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| Racial Discrimination Act back in the spotlight - politics live | Racial Discrimination Act back in the spotlight - politics live |
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| Help! I want to get off. | |
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| Lunchtime summary | |
| Quickly, quickly, question time. | |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
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| Dib. Dib. Dob. | Dib. Dib. Dob. |
| Finally got to Bowers’ photos from down the hill. | Finally got to Bowers’ photos from down the hill. |
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| 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 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. | |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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? | |
| 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. |
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| 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 vehicle, which releases zero carbon emissions, is in Australia for testing. | The vehicle, which releases zero carbon emissions, is in Australia for testing. |
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| Daniel Hurst | Daniel Hurst |
| 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. |
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| 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... |
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| "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 |
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| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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”. | |
| 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. | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |