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| Cross-party group to work on fresh approach to asylum seekers - as it happened | Cross-party group to work on fresh approach to asylum seekers - as it happened |
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| Night time politics | Night time politics |
| Thanks for your company this week. And thanks to the brains trust, Shalailah Medhora, Daniel Hurst and Lenore Taylor. Mike Bowers has excelled himself. | Thanks for your company this week. And thanks to the brains trust, Shalailah Medhora, Daniel Hurst and Lenore Taylor. Mike Bowers has excelled himself. |
| Next week, Katharine Murphy will be driving the big red blog. She will also have senate estimates to contend with, so that should be fun. | Next week, Katharine Murphy will be driving the big red blog. She will also have senate estimates to contend with, so that should be fun. |
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| Adani coalmine approved | Adani coalmine approved |
| Oh, and did I mention Adani’s mine has been approved by environment minister Greg Hunt? Ollie Milman writes: | Oh, and did I mention Adani’s mine has been approved by environment minister Greg Hunt? Ollie Milman writes: |
| Australia’s largest coal project, Adani’s Carmichael mine, has again been given the green light by the federal government two months after it was stripped of its approval after a federal court challenge. | Australia’s largest coal project, Adani’s Carmichael mine, has again been given the green light by the federal government two months after it was stripped of its approval after a federal court challenge. |
| The $16.5bn mine and rail development, earmarked for the Galilee basin region of central Queensland, had its federal approval set aside in August after it emerged that Greg Hunt, the environment minister, had not considered its impact upon two vulnerable species, the yakka skink and the ornamental snake. | The $16.5bn mine and rail development, earmarked for the Galilee basin region of central Queensland, had its federal approval set aside in August after it emerged that Greg Hunt, the environment minister, had not considered its impact upon two vulnerable species, the yakka skink and the ornamental snake. |
| Hunt has reassessed the project and approved it for a second time, subject to “rigorous conditions” that would protect threatened species. | Hunt has reassessed the project and approved it for a second time, subject to “rigorous conditions” that would protect threatened species. |
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| In the flurry that is our Thursday, I have completely ignored the story about Westpac. Scott Morrison accused Westpac of gouging after the bank increased its standard variable interest rate. Thank the gods for Greg Jericho, otherwise known as Grogs who has written on this. | In the flurry that is our Thursday, I have completely ignored the story about Westpac. Scott Morrison accused Westpac of gouging after the bank increased its standard variable interest rate. Thank the gods for Greg Jericho, otherwise known as Grogs who has written on this. |
| The news came on Wednesday that Westpac was raising its standard variable home loan rate by 20 basis points. It had been expected and demonstrates yet again that when the choice comes between profits and customers, banks will always choose profits. | The news came on Wednesday that Westpac was raising its standard variable home loan rate by 20 basis points. It had been expected and demonstrates yet again that when the choice comes between profits and customers, banks will always choose profits. |
| It takes a fair bit of gall for a bank to announce it will be forcing home owners to pay about $45 a month more on an average home loan of $350,000, at the same time it announces its profits rose 6% over the previous year. | It takes a fair bit of gall for a bank to announce it will be forcing home owners to pay about $45 a month more on an average home loan of $350,000, at the same time it announces its profits rose 6% over the previous year. |
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| Lord! Mayors. | Lord! Mayors. |
| He gets through a lot in a day, our Mike B. | He gets through a lot in a day, our Mike B. |
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| The unmistakeable visage of Bob Katter. | The unmistakeable visage of Bob Katter. |
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| The Art of Albo. | The Art of Albo. |
| It’s a thing. | It’s a thing. |
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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Ask and ye shall receive. | Ask and ye shall receive. |
| Absolutely wild to see Bill Shorten hit the streets minutes after #qt pic.twitter.com/tyfhKVOn5m | Absolutely wild to see Bill Shorten hit the streets minutes after #qt pic.twitter.com/tyfhKVOn5m |
| Turnbull in question time: | 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. | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Shalailah Medhora | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| If you want to wear a sandwich board... | If you want to wear a sandwich board... |
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| Smile and the whole world smiles with you. Except in parliament. | Smile and the whole world smiles with you. Except in parliament. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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