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| Australian election 2016: Concessional loans for dairy farmers 'have failed in the past', says Labor – politics live | |
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| Meanwhile, back with the bovines. | |
| The star of the @FarmerPower1 rally @theweeklytimes #ausdairy pic.twitter.com/7CtuVAo0hD | |
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| While we are still in Melbourne, it looks like Team Feeney needs to look sharp on the Labor’s MP’s social media presence. | |
| Folks strapped in for the duration of the campaign know that David Feeney hit a spot of bother last week when it was discovered he owned a $2m house that he forgot to declare on the register of pecuniary interests. | |
| Now, one of his Facebook pages describes Feeney as a former member of parliament. That characterisation seems a little pessimistic given we are still a distance from election day. Fortunately the description is correct on his professional page. | |
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| Cows in the city, Labor leaders in Moonee Ponds. Bill Shorten has been pounding the pavement in his electorate, with Mike Bowers in hot pursuit. | |
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| Meanwhile the cows are hitting the streets in Melbourne. | |
| Dairy farmers protest on the steps of Parliament over low milk prices. #TenNews #dairylove #putyourbootsout pic.twitter.com/ZTPXjDWloT | |
| 4.18am BST | |
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| Fitzgibbon is asked about tonight’s debate between himself and Joyce which is up the road in Goulburn. | |
| It will be gloves off between me and Barnaby, you can be sure about that. It’s compulsory viewing. | |
| (Step back folks, the fur, it be flying.) | |
| 4.11am BST | |
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| 'These loans have been a failure in the past' | |
| The shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon is on the ABC now talking about the dairy package. Fitzgibbon is upset there wasn’t consultation about this package given we are currently in a caretaker period. He also says concessional loans are not enough, the government needs to be conscious about cash flow for farmers. | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon: | |
| The operative words that Barnaby Joyce uttered today were these, if you can prove you are eligible [for the concessional loan]. These loans have been a failure in the past. We have an audit office report a fortnight ago saying they were badly designed and administered by the government. | |
| Look, I welcome the concessional loans as part of a package. But on their own they are not enough. We have to focus on cash flow. Farmers need cash in their pockets to pay the bills and keep the banks from the front gate. | |
| [Barnaby Joyce] hasn’t outlined the criteria other than to say that if you can prove your eligible. I don’t know what the eligibility criteria is but those words have alarm bells ringing in my ears. I suspect nothing has changed and people won’t get access to the loans. In the past the processes have been very slow. These people need help now. How long will it take? | |
| 4.01am BST | 4.01am BST |
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| Treasurer: Home Alone | Treasurer: Home Alone |
| The treasurer Scott Morrison has been at a campaign event, and addressed reporters a few moments ago. Given the key development of yesterday, which I’ve dubbed Black Hole, The Musical, (a somewhat risible ride through Labor’s alleged fiscal deficiencies, which sadly lacked the key element of such a sortie: exocet precision) – Morrison gets some questions punctuating his the jobs and growth talking points. | The treasurer Scott Morrison has been at a campaign event, and addressed reporters a few moments ago. Given the key development of yesterday, which I’ve dubbed Black Hole, The Musical, (a somewhat risible ride through Labor’s alleged fiscal deficiencies, which sadly lacked the key element of such a sortie: exocet precision) – Morrison gets some questions punctuating his the jobs and growth talking points. |
| Q: You’ve talked about Labor’s finances, but going through your black hole yesterday there are twelve items valued at $40m. They are incorrect? | Q: You’ve talked about Labor’s finances, but going through your black hole yesterday there are twelve items valued at $40m. They are incorrect? |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| Let’s explain what’s happened yesterday. | Let’s explain what’s happened yesterday. |
| It’s like a Hollywood film. The parents come home from a weekend away and the kids turn up and say they only burnt down half the house. That’s what Tony Burke said yesterday. He burnt down half the house and we should be rewarding him for that fact. | It’s like a Hollywood film. The parents come home from a weekend away and the kids turn up and say they only burnt down half the house. That’s what Tony Burke said yesterday. He burnt down half the house and we should be rewarding him for that fact. |
| (Morrison then goes on to say he actually meant to get it wrong.) | (Morrison then goes on to say he actually meant to get it wrong.) |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| We were candid yesterday, we said there was a black hole up to $67bn. We were clear about the various buckets of spending we were referring to. $35bn – we said were contestable areas that Labor had to clarify. | We were candid yesterday, we said there was a black hole up to $67bn. We were clear about the various buckets of spending we were referring to. $35bn – we said were contestable areas that Labor had to clarify. |
| (Ah yes, we flushed the vandals out! See, success!) | (Ah yes, we flushed the vandals out! See, success!) |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| After we held our press conference yesterday, the Labor party clarified things. They clarified for the first time they were supporting superannuation measures we put in the budget. They walked away from their commitments on the superannuation guarantee levy. This we welcome them clarifying, that but Labor’s defence is this – they say it’s not a $67bn black hole, just a $37bn black hole. They only challenged $30bn of the amounts that were listed in our press conference of yesterday. | After we held our press conference yesterday, the Labor party clarified things. They clarified for the first time they were supporting superannuation measures we put in the budget. They walked away from their commitments on the superannuation guarantee levy. This we welcome them clarifying, that but Labor’s defence is this – they say it’s not a $67bn black hole, just a $37bn black hole. They only challenged $30bn of the amounts that were listed in our press conference of yesterday. |
