinet minister [ME] having a say. I’m responsible if it goes wrong; the responsibility resides with me. Let’s not try to create the binary effect, either or. I’ll work closely with Anne [Ruston] as I worked in the past with [former parliamentary secretaries] Richard Colbeck and Simon Birmingham. |
| Updated at 3.38am BST | Updated at 3.38am BST |
| 12.29am BST00:29 | 12.29am BST00:29 |
| Put your swimmers on so we can go back to the Caymans. | Put your swimmers on so we can go back to the Caymans. |
| Labor has not made a specific allegation against Malcolm Turnbull on his tax affairs. Lenore Taylor has written an analysis piece here. | Labor has not made a specific allegation against Malcolm Turnbull on his tax affairs. Lenore Taylor has written an analysis piece here. |
| This morning, Shorten’s point is about having more money to access managed funds that are registered in tax havens. Both Shorten and his shadow assistant treasurer, Andrew Leigh, have mentioned that you need to have $1m to buy into one of the funds. | This morning, Shorten’s point is about having more money to access managed funds that are registered in tax havens. Both Shorten and his shadow assistant treasurer, Andrew Leigh, have mentioned that you need to have $1m to buy into one of the funds. |
| Shorten links Turnbull’s wealth to the Coalition’s bill going through the Senate today which: | Shorten links Turnbull’s wealth to the Coalition’s bill going through the Senate today which: |
| exempts Australian-owned private companies from the requirement that the commissioner of taxation publish certain tax information in relation to corporate tax entities that report total income above $100m. | exempts Australian-owned private companies from the requirement that the commissioner of taxation publish certain tax information in relation to corporate tax entities that report total income above $100m. |
| This was the anti-kidnapping bill released earlier this year which was required because 700 private companies would be captured by the new tax transparency laws covering more than 1,600 companies with a turnover of more than $100m should be exempt. | This was the anti-kidnapping bill released earlier this year which was required because 700 private companies would be captured by the new tax transparency laws covering more than 1,600 companies with a turnover of more than $100m should be exempt. |
| The publication of the financial statements of large private companies – such as Gina Rinehart’s company – raised “real safety concerns”. | The publication of the financial statements of large private companies – such as Gina Rinehart’s company – raised “real safety concerns”. |
| We don’t know whether Turnbull has a private company with a turnover of more than $100m but Shorten has linked his general wealth with this bill. | We don’t know whether Turnbull has a private company with a turnover of more than $100m but Shorten has linked his general wealth with this bill. |
| What is really important here is transparency. There is a chance today for Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals in the Senate to choose transparency over secrecy. Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals have a chance today to vote for legislation, which makes sure that we don’t cloak the activities of large companies in Australia in secrecy and Australians can’t see what happens. | What is really important here is transparency. There is a chance today for Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals in the Senate to choose transparency over secrecy. Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals have a chance today to vote for legislation, which makes sure that we don’t cloak the activities of large companies in Australia in secrecy and Australians can’t see what happens. |
| Updated at 3.40am BST | Updated at 3.40am BST |
| 11.58pm BST23:58 | 11.58pm BST23:58 |
| Bill Shorten auditions for a tissue advertisement. #softfilter | Bill Shorten auditions for a tissue advertisement. #softfilter |
| .@billshortenmp cuddling a baby chicken at @UniCanberra. An attempt to upstage the cows at Parliament yesterday? pic.twitter.com/3sHiGFpuCF | .@billshortenmp cuddling a baby chicken at @UniCanberra. An attempt to upstage the cows at Parliament yesterday? pic.twitter.com/3sHiGFpuCF |
| 11.54pm BST23:54 | 11.54pm BST23:54 |
| Meanwhile in the US ... | Meanwhile in the US ... |
| .@AsiaPolicy @MrKRudd prepping for upcoming debate v Mearsheimer @UChicago @IQ2US #iq2uslive #China #debate pic.twitter.com/czYtAlDtu3 | .@AsiaPolicy @MrKRudd prepping for upcoming debate v Mearsheimer @UChicago @IQ2US #iq2uslive #China #debate pic.twitter.com/czYtAlDtu3 |
| Updated at 12.25am BST | Updated at 12.25am BST |
| 11.51pm BST23:51 | 11.51pm BST23:51 |
| Bill Shorten is speaking about innovation but is asked about his role as a former director of Australian Super, which uses international fund managers, some of which are registered in the Cayman Islands. This goes to Labor’s attack yesterday on Turnbull’s investments. | Bill Shorten is speaking about innovation but is asked about his role as a former director of Australian Super, which uses international fund managers, some of which are registered in the Cayman Islands. This goes to Labor’s attack yesterday on Turnbull’s investments. |
| There couldn’t be a bigger gap or difference behind Malcolm Turnbull and his millions of dollars sent to the Cayman Islands and the superannuation of ordinary Australians. Is Malcolm Turnbull really saying that putting millions of dollars into a Cayman Islands investment fund, where you need millions of dollars to enter the fund, is the same as ordinary Australians? | There couldn’t be a bigger gap or difference behind Malcolm Turnbull and his millions of dollars sent to the Cayman Islands and the superannuation of ordinary Australians. Is Malcolm Turnbull really saying that putting millions of dollars into a Cayman Islands investment fund, where you need millions of dollars to enter the fund, is the same as ordinary Australians? |
| Updated at 12.24am BST | Updated at 12.24am BST |
| 11.35pm BST23:35 | 11.35pm BST23:35 |
| It's the science, stupid. Bill Heffernan accuses crossbenchers and Nationals' Matt Canavan of wedging government | It's the science, stupid. Bill Heffernan accuses crossbenchers and Nationals' Matt Canavan of wedging government |
| Water is looming as a major issue both within the Coalition and for the government generally as the climate heads into another El Niño pattern which brings drier weather. | Water is looming as a major issue both within the Coalition and for the government generally as the climate heads into another El Niño pattern which brings drier weather. |
| Liberal senator Bill Heffernan did not get a chance to speak on water yesterday during the matter of public importance, but boy, did he give politicians on both sides a spray last night in the adjournment debate. | Liberal senator Bill Heffernan did not get a chance to speak on water yesterday during the matter of public importance, but boy, did he give politicians on both sides a spray last night in the adjournment debate. |
| Heffernan gave an explosive 10-minute speech during which he pointed out the failings of ministers all the way back to National party leader John Anderson. | Heffernan gave an explosive 10-minute speech during which he pointed out the failings of ministers all the way back to National party leader John Anderson. |
| The key point he was trying to make was that the crossbenchers and the Coalition were trying to pretend they could give away water to farmers that did not exist. | The key point he was trying to make was that the crossbenchers and the Coalition were trying to pretend they could give away water to farmers that did not exist. |
| He said Labor had made a series of terrible and expensive decisions to buy back water that did nothing to improve the flow or health of the rivers. | He said Labor had made a series of terrible and expensive decisions to buy back water that did nothing to improve the flow or health of the rivers. |
| He said the crossbenchers joint press conference yesterday morning was just designed to wedge the government and “senator Canavan is probably part of it”. | He said the crossbenchers joint press conference yesterday morning was just designed to wedge the government and “senator Canavan is probably part of it”. |
| Here is a series of choice quotes: | Here is a series of choice quotes: |
| I rise tonight because I have been bloody insulted today. I came through the doors this morning and saw a group of people playing politics with people’s livelihoods. | I rise tonight because I have been bloody insulted today. I came through the doors this morning and saw a group of people playing politics with people’s livelihoods. |
| It is easy to go out to the electorate or to go to Griffith and say, ‘We’re going to give you more water’ or to go down the street and say ‘We’ll provide free beer.’ You will be popular but you have to apply some science to it ... We have to take some notice of what the science is saying is going to happen in the future. | It is easy to go out to the electorate or to go to Griffith and say, ‘We’re going to give you more water’ or to go down the street and say ‘We’ll provide free beer.’ You will be popular but you have to apply some science to it ... We have to take some notice of what the science is saying is going to happen in the future. |
