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| Malcolm Turnbull lays a wreath at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris – politics live | Malcolm Turnbull lays a wreath at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris – politics live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 9.25pm GMT21:25 | |
| Thanks to my colleague Shalailah Medhora for the Morrison quotes, which are from the Viewpoint show. | |
| 9.18pm GMT21:18 | |
| Scott Morrison, fire fighter | |
| To Scott Morrison now, and the events of February. Morrison was asked on Sky News whether he was offered treasury by Turnbull early in 2015. | |
| Scott Morrison: | |
| I do recollect talking to Malcolm Turnbull, he’s a cabinet colleague of mine, it wasn’t that extraordinary that cabinet colleagues would talk to each other. | |
| Q: About the leadership issues and the treasury position? | |
| It was a difficult time and we had a backbench-initiated spill motion. That’s almost a year ago now. It’s all well in the past. Nothing came of it. | |
| There was no arrangement, no deal, no offers, none of this stuff. I think it was just excited commentary, and it sounds like people are trying to get a lot out the door in terms of Christmas purchases of books. | |
| That’s what’s known in the trade as the non-denial denial. | |
| Couple of thoughts on this. | |
| 8.53pm GMT20:53 | 8.53pm GMT20:53 |
| Good morning | Good morning |
| Hello good people and welcome to bedlam. We have entered the final parliamentary sitting week of 2015. The long range atmospheric forecast is scattered, with a strong chance of chaos. | Hello good people and welcome to bedlam. We have entered the final parliamentary sitting week of 2015. The long range atmospheric forecast is scattered, with a strong chance of chaos. |
| Let’s start with scattered. | Let’s start with scattered. |
| Malcolm Turnbull has arrived in Paris to make his short presentation at the UN climate talks. The opposition leader Bill Shorten is also in the French capital – presumably with an aspiration to be the prime minister’s externalised conscience when it comes to the current ambition of Australia’s emissions reduction targets. | Malcolm Turnbull has arrived in Paris to make his short presentation at the UN climate talks. The opposition leader Bill Shorten is also in the French capital – presumably with an aspiration to be the prime minister’s externalised conscience when it comes to the current ambition of Australia’s emissions reduction targets. |
| Before hitting the climate shindig, Turnbull stopped first at the Bataclan concert venue with the New Zealand prime minister John Key. | Before hitting the climate shindig, Turnbull stopped first at the Bataclan concert venue with the New Zealand prime minister John Key. |
| The two leaders paid their respects at the venue that bore the brunt of the horrific terror attacks in the city just a couple of weeks ago. I see from the TV feed that the PM tried a little French during his visit at the theatre. | The two leaders paid their respects at the venue that bore the brunt of the horrific terror attacks in the city just a couple of weeks ago. I see from the TV feed that the PM tried a little French during his visit at the theatre. |
| Turnbull made some brief remarks (in English) before laying a wreath. | Turnbull made some brief remarks (in English) before laying a wreath. |
| We are here – the New Zealand prime minister and the Australian prime minister and our wives – and we are here offering the people of France, the people of Paris, our most heartfelt condolences and our unflinching solidarity in the face of this terrorism. We are all together. We are with France. We are with the people of Paris. We are with all people committed to freedom in this battle against terrorism, against violence, against violent extremism. | We are here – the New Zealand prime minister and the Australian prime minister and our wives – and we are here offering the people of France, the people of Paris, our most heartfelt condolences and our unflinching solidarity in the face of this terrorism. We are all together. We are with France. We are with the people of Paris. We are with all people committed to freedom in this battle against terrorism, against violence, against violent extremism. |
| My live coverage of national politics this week will loop in the events in the other hemisphere as much as possible. Marvellously my colleague Lenore Taylor is now wheels down in Paris and will be covering the summit developments. | My live coverage of national politics this week will loop in the events in the other hemisphere as much as possible. Marvellously my colleague Lenore Taylor is now wheels down in Paris and will be covering the summit developments. |
| Now, to chaos. | Now, to chaos. |
| The last week of parliament is always ears pinned back, hair flying and this week is unlikely to be an exception. Parliament needs to get through a bunch of business this week, including the controversial citizenship legislation which is part of the counter terror package(s). | The last week of parliament is always ears pinned back, hair flying and this week is unlikely to be an exception. Parliament needs to get through a bunch of business this week, including the controversial citizenship legislation which is part of the counter terror package(s). |
| Outside chamber nuts and bolts there’s also some embers burning again courtesy of Fairfax Media’s Peter Hartcher tossing over the Abbott/Turnbull leadership fire. Hartcher revives the story this morning that Scott Morrison was offered the treasury portfolio by Malcolm Turnbull in the run up to the failed spill motion in February. Morrison has already been out on that and I’ll talk you through that in the next post. | Outside chamber nuts and bolts there’s also some embers burning again courtesy of Fairfax Media’s Peter Hartcher tossing over the Abbott/Turnbull leadership fire. Hartcher revives the story this morning that Scott Morrison was offered the treasury portfolio by Malcolm Turnbull in the run up to the failed spill motion in February. Morrison has already been out on that and I’ll talk you through that in the next post. |
| In the meantime, the comments thread is wide open for your business and we are up and at ‘em on the Twits @murpharoo and @mpbowers | In the meantime, the comments thread is wide open for your business and we are up and at ‘em on the Twits @murpharoo and @mpbowers |
| Buckle up. Here comes Monday. | Buckle up. Here comes Monday. |