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| Malcolm Turnbull: 'people smugglers will not prevail over our sovereignty' – politics live | |
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| The insult - “potato head” - was just hurled across the chamber. | |
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| I missed this earlier. From an AAP report: | |
| The government has moved to pressure sports organisations into recognising gender equality in travel policies for Australian athletes. | |
| Federal sports minister Sussan Ley is demanding the policy as a condition of federal government funding, and along with Australian Sports Commission chairman John Wylie, has written to the top 30 funded organisations on the issue. | |
| “In 2016 we can think of no defensible reason why male and female athletes should travel in different classes or stay in different standard accommodation when attending major international sporting events,” Ley said in a statement on Wednesday. | |
| YES, minister. | |
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| Chris Bowen is prosecuting a matter of public importance that: | |
| The Turnbull government’s failure to properly invest in education to ensure Australians are ready for the jobs of the future. | |
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| Labor to Turnbull: The Australian Financial Review reports today that McDonalds halved its tax bill last year by funnelling payments through Singapore. Why does the prime minister have a plan to make Macca’s customers pay a 15% GST but no plan for making sure McDonalds pays their fair share of tax? | |
| Turnbull says he won’t go to individual companies but talks about the new laws which have passed on multinational tax avoidance. | |
| What this law provides is that businesses with a turnover of over a billion dollars, have got to report how much tax they pay in every jurisdiction so that everybody will know how much they are paying. | |
| He said the law changed the test to so that “it makes it much, much more straight forward for the ATO to levy tax”. | |
| Scott Morrison gets a question about the same law and with that, question time is over. | |
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| Bill Shorten mentions to MUA workers, some of whom were sacked, in the galleries. A government MP must have laughed and Tanya Plibersek gets stuck in, saying “they have families you know”. | |
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| A Dixer to major projects minister Paul Fletcher: With NBN optic fibre starting to roll out in my home town of Goulburn, in the north of my electorate in the Oaks and Oakdale, in Bundanoon, Southern Highlands, around Picton, Bargo in coming weeks, could the minister outline how the NBN will bring fast, reliable internet to all homes and businesses in my electorate of Hume? | |
| We have now 1.65 million premises able to receive a service. Of course when Labor left office the number was a derisory 348,000... | |
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| Tony Burke to Malcolm Turnbull: Given the Parliamentary Budget Office costings have multinational tax policy at $7bn, tobacco excise at $47bn, superannuation loopholes at 14billion, which together with the abolition of the emissions reduction fundraise more than $70 billion, exactly which costing was the Prime Minister disagreeing with in Question Time yesterday? | Tony Burke to Malcolm Turnbull: Given the Parliamentary Budget Office costings have multinational tax policy at $7bn, tobacco excise at $47bn, superannuation loopholes at 14billion, which together with the abolition of the emissions reduction fundraise more than $70 billion, exactly which costing was the Prime Minister disagreeing with in Question Time yesterday? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| The savings that have been announced by Labor, are claimed by Labor to amount to $8bn, that’s around $2bn a year so on average their claimed savings would cover around 0.4% of spending every year. Now they would still need to find...another $50bn over the next four years to make up for the shortfall of the savings they’re blocking . | The savings that have been announced by Labor, are claimed by Labor to amount to $8bn, that’s around $2bn a year so on average their claimed savings would cover around 0.4% of spending every year. Now they would still need to find...another $50bn over the next four years to make up for the shortfall of the savings they’re blocking . |
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| The Greens, through Rachel Siewert, have lodged a disallowance motion in the senate to stop the Ceduna cashless welfare card trials from going ahead. | The Greens, through Rachel Siewert, have lodged a disallowance motion in the senate to stop the Ceduna cashless welfare card trials from going ahead. |
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| Resources minister Josh Frydenberg gets a Dixer about the resources sector, particularly in the electorate of Durack. | Resources minister Josh Frydenberg gets a Dixer about the resources sector, particularly in the electorate of Durack. |
