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| Malcolm Turnbull says superannuation backdown 'the right outcome' – question time live | Malcolm Turnbull says superannuation backdown 'the right outcome' – question time live |
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| Speaker turfs one from each side during #QT Tony Pasin & Jim Chalmers @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/gzaHQVzWQS | |
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| Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: In question time yesterday, the Treasurer said of the government’s superannuation package, we continue to pursue those superannuation measures because they are essential. Given the government abandoned those measures a few hours ago can the treasurer explain to the House why they were essential yesterday but not today? | |
| Morrison says Labor made changes to their own superannuation policy after the election. | |
| [Labor has] the opportunity to do [support] that and I look forward to them doing that because they know they’re going to support it. We know they’re going to support it and the Australian people just want them to get on with it. | |
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| A government question to Sussan Ley, the health minister, regarding reforms around medicine listing. | |
| Today, the government announced that we are taking action to bring medicines and medical devices to Australia faster. We found our expert panel has found that it’s taking up to two years to get listings from the US or Europe here to Australia. | |
| Ley doesn’t actually say what the changes are but, rather, that Labor failed to do anything. I will have to track this down. | |
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| A question to Michael McCormack, the small biz minister: Will the minister inform the House of the findings of the inquiry into the effect of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal’s payments order on Australian small businesses? | |
| (see the Paul Karp post earlier.) | |
| Then another Labor question to O’Dwyer: In question time yesterday, the minister said of the government’s superannuation package, “We announced it in the budget. We believe in our superannuation package.” Does the minister believe in the superannuation package announced today or does the minister believe in the superannuation package she believed in yesterday? | |
| I do note that at a time when he was the treasurer, at a time when he was the treasurer he didn’t embark upon superannuation reform. He embarked upon increasing superannuation taxes, that was it. No reform. No flexibility. No ability for people to contribute more to their superannuation. We believe very strongly in our superannuation package on this side of the House because we know that it will help average Australians. | |
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| The financial services minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, gets a Labor question: Yesterday, was the minister aware she was ridiculing a superannuation measure that the cabinet was set to adopt just hours later? Or was the member for Dawson yet to advise the minister of the government’s new superannuation policy? | |
| O’Dwyer quotes Industry Super Australia, the Financial Services Council and the Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia saying favourable things about the super reform package. | |
| So frankly we cannot understand why those opposite are going through this charade of pretending that they are not going to support our policy changes when they know that they are right for the Australian people and they are right for the budget. | |
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| That is SO 44th parliament, says Pyne. We are tribal no more. | |
| A government question to Christopher Pyne: Will the minister inform the House of the steps the government is taking to support emergency services volunteers? How are these measures and other achievements of the government proving that we are implementing our commitments to the Australian people? | |
| Even Christopher Pyne is feeling the love. He says the government will work with anyone who wants to work with them. Labor, Greens, crossbenchers, the Coalition will take on all comers. This is the 45th parliament now, not the 44th – brackets – run by Tony Abbott – close brackets. | |
| We will work with them because the most important thing that we can all do as parliamentarians is make the lives of Australians better, make our country and our economy and our society better. So those members of the Labor party want to be so last 44th parliament, let me say to them, we are in a new parliament and the parliament is working. The parliament is working. And if you intend to continue with the same tactics that you had for so many years is so pass and as the minister says if you want to continue with that the public will mark them down. | |
| Let’s work together to make our country great again . | |
| Ch for Christopher and Ch for Chutzpah. | |
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| Kelly O’Dwyer, the financial services minister, gets a question on superannuation. | |
| Then Labor to Turnbull: Today Senator Abetz issued a press release claiming credit for the PM’s humiliating backdown on superannuation. Are the extreme elements of his party so powerful that they can force the PM to abandon his absolutely ironclad promise? What happened to the PM’s absolutely ironclad promise? | |
| I am happy for every member of the Coalition party room to claim credit for every decision of the government. And the truth is it’s a team business. It’s a team business. Of course, very often members are too modest to do that but I think it’s good and I want every member of the Coalition party room – House and Senate – to claim credit for the government’s decisions. | |
| (This is trolling Abetz more than Labor.) | |
| He then goes on: | |
| We’re going through what I describe as the pantomime of politics, which is one of the reasons her constituents and my constituents, all of our constituents, get fed up with what politicians do and say. So a government improves a measure, consults, changes it, improves it, makes it work better. In the real world ... people say that is good. They listen. They listen and they tweaked it and they made a change. Good on them. They listened to us, it’s sensible ... I say to the honourable member if she believes any of our measures can be improved, she should let us know. We will look on what she says in good faith. | |
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| Labor’s Jim Charlton asks Turnbull: The member for Dawson said about the PM’s humiliating super backdown today, “We put forward all our views and they listened and they acted ... What happened to the PM’s absolutely ironclad promise? Isn’t it the case that the member for Dawson and the extreme elements of his party are now in charge of the government’s economic policy?” | |
