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| Day 17 of the election campaign, as it happened | |
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| Good night and good luck | Good night and good luck |
| As delightful as the late afternoon heart starter was, I think it’s time to say enough from Politics Live for today. Thanks to Mel Davey and to Gabi Chan for their services to live coverage today, and thanks to all of you for reading. | As delightful as the late afternoon heart starter was, I think it’s time to say enough from Politics Live for today. Thanks to Mel Davey and to Gabi Chan for their services to live coverage today, and thanks to all of you for reading. |
| Let’s close out by reflecting on the events of the day. | Let’s close out by reflecting on the events of the day. |
| Mel Davey will be back at first light then I will be back live from 8.30am tomorrow. Have a lovely evening. | Mel Davey will be back at first light then I will be back live from 8.30am tomorrow. Have a lovely evening. |
| 8.24am BST | 8.24am BST |
| 08:24 | 08:24 |
| Glancing north | Glancing north |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Quickly to other matters. Malarndirri McCarthy, a former ABC journo and member of the Northern Territory legislative assembly, has thrown her hat in the ring to replace Nova Peris. Peris resigned as a Labor senator for the Norther Territory on Tuesday to pursue a job in the AFL. McCarthy is a Yanyuwa Garrawa woman from Borroloola in the NT. Between 2005 and 2012, she was a member of the NT legislative assembly and was a minister in the Labor government. There’s already been a bit of a stir around the fact McCarthy currently lives in Sydney, although a spokesman said she had done so since 2012 to stay with her sick father and she will move back to the NT if she is selected for the Senate spot. Guardian Australia also understands Cathryn Tilmouth is considering running for the spot. Tilmouth is a former adviser to Labor resources minister, Martin Ferguson, and currently works for Ken Vowles, a member of the NT legislative assembly. Tilmouth is the daughter of Aboriginal former Central Land Council director, the late Tracker Tilmouth. According to reports Peris’ chief of staff, Ursula Raymond, is also considering a run. Raymond has worked for the Fred Hollows Foundation, the ABC, and the Northern Land Council. | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.58am BST | |
| 8.13am BST | 8.13am BST |
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| While Mathias Cormann is out speaking to reporters he slots in a correction to his own stumble earlier in the day, when he accidentally delivered a glowing endorsement to the Labor leader Bill Shorten. Malcolm Turnbull is an extremely caring fellow. Cormann looks ever so slightly sheepish, but mostly, amused. | While Mathias Cormann is out speaking to reporters he slots in a correction to his own stumble earlier in the day, when he accidentally delivered a glowing endorsement to the Labor leader Bill Shorten. Malcolm Turnbull is an extremely caring fellow. Cormann looks ever so slightly sheepish, but mostly, amused. |
| What a time to be alive. | What a time to be alive. |
| 8.08am BST | 8.08am BST |
| 08:08 | 08:08 |
| 8.07am BST | 8.07am BST |
| 08:07 | 08:07 |
| The Liberals have already stood up their campaign spokesman, Mathias Cormann, in the Mural Hall. | The Liberals have already stood up their campaign spokesman, Mathias Cormann, in the Mural Hall. |
| Labor is in complete chaos! | Labor is in complete chaos! |
| 8.06am BST | 8.06am BST |
| 08:06 | 08:06 |
| 'I don't have the answer' | 'I don't have the answer' |
| Just rolling back to nail the Feeney segment on the budget. | Just rolling back to nail the Feeney segment on the budget. |
| Q: Will Labor keep the school kids’ bonus? | Q: Will Labor keep the school kids’ bonus? |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| The... well we... in terms – the baby bonus? | The... well we... in terms – the baby bonus? |
| Q: School kids’ bonus... | Q: School kids’ bonus... |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| The – well I – you’d have to refer to our relevant shadow. I’ve been a little, ah, distracted over the last few days. | The – well I – you’d have to refer to our relevant shadow. I’ve been a little, ah, distracted over the last few days. |
| Q: This is a $4.5bn measure it stops, the last payment goes out the door in July, Labor has railed against it and we don’t know whether you’re going to keep it or not! | Q: This is a $4.5bn measure it stops, the last payment goes out the door in July, Labor has railed against it and we don’t know whether you’re going to keep it or not! |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| Chris Bowen – Tony Burke – have extensively discussed the shambolic press conference that was yesterday – | Chris Bowen – Tony Burke – have extensively discussed the shambolic press conference that was yesterday – |
| Q: I’m not talking about that, I’m asking you about the school kids’ bonus, real policy, this is a real policy, real payment, that according to Labor the families rely on week by week, are you going to keep it or not? | Q: I’m not talking about that, I’m asking you about the school kids’ bonus, real policy, this is a real policy, real payment, that according to Labor the families rely on week by week, are you going to keep it or not? |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| I refer to the relevant shadow, I don’t have the answer. | I refer to the relevant shadow, I don’t have the answer. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.22am BST | at 8.22am BST |
| 8.02am BST | 8.02am BST |
| 08:02 | 08:02 |
