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| Malcolm Turnbull under attack over funding of marriage equality plebiscite – politics live | |
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| 5.19am BST | |
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| Cathy McGowan asks the transport and infrastructure minister, Darren Chester, about when the Coalition’s infrastructure promises will be honoured. The promises relate to roads in her electorate. | |
| Chester says the promises will be honoured. | |
| She was particularly interested in my frequent visits to her electorate during the election campaign. Admittedly I was not always there in a supporting role but, as a neighbouring electorate, it’s true Albo had to build the Great Dividing Range to keep us apart but I assure the member for Indi that all commitments made will be honoured. I know she has a particular interest in infrastructure and transport and we’ve had conversations about that. | |
| This is much more conciliatory of Chester than last time she asked a question – when Sophie Mirabella was running against McGowan. The government is being friendly again. | |
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| Labor asks Turnbull again: I refer to his previous answers to the opposition today and just to be clear: before the election did the PM tell the Anglican archbishop of Sydney that taxpayer funding for the plebiscite was a matter for cabinet or did he guarantee the funding? Which one was it? | |
| I have answered this before and any funding will be fair, says Turnbull. | |
| If he is committed to the same-sex couples being able to have their relationships treated or regarded as a marriage, then what he should do is support the plebiscite because what we are doing is offering a clear and democratic roadmap that gives every single Australians a vote. And every criticism he makes of the plebiscite, Mr Speaker, which he once supported, every criticism he makes demeans the Australian people. | |
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| The prime minister gets a government question on the stabbing attack in Minto over the weekend. He draws a link between 9/11 and the attack. | |
| I spoke of the heroism of those who rushed to the aid of those assaulted in the twin towers on 9/11. I want here today to also commend the bravery of the man who was attacked in Minto and the bravery of those citizens who helped him and supported him, including the police officers that rushed to the scene. They are true heroes. | |
| Turnbull says the terrorist threat is evolving. | |
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| Tanya Plibersek asks Turnbull: If public funding is a matter for cabinet, why then did the PM secretly promise marriage equality opponents millions of taxpayer dollars to campaign against equality? | |
| Turnbull notes both he and TPlibs will vote yes for marriage equality. But the process needs to be fair, he says, so that everyone respects the outcome. | |
| We want every Australian to have their say and we want them to do so with a fair question and a fair process. So that, at the end of the day, whichever side is unsuccessful will nonetheless be able to say we had a fair go, it was a fair contest, a fair question, a fair process, the Australian people spoke, they made a decision and we, the parliament, then respect it and the Australian nation will respect it. | |
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| The first government question to Turnbull is on the economy. | |
| The fundamentals of our economy are strong. They are strong but we cannot be complacent. We need to do more. That’s why we took to the election a comprehensive, clear, national economic plan to generate growth and investment and deliver more jobs. | |
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| Question time | |
| Shorten to Turnbull: The Anglican archbishop of Sydney said the PM gave an unambiguous commitment to provide taxpayer funding for a ‘no’ campaign against marriage equality. The commitment the prime minister’s office has strongly denied. Is the PM accusing the archbishop of lying? Has the PM given any commitment to anyone for any public funding for the marriage equality plebiscite campaign? | |
| Turnbull says cabinet will decide. | |
| Any funding provided in respect of the arguments ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in the plebiscite will be provided equally in accordance with our past practice. They will be divided equally. The details, manner and amount will be determined by the cabinet. | |
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| Labor says Fifield’s claims are wrong because the “Registration of Deaths Abroad” bill was delayed because the minister on duty in the lower house did not know to move the contingent notice to suspend standing orders in the House when Labor denied leave to move the third reading immediately. | |
| My parliamentary consultants tell me that while this is technically true, Labor could have assisted on the technicality. But, given the 43rd (hung) parliament, Labor is not in the mood to help. | |
| Labor cannot rise above petty undergraduate student politics, says Fifield. | |
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| Mitch Fifield said Bill Shorten’s comments regarding being cooperative were at odds with Labor’s behaviour. | |
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| Mitch Fifield is complaining about the Labor party holding up legislation in the lower house – suggesting that is why the Senate has nothing before it. | |
| He says the bills were non-controversial and Labor was just using procedural motions to delay and be on “both sides of the argument” at once. | |
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| The managing directors of Gummint. | The managing directors of Gummint. |
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| "In govt you can get things done," Sinodinos tells an almost empty Senate that's killing time with filibusters because it has nothing to do. | "In govt you can get things done," Sinodinos tells an almost empty Senate that's killing time with filibusters because it has nothing to do. |
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| Thanks to Alice Workman of Buzzfeed for this little snippet. | Thanks to Alice Workman of Buzzfeed for this little snippet. |
| "It was a fantastic spectacle" - @JamesMcGrathLNP filibusters about his favourite tv show 'Last Night At The Proms'. pic.twitter.com/bgHnRqzBZ4 | "It was a fantastic spectacle" - @JamesMcGrathLNP filibusters about his favourite tv show 'Last Night At The Proms'. pic.twitter.com/bgHnRqzBZ4 |
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| Not happy Mal. | Not happy Mal. |
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