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| Plibersek to Morrison: Given the Australian economy is experiencing global volatility, low wages growth, falling consumer confidence and a slow-down in China, has the government done any modelling on the impact on the economy of increasing the price of everything with a 15% GST and if not, why not? | Plibersek to Morrison: Given the Australian economy is experiencing global volatility, low wages growth, falling consumer confidence and a slow-down in China, has the government done any modelling on the impact on the economy of increasing the price of everything with a 15% GST and if not, why not? |
| Morrison says he doesn’t know of a proposal for a tax on everything (given the GST is not on food etc) and says the conversation on tax reform remains open. | Morrison says he doesn’t know of a proposal for a tax on everything (given the GST is not on food etc) and says the conversation on tax reform remains open. |
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| A health Dixer to Sussan Ley asks about new breakthrough medicines. The government has funded a new drug but I am just checking spelling and details. I will clarify after question time. | A health Dixer to Sussan Ley asks about new breakthrough medicines. The government has funded a new drug but I am just checking spelling and details. I will clarify after question time. |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: The Prime Minister has now been in office for 141 days, he’s had 141 days to tell the Australian people about his plan to increase the GST. Will the Prime Minister increase the GST to 15%? Yes or no? | Shorten to Turnbull: The Prime Minister has now been in office for 141 days, he’s had 141 days to tell the Australian people about his plan to increase the GST. Will the Prime Minister increase the GST to 15%? Yes or no? |
| Turnbull says there is a “live debate” on tax and GST informed by the government, the states and others. The government is considering all options, no decision has been made and when a decision is made, Shorten will be the first to know. He says. | Turnbull says there is a “live debate” on tax and GST informed by the government, the states and others. The government is considering all options, no decision has been made and when a decision is made, Shorten will be the first to know. He says. |
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| A Dixer to health minister Sussan Ley on an update on the zika virus. | A Dixer to health minister Sussan Ley on an update on the zika virus. |
| Ley says people should take note of travel advice, particularly if they are pregnant or considering getting pregnant. It is a notifiable disease so the federal government is working with the states to disinfect carriers at the borders. | Ley says people should take note of travel advice, particularly if they are pregnant or considering getting pregnant. It is a notifiable disease so the federal government is working with the states to disinfect carriers at the borders. |
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| Bowen to Morrison: Was the Minister for education correct when he stated that the figures for schools funding for 2018 in the budget are indicative only? | Bowen to Morrison: Was the Minister for education correct when he stated that the figures for schools funding for 2018 in the budget are indicative only? |
| Morrison fudges the answer. | Morrison fudges the answer. |
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| A Dixer to Warren Truss from Ken O’Dowd: Will the minister update the house on how the Coalition government is delivering economic benefits to the communities across Australia? | A Dixer to Warren Truss from Ken O’Dowd: Will the minister update the house on how the Coalition government is delivering economic benefits to the communities across Australia? |
| I think O’Dowd followed that question with a bark. | I think O’Dowd followed that question with a bark. |
| Truss is going through the Stronger Regions fund and the Bridges program. | Truss is going through the Stronger Regions fund and the Bridges program. |
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| Bowen to Morrison: yesterday the minister for education said the government’s school funding from 2018 is, and I quote, “indicative only.” But on the same day the minister for finance said, and I quote, “The formula we’ve put into the trajectory beyond 2018 is the number that’s currently reflected in the Budget and that reflects the government’s policy position.” Treasurer, who is right? | Bowen to Morrison: yesterday the minister for education said the government’s school funding from 2018 is, and I quote, “indicative only.” But on the same day the minister for finance said, and I quote, “The formula we’ve put into the trajectory beyond 2018 is the number that’s currently reflected in the Budget and that reflects the government’s policy position.” Treasurer, who is right? |
| Morrison quotes the figures in the budget and then says the government is assuring education spending by getting the budget under control. | Morrison quotes the figures in the budget and then says the government is assuring education spending by getting the budget under control. |
