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| Senate sits through the night to consider voting reform – politics live | Senate sits through the night to consider voting reform – politics live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 12.10am GMT | |
| 00:10 | |
| I’m not alone. | |
| Q: Is this an acknowledgement that the port of Darwin should not have been sold to a Chinese company? | |
| Scott Morrison: | |
| These thresholds apply to investments above $250m. They’re the normal rules that apply for private investors. There was a set of processes that led to that decision under previous arrangements and I’m not here really to comment on those arrangements, they are considered under the framework that has been in place for sometime. | |
| Q: Would the support of the Darwin port face extra scrutiny under this process? | |
| The port of Darwin is sold. It’s not a matter that is coming up. I don’t intend to engage in hypotheticals. | |
| 12.06am GMT | |
| 00:06 | |
| Over in another part of the building, treasurer Scott Morrison has announced that from 31 March this year the Foreign Investment Review Board will formally review “critical infrastructure assets” sold by state and territory governments. | |
| While governments can and do work with the Commonwealth when selling such assets the proposed change will formalise the process and ensure that future sales of critical infrastructure to privately owned investors are scrutinised under the FIRB arrangements. | |
| Hmm, I’m sensing the sale of the port of Darwin. The sale the Americans didn’t approve of. | |
| Updated | |
| at 12.11am GMT | |
| 11.54pm GMT | |
| 23:54 | |
| The pace is picking up in here considerably. Whipping through amendments now. | |
| 11.52pm GMT | |
| 23:52 | |
| I have asked the Senate on Twitter whether it knows where the current debate sits in the stats about longest continuous political debates. Something astonishing has happened. The Senate has admitted frailty. | |
| @murpharoo most days... today, however... | |
| I think the Senate needs a hug. | |
| Updated | |
| at 12.04am GMT | |
| 11.49pm GMT | |
| 23:49 | |
| I was going to move an amendment to the amendment .. | |
| That’s Ricky Muir. | |
| 11.45pm GMT | |
| 23:45 | |
| There’s some talk down on the floor about the longest continuous Senate debate. I’ll ask the Senate gurus for guidance. | |
| The last division makes the Senate voting reform changes effective from 1 July. That’s a Greens amendment that passed with government support. | |
| Updated | |
| at 11.47pm GMT | |
| 11.38pm GMT | 11.38pm GMT |
| 23:38 | 23:38 |
| The two Senate leaders, Penny Wong and George Brandis, are having an amiable chat across the table while the Greens leader Richard Di Natale is on his feet. Wong looks quite pale. | |
| Updated | |
| at 11.47pm GMT | |
| 11.29pm GMT | 11.29pm GMT |
| 23:29 | 23:29 |
| Shalailah Medhora | Shalailah Medhora |
| Meanwhile, in less sleep-deprived places in parliament house, additional duties worth more than $4m will be applied to foreign steel companies that try to circumvent Australian laws, the industry minister, Christopher Pyne, has announced. | Meanwhile, in less sleep-deprived places in parliament house, additional duties worth more than $4m will be applied to foreign steel companies that try to circumvent Australian laws, the industry minister, Christopher Pyne, has announced. |
| Local producer BlueScope Steel made a complaint to the Anti-Dumping Commissioner against Chinese, Taiwanese and Malaysian companies that changed the composition of steel by adding other elements like boron in order to bypass Australian duties. | Local producer BlueScope Steel made a complaint to the Anti-Dumping Commissioner against Chinese, Taiwanese and Malaysian companies that changed the composition of steel by adding other elements like boron in order to bypass Australian duties. |
| Pyne admitted this morning he had not spoken to counterparts in key export country China over the decision to add the additional duties, but rejected suggestions it would strain relations. | Pyne admitted this morning he had not spoken to counterparts in key export country China over the decision to add the additional duties, but rejected suggestions it would strain relations. |
