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| PM grilled on Senate voting reform, super and Queensland nickel – politics live | PM grilled on Senate voting reform, super and Queensland nickel – politics live |
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| 6.02am GMT | |
| 06:02 | |
| So long, farewell | |
| Right, that will do for today. Thank you for your company, it’s been a truckload of laughs as ever. Let’s sum up Tuesday. | |
| There was probably more, but that’s sufficient for now. See you in the morning. | |
| 5.43am GMT | |
| 05:43 | |
| Speaking of flying below the radar. Xenophon, Nick Xenophon. Very quiet during the atomic wedgie hour in the Senate today. | |
| 5.39am GMT | |
| 05:39 | |
| Having now had a moment to review the Shorten speech at lunchtime I can report it was a broad ranging pitch in part setting up a new report on inequality that will be released by Labor’s families spokeswoman, Jenny Macklin, tomorrow. | |
| The speech was about establishing a principle: tackling inequality is a growth strategy and a productivity strategy. There’s some interesting content in the speech on under-employment: people working part time who want to work full time, people allegedly employed full time who are only offered part time hours. I suspect this is a big, sleeper, political issue. | |
| The Shorten analysis was part of building to commitment to full employment. We’ll presumably get more detail in the Macklin report tomorrow. The Labor think tank, Chifley, has also been doing a lot of work behind the scenes over the past couple of years on inequality. All pretty interesting, this debate, and one that flies below the radar in Australia, largely because we missed the global financial crisis, and the middle class in Australia has not been thumped on the scale the middle class has been thumped in the US. | |
| 5.22am GMT | 5.22am GMT |
| 05:22 | 05:22 |
| Now Mark, about your seat. | Now Mark, about your seat. |
| (Pure speculation on our part, this. Barnaby, seeking a new seat. Just a little joke.) | (Pure speculation on our part, this. Barnaby, seeking a new seat. Just a little joke.) |
| 5.14am GMT | 5.14am GMT |
| 05:14 | 05:14 |
| From today, radio silence will be restored. | From today, radio silence will be restored. |
| While I’m reading Bill Shorten’s speech at the press club to bring myself up to speed with what I missed during the senate’s atomic wedgie hour – the Labor man Stephen Smith is reversing his own ferret in Perth. One of the strangest political stories in recent times – the former federal minister’s bid to become leader of the state Labor party in WA when he wasn’t even in the state parliament – is over. Stephen Smith is returning to life as a private citizen. | While I’m reading Bill Shorten’s speech at the press club to bring myself up to speed with what I missed during the senate’s atomic wedgie hour – the Labor man Stephen Smith is reversing his own ferret in Perth. One of the strangest political stories in recent times – the former federal minister’s bid to become leader of the state Labor party in WA when he wasn’t even in the state parliament – is over. Stephen Smith is returning to life as a private citizen. |
| 4.49am GMT | 4.49am GMT |
| 04:49 | 04:49 |
| A little bit of chamber from Magic Mike. | A little bit of chamber from Magic Mike. |
| 4.45am GMT | 4.45am GMT |
| 04:45 | 04:45 |
| Greens leader Richard Di Natale has held a press conference. Given there’s no ceiling on the time set aside to consider the Senate voting reform legislation, the Greens leader is asked when he expects the debate to conclude. He says that’s up to the Senate. Meaning really that’s up to Labor. The Greens leader says also the Senate can vote on marriage equality on Thursday if Labor plays ball. | Greens leader Richard Di Natale has held a press conference. Given there’s no ceiling on the time set aside to consider the Senate voting reform legislation, the Greens leader is asked when he expects the debate to conclude. He says that’s up to the Senate. Meaning really that’s up to Labor. The Greens leader says also the Senate can vote on marriage equality on Thursday if Labor plays ball. |
| 4.36am GMT | 4.36am GMT |
| 04:36 | 04:36 |
| I’ve been in the thread. Normal transmission will resume directly. | I’ve been in the thread. Normal transmission will resume directly. |
| 4.18am GMT | 4.18am GMT |
| 04:18 | 04:18 |
| Time for me to take stock. Give me a few minutes, and I’ll be back with what we’ve missed and with the afternoon in Canberra. | Time for me to take stock. Give me a few minutes, and I’ll be back with what we’ve missed and with the afternoon in Canberra. |
| 4.16am GMT | 4.16am GMT |
| 04:16 | 04:16 |
| Question time is over. | Question time is over. |
