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| Bill Shorten makes plea for marriage equality: 'How can we call ourselves the land of the fair go?' – live | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 1.19am BST | |
| 01:19 | |
| Bandt: wedding bells could sound before the end of the year | |
| Adam Bandt echoes Labor’s view that the co-sponsors should work together for marriage equality. | |
| If we all work together, we have a real chance to pass marriage equality through parliament sooner rather than later without a divisive and wasteful plebiscite. If we all work together, wedding bells could be sounding before Christmas this year. And at the end of the day, what matters is that marriage equality is passed and the leader of the opposition is right, ultimately no-one will care whose name appeared in what position on this bill. | |
| 1.16am BST | |
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| Crossbenchers introduce marriage equality bill | |
| Adam Bandt, Greens MP, introduces a bill with Cathy McGowan and Andrew Wilkie, who sit either side. | |
| This cross parliamentary bill will remove discrimination from our marriage laws and finally achieve marriage equality in this country. And it’s time that our laws recognise this equality. It’s time that our parliament finally says to every Australian, to every LGBTI Australian, that they and their love are equal. It’s time that we end discrimination and promote acceptance, love and equality for all. | |
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| Shorten: a no campaign would be an emotional torment | |
| Bill Shorten questions the cost of the plebiscite and notes the hurtful campaign | |
| Growing up is hard for everyone but for young Australians grappling with their sexual identity, it can be so much more difficult. Every piece of expert advice tells us young Australians who are gay are more likely to contemplate suicide and more likely to take their own lives. The idea of young people, perhaps yet to come out, seeing the legitimacy of their identity debated on the national stage. That is not an ideal inflicted on any citizen when we have a better path. Let me be as blunt as possible. A ‘No’ campaign would be an emotional torment for gay teenagers and if one child commits suicide over the plebiscite, then that is one too many. | |
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| Bill Shorten says he lives in a blended family and he and wife Chloe chose to get married partly to give their children a sense of formal equality with their other children. | |
| Some might say that marriage equality is a second order issue, identity politics, mere symbolism. But what they need to understand is if you already enjoy a legal right, it is easy to take it for granted. For me, it is as simple as this – in delaying marriage equality, we are not just falling behind the rest of the world, 21 countries who we consider our legal, cultural and social peers, have already moved ahead of us. We are falling short of our own national sense of self. The country we want to see in the mirror, the Australia we tell our children to believe in, how can we call ourselves the land of the fair go if we discriminate against our citizens on the basis of who they are and who they love. And we, who sit in the parliament, trusted with the great privilege of representing all the Australian people, not just some of the Australian people. | |
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| Bill Shorten: | |
| Go down any street in Australia and you can hear these stories, hard-working people raising children, building community, serving the country, made to feel like second class citizens through one last lingering relic of legal prejudice. It’s in our power in this place to change that once and for all. That’s why Labor promise to deliver marriage equality within our first hundred days. Today we seek to honour that promise. | |
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| Shorten is listing a number of individuals who have written to Labor to support marriage equality. | |
| Wilma Lorne is 89, with 14 grandchildren and three of her grandsons are gay. | |
| After her husband of 62 years marriage passed away, Wilma wrote to me about her grandsons and their partners, saying “I see the same love and commitment that my husband and I shared, just as much as all my other grandchildren who are happily married. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to attend their weddings. | |
| 1.03am BST | |
| 01:03 | |
| Labor introduces private members marriage equality bill | |
| Bill Shorten is presenting the marriage equality (*private members bill) in the lower house. | |
| Today is a chance for our parliament to prove its worth...Together we can vote to make marriage equality a reality. | |
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| Parliament begins. Hold on to your hats. | |
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| Apparently Scott Morrison attended the whip’s meeting. | |
| How was the meeting today with Christopher Pyne about making sure we don’t have a repeat of what we saw earlier this month in terms of divisions? | |
| Very constructive. | |
| What was the mood? | |
| Very constructive. | |
| 12.57am BST | |
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| Scott Morrison is asked:Q: You mentioned it’s up to parliament to make decisions when it comes to the economy. Why can’t the parliament make decisions when it comes to human rights? | |
| (This is about marriage equality and the need to have a plebiscite.) | |
| It’s up to the parliament to make decisions on legislation the government puts before it. The government decides what legislation is put before this parliament. When you are successful in an election, you put your agenda to the parliament. That is what we are doing. | |
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| Morrison is asked about the marriage equality split in his party. He won’t enter into the debate. | |
| Q: Warren Entsch and Eric Abetz have come out on opposite sides. Isn’t there a split? | |
| That is your commentary. | |
| 12.52am BST | |
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| Treasurer Scott Morrison is speaking on the need to get the budget savings through the parliament. He won’t say if there is room to move on the budget almost $6bn omnibus bill. | |
| That is a test for the parliament but we are engaging those discussions practically, in good faith, as I think the Australian people expect us to, to get a result. They elected this parliament. It’s the government’s job to work with that parliament to get the result. | |
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| Sean Parnell in the Oz has an interesting story about a proposed crackdown within Medicare. He reports: | Sean Parnell in the Oz has an interesting story about a proposed crackdown within Medicare. He reports: |
| The taskforce reviewing the $21 billion Medicare Benefits Schedule is finalising the most sweeping changes in more than a decade to crack down on rebate rorts and protect patients, including restricting GPs ordering powerful scans for back pain and reducing the number of colonoscopies and sleep tests. | The taskforce reviewing the $21 billion Medicare Benefits Schedule is finalising the most sweeping changes in more than a decade to crack down on rebate rorts and protect patients, including restricting GPs ordering powerful scans for back pain and reducing the number of colonoscopies and sleep tests. |
