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| Dutton: 'No suspicious circumstances' around refugee's death' – as it happened | Dutton: 'No suspicious circumstances' around refugee's death' – as it happened |
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| 6.14am GMT | 6.14am GMT |
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| Night time politics | Night time politics |
| That’s your lot for the evening. We will be back bright and early in the morning. Thanks to Shalailah Medhora and Lenore Taylor. Also to the tall jockey (for Insiders’ watchers) Mike Bowers, who happens to be handy with a camera. | That’s your lot for the evening. We will be back bright and early in the morning. Thanks to Shalailah Medhora and Lenore Taylor. Also to the tall jockey (for Insiders’ watchers) Mike Bowers, who happens to be handy with a camera. |
| Good night. | Good night. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.24am GMT | at 6.24am GMT |
| 5.38am GMT | 5.38am GMT |
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| Shalailah Medhora | Shalailah Medhora |
| A Greens-backed motion paving the way for employees take their long service leave entitlements from job to job has just passed in the Senate, after it secured the support of Labor. | A Greens-backed motion paving the way for employees take their long service leave entitlements from job to job has just passed in the Senate, after it secured the support of Labor. |
| The motion calls on the establishment of a national standard for long service leave across industries and states, and on entitlements to be portable so workers can take it with them to new jobs. | The motion calls on the establishment of a national standard for long service leave across industries and states, and on entitlements to be portable so workers can take it with them to new jobs. |
| The nature of work is changing and people are churning through contract and casual jobs more than ever before, but our workplace laws haven’t caught up. As jobs become more precarious, we need to ensure people still have the right to take a break after years in the workforce. | The nature of work is changing and people are churning through contract and casual jobs more than ever before, but our workplace laws haven’t caught up. As jobs become more precarious, we need to ensure people still have the right to take a break after years in the workforce. |
| The Australian Council of Trade Unions backs the moves. | The Australian Council of Trade Unions backs the moves. |
| It has the weight of the Senate behind it but not the government. Which means it has little chance of translating to law. | It has the weight of the Senate behind it but not the government. Which means it has little chance of translating to law. |
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| The Senate president has announced that tomorrow the Senate will vote on motions relating to an allegation that unnamed witnesses gave false and misleading evidence to a Senate select committee. | The Senate president has announced that tomorrow the Senate will vote on motions relating to an allegation that unnamed witnesses gave false and misleading evidence to a Senate select committee. |
| The evidence related to allegations that security guards spied on Greens senator Hanson-Young. Greens leader Richard di Natale referred the matter and tomorrow the Senate will vote on whether its privileges committee should investigate for contempt. | The evidence related to allegations that security guards spied on Greens senator Hanson-Young. Greens leader Richard di Natale referred the matter and tomorrow the Senate will vote on whether its privileges committee should investigate for contempt. |
| It is unclear whether the witness/es at the centre of the allegations will be publicly revealed. | It is unclear whether the witness/es at the centre of the allegations will be publicly revealed. |
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| 4.31am GMT | 4.31am GMT |
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| 4.15am GMT | 4.15am GMT |
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| Labor to Turnbull: Natsem modelling shows that an increase in the GST, even when paired with a 5% reduction in income tax, still leaves almost two-thirds of Australian households worse off. How fair is it, PM, to make two-thirds of Australian households worse off? | Labor to Turnbull: Natsem modelling shows that an increase in the GST, even when paired with a 5% reduction in income tax, still leaves almost two-thirds of Australian households worse off. How fair is it, PM, to make two-thirds of Australian households worse off? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| The outcome that is presupposed in the Natsem modelling would have not be fair. That is pretty obvious but it is not the government’s policy. | The outcome that is presupposed in the Natsem modelling would have not be fair. That is pretty obvious but it is not the government’s policy. |
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| at 4.23am GMT | at 4.23am GMT |
| 4.12am GMT | 4.12am GMT |
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| The first government question from a constituent, via Nationals MP Kevin Hogan, on the north coast of NSW. David asks: when will people living in our area get better internet and mobile-phone service? | The first government question from a constituent, via Nationals MP Kevin Hogan, on the north coast of NSW. David asks: when will people living in our area get better internet and mobile-phone service? |
| Minister Paul Fletcher delivers a prepared answer, saying most of David’s town is covered by the NBN and for those out of town, a new satellite has been launched. | Minister Paul Fletcher delivers a prepared answer, saying most of David’s town is covered by the NBN and for those out of town, a new satellite has been launched. |