| Heffernan gave a lot of facts and figures which revolved around successive governments giving away cheap water licences based on water storage rather than river capacity. He said governments then go back to those licence holders and buy back the water at a much higher amount. He said while all science had vagary, it was inexorably moving in one direction. | Heffernan gave a lot of facts and figures which revolved around successive governments giving away cheap water licences based on water storage rather than river capacity. He said governments then go back to those licence holders and buy back the water at a much higher amount. He said while all science had vagary, it was inexorably moving in one direction. |
| If the science is 40% right, the only water that will be reliably available in the Murray-Darling Basin will be the environmental flows for the fish – so they do not have to grow legs – and high security water. What do we do about that? We do not go to Griffith or to Coleambally and say, ‘We are going to give you more water.’ | If the science is 40% right, the only water that will be reliably available in the Murray-Darling Basin will be the environmental flows for the fish – so they do not have to grow legs – and high security water. What do we do about that? We do not go to Griffith or to Coleambally and say, ‘We are going to give you more water.’ |
| This today was a wedge by the so-called independents against the government about who is going to take over water. Senator Canavan is probably part of it. That is fair enough; that is politics. I do not want politics in water. | This today was a wedge by the so-called independents against the government about who is going to take over water. Senator Canavan is probably part of it. That is fair enough; that is politics. I do not want politics in water. |
| Updated at 12.24am BST | Updated at 12.24am BST |
| 11.00pm BST23:00 | 11.00pm BST23:00 |
| Shalailah Medhora | Shalailah Medhora |
| The justice minister, Michael Keenan, has just been on ABC Radio talking up today’s security summit. | The justice minister, Michael Keenan, has just been on ABC Radio talking up today’s security summit. |
| The summit will feature senior police and security agency figures, as well as bureaucrats from state and territory education departments and multicultural advocates. | The summit will feature senior police and security agency figures, as well as bureaucrats from state and territory education departments and multicultural advocates. |
| It’s point, Keenan said, was to “make sure that the community was working with” the government on anti-radicalisation measures, particularly in schools, as extremists target younger and younger recruits. | It’s point, Keenan said, was to “make sure that the community was working with” the government on anti-radicalisation measures, particularly in schools, as extremists target younger and younger recruits. |
| Keenan defended the decision not to invite Islamic groups to the summit, saying the meeting was more about how to coordinate services between states and the commonwealth than about grassroots community engagement. | Keenan defended the decision not to invite Islamic groups to the summit, saying the meeting was more about how to coordinate services between states and the commonwealth than about grassroots community engagement. |
| He said that it was very important to “reach out a hand of friendship” to the Muslim community and “provide reassurance” that security measures were not targeted at one ethnic group or religion. | He said that it was very important to “reach out a hand of friendship” to the Muslim community and “provide reassurance” that security measures were not targeted at one ethnic group or religion. |
| The Islamic community, Keenan said, was crucial in helping law enforcement agencies identify young people at risk of radicalisation. | The Islamic community, Keenan said, was crucial in helping law enforcement agencies identify young people at risk of radicalisation. |
| I detect an enormous willingness in the community to do that. | I detect an enormous willingness in the community to do that. |
| Updated at 11.50pm BST | Updated at 11.50pm BST |
| 10.37pm BST22:37 | 10.37pm BST22:37 |
| Family First senator Bob Day. This was not Stairway to Heaven. | Family First senator Bob Day. This was not Stairway to Heaven. |
| Senator Bob Day is a ripping it up on a Tassie guitar. pic.twitter.com/BJfH0E9l5v | Senator Bob Day is a ripping it up on a Tassie guitar. pic.twitter.com/BJfH0E9l5v |
| 10.35pm BST22:35 | 10.35pm BST22:35 |
| Do you really want to eat in front of a camera? | Do you really want to eat in front of a camera? |
| Brett Whiteley, doing a baby bird impersonation. | Brett Whiteley, doing a baby bird impersonation. |
| Tasmanian salmon. Not an onion in sight. | Tasmanian salmon. Not an onion in sight. |
| Updated at 11.48pm BST | Updated at 11.48pm BST |
| 10.26pm BST22:26 | 10.26pm BST22:26 |
| Luckily the Tassie tigers had Sophie Mirabella | Luckily the Tassie tigers had Sophie Mirabella |
| Updated at 11.41pm BST | Updated at 11.41pm BST |
| 10.23pm BST22:23 | 10.23pm BST22:23 |
| Breathe in the love, breathe out the pain | Breathe in the love, breathe out the pain |
| Updated at 11.40pm BST | Updated at 11.40pm BST |
| 10.18pm BST22:18 | 10.18pm BST22:18 |
| Behind you!! | Behind you!! |
| You know those parties where you don’t feel entirely welcome? | You know those parties where you don’t feel entirely welcome? |
| The Flavours of Tasmania event is an annual parliamentary par-tay to celebrate the produce of that wonderful state. It is traditionally hosted by Eric Abetz, the former government Senate leader, former employment minister and loyal Tony Abbott lieutenant. Of course he had to invite the current PM, which would have been as appealing to him as root canal therapy. Abetz was joined by army man, former whip and Abbott loyalist Andrew Nikolic. | The Flavours of Tasmania event is an annual parliamentary par-tay to celebrate the produce of that wonderful state. It is traditionally hosted by Eric Abetz, the former government Senate leader, former employment minister and loyal Tony Abbott lieutenant. Of course he had to invite the current PM, which would have been as appealing to him as root canal therapy. Abetz was joined by army man, former whip and Abbott loyalist Andrew Nikolic. |
| Here they are, the Tassie tigers, perfecting their Julie Bishop death stare. I felt sure that any moment Abetz might employ the Vulcan death grip but thankfully Malcolm Turnbull survived the podium to drink tiny specimen cups of Tasmanian whiskey. | Here they are, the Tassie tigers, perfecting their Julie Bishop death stare. I felt sure that any moment Abetz might employ the Vulcan death grip but thankfully Malcolm Turnbull survived the podium to drink tiny specimen cups of Tasmanian whiskey. |
| Updated at 11.38pm BST | Updated at 11.38pm BST |
| 9.59pm BST21:59 | 9.59pm BST21:59 |
| Good morning me hearties, | Good morning me hearties, |
| It is Thursday, which means it is the last sitting day of the week. Is the relief audible? There were all sorts of shenanigans in the house last night and I will bring you that shortly. | It is Thursday, which means it is the last sitting day of the week. Is the relief audible? There were all sorts of shenanigans in the house last night and I will bring you that shortly. |
| But first, the agenda is dominated by the countering violence extremism summit, called by the prime minister after the Parramatta shooting. The summit will discuss measures to counter radicalisation and also the newly announced legislation that will drop the age for control orders from 16 years to 14 years, the fifth instalment in that great tome that is counter-terrorism legislation. | But first, the agenda is dominated by the countering violence extremism summit, called by the prime minister after the Parramatta shooting. The summit will discuss measures to counter radicalisation and also the newly announced legislation that will drop the age for control orders from 16 years to 14 years, the fifth instalment in that great tome that is counter-terrorism legislation. |
| This morning, the Australian federal police commissioner, Andrew Colvin, has confirmed the police are monitoring a 12-year-old boy over suspected terrorist activity. | This morning, the Australian federal police commissioner, Andrew Colvin, has confirmed the police are monitoring a 12-year-old boy over suspected terrorist activity. |
| Also in Canberra today faith leaders are holding cross-party meetings to discuss asylum seeker issues. The meeting is co-hosted by Labor MP Anna Burke, Liberal MP Russell Broadbent, independent MP Cathy McGowan and Greens senator Janet Rice. | Also in Canberra today faith leaders are holding cross-party meetings to discuss asylum seeker issues. The meeting is co-hosted by Labor MP Anna Burke, Liberal MP Russell Broadbent, independent MP Cathy McGowan and Greens senator Janet Rice. |
| Last night the Senate passed the bill to allow trials for the cashless welfare card, which restricts spending on alcohol and gambling. Daniel Hurst has all the details here. | Last night the Senate passed the bill to allow trials for the cashless welfare card, which restricts spending on alcohol and gambling. Daniel Hurst has all the details here. |
| Stick like glue because there is a whole lot more happening. | Stick like glue because there is a whole lot more happening. |
| Mike Bowers is hanging out at the security summit and I will also share a few of his gems from an event last night which highlighted the Flavours of Tasmania. Join us on the Twits @gabriellechan and @mpbowers. | Mike Bowers is hanging out at the security summit and I will also share a few of his gems from an event last night which highlighted the Flavours of Tasmania. Join us on the Twits @gabriellechan and @mpbowers. |
| Updated at 11.37pm BST | Updated at 11.37pm BST |