| The MBS Review Taskforce has called for feedback on a series of landmark recommendations from specialist clinical committees established to examine areas as diverse as diagnostic imaging and maternity care. | The MBS Review Taskforce has called for feedback on a series of landmark recommendations from specialist clinical committees established to examine areas as diverse as diagnostic imaging and maternity care. |
| The new proposals include a requirement for mandatory health testing for pregnant women and new mothers, restrictions on GPs ordering expensive service such as low back scans, and a strict limit on surgeons ordering multiple MBS items for a single service. | The new proposals include a requirement for mandatory health testing for pregnant women and new mothers, restrictions on GPs ordering expensive service such as low back scans, and a strict limit on surgeons ordering multiple MBS items for a single service. |
| The Australian Medical Association may have some firm views about this one though: | The Australian Medical Association may have some firm views about this one though: |
| The committee, tasked with safeguarding Medicare rebates and improving compliance, has called for medical professionals to be required to pass a test on their knowledge of MBS rules and billing requirements before gaining their Medicare provider numbers. | The committee, tasked with safeguarding Medicare rebates and improving compliance, has called for medical professionals to be required to pass a test on their knowledge of MBS rules and billing requirements before gaining their Medicare provider numbers. |
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| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Labor and a group of Greens and independent MPs are going to introduce separate bills for marriage equality into the house of representatives today. | Labor and a group of Greens and independent MPs are going to introduce separate bills for marriage equality into the house of representatives today. |
| The bills are not materially different which raises the question: why are there two of them? It’s a small sign of the tension between Labor and the Greens as both wish to be seen to lead on progressive issues.The Labor equality spokeswoman, Terri Butler, has told Guardian Australia the opposition is fulfilling its election commitment to introduce a bill for marriage equality within 100 days. | The bills are not materially different which raises the question: why are there two of them? It’s a small sign of the tension between Labor and the Greens as both wish to be seen to lead on progressive issues.The Labor equality spokeswoman, Terri Butler, has told Guardian Australia the opposition is fulfilling its election commitment to introduce a bill for marriage equality within 100 days. |
| Greens MP Adam Bandt and independents Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan have urged Labor to sign on to its bill because it’s more likely to win government support if it’s a cross-party effort. | Greens MP Adam Bandt and independents Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan have urged Labor to sign on to its bill because it’s more likely to win government support if it’s a cross-party effort. |
| At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whose name appears on the bill, what matters is it gets passed. Now that the issue of equality is firmly on the national agenda, I’m worried that if one party tries to own it, it will fail, Bandt says. | At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whose name appears on the bill, what matters is it gets passed. Now that the issue of equality is firmly on the national agenda, I’m worried that if one party tries to own it, it will fail, Bandt says. |
| Butler said that it doesn’t matter much, as either bill can be brought on for a vote and there are often two bills or motions seeking to achieve the same thing before parliament. | Butler said that it doesn’t matter much, as either bill can be brought on for a vote and there are often two bills or motions seeking to achieve the same thing before parliament. |
| The Coalition doesn’t want either to be debated or voted on so – barring anything like a repeat of the government losing a procedural vote – they are separate but equally unlikely to progress. | The Coalition doesn’t want either to be debated or voted on so – barring anything like a repeat of the government losing a procedural vote – they are separate but equally unlikely to progress. |
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| Since we last met, manager of opposition business in the Senate, Sam Dastyari, has fallen on his sword over his request for a payment of a travel debt by the Top Education Institute. He is now a humble backbencher with a propensity to use the underground carpark rather than chancing the media gauntlet at the Senate doors. | Since we last met, manager of opposition business in the Senate, Sam Dastyari, has fallen on his sword over his request for a payment of a travel debt by the Top Education Institute. He is now a humble backbencher with a propensity to use the underground carpark rather than chancing the media gauntlet at the Senate doors. |
| The former ACT chief minister, now financial services shadow, Katy Gallagher has just been appointed in his place. | The former ACT chief minister, now financial services shadow, Katy Gallagher has just been appointed in his place. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| The requirements of members: | The requirements of members: |
| Rule number one. Do not miss votes. | Rule number one. Do not miss votes. |
| Or you will have an unhappy PM. | Or you will have an unhappy PM. |
| 12.09am BST | 12.09am BST |
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| There is a special Coalition party room meeting this morning to impress on MPs and senators how important it is to turn up to vote. The notice from the chief Coalition whip Nola Marino has fallen off the back of a truck. Her bolding, not mine. | There is a special Coalition party room meeting this morning to impress on MPs and senators how important it is to turn up to vote. The notice from the chief Coalition whip Nola Marino has fallen off the back of a truck. Her bolding, not mine. |
| Dear Members and staff, | Dear Members and staff, |
| There will be a meeting of Liberal and National Members of the House of Representatives at 9am on Monday 12 September in the Government Partyroom. The meeting is to inform Members about requirements of Members when the House is sitting. | There will be a meeting of Liberal and National Members of the House of Representatives at 9am on Monday 12 September in the Government Partyroom. The meeting is to inform Members about requirements of Members when the House is sitting. |
| At 9:30 also in the Government Partyroom, there will be a meeting of the staff of Liberal and National Members of the House of Representatives. At least one member of staff must attend from each office but all staff and Members are welcome, passes will be checked at the door. The meeting is to inform staff about requirements of their Members when the House is sitting and the responsibilities of staff when the House is sitting. | At 9:30 also in the Government Partyroom, there will be a meeting of the staff of Liberal and National Members of the House of Representatives. At least one member of staff must attend from each office but all staff and Members are welcome, passes will be checked at the door. The meeting is to inform staff about requirements of their Members when the House is sitting and the responsibilities of staff when the House is sitting. |
| Regards | Regards |
| Nola. | Nola. |