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| Foreign investment in water to be registered under Coalition Greens deal – as it happened | Foreign investment in water to be registered under Coalition Greens deal – as it happened |
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| 6.58am GMT | 6.58am GMT |
| 06:58 | 06:58 |
| Night time summary | Night time summary |
| We have cabinet and shadow cabinet tonight. | We have cabinet and shadow cabinet tonight. |
| Tomorrow, we have party room meetings. | Tomorrow, we have party room meetings. |
| #BrickParliament has been taking a break, so here is Mike Bowers latest contribution of Kevin Andrews call to arms, lowered from a former speaker’s chopper. | #BrickParliament has been taking a break, so here is Mike Bowers latest contribution of Kevin Andrews call to arms, lowered from a former speaker’s chopper. |
| It really needs to be observed with the Mission Impossible soundtrack. | It really needs to be observed with the Mission Impossible soundtrack. |
| Thanks to Mikey Bowers, Shalailah Medhora, Daniel Hurst, Lenore Taylor and you, the reader, for the input. | Thanks to Mikey Bowers, Shalailah Medhora, Daniel Hurst, Lenore Taylor and you, the reader, for the input. |
| Good night. | Good night. |
| 6.33am GMT | 6.33am GMT |
| 06:33 | 06:33 |
| Meanwhile in the lower house, the dual nationals citizenship bill debate is continuing. Asked for guidance on its passing, the advice was, it will be a long night. | Meanwhile in the lower house, the dual nationals citizenship bill debate is continuing. Asked for guidance on its passing, the advice was, it will be a long night. |
| 6.32am GMT | 6.32am GMT |
| 06:32 | 06:32 |
| Coalition/Greens deal on water entitlement register hypocritical, says Penny Wong | Coalition/Greens deal on water entitlement register hypocritical, says Penny Wong |
| In the senate, Penny Wong wants to know what the details of the proposed water entitlements register for foreign investors under the government’s “cosy” deal with the Greens. The bill is currently in the committee stage. | In the senate, Penny Wong wants to know what the details of the proposed water entitlements register for foreign investors under the government’s “cosy” deal with the Greens. The bill is currently in the committee stage. |
| It’s all up for public consultation, says finance minister Mathias Cormann. | It’s all up for public consultation, says finance minister Mathias Cormann. |
| Wong makes the point that the government did not consult the states and territories on the deal. Cormann says the issue of who holds information on water entitlements is a technical issue. | Wong makes the point that the government did not consult the states and territories on the deal. Cormann says the issue of who holds information on water entitlements is a technical issue. |
| Wong commented earlier to Daniel Hurst. | Wong commented earlier to Daniel Hurst. |
| Scott Morrison has joined forces with the Greens to push through retrograde legislation which will deter investment and hurt jobs growth. | Scott Morrison has joined forces with the Greens to push through retrograde legislation which will deter investment and hurt jobs growth. |
| It is extraordinarily hypocritical for the Government to be claiming Australia is “open for business” while it is doing everything it can to impose new red tape and barriers on the investment Australia needs. | It is extraordinarily hypocritical for the Government to be claiming Australia is “open for business” while it is doing everything it can to impose new red tape and barriers on the investment Australia needs. |
| Business will rightly be alarmed to see the Liberal Party making a common cause with protectionists in the National Party and the Greens on a core economic reform issue. | Business will rightly be alarmed to see the Liberal Party making a common cause with protectionists in the National Party and the Greens on a core economic reform issue. |
| It’s disappointing Andrew Robb has gone missing and given the political fringe licence to damage Australia’s investment reputation. | It’s disappointing Andrew Robb has gone missing and given the political fringe licence to damage Australia’s investment reputation. |
| Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce told the ABC: | Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce told the ABC: |
| You can make money out of mud, but you’ll never make it out of dust. | You can make money out of mud, but you’ll never make it out of dust. |
| 6.19am GMT | 6.19am GMT |
| 06:19 | 06:19 |
| Parliament passes Bradshaw bill | Parliament passes Bradshaw bill |
| The crime legislation bill (known as the Bradshaw Bill) has today passed the parliament. The amendments will mean law enforcement agencies will now have the powers to pursue individuals suspected of murdering or committing manslaughter against Australians citizens or residents in foreign countries prior to 2002 if investigations in the foreign country did not properly investigate the crime. It is named after Anthea Bradshaw, an Adelaide woman who was murdered in Brunei. | The crime legislation bill (known as the Bradshaw Bill) has today passed the parliament. The amendments will mean law enforcement agencies will now have the powers to pursue individuals suspected of murdering or committing manslaughter against Australians citizens or residents in foreign countries prior to 2002 if investigations in the foreign country did not properly investigate the crime. It is named after Anthea Bradshaw, an Adelaide woman who was murdered in Brunei. |
| 6.12am GMT | 6.12am GMT |
| 06:12 | 06:12 |
| Before you hop on a train - or whatever you do - check out Lenore Taylor’s comment piece on the national security shenanigans today. | Before you hop on a train - or whatever you do - check out Lenore Taylor’s comment piece on the national security shenanigans today. |