| Clive Palmer seeks a personal explanation. He says the prime minister has misrepresented his role in Queensland Nickel. Palmer says he has not been in control of the company, and the administrator has decided not to pay workers entitlements, not him. | Clive Palmer seeks a personal explanation. He says the prime minister has misrepresented his role in Queensland Nickel. Palmer says he has not been in control of the company, and the administrator has decided not to pay workers entitlements, not him. |
| 4.12am GMT | 4.12am GMT |
| 04:12 | 04:12 |
| Bowen is back with a niggle. He notes the government has previously said it will release a tax policy before the budget, but today, the advice is wait until the budget. | Bowen is back with a niggle. He notes the government has previously said it will release a tax policy before the budget, but today, the advice is wait until the budget. |
| Malcolm Turnbull: | Malcolm Turnbull: |
| I thank the honourable member for his question and appreciate his curiosity in the government’s timing on tax but I can assure him all the government tax policy, all of it, will be set out in full in the budget. | I thank the honourable member for his question and appreciate his curiosity in the government’s timing on tax but I can assure him all the government tax policy, all of it, will be set out in full in the budget. |
| (Well, you’d hope so. That is the convention.) | (Well, you’d hope so. That is the convention.) |
| 4.08am GMT | 4.08am GMT |
| 04:08 | 04:08 |
| The prime minister is now deep in flying foxes, birds and light flashing drones. | The prime minister is now deep in flying foxes, birds and light flashing drones. |
| 4.05am GMT | 4.05am GMT |
| 04:05 | 04:05 |
| Bowen is unkind enough to remind the prime minister that Tony Abbott recently observed changes to superannuation tax concessions were “a seniors tax in the shape of more taxes on super.” Does Turnbull agree with Abbott is the question. | Bowen is unkind enough to remind the prime minister that Tony Abbott recently observed changes to superannuation tax concessions were “a seniors tax in the shape of more taxes on super.” Does Turnbull agree with Abbott is the question. |
| Malcolm Turnbull thinks now is the time to talk about Labor’s negative gearing policy. What a botch up this is, he thinks. | Malcolm Turnbull thinks now is the time to talk about Labor’s negative gearing policy. What a botch up this is, he thinks. |
| 4.01am GMT | 4.01am GMT |
| 04:01 | 04:01 |
| The best minister in the world is summonsed to the dispatch box to speak about foreshore land release in Sydney. Greg Hunt is heckled about his recent accolade. A quick retort. | The best minister in the world is summonsed to the dispatch box to speak about foreshore land release in Sydney. Greg Hunt is heckled about his recent accolade. A quick retort. |
| They never said that of you! | They never said that of you! |
| The backbench quite likes that one. Chortling ensues. | The backbench quite likes that one. Chortling ensues. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.42am GMT | at 4.42am GMT |
| 3.58am GMT | 3.58am GMT |
| 03:58 | 03:58 |
| Shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen. | Shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen. |
| Q: Last year the treasurer said, and I quote: “The government has made it crystal clear that we have no interest in increasing taxes on superannuation now or in the future.” Does the treasurer stand by this remark and will the treasurer rule out making changes to superannuation which reduced the retirement incomes of low and middle income Australians? | Q: Last year the treasurer said, and I quote: “The government has made it crystal clear that we have no interest in increasing taxes on superannuation now or in the future.” Does the treasurer stand by this remark and will the treasurer rule out making changes to superannuation which reduced the retirement incomes of low and middle income Australians? |
| The treasurer isn’t inclined to rule things out. Not at this point. | The treasurer isn’t inclined to rule things out. Not at this point. |
| 3.55am GMT | 3.55am GMT |
| 03:55 | 03:55 |
| The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has gone from kids in detention to Labor’s negative gearing policy and back again. Just because. | The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has gone from kids in detention to Labor’s negative gearing policy and back again. Just because. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.43am GMT | at 4.43am GMT |
| 3.53am GMT | 3.53am GMT |
| 03:53 | 03:53 |
| Labor’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, would like to know whether the prime minister agrees that a hike in the tobacco tax is a revenue-raising measure that’s consistent with guidance from the WHO. He accepts it is a revenue-raising measure. | Labor’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, would like to know whether the prime minister agrees that a hike in the tobacco tax is a revenue-raising measure that’s consistent with guidance from the WHO. He accepts it is a revenue-raising measure. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.44am GMT | at 4.44am GMT |