| Feeney was on the program with the cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos, who enjoyed a brief moment of discomfort when Speers asked him about Michael Yabsley’s comments to Four Corners about political donations earlier this week. | Feeney was on the program with the cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos, who enjoyed a brief moment of discomfort when Speers asked him about Michael Yabsley’s comments to Four Corners about political donations earlier this week. |
| Yabsley, a former fundraiser for the Liberal party, suggested on Four Corners he knew banned donations from property developers were coming in through the Free Enterprise Foundation. “In a couple of cases, yes. We’re talking about property developers, owners of certain licensed premises. I don’t think it was a great secret about the fact that that was happening,” Yabsley said. | Yabsley, a former fundraiser for the Liberal party, suggested on Four Corners he knew banned donations from property developers were coming in through the Free Enterprise Foundation. “In a couple of cases, yes. We’re talking about property developers, owners of certain licensed premises. I don’t think it was a great secret about the fact that that was happening,” Yabsley said. |
| Speers then wondered what Arthur Sinodinos, a former Liberal party treasurer, knew about the donations. Nothing, he said. Sinodinos said Yabsley’s statement to Four Corners was at odds with his sworn evidence in Icac on the donations issue. “It varies with his sworn evidence to Icac.” | Speers then wondered what Arthur Sinodinos, a former Liberal party treasurer, knew about the donations. Nothing, he said. Sinodinos said Yabsley’s statement to Four Corners was at odds with his sworn evidence in Icac on the donations issue. “It varies with his sworn evidence to Icac.” |
| Sinodinos then revealed himself as a supporter of campaign finance reform. He said he favoured real time disclosure of donations, and restricting donations to people on the electoral roll. | Sinodinos then revealed himself as a supporter of campaign finance reform. He said he favoured real time disclosure of donations, and restricting donations to people on the electoral roll. |
| 7.54am BST | 7.54am BST |
| 07:54 | 07:54 |
| Never a truer word. | Never a truer word. |
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| Feeney came on the program to sweep up the remaining debris from last week. There was a complete mea culpa on the Northcote house. The Labor man noted for the record that he had never forgotten that he owned a $2m house, he had only forgotten to declare it, a bout of absentmindedness that had achieved nothing more than “three days of humiliation.” He said he’d initially declined to confirm whether he was negatively gearing the Northcote property because his wife did the finances in his house. | Feeney came on the program to sweep up the remaining debris from last week. There was a complete mea culpa on the Northcote house. The Labor man noted for the record that he had never forgotten that he owned a $2m house, he had only forgotten to declare it, a bout of absentmindedness that had achieved nothing more than “three days of humiliation.” He said he’d initially declined to confirm whether he was negatively gearing the Northcote property because his wife did the finances in his house. |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| I didn’t want to wing it. | I didn’t want to wing it. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.07am BST | at 8.07am BST |
| 7.47am BST | 7.47am BST |
| 07:47 | 07:47 |
| Before Speers rolled round to the budget discussion, Feeney admitted he had produced the major own goal of Labor’s campaign to date with the undeclared house imbroglio. | Before Speers rolled round to the budget discussion, Feeney admitted he had produced the major own goal of Labor’s campaign to date with the undeclared house imbroglio. |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| Unfortunately that’s a trophy I managed to secure last week. | Unfortunately that’s a trophy I managed to secure last week. |
| 7.39am BST | 7.39am BST |
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| 'You haven’t got the cabinet on today, you’ve just got little old me.' | 'You haven’t got the cabinet on today, you’ve just got little old me.' |
| Sky News made much last week of the Labor man, David Feeney, pulling out of a regular segment when the controversy blew up about his undeclared $2m Northcote house. Feeney has crept back into the Sky studios this afternoon, but likely regrets that decision now. | Sky News made much last week of the Labor man, David Feeney, pulling out of a regular segment when the controversy blew up about his undeclared $2m Northcote house. Feeney has crept back into the Sky studios this afternoon, but likely regrets that decision now. |
| Sky political editor David Speers has just completely carved him up over Labor’s budget plans. Feeney had no idea about Labor’s position on several issues, and he knew he was in terrible trouble. | Sky political editor David Speers has just completely carved him up over Labor’s budget plans. Feeney had no idea about Labor’s position on several issues, and he knew he was in terrible trouble. |
| Feeney said Labor would produce budget repair that was fair (which is Labor’s holding formulation.) Speers thought the viewers might like some detail. | Feeney said Labor would produce budget repair that was fair (which is Labor’s holding formulation.) Speers thought the viewers might like some detail. |
| Q: What will we get under Labor? | Q: What will we get under Labor? |
| David Feeney: | David Feeney: |
| You haven’t got the cabinet on today, you’ve just got little old me. | You haven’t got the cabinet on today, you’ve just got little old me. |
| And on it went for three or four excruciating minutes of abject cluelessness. | And on it went for three or four excruciating minutes of abject cluelessness. |
| 7.01am BST | 7.01am BST |
| 07:01 | 07:01 |
