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| Turnbull and Shorten clash at Question time – politics live | |
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| 3.09am GMT | |
| 03:09 | |
| A Dorothy Dixer allowing the prime minister to conclude Labor are terrible flip floppers on Senate voting reform. | |
| Bill Shorten is back with a question for Malcolm Turnbull. | |
| Q: Isn’t it the case that the prime minister has made a deal with the Greens political party to change the Senate voting rules so that if he wins the election he can force absolutely anything he wants through the parliament just like John Howard did with Work Choices? Isn’t this part of the government’s plan to force through measures from the 2014 Budget which are still listed in the Senate? | |
| Turnbull feels this analysis is no more than a rather miserable conspiracy theory. | |
| He [Shorten] knows full well that the reason we are supporting the reform of the Senate voting system is precisely the reason he and his party supported it until very recently. | |
| 3.05am GMT | |
| 03:05 | |
| Question time | |
| The hour of glower will be positively peaceful when compared with the senate performance this morning. Labor opens today on the budget. When is it? Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen. | |
| Q: We already know the budget is scheduled for 10 May. Is that the date the treasurer will actually deliver it? | |
| Treasurer, Scott Morrison: | |
| The budget on 10 May, it’s going to be a very important budget ... | |
| 3.02am GMT | |
| 03:02 | |
| Shalailah Medhora | |
| Quickly before question time. Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, appears cool on the idea of forced deportation of failed refugees. Zarif was in Canberra on Tuesday for a meeting with his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop. He said Australia was “within its legal rights” to consider deportations, but that Tehran “cannot force them to come back to Iran. We don’t have any objection to Iranian citizens coming back to Iran voluntarily,” he said. “If anybody wants to come back voluntarily, we always take our citizens with pride.” | |
| Bishop had hoped to finalise a deal on the forced return of people who had had their refugee claims rejected, but on Tuesday conceded that “consular discussions” on the issue were ongoing. | |
| 2.59am GMT | |
| 02:59 | |
| I say it often. How good is that Mike Bowers? | |
| 2.56am GMT | |
| 02:56 | |
| I’m sorry, Bill Shorten’s speech got lost in the wash there. I’ll circle back round after question time. A few things to circle round on today. Question time is coming up. | |
| 2.53am GMT | |
| 02:53 | |
| 2.48am GMT | |
| 02:48 | |
| Labor’s senate leader is on her feet with a short summation of the morning’s proceedings. Penny Wong has been granted a five minute statement. | |
| Wong says it’s a pretty extraordinary day when the Greens vote with Cory Bernardi against the senate considering marriage equality. What happened to the party’s mantra on marriage equality .. | |
| Every Green, every vote, every time. | |
| Except today. | |
| Today we are voting with senator Bernardi. | |
| You might want to interject but everyone knows what you’ve done today. | |
| Wong says pushing off the debate to private senators’ time would mean the issue gets one hour’s consideration on Thursday. No vote. Today, we could have forced a vote, Wong says. Where is your backbone? Wong wonders. Where is Greens leadership? | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.51am GMT | |
| 2.40am GMT | |
| 02:40 | |
| Meanwhile, back at atomic wedgie central. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.42am GMT | |
| 2.37am GMT | |
| 02:37 | |
| Because there wasn’t quite enough on, the foreign minister Julie Bishop is now holding a press conference with her Iranian counterpart, foreign minister Dr Javad Zarif. The Iranian foreign minister has just made an interesting contribution on the vexed subject of human rights. | |
| I am happy we discussed important issues including human rights. We need to have a more serious approach to human rights where human rights does not become an instrument of political pressure but, rather, for Iran as a country, as the only serious country in the region that holds elections and people can vent their frustrations at the ballot box instead of through violence and extremism, we hope that the improvement of human rights, which is a duty for all of us, towards our citizens and towards the international community should be and could be carried out more impartially and without political considerations. | |
| 2.32am GMT | 2.32am GMT |
| 02:32 | 02:32 |
| His concerns about filibustering notwithstanding, Parry waves Lazarus through. Lazarus wants to talk about coal seam gas. Hairless animals. Children with nosebleeds. | His concerns about filibustering notwithstanding, Parry waves Lazarus through. Lazarus wants to talk about coal seam gas. Hairless animals. Children with nosebleeds. |
| Distracted, interjecting across the chamber, Glenn Lazarus: | Distracted, interjecting across the chamber, Glenn Lazarus: |
| Hey, you got 500 votes! | Hey, you got 500 votes! |
| 2.29am GMT | 2.29am GMT |
| 02:29 | 02:29 |
| Senate president Stephen Parry, penny clearly dropping. | Senate president Stephen Parry, penny clearly dropping. |
| If I was allow this to continue, it could go on all day. | If I was allow this to continue, it could go on all day. |
| (Yes, quite.) | (Yes, quite.) |