| We were quite open about the fact it remained open for Labor to go and go over that detail and confirm what their position was. So they confirmed to voters all over the country that they support 90% of the cuts that we’ve made to foreign aid. | We were quite open about the fact it remained open for Labor to go and go over that detail and confirm what their position was. So they confirmed to voters all over the country that they support 90% of the cuts that we’ve made to foreign aid. |
| There are questions that still remain. Will they restore the school kids bonus, will they reverse the changes in social security and we’re seeking to make further changes going forward. There are big questions for Labor to explain. They may have challenged $30bn of the figures but they are $37bn [out] and it’s still going. | There are questions that still remain. Will they restore the school kids bonus, will they reverse the changes in social security and we’re seeking to make further changes going forward. There are big questions for Labor to explain. They may have challenged $30bn of the figures but they are $37bn [out] and it’s still going. |
| They have six weeks to spend a lot more money on Bill Shorten’s spend-o-meter. That’s what we are seeing from Bill Shorten in the campaign – a spend-o-meter and it will keep racking up and as long as Bill Shorten’s lips are moving, the spend-o-meter is increasing. | They have six weeks to spend a lot more money on Bill Shorten’s spend-o-meter. That’s what we are seeing from Bill Shorten in the campaign – a spend-o-meter and it will keep racking up and as long as Bill Shorten’s lips are moving, the spend-o-meter is increasing. |
| Q: Why is Labor having to qualify if you are making the allegations? Shouldn’t you substantiate? | Q: Why is Labor having to qualify if you are making the allegations? Shouldn’t you substantiate? |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| We have clarified. We deliberately sought yesterday to flush Labor out on trying to walk both sides of the street on a lot of the commitments. There is still some $50bn of questions that Labor needs to answer about how they are spending money. What is clear is Bill Shorten has already spent every single cent of the taxes he says he will raise over the next four years and all of the savings. It’s already all spent. | We have clarified. We deliberately sought yesterday to flush Labor out on trying to walk both sides of the street on a lot of the commitments. There is still some $50bn of questions that Labor needs to answer about how they are spending money. What is clear is Bill Shorten has already spent every single cent of the taxes he says he will raise over the next four years and all of the savings. It’s already all spent. |
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| Katharine Murphy | Katharine Murphy |
| Hello, good people of live blogs. I’m baaaack for your campaign afternoon. As I go live the treasurer Scott Morrison is burning down half a house. Or something. | Hello, good people of live blogs. I’m baaaack for your campaign afternoon. As I go live the treasurer Scott Morrison is burning down half a house. Or something. |
| 3.38am BST | 3.38am BST |
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| Lunchtime politics | Lunchtime politics |
| Thanks for sticking with us. It’s like championship wrestling here because I am struggling to the edge of the ring to tag Katharine Murphy, our soon-to-be political editor. | Thanks for sticking with us. It’s like championship wrestling here because I am struggling to the edge of the ring to tag Katharine Murphy, our soon-to-be political editor. |
| Give her a round of applause please. | Give her a round of applause please. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.46am BST | at 3.46am BST |
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| 03:16 | 03:16 |
| By Mike Bowers. | By Mike Bowers. |
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| John Howard is campaigning with the Liberal MP Fiona Scott in Lindsay. He shrugs off the polls in a grainy Sky interview. | John Howard is campaigning with the Liberal MP Fiona Scott in Lindsay. He shrugs off the polls in a grainy Sky interview. |
| Once the campaign starts, a lot of people for the first time take notice of the opposition leader. I have been through all of this. | Once the campaign starts, a lot of people for the first time take notice of the opposition leader. I have been through all of this. |
| Howard says in the end, people will focus on economic management and Turnbull has successfully run a business. | Howard says in the end, people will focus on economic management and Turnbull has successfully run a business. |
| I believe Malcolm Turnbull will win but, like him, I don’t take the election for granted ... I have seen too much politics to take the outcome for granted. | I believe Malcolm Turnbull will win but, like him, I don’t take the election for granted ... I have seen too much politics to take the outcome for granted. |
| Howard will be out and about during the campaign, including in New England where he has committed to help Joyce. | Howard will be out and about during the campaign, including in New England where he has committed to help Joyce. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.34am BST | at 3.34am BST |
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| Turnbull is asked whether Labor’s black hole is $67bn or $32bn. The PM does not want to say. He is pressed further on the figure. | Turnbull is asked whether Labor’s black hole is $67bn or $32bn. The PM does not want to say. He is pressed further on the figure. |
| $67 billion is the list of the measures that they have either blocked or proposed or said they want us to roll back. Now if they are changing their position, and they have new promises and want to abandon old promises, they are entitled to do it but they should spell it out. | $67 billion is the list of the measures that they have either blocked or proposed or said they want us to roll back. Now if they are changing their position, and they have new promises and want to abandon old promises, they are entitled to do it but they should spell it out. |
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| Turnbull says more work needs to be done on the Melbourne Metro. | Turnbull says more work needs to be done on the Melbourne Metro. |
| He calls on Labor to clarify its position on foreign aid, which was part of Scott Morrison’s train wreck funding chart. | He calls on Labor to clarify its position on foreign aid, which was part of Scott Morrison’s train wreck funding chart. |
| He says border protection is one of the government’s highest priorities, dropping the fact that it has been 660 days since a “successful people smuggling expedition”. | He says border protection is one of the government’s highest priorities, dropping the fact that it has been 660 days since a “successful people smuggling expedition”. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.33am BST | at 3.33am BST |