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| Christopher Pyne gets a Dixer on the Australian Building and Construction Commission. | Christopher Pyne gets a Dixer on the Australian Building and Construction Commission. |
| He might win the prize for getting “jobs and growth” more times than any other minister into one answer. | He might win the prize for getting “jobs and growth” more times than any other minister into one answer. |
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| Chris Bowen to Morrison: Why did the treasurer fail to mention another Paul Keating quote from this morning, and I quote, “The GST is just a flat bang-you-over-the-head tax. It changes nothing. No behaviour other than to put the tax weight on to the wrong people”. | Chris Bowen to Morrison: Why did the treasurer fail to mention another Paul Keating quote from this morning, and I quote, “The GST is just a flat bang-you-over-the-head tax. It changes nothing. No behaviour other than to put the tax weight on to the wrong people”. |
| Morrison refers to Keating’s brief GST campaign in the Hawke government. | Morrison refers to Keating’s brief GST campaign in the Hawke government. |
| We all remember it was Mr Keating himself who was the proponent of option C for a consumption tax all those years ago. | We all remember it was Mr Keating himself who was the proponent of option C for a consumption tax all those years ago. |
| After yattah yattah, Morrison says re tax: | After yattah yattah, Morrison says re tax: |
| These are the decisions governments have to make and we’re going through a very open process, we’re consulting. | These are the decisions governments have to make and we’re going through a very open process, we’re consulting. |
| 3.28am GMT | 3.28am GMT |
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| Dixer to the treasurer Scott Morrison on “sound fiscal policy”. It involves jobs and growth. | Dixer to the treasurer Scott Morrison on “sound fiscal policy”. It involves jobs and growth. |
| Morrison is quoting Paul Keating. (There is something for everyone in Keating’s comments.) | Morrison is quoting Paul Keating. (There is something for everyone in Keating’s comments.) |
| I agree with Paul Keating because he said today that higher taxes for higher spending is not a plan for jobs and growth. What he said today is the big falls in commodity prices mean Australia’s income has been cut. We cannot pretend we can go on spending as though nothing has happened. | I agree with Paul Keating because he said today that higher taxes for higher spending is not a plan for jobs and growth. What he said today is the big falls in commodity prices mean Australia’s income has been cut. We cannot pretend we can go on spending as though nothing has happened. |
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| Cathy McGowan: Will the Minister please outline to the House the new funding arrangements under the jobs for family childcare packages and guaranteed assistance to support the move to the new childcare funding scheme particularly for mobile childcare services in rural locations currently funded under the budget-based funding programs? | Cathy McGowan: Will the Minister please outline to the House the new funding arrangements under the jobs for family childcare packages and guaranteed assistance to support the move to the new childcare funding scheme particularly for mobile childcare services in rural locations currently funded under the budget-based funding programs? |
| Luke Hartsuyker: | Luke Hartsuyker: |
| For the first time, families using the (mobile) service will be eligible to claim the same assistance as families using other types of childcare. The subsidy will be paid directly to childcare providers and the income will be assured, which is great news, and it will also be able to be expanded as the size of the particular service increases. These providers have not previously had this opportunity. | For the first time, families using the (mobile) service will be eligible to claim the same assistance as families using other types of childcare. The subsidy will be paid directly to childcare providers and the income will be assured, which is great news, and it will also be able to be expanded as the size of the particular service increases. These providers have not previously had this opportunity. |
| 3.23am GMT | 3.23am GMT |
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| Labor to Turnbull: Why did the Liberal party promise to match school funding dollar for dollar before the election but after the election announced a cut which is the equivalent of $3.2 million for every school in Australia or the equivalent as sacking one in seventeachers? Isn’t this just another example of the Prime Minister saying one thing and doing another? | Labor to Turnbull: Why did the Liberal party promise to match school funding dollar for dollar before the election but after the election announced a cut which is the equivalent of $3.2 million for every school in Australia or the equivalent as sacking one in seventeachers? Isn’t this just another example of the Prime Minister saying one thing and doing another? |