| 2.26am GMT | 2.26am GMT |
| 02:26 | 02:26 |
| In the Senate, Queenslander Glenn Lazarus is now proceeding with his procedural derailment. The government is attempting to shut this down quick sticks. | In the Senate, Queenslander Glenn Lazarus is now proceeding with his procedural derailment. The government is attempting to shut this down quick sticks. |
| 2.24am GMT | 2.24am GMT |
| 02:24 | 02:24 |
| Shorten joins the Greens in saying no to another Senate week in May | Shorten joins the Greens in saying no to another Senate week in May |
| Down at the NPC, Shorten is asked whether or not he’d support bringing the Senate back early to bring the budget forward a week? | Down at the NPC, Shorten is asked whether or not he’d support bringing the Senate back early to bring the budget forward a week? |
| Nope, nope, nope, says Shorten. | Nope, nope, nope, says Shorten. |
| Bill Shorten: | Bill Shorten: |
| No, at this stage, with the information we have to hand, no. | No, at this stage, with the information we have to hand, no. |
| Why should Australia have to pay another $5m because Mr Turnbull’s boxed himself into a corner? | Why should Australia have to pay another $5m because Mr Turnbull’s boxed himself into a corner? |
| 2.20am GMT | 2.20am GMT |
| 02:20 | 02:20 |
| Atomic wedgies, everywhere you look. | Atomic wedgies, everywhere you look. |
| Greens voting to prevent consideration of their own marriage equality bill. Using the gag. | Greens voting to prevent consideration of their own marriage equality bill. Using the gag. |
| 2.18am GMT | 2.18am GMT |
| 02:18 | 02:18 |
| Class A senate banter. | Class A senate banter. |
| "Shame on you! You're a disgrace to the other Wiggles" - @samdastyari heckles."You're Mr Bean!" @SenatorSurfer replies. | "Shame on you! You're a disgrace to the other Wiggles" - @samdastyari heckles."You're Mr Bean!" @SenatorSurfer replies. |
| 2.16am GMT | 2.16am GMT |
| 02:16 | 02:16 |
| Yep, capital C cranky, Labor’s senate leader. | Yep, capital C cranky, Labor’s senate leader. |
| Sen Di Natale just spoke on marriage equality. Now voting for a gag to stop me speaking. No principle, no conviction, no courage. | Sen Di Natale just spoke on marriage equality. Now voting for a gag to stop me speaking. No principle, no conviction, no courage. |
| 2.14am GMT | 2.14am GMT |
| 02:14 | 02:14 |
| Penny Wong, to Di Natale, at ear shattering volume. | Penny Wong, to Di Natale, at ear shattering volume. |
| You don’t even have the courage to let me speak! | You don’t even have the courage to let me speak! |
| 2.12am GMT | 2.12am GMT |
| 02:12 | 02:12 |
| In the Senate, LDP senator David Leyonhjelm is on his feet attempting to bring on consideration of the Greens bill on marriage equality. Let’s avoid a divisive and expensive plebiscite, he says, and legislate, like grown ups. Let’s avoid a situation where Australians are asked to vote on somebody else’s rights. | In the Senate, LDP senator David Leyonhjelm is on his feet attempting to bring on consideration of the Greens bill on marriage equality. Let’s avoid a divisive and expensive plebiscite, he says, and legislate, like grown ups. Let’s avoid a situation where Australians are asked to vote on somebody else’s rights. |
| Greens leader Richard Di Natale responds in the debate. He says the Greens want this issue discussed on Thursday. He says there is no more fervent supporter of marriage equality than the Australian Greens. Di Natale says the Greens have been consistent on this issue, they haven’t sniffed the political winds. | Greens leader Richard Di Natale responds in the debate. He says the Greens want this issue discussed on Thursday. He says there is no more fervent supporter of marriage equality than the Australian Greens. Di Natale says the Greens have been consistent on this issue, they haven’t sniffed the political winds. |
| Richard Di Natale: | Richard Di Natale: |
| The question is now for you Senator Wong. Will you, through your actions, through a vote on Thursday ... implement a democratic reform? | The question is now for you Senator Wong. Will you, through your actions, through a vote on Thursday ... implement a democratic reform? |
| Are you playing wedge politics with an issue? | Are you playing wedge politics with an issue? |
| Penny Wong takes a point of order. She says if she’s not going to keep being gagged, she’d like a right of reply. | Penny Wong takes a point of order. She says if she’s not going to keep being gagged, she’d like a right of reply. |
| Richard Di Natale, continuing: | Richard Di Natale, continuing: |
| If they [Labor] are not prepared to do that, these are crocodile tears! | If they [Labor] are not prepared to do that, these are crocodile tears! |
| The government is pushing this through. Wong is ropable. She’s roaring her head off down there. | The government is pushing this through. Wong is ropable. She’s roaring her head off down there. |
| 2.04am GMT | 2.04am GMT |
| 02:04 | 02:04 |
| Back at the National Press Club, the Labor leader Bill Shorten. | Back at the National Press Club, the Labor leader Bill Shorten. |
| I have worked with employers in management ... for nearly 20 years, but I will never accept an Australian economy where a vast under-class of Australians are trapped for working for $6 an hour. | I have worked with employers in management ... for nearly 20 years, but I will never accept an Australian economy where a vast under-class of Australians are trapped for working for $6 an hour. |