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| Budget blowout, offshore processing and building watchdog - as it happened | Budget blowout, offshore processing and building watchdog - as it happened |
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| Night time politics | Night time politics |
| Tomorrow, there is a report due from Goodstart and PWC on the economic impact of childcare. | Tomorrow, there is a report due from Goodstart and PWC on the economic impact of childcare. |
| Thanks so much for your company, comments and wit. I leave you with the wit of Matt Hatter, riffing off one MP calling another a potato head. | Thanks so much for your company, comments and wit. I leave you with the wit of Matt Hatter, riffing off one MP calling another a potato head. |
| Goodnight. | Goodnight. |
| @gabriellechan Perhaps it's a reference to the new penchant for facial hair, or extending the GST to fresh food. pic.twitter.com/GDTd8fx5gP | @gabriellechan Perhaps it's a reference to the new penchant for facial hair, or extending the GST to fresh food. pic.twitter.com/GDTd8fx5gP |
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| Daniel Hurst | Daniel Hurst |
| The Turnbull government’s budget forecasts will blow out by $9.6bn over the next four years, or $44.7bn within a decade, if IT fails to clinch parliamentary approval for stalled savings measures, new figures show. | The Turnbull government’s budget forecasts will blow out by $9.6bn over the next four years, or $44.7bn within a decade, if IT fails to clinch parliamentary approval for stalled savings measures, new figures show. |
| A report by the parliamentary budget office reveals the cumulative impact of unlegislated measures that are already factored into the budget bottom line. | A report by the parliamentary budget office reveals the cumulative impact of unlegislated measures that are already factored into the budget bottom line. |
| Wednesday’s report has emboldened the government’s political opponents, who argued it showed the flimsy state of the deficit forecasts and also proved many Tony Abbott-era cuts remained on the agenda. | Wednesday’s report has emboldened the government’s political opponents, who argued it showed the flimsy state of the deficit forecasts and also proved many Tony Abbott-era cuts remained on the agenda. |
| But the figures also illustrate the Coalition’s difficulties in the Senate, as the government considers changes to electoral laws to counter the impact of micro-parties before the next election. Malcolm Turnbull said last week the government was trying to make “prudent” savings but “one of our challenges is that so many of them are being blocked in the Senate”. | But the figures also illustrate the Coalition’s difficulties in the Senate, as the government considers changes to electoral laws to counter the impact of micro-parties before the next election. Malcolm Turnbull said last week the government was trying to make “prudent” savings but “one of our challenges is that so many of them are being blocked in the Senate”. |
| Scott Morrison’s budget update in December predicted an underlying cash deficit of $37.4bn this financial year, with a cumulative shortfall of $108.3bn over the four-year cycle. But these deficit figures would be $9.6bn worse over the four-year period if the treasurer’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook had not assumed the passage of a raft of unlegislated savings measures. | Scott Morrison’s budget update in December predicted an underlying cash deficit of $37.4bn this financial year, with a cumulative shortfall of $108.3bn over the four-year cycle. But these deficit figures would be $9.6bn worse over the four-year period if the treasurer’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook had not assumed the passage of a raft of unlegislated savings measures. |
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| The health minister’s office has provided the following details on the new drug listing: | The health minister’s office has provided the following details on the new drug listing: |
| Effective from 01 February 2016, the Government has listed the drug Ruxolitinib (Jakavi®) for the treatment of the rare condition of Myelofibrosis. | Effective from 01 February 2016, the Government has listed the drug Ruxolitinib (Jakavi®) for the treatment of the rare condition of Myelofibrosis. |
| Myelofibrosis is a debilitating and potentially life-threatening condition that affects approximately four in every 100,000 Australians. | Myelofibrosis is a debilitating and potentially life-threatening condition that affects approximately four in every 100,000 Australians. |
| This is an investment of over $180 million over the next four years, allowing over 950 cancer patients to receive PBS subsidised treatment. | This is an investment of over $180 million over the next four years, allowing over 950 cancer patients to receive PBS subsidised treatment. |
| Without the PBS subsidy, they would face costs of up to $100,000 per year for this essential treatment. | Without the PBS subsidy, they would face costs of up to $100,000 per year for this essential treatment. |
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| Shalailah Medhora | Shalailah Medhora |
| A motion calling on the government to urgently address telephone waiting times for welfare service provider Centrelink has just passed the Senate. | A motion calling on the government to urgently address telephone waiting times for welfare service provider Centrelink has just passed the Senate. |
| Labor and the Greens joined forces to back the motion, which highlighted the massive jump in complaints made about the agency in the last 12 months. | Labor and the Greens joined forces to back the motion, which highlighted the massive jump in complaints made about the agency in the last 12 months. |
| In the 2014-15 financial year, just over 11,500 complaints were made about long waiting times and for calls not getting through to the agency. | In the 2014-15 financial year, just over 11,500 complaints were made about long waiting times and for calls not getting through to the agency. |
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| You know that Senate motion on the failure to appoint a sex discrimination commissioner for 150 days? It passed. | You know that Senate motion on the failure to appoint a sex discrimination commissioner for 150 days? It passed. |
| The Greens’ deputy leader, Larissa Waters: | The Greens’ deputy leader, Larissa Waters: |
| Women have been waiting on the Turnbull Liberal government for more than 150 days now to appoint a new sex discrimination Commissioner. In that 150 days, we’ve seen rampant high-profile cases of sexism, including from government ministers, which a sex discrimination commissioner could have spoken out about. | Women have been waiting on the Turnbull Liberal government for more than 150 days now to appoint a new sex discrimination Commissioner. In that 150 days, we’ve seen rampant high-profile cases of sexism, including from government ministers, which a sex discrimination commissioner could have spoken out about. |
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| What is Mal Brough looking at? | What is Mal Brough looking at? |
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| Onya Bowers. | Onya Bowers. |
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| The insult – “potato head” – was just hurled across the chamber. | The insult – “potato head” – was just hurled across the chamber. |
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| I missed this earlier. From an AAP report: | 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. | 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. | 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. | “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. | YES, minister. |
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| Chris Bowen is prosecuting a matter of public importance that: | 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. | 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 McDonald’s 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 McDonald’s pays their fair share of tax? | Labor to Turnbull: The Australian Financial Review reports today that McDonald’s 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 McDonald’s 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. | 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. | 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”. | 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. | Scott Morrison gets a question about the same law and, with that, question time is over. |
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| Bill Shorten mentions 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”. | Bill Shorten mentions 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 the 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? | A Dixer to the 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 1.65m premises able to receive a service. Of course, when Labor left office, the number was a derisory 348,000... | We have now 1.65m premises able to receive a service. Of course, when Labor left office, the number was a derisory 348,000... |
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