| 'All men should have a couple of au pairs' | 'All men should have a couple of au pairs' |
| The deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has just been on 2GB for a brief chat ahead of tonight’s regional debate in Goulburn with Joel Fitzgibbon and Richard Di Natale. | The deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has just been on 2GB for a brief chat ahead of tonight’s regional debate in Goulburn with Joel Fitzgibbon and Richard Di Natale. |
| Joyce has offered some general advice concerning the weedy little man wearing too much jewelry (that would be Johnny Depp) after Depp noted on a US chat show that Joyce looks like he’s “inbred with a tomato” – the best approach to interpersonal relations with the movie star is “let him blow himself out.” | Joyce has offered some general advice concerning the weedy little man wearing too much jewelry (that would be Johnny Depp) after Depp noted on a US chat show that Joyce looks like he’s “inbred with a tomato” – the best approach to interpersonal relations with the movie star is “let him blow himself out.” |
| Joyce’s host on 2GB moved on to other matters, expressing astonishment that the Greens leader would be part of tonight’s debate, noting, delicately: “What the hell is he doing there?” Joyce made some observations about the Greens and rural issues that that weren’t entirely easy to follow. The conversation swerved then into the recent controversy surrounding the Greens leader and the hiring of au pairs. Barnaby Joyce seemed keen on some home help. | Joyce’s host on 2GB moved on to other matters, expressing astonishment that the Greens leader would be part of tonight’s debate, noting, delicately: “What the hell is he doing there?” Joyce made some observations about the Greens and rural issues that that weren’t entirely easy to follow. The conversation swerved then into the recent controversy surrounding the Greens leader and the hiring of au pairs. Barnaby Joyce seemed keen on some home help. |
| All men should have a couple of au pairs. | All men should have a couple of au pairs. |
| 6.41am BST | 6.41am BST |
| 06:41 | 06:41 |
| Have you seen these posters round and about? | Have you seen these posters round and about? |
| ~Someone~ Complained To The AEC About Those Turnbull Posters https://t.co/F8e9Bi7ZGn pic.twitter.com/QFIPYBttzX | ~Someone~ Complained To The AEC About Those Turnbull Posters https://t.co/F8e9Bi7ZGn pic.twitter.com/QFIPYBttzX |
| I’m not quite sure who had this story first today but Buzzfeed is reporting the artist has been contacted by the Australian Electoral Commission. The graphic designer Michael Agzarian has told BuzzFeed “he was contacted by the AEC almost as soon as the posters went up, to be told they violate electoral advertising laws. The issue, Agzarian was told, was that the posters didn’t contain the necessary authorisation disclosures - something the designer says he completely understands.” | I’m not quite sure who had this story first today but Buzzfeed is reporting the artist has been contacted by the Australian Electoral Commission. The graphic designer Michael Agzarian has told BuzzFeed “he was contacted by the AEC almost as soon as the posters went up, to be told they violate electoral advertising laws. The issue, Agzarian was told, was that the posters didn’t contain the necessary authorisation disclosures - something the designer says he completely understands.” |
| The identity of the person making the complaint remains mysterious, but if you are collector, you might want to get them while they’re hot. | The identity of the person making the complaint remains mysterious, but if you are collector, you might want to get them while they’re hot. |
| 6.30am BST | 6.30am BST |
| 06:30 | 06:30 |
| I know we are #ausvotes all the way here, however reader Benton Wecker has shared some mildly astonishing news (astonishing to me at least, because I haven’t had time to glance in the direction of the US since our election contest opened, so I am seriously behind the times.) | I know we are #ausvotes all the way here, however reader Benton Wecker has shared some mildly astonishing news (astonishing to me at least, because I haven’t had time to glance in the direction of the US since our election contest opened, so I am seriously behind the times.) |
| For the first time ever @RealClearNews polling average has #Trump leading #Clinton https://t.co/IjobHi3AUK @TheKouk @GrogsGamut @murpharoo | For the first time ever @RealClearNews polling average has #Trump leading #Clinton https://t.co/IjobHi3AUK @TheKouk @GrogsGamut @murpharoo |
| According to the RCP poll average of Trump versus Clinton, Trump is on 43.4 and Clinton on 43.2. Yowsers. | According to the RCP poll average of Trump versus Clinton, Trump is on 43.4 and Clinton on 43.2. Yowsers. |
| 6.22am BST | 6.22am BST |
| 06:22 | 06:22 |
| Some Instagram views of the hustings today from our own Mike Bowers, and Fairfax Media’s Andrew Meares. | Some Instagram views of the hustings today from our own Mike Bowers, and Fairfax Media’s Andrew Meares. |
| 6.06am BST | 6.06am BST |
| 06:06 | 06:06 |
| Given Mathias Cormann’s entirely accidental endorsement of Bill Shorten has been running on a high rotation on the live news channels since the moment the slip happened, the Coalition’s campaign spokesman is out now with the Dyson on the twitters. | Given Mathias Cormann’s entirely accidental endorsement of Bill Shorten has been running on a high rotation on the live news channels since the moment the slip happened, the Coalition’s campaign spokesman is out now with the Dyson on the twitters. |
| I was clearly feeling some sympathy for Mr Shorten this morning, given the size of his budget black hole. #illbeback #ausvotes | I was clearly feeling some sympathy for Mr Shorten this morning, given the size of his budget black hole. #illbeback #ausvotes |