| Tony Abbott and his supporters have been laying a pretty obvious trail for the past few weeks which has now arrived at the explicit suggestion they have been hinting at – that Malcolm Turnbull is weak on terrorism. | Tony Abbott and his supporters have been laying a pretty obvious trail for the past few weeks which has now arrived at the explicit suggestion they have been hinting at – that Malcolm Turnbull is weak on terrorism. |
| 6.03am GMT | 6.03am GMT |
| 06:03 | 06:03 |
| Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64. | Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64. |
| 5.38am GMT | 5.38am GMT |
| 05:38 | 05:38 |
| Helen Bender to government: fix the imbalance of power between farming and mining | Helen Bender to government: fix the imbalance of power between farming and mining |
| Helen Bender has been in the parliament with Phil Laird of Lock the Gate. Helen is the daughter of George Bender who committed suicide after 10 years of negotiations with gas mining companies. She asked gained notoriety when she questioned assistant health minister Fiona Nash on Q&A over whether farmers should have a right of veto in regard to miners rights. Bender and Laird were meeting with members of energy minister Josh Frydenberg’s office. Frydenberg is putting the issue on the agenda of the December Coag meeting while Greg Hunt said farmers had a moral right over their land. | Helen Bender has been in the parliament with Phil Laird of Lock the Gate. Helen is the daughter of George Bender who committed suicide after 10 years of negotiations with gas mining companies. She asked gained notoriety when she questioned assistant health minister Fiona Nash on Q&A over whether farmers should have a right of veto in regard to miners rights. Bender and Laird were meeting with members of energy minister Josh Frydenberg’s office. Frydenberg is putting the issue on the agenda of the December Coag meeting while Greg Hunt said farmers had a moral right over their land. |
| My message is we have lost George and we can’t change that. But if there is no change implemented now, every future generation is going to lose. It’s about the impacts now for future generations, the health, the environment. | My message is we have lost George and we can’t change that. But if there is no change implemented now, every future generation is going to lose. It’s about the impacts now for future generations, the health, the environment. |
| Bender says the number one issue for her is the imbalance of power weighted in favour of mining companies. | Bender says the number one issue for her is the imbalance of power weighted in favour of mining companies. |
| Right now, the monster they have created is a self regulatory industry. They ask once and they can force you into Land and Environment courts. That whole ability to go straight to land court has to be removed because that is the threat, that’s the stress they put landholders under. | Right now, the monster they have created is a self regulatory industry. They ask once and they can force you into Land and Environment courts. That whole ability to go straight to land court has to be removed because that is the threat, that’s the stress they put landholders under. |
| Bender says the solution is not about more compensation - as has been suggested by some. | Bender says the solution is not about more compensation - as has been suggested by some. |
| When you see a farmer’s livelihood taken away from them without any rights, that’s the emotional stress that this industry has put on to these landholders. | When you see a farmer’s livelihood taken away from them without any rights, that’s the emotional stress that this industry has put on to these landholders. |
| Since she appeared on Q&A, Bender says she has had many calls and messages from people asking her to run for parliament as an independent. Bender is not ruling anything in or out at this stage. | Since she appeared on Q&A, Bender says she has had many calls and messages from people asking her to run for parliament as an independent. Bender is not ruling anything in or out at this stage. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.38am GMT | at 5.38am GMT |
| 5.08am GMT | 5.08am GMT |
| 05:08 | 05:08 |
| Greens MP Adam Bandt is speaking against the citizenship bill. | Greens MP Adam Bandt is speaking against the citizenship bill. |
| 5.01am GMT | 5.01am GMT |
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| Senate calls on removal of children from detention and mandatory abuse reporting | Senate calls on removal of children from detention and mandatory abuse reporting |
| Shalailah Medhora | Shalailah Medhora |
| The Senate has passed Greens amendment to a migration bill that would see the removal of all children from immigration detention, and the mandatory reporting of abuse in offshore facilities. | The Senate has passed Greens amendment to a migration bill that would see the removal of all children from immigration detention, and the mandatory reporting of abuse in offshore facilities. |
| The migration and maritime powers amendment bill would stop people who have had their applications for protection visas knocked back from applying again. | The migration and maritime powers amendment bill would stop people who have had their applications for protection visas knocked back from applying again. |
| The Greens amended that bill to state that the immigration minister must find alternative accommodation for asylum seeker children, that all abuse must be reported and that journalists can be granted access to detention facilities. | The Greens amended that bill to state that the immigration minister must find alternative accommodation for asylum seeker children, that all abuse must be reported and that journalists can be granted access to detention facilities. |
| The government must decide whether or not to support the amendments when the bill goes back to the house of reps for approval. | The government must decide whether or not to support the amendments when the bill goes back to the house of reps for approval. |