| This constituent questioning was to revolutionise question time. But it sounds pretty similar to the old QT. | This constituent questioning was to revolutionise question time. But it sounds pretty similar to the old QT. |
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| at 4.20am GMT | at 4.20am GMT |
| 4.07am GMT | 4.07am GMT |
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| Labor’s Tanya Plibersek to Turnbull: Natsem modelling shows increasing the GST to 15% would mean a family on $26,000 a year would pay more than 20% of its household income in GST but a family on about $170,000 a year would pay only 7.8% of its household income on the GST. | Labor’s Tanya Plibersek to Turnbull: Natsem modelling shows increasing the GST to 15% would mean a family on $26,000 a year would pay more than 20% of its household income in GST but a family on about $170,000 a year would pay only 7.8% of its household income on the GST. |
| Why is the PM intent on putting the highest burden on low and middle-income households? | Why is the PM intent on putting the highest burden on low and middle-income households? |
| We are in the business of considering all of these matters and coming to a fully informed decision. So when the honourable member stands up and says, ‘You are going to put a 15% GST on all households and this will, without any compensation, and this will damage or relatively damage lower-income households’, she is creating a completely false premise. The government is not proposing to do that at all. The honourable member is completely addicted to the old political paradigm of rule-in, rule-out. | We are in the business of considering all of these matters and coming to a fully informed decision. So when the honourable member stands up and says, ‘You are going to put a 15% GST on all households and this will, without any compensation, and this will damage or relatively damage lower-income households’, she is creating a completely false premise. The government is not proposing to do that at all. The honourable member is completely addicted to the old political paradigm of rule-in, rule-out. |
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| Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon asks a droll question of agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce, delivered with immaculate timing, on the GST and the cost of a lamb roast. | Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon asks a droll question of agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce, delivered with immaculate timing, on the GST and the cost of a lamb roast. |
| It’s based on a false premise because there is no policy direction on an increase to the GST, says Barnaby. | It’s based on a false premise because there is no policy direction on an increase to the GST, says Barnaby. |
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| #whereisTony | #whereisTony |
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| Labor had a question on ruling out GST on nursing homes, which Turnbull flicked to Scott Morrison. The treasurer just had another go at Labor frontbencher and economist Andrew Leigh, who has talked about a GST in the past. | Labor had a question on ruling out GST on nursing homes, which Turnbull flicked to Scott Morrison. The treasurer just had another go at Labor frontbencher and economist Andrew Leigh, who has talked about a GST in the past. |
| Now a Dixer to Paul Fletcher, minister for territories and local government, on the M5 east in Sydney. | Now a Dixer to Paul Fletcher, minister for territories and local government, on the M5 east in Sydney. |
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| Syrian refugees by numbers, via Peter Dutton. | Syrian refugees by numbers, via Peter Dutton. |
| $44m which will provide assistance to some 240,000 humanitarian refugees within the camps. | $44m which will provide assistance to some 240,000 humanitarian refugees within the camps. |
| 12,000 humanitarian places to displaced people from Syria and Iraq. | 12,000 humanitarian places to displaced people from Syria and Iraq. |
| As at 1 November, there have been 2,218 people that have had initial assessments undertaken. | As at 1 November, there have been 2,218 people that have had initial assessments undertaken. |
| We are continuing the security and health checks of those people so we might settle those people as quickly as possible into Australia. | We are continuing the security and health checks of those people so we might settle those people as quickly as possible into Australia. |
| 3.49am GMT | 3.49am GMT |
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| Labor’s Ed Husic asks Turnbull: My electorate in Chifley has one of the highest rates of diabetes. How will slugging a GST on fresh fruit and vegetables encourage them to buy healthy food for their families and will the PM now rule out hitting every Australian with a GST on fresh fruit and vegetables? | Labor’s Ed Husic asks Turnbull: My electorate in Chifley has one of the highest rates of diabetes. How will slugging a GST on fresh fruit and vegetables encourage them to buy healthy food for their families and will the PM now rule out hitting every Australian with a GST on fresh fruit and vegetables? |
| The fact is that good policy formation requires open discussion. Now, the honourable member obviously believes the GST should not be extended to fresh food, and that is a powerful point and he should make that point. But the honourable member should understand that the government is going to consider all of the options which are being raised, right across the board. | The fact is that good policy formation requires open discussion. Now, the honourable member obviously believes the GST should not be extended to fresh food, and that is a powerful point and he should make that point. But the honourable member should understand that the government is going to consider all of the options which are being raised, right across the board. |