| “[The steel companies] have breached the Australian rules and we are acting to make sure that they don’t continue to get away with that circumvention,” he said. “So I don’t see how any country, any government, could be disappointed with the Australian government applying the rules.” | “[The steel companies] have breached the Australian rules and we are acting to make sure that they don’t continue to get away with that circumvention,” he said. “So I don’t see how any country, any government, could be disappointed with the Australian government applying the rules.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.38pm GMT | at 11.38pm GMT |
| 11.23pm GMT | 11.23pm GMT |
| 23:23 | 23:23 |
| Ok, we’ve snapped down here now. | Ok, we’ve snapped down here now. |
| Jacinta Collins has just deployed one of her favourite phrases. This is legislation by attrition. She notes that it has taken its toll on Senator Rhiannon. | Jacinta Collins has just deployed one of her favourite phrases. This is legislation by attrition. She notes that it has taken its toll on Senator Rhiannon. |
| Her comprehension has declined. | Her comprehension has declined. |
| The Greens have gone berko, out of their seats. | The Greens have gone berko, out of their seats. |
| Green Larissa Waters: | Green Larissa Waters: |
| Oh, come ON! | Oh, come ON! |
| Richard Di Natale has demanded Collins withdraw her disgraceful attribution to Senator Rhiannon. | Richard Di Natale has demanded Collins withdraw her disgraceful attribution to Senator Rhiannon. |
| Collins is asked to withdraw. She says she will withdraw whatever remark the Greens found offensive. | Collins is asked to withdraw. She says she will withdraw whatever remark the Greens found offensive. |
| It’s not a complete withdrawal of course. She then repeats the line about comprehension declining. The Greens are pretty cranky right now. | It’s not a complete withdrawal of course. She then repeats the line about comprehension declining. The Greens are pretty cranky right now. |
| Collins thinks people might be a bit sleep-deprived. | Collins thinks people might be a bit sleep-deprived. |
| Green Peter Whish-Wilson thinks calling people senile is a bit over the top. | Green Peter Whish-Wilson thinks calling people senile is a bit over the top. |
| Collins is now furious. | Collins is now furious. |
| I did NOT say that! | I did NOT say that! |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.34pm GMT | at 11.34pm GMT |
| 11.17pm GMT | 11.17pm GMT |
| 23:17 | 23:17 |
| Given Jacinta Collins is back into Lee Rhiannon’s Stalinism, I have an opportunity to give you some stats on marathon political debates we have known. | Given Jacinta Collins is back into Lee Rhiannon’s Stalinism, I have an opportunity to give you some stats on marathon political debates we have known. |
| Top of the pops was the native title debate in 1997, which ran for 105hr 56 mins. That was followed by the GST debate (68hr 54 mins) and the carbon pollution reduction scheme debate (68hr 54 mins). | |
| If you’d like the full list, have a look here. | If you’d like the full list, have a look here. |
| Updated | |
| at 11.48pm GMT | |
| 11.10pm GMT | 11.10pm GMT |
| 23:10 | 23:10 |
| I need to remind the Senate of senator Rhiannon’s credibility. | I need to remind the Senate of senator Rhiannon’s credibility. |
| Labor’s Jacinta Collins. | Labor’s Jacinta Collins. |
| We’ve heard this before. | We’ve heard this before. |
| Greens senator Robert Simms. | Greens senator Robert Simms. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.19pm GMT | at 11.19pm GMT |
| 11.05pm GMT | 11.05pm GMT |
| 23:05 | 23:05 |
| Magic Mike and I have just decided to dub the past 35 hours “the festival of over-thinking”. It just felt right. | Magic Mike and I have just decided to dub the past 35 hours “the festival of over-thinking”. It just felt right. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.18pm GMT | at 11.18pm GMT |
| 10.54pm GMT | 10.54pm GMT |
| 22:54 | 22:54 |
| Just vote one will not be a consequence, this will be an objective! | Just vote one will not be a consequence, this will be an objective! |
