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Malcolm Turnbull under attack over funding of marriage equality plebiscite – politics live First Muslim woman MP Anne Aly gives maiden speech – politics live
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The MP for Lindsay.
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The MP for Dunkley.
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The MP for Cowan.
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The first Muslim woman elected in the parliament, Anne Aly has given a very eloquent first speech.
The deradicalisation expert has talked about attending Catholic, Protestant and state schools. She talked about her life as a single mother and her electorate of Cowan where she came under attack from the justice minister, Michael Keenan, and the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, during the election campaign.
She says growing up in the outer suburbs is more difficult and she called for a strategy to provide better services, infrastructure and jobs in those areas.
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BuzzFeed’s political editor, Mark Di Stefano, has reported:
Attorney general George Brandis has confirmed he personally approached his son’s criminal lawyer, who was also a party donor, to offer a government job with a $370,000-a-year salary.
BuzzFeed News revealed last week that Brandis had appointed Theo Tavoularis, who had previously represented the attorney general’s son in court, to the job in the final days before the election was called earlier this year.
In the Senate, Brandis said there was no conflict of interest.
There is no conflict of interest whatsoever. Since he has served in that office, he has served in an extremely diligent and admired manner.
Labor’s Mark Dreyfus has put out a statement relating to some comments in the Senate.
Attorney general George Brandis has made the astonishing admission this afternoon that he personally approached a lawyer who represented his son and who has donated money to the Liberal National party in order to offer him a senior role on the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) with a salary of $370,000 per year for the next five years.
He has also – by his own admission – failed to notify cabinet of this conflict of interest when it signed off Mr Theo Tavoularis’s appointment.
This is shocking. The attorney general – the first law officer of this country – has effectively admitted to cherry-picking his mate, and an LNP donor, for a prestigious and well-paid appointment without notifying cabinet.
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Labor’s Anne Aly is giving her first speech now.
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Money talks.Money talks.
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Emma Husar, the new Labor MP, is giving her first speech.Emma Husar, the new Labor MP, is giving her first speech.
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The Labor senator Murray Watt has won a motion referring “serious allegations of abuse”, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru regional processing centre to the constitutional and legal affairs references committee.The Labor senator Murray Watt has won a motion referring “serious allegations of abuse”, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru regional processing centre to the constitutional and legal affairs references committee.
This follows the publication of the Nauru files by the Guardian.This follows the publication of the Nauru files by the Guardian.
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The Senate is currently dividing for a motion by Senator Xenophon.The Senate is currently dividing for a motion by Senator Xenophon.
the Senate notes that:the Senate notes that:
(i) on 3 August 2016, the Australian Statistician was interviewed on the ABC television program 7.30 in relation to the 2016 census, and(i) on 3 August 2016, the Australian Statistician was interviewed on the ABC television program 7.30 in relation to the 2016 census, and
(ii) during the interview the Australian Statistician referred to legal advice received from the Australian government solicitor; and(ii) during the interview the Australian Statistician referred to legal advice received from the Australian government solicitor; and
(b) there be laid on the table no later than 3pm on Monday, 12 September 2016, by the minister representing the minister for small business, the legal advice referred to by the Australian Statistician during his appearance on 7.30 on 3 August 2016.(b) there be laid on the table no later than 3pm on Monday, 12 September 2016, by the minister representing the minister for small business, the legal advice referred to by the Australian Statistician during his appearance on 7.30 on 3 August 2016.
Even if Xenophon wins this motion, the government does not need to comply. #justsayingEven if Xenophon wins this motion, the government does not need to comply. #justsaying
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The argument over Senate business continues. Labor says the bill the government was claiming was held up by Labor was not even due in the House until midday but the government filibustered from 10am.The argument over Senate business continues. Labor says the bill the government was claiming was held up by Labor was not even due in the House until midday but the government filibustered from 10am.
David Sharaz of SBS has put this together.David Sharaz of SBS has put this together.
.@SenatorWong attacking the govt for not having legislation to debate in @AuSenate is worth a watch @SBSNews #auspol pic.twitter.com/oBeFePNuJf.@SenatorWong attacking the govt for not having legislation to debate in @AuSenate is worth a watch @SBSNews #auspol pic.twitter.com/oBeFePNuJf
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The Justice party senator Derryn Hinch is due to give his first speech in the Senate at 5ish.The Justice party senator Derryn Hinch is due to give his first speech in the Senate at 5ish.
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Question time is over. The first speeches continue. The Liberal MP for Dunkley, Chris Crewther, is speaking now. (He is the new Bruce Billson.)
Peter Khalil, the new Labor MP for Wills, spoke earlier.
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Tony Burke asked the Speaker to investigate “interference” with MPs following a story that has just appeared in the Daily Telegraph by Simon Benson and Daniel Meers.
The government will lock down parliament to prevent MPs leaving early and a repeat of the chaos that erupted two weeks ago.
Liberal sources told the Daily Telegraph that the leader of the House, Christopher Pyne, has ordered that all eight exits of the parliament be manned by a staffer to stop any Coalition MP leaving the house before the adjournment of business for the day.
The Speaker, Tony Smith, says he will check it out. I think this is just a way of drawing the House’s attention to the story.
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Mike Kelly, the new (former) MP for Eden-Monaro asks Turnbull: Last time the parliament sat the PM lost another eight MPs, including three ministers. Is this what the PM means when he says so far, so good?
Speaker says the question is borderline.
Turnbull launches on Dastyari again, asking Kelly how many people he represents that earn as much as Senator Sam Dastyari?
Not many. I reckon they would love to be able to ring someone up, dial a benefactor. That’s what they would like to do. Dial a benefactor. The bill is too high, the credit card is maxing out, the tax bill is difficult, overdone on the expenses, go to the Dastyari bank. That’s what you want. This is a man who rails against business. Rails against banks. Claims to be standing up for the workers.
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Tony Burke to the PM: Is the PM aware the Liberal party’s list of achievements for the Turnbull government is twice as long as the achievements for the entire Menzies era? Can the PM confirm the achievements by his predecessor for Warringah, and there are others not legislated and achievements not yet achieved, and is the PM capable of talking about his own achievements for three minutes?
Turnbull says strong growth (3.3%) and strong employment were achievements.
Economists around the world predicted that we would have a hard landing. Most countries do. It’s almost inevitable that you will have a hard landing but we didn’t and we haven’t. The reason is because we had clear economic leadership from the government. We have hard-working, agile creative Australian businesses.
He also names the national broadband network as an example of his government’s achievements. Then a government question is asked of Paul Fletcher representing the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, to update the house on the NBN.
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The science and innovation minister, Greg Hunt, is asked to update the house on the innovation and science agenda.
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Labor asks Turnbull about his nominations of achievements of his government: the defence white paper, the China-Australia free-trade agreement and the Transpacific partnership. Given the PM has claimed the member for Warringah’s achievements as his own, does he have plans to copy his duration in office?
In answer to a highly political question, we should get a political answer. And the real question here today about political longevity is the political longevity of the leader of the opposition. So tenuous, Mr Speaker, so under threat, so frightened is this man that he was unwilling to say anything critical of a junior senator from NSW.
Turnbull is continuing on the theme of Dastyari.
Joe Hockey said the age of entitlement is over. I tell you what, it’s only getting started on the Labor side. What an extraordinary sense of entitlement.
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The unbearable lightness of opposition.
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop during #QT @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/bA0y3lNv9h