| Unlike the leader of the opposition, the government will not promise money first and then seek to negotiate outcomes later. | Unlike the leader of the opposition, the government will not promise money first and then seek to negotiate outcomes later. |
| Turnbull uses Weatherill’s comments again. He says Labor thinks money is the answer to everything. And says Labor’s school funding has not been costed. | Turnbull uses Weatherill’s comments again. He says Labor thinks money is the answer to everything. And says Labor’s school funding has not been costed. |
| (The point of the Gonski reforms was to rebalance funding according to need.) | (The point of the Gonski reforms was to rebalance funding according to need.) |
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| A Dixer on the innovation agenda to Turnbull. | A Dixer on the innovation agenda to Turnbull. |
| The unquestionable fact of life for us is that if we are to maintain our success as a high-wage generous social welfare net first-world economy, if we want our children and grandchildren to have high-quality jobs, well-paying jobs, then we have to be at the frontier of innovation and what we need to do in many respects is to change the culture of business and of government. We need to move to a culture that does notassume the way you did things yesterday is any longer appropriate. | The unquestionable fact of life for us is that if we are to maintain our success as a high-wage generous social welfare net first-world economy, if we want our children and grandchildren to have high-quality jobs, well-paying jobs, then we have to be at the frontier of innovation and what we need to do in many respects is to change the culture of business and of government. We need to move to a culture that does notassume the way you did things yesterday is any longer appropriate. |
| 3.13am GMT | 3.13am GMT |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: The national Catholic education commission has warned the government’s $30bn cuts to schools will mean, and I quote, “Fees will increase,schools could close and the quality of education will be compromised. In light of this serious warning, why is the prime minister persisting with his cuts to schools, refusing to adopt Labor’s Your Child Our Future plan which will give every student in every school every opportunity. | Shorten to Turnbull: The national Catholic education commission has warned the government’s $30bn cuts to schools will mean, and I quote, “Fees will increase,schools could close and the quality of education will be compromised. In light of this serious warning, why is the prime minister persisting with his cuts to schools, refusing to adopt Labor’s Your Child Our Future plan which will give every student in every school every opportunity. |
| Turnbull flicks the question to well-known frontbencher Luke Hartsuyker. Minister for vocational education. | Turnbull flicks the question to well-known frontbencher Luke Hartsuyker. Minister for vocational education. |
| 3.10am GMT | 3.10am GMT |
| 03:10 | 03:10 |
| A Dixer to Turnbull on the government’s “steadfast” commitment to border control. | A Dixer to Turnbull on the government’s “steadfast” commitment to border control. |
| Turnbull comes out stronger than he has so far on asylum seeker border policy. | Turnbull comes out stronger than he has so far on asylum seeker border policy. |
| Nobody should ever doubt the resolve of this government to keep our borders secure. To prevent the people smuggling racket, to break their business model and keep lives safe, to prevent drownings at sea and to protect vulnerable people from being exploited by ruthless criminal gangs. Twice in our history, Coalition governments have acted decisively to ensure that this pernicious, criminal trade of people smuggling cannot succeed. Our commitment today is simply this: The people smugglers will not prevail over our sovereignty. Our borders are secure. The line has to be drawn somewhere and it is drawn at our border. | Nobody should ever doubt the resolve of this government to keep our borders secure. To prevent the people smuggling racket, to break their business model and keep lives safe, to prevent drownings at sea and to protect vulnerable people from being exploited by ruthless criminal gangs. Twice in our history, Coalition governments have acted decisively to ensure that this pernicious, criminal trade of people smuggling cannot succeed. Our commitment today is simply this: The people smugglers will not prevail over our sovereignty. Our borders are secure. The line has to be drawn somewhere and it is drawn at our border. |
| 3.06am GMT | 3.06am GMT |
| 03:06 | 03:06 |
| Turnbull says Labor is creating a scare campaign on school funding. | Turnbull says Labor is creating a scare campaign on school funding. |
| School funding will continue to grow and schools can make those decisions with confidence. | School funding will continue to grow and schools can make those decisions with confidence. |
| He reminds the parliament of South Australia premier Jay Weatherill’s critical comments question the costings on Labor’s schools policy. | He reminds the parliament of South Australia premier Jay Weatherill’s critical comments question the costings on Labor’s schools policy. |