| This is Family First senator Bob Day on his feet again. | This is Family First senator Bob Day on his feet again. |
| Labor’s Jacinta Collins says an objective, echoing Day. Senator Rhiannon isn’t listening, Collins observes to Day. Rhiannon is bending over in her seat tending to some papers. She shoots a smile to Collins. | Labor’s Jacinta Collins says an objective, echoing Day. Senator Rhiannon isn’t listening, Collins observes to Day. Rhiannon is bending over in her seat tending to some papers. She shoots a smile to Collins. |
| Another division. People are strolling around the chamber, stretching their legs. | Another division. People are strolling around the chamber, stretching their legs. |
| 10.44pm GMT | 10.44pm GMT |
| 22:44 | 22:44 |
| This is what’s known in the trade as a non-denial denial. | This is what’s known in the trade as a non-denial denial. |
| @murpharoo for the record I'm sure i was probably just checking my phone ;-) | @murpharoo for the record I'm sure i was probably just checking my phone ;-) |
| Given Nick Xenophon’s pyjama antics overnight, a new Twitter account has sprung up: Nick Xenophon’s pillow. It has some advice for the Labor man. | Given Nick Xenophon’s pyjama antics overnight, a new Twitter account has sprung up: Nick Xenophon’s pillow. It has some advice for the Labor man. |
| @samdastyari @murpharoo wake up mate | @samdastyari @murpharoo wake up mate |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.02pm GMT | at 11.02pm GMT |
| 10.39pm GMT | 10.39pm GMT |
| 22:39 | 22:39 |
| I’ve come down to the chamber rather than watch the live feed just to get a sense of how the senators are faring. They look surprisingly good. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young is slightly slumped over. Crossbencher John Madigan is sitting on a diagonal. | I’ve come down to the chamber rather than watch the live feed just to get a sense of how the senators are faring. They look surprisingly good. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young is slightly slumped over. Crossbencher John Madigan is sitting on a diagonal. |
| Ricky Muir confesses he’s running out of puff. He’s moving a block of amendments together. Mathias Cormann is a machine. He’s run this show all night, and looks like he could front up for another all-nighter. He just leapt out of his seat to get the call, like a rocket. | Ricky Muir confesses he’s running out of puff. He’s moving a block of amendments together. Mathias Cormann is a machine. He’s run this show all night, and looks like he could front up for another all-nighter. He just leapt out of his seat to get the call, like a rocket. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.03pm GMT | at 11.03pm GMT |
| 10.29pm GMT | 10.29pm GMT |
| 22:29 | 22:29 |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Greens senator Scott Ludlam has told Guardian Australia the Senate reform debate has started running at regular pace. | Greens senator Scott Ludlam has told Guardian Australia the Senate reform debate has started running at regular pace. |
| “It’s incredibly elastic – it could be over in 20 minutes without a gag or it could run until Tuesday. It’s entirely up to the mood. If you forced me to make a prediction I’d say we’ll close this out about 11am”. | “It’s incredibly elastic – it could be over in 20 minutes without a gag or it could run until Tuesday. It’s entirely up to the mood. If you forced me to make a prediction I’d say we’ll close this out about 11am”. |
| After Senate reform there are six or seven uncontroversial bills, but senators may choose to speak on them all the same. | After Senate reform there are six or seven uncontroversial bills, but senators may choose to speak on them all the same. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.01pm GMT | at 11.01pm GMT |
| 10.18pm GMT | 10.18pm GMT |
| 22:18 | 22:18 |
| Labor’s Sam Dastyari, fading fast. | Labor’s Sam Dastyari, fading fast. |
| If you want a micro nap @samdastyari don't sit behind the person with the call #HotTip pic.twitter.com/AOJTw1ysMq | If you want a micro nap @samdastyari don't sit behind the person with the call #HotTip pic.twitter.com/AOJTw1ysMq |