| Just like the kidnap bill, shooting down the migration amendments would mean that the other elements of the bill would also not pass. | Just like the kidnap bill, shooting down the migration amendments would mean that the other elements of the bill would also not pass. |
| 4.54am GMT | 4.54am GMT |
| 04:54 | 04:54 |
| Richard Di Natale is pretty excited about two big policy wins today: | Richard Di Natale is pretty excited about two big policy wins today: |
| What we are seeing here is the Greens are the ideas factory in the Australian parliament. | What we are seeing here is the Greens are the ideas factory in the Australian parliament. |
| Sarah Hanson-Young says it is up to the Malcolm Turnbull whether to accept the will of the senate or to “re-detain children”. | Sarah Hanson-Young says it is up to the Malcolm Turnbull whether to accept the will of the senate or to “re-detain children”. |
| He can make a difference to their Christmas. | He can make a difference to their Christmas. |
| 4.47am GMT | 4.47am GMT |
| 04:47 | 04:47 |
| There are some scary top lips in the building at the mo. | There are some scary top lips in the building at the mo. |
| 4.39am GMT | 4.39am GMT |
| 04:39 | 04:39 |
| The lower house is now onto the Australian citizenship amendments (allegiance to Australia) bill. This bill strips Australian citizenship from dual nationals if they are engaged in terrorist activities. | The lower house is now onto the Australian citizenship amendments (allegiance to Australia) bill. This bill strips Australian citizenship from dual nationals if they are engaged in terrorist activities. |
| This is from the explanatory memo. | This is from the explanatory memo. |
| The bill introduces three new ways in which a person, who is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia, can cease to be an Australian citizen: | The bill introduces three new ways in which a person, who is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia, can cease to be an Australian citizen: |
| The offences include: | The offences include: |
| 4.30am GMT | 4.30am GMT |
| 04:30 | 04:30 |
| No thanks Ban Ki-Moon, we stopped the boats. | No thanks Ban Ki-Moon, we stopped the boats. |
| The government’s Senate leader, George Brandis, has ruled out softening Australia’s border protection policies after the UN secretary general called for a rethink of Operation Sovereign Borders. | The government’s Senate leader, George Brandis, has ruled out softening Australia’s border protection policies after the UN secretary general called for a rethink of Operation Sovereign Borders. |
| The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young asked during Senate question time whether the government would consider Ban Ki-moon’s request, which was conveyed during a meeting with the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, in Malaysia yesterday. | The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young asked during Senate question time whether the government would consider Ban Ki-moon’s request, which was conveyed during a meeting with the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, in Malaysia yesterday. |
| Brandis replied that the government’s policies had successfully “stopped the people smuggling trade” and deaths at sea, and had led to a reduction in the number of children in detention. | Brandis replied that the government’s policies had successfully “stopped the people smuggling trade” and deaths at sea, and had led to a reduction in the number of children in detention. |
| We won’t be going back to the bad old days; we won’t be embracing those failed policies - not for a moment. | We won’t be going back to the bad old days; we won’t be embracing those failed policies - not for a moment. |
| Hanson-Young followed up by asking about the asylum-seeker boat that was seen near Christmas Island on Friday. | Hanson-Young followed up by asking about the asylum-seeker boat that was seen near Christmas Island on Friday. |
| Brandis said the government did not comment on “on-water matters”. | Brandis said the government did not comment on “on-water matters”. |
| 4.24am GMT | 4.24am GMT |
| 04:24 | 04:24 |
| Is that a diary I see before me? | Is that a diary I see before me? |
| 4.20am GMT | 4.20am GMT |
| 04:20 | 04:20 |
| Condoléances. | Condoléances. |
| 4.18am GMT | 4.18am GMT |
| 04:18 | 04:18 |
| Tony Abbott and Kevin Andrews have a chat while Malcolm Turnbull tells the chamber, Australia will not go it alone to send troops to Syria. | Tony Abbott and Kevin Andrews have a chat while Malcolm Turnbull tells the chamber, Australia will not go it alone to send troops to Syria. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.18am GMT | at 4.18am GMT |
| 4.13am GMT | 4.13am GMT |
| 04:13 | 04:13 |
| Shalailah Medhora reports from the senate that attorney general George Brandis revealed the latest statistics on foreign fighters. | Shalailah Medhora reports from the senate that attorney general George Brandis revealed the latest statistics on foreign fighters. |
| 4.10am GMT | 4.10am GMT |
| 04:10 | 04:10 |
| Dreyfus asks Mal Brough as special minister of state responsibility for ministerial integrity, is it appropriate for a person to procure another person to access restricted data held on a government computer? | Dreyfus asks Mal Brough as special minister of state responsibility for ministerial integrity, is it appropriate for a person to procure another person to access restricted data held on a government computer? |
| I welcome the question and I point out to the shadow minister - as he should know above all else - that it’s integrity, in all things parliamentary, are essential. This is no different. | I welcome the question and I point out to the shadow minister - as he should know above all else - that it’s integrity, in all things parliamentary, are essential. This is no different. |