| Charlton, Wayne Swan’s former adviser, has a PhD in economics. Turnbull makes a (cheap) crack about his doctorate, “I’d ask him where his PhD in economics has gone too”. | |
| But then goes point out an “important principle” of his government. | |
| We will seek always to improve our measures. If measures we propose or implement can be improved, we will improve them. We will listen to all those who offer criticism or suggestions for change, we will listen to them in good faith, if we can improve measures we will improve them. We have to recognise the policy-making must be dynamic. | |
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| Scott Morrison is rather cocky too – challenging Labor to support the package – so Tony Burke asks him to table to bill. Labor is waiting to see the details and do not believe the details until they see it. After the omnibus bill experience. | |
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| Scott Morrison gets a Dixer on superannuation. | |
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| Paul Karp | |
| Meanwhile, up in the Senate: | |
| The Greens’ disabilities spokeswoman, Rachel Siewert, has identified a “mean-spirited” proposal to remove backdating of carer’s allowances in the omnibus savings bill. | |
| The saving is worth $108.6m over four years and is an element of the Coalition and Labor’s $6.3bn budget savings compromise, being debated in the Senate today. | |
| Under current rules when a person unexpectedly becomes a carer due to a sudden injury or worsening condition of a loved one, they can have their carer’s allowance backdated. The maximum amount available is 12 weeks’ of payments, or $741. | |
| She said: | |
| Carers provide an a huge amount of care and support nationally, the government is taking this group for granted in moving to legislate this cut as part of the omnibus bill. | |
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| Bob Katter asks Scott Morrison about pensioner incomes and whether there should be an increased tax on imports to pay more to pensioners. | Bob Katter asks Scott Morrison about pensioner incomes and whether there should be an increased tax on imports to pay more to pensioners. |
| Morrison says, with great respect to the member, no. | Morrison says, with great respect to the member, no. |
| If you do that then what you are doing is you increase the costs to produce things in this country because our businesses make those imports. Now, if you’re going to increase the costs on business in this country, whether it’s by that measure or by increasing taxes, like those opposite want to do on business, then what you end up doing is costing incomes and jobs. | If you do that then what you are doing is you increase the costs to produce things in this country because our businesses make those imports. Now, if you’re going to increase the costs on business in this country, whether it’s by that measure or by increasing taxes, like those opposite want to do on business, then what you end up doing is costing incomes and jobs. |
| Fun fact: That was a 45-second question from Katter. Crossbenchers get an extra 15 seconds under the rule changes that went through on Tuesday night. | |
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| Bowen to Turnbull: My question is for the prime minister. Can the prime minister confirm in June he was asked about superannuation and can you foresee any circumstance in which the policy is detailed following the election? The prime minister responded that it was absolutely ironclad. How can the prime minister claimed to lead a country when even his absolutely ironclad promises can’t survive the extreme elements of his own party? | Bowen to Turnbull: My question is for the prime minister. Can the prime minister confirm in June he was asked about superannuation and can you foresee any circumstance in which the policy is detailed following the election? The prime minister responded that it was absolutely ironclad. How can the prime minister claimed to lead a country when even his absolutely ironclad promises can’t survive the extreme elements of his own party? |
| Turnbull is looking cocky now. He appears to be enjoying himself. | Turnbull is looking cocky now. He appears to be enjoying himself. |
| My government took it out of that [hard] basket ... the opposition urged us to make changes, many others did too, we listened to them and made some changes. The honourable member says, I listened to George [Christensen]. He may as well have said I listen to him, he may as well say we listen to everyone, because we consult, we listen, we consult and then we make decisions based on the public interest. | My government took it out of that [hard] basket ... the opposition urged us to make changes, many others did too, we listened to them and made some changes. The honourable member says, I listened to George [Christensen]. He may as well have said I listen to him, he may as well say we listen to everyone, because we consult, we listen, we consult and then we make decisions based on the public interest. |
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| Malcolm Turnbull gets a Dixer on national security. He foreshadows his upcoming trip to the US with meetings in New York with world leaders to discuss the security and humanitarian challenges posed by the uncontrolled movement of 65m people “who were forcibly displaced around the world, many from the Syrian conflict”. | Malcolm Turnbull gets a Dixer on national security. He foreshadows his upcoming trip to the US with meetings in New York with world leaders to discuss the security and humanitarian challenges posed by the uncontrolled movement of 65m people “who were forcibly displaced around the world, many from the Syrian conflict”. |
| (The comments from Dutton in the earlier post regarding New Zealand may be a shot over the bow before this refugee meeting in New York.) | (The comments from Dutton in the earlier post regarding New Zealand may be a shot over the bow before this refugee meeting in New York.) |
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| Plibersek to Turnbull: The PM was asked what was your greatest achievement since being PM and the PM responded the reforms in superannuation, the reforms in business tax. Today he’s junked both. What is the point of the Turnbull government if the PM can’t even deliver on his so-called greatest achievements? | Plibersek to Turnbull: The PM was asked what was your greatest achievement since being PM and the PM responded the reforms in superannuation, the reforms in business tax. Today he’s junked both. What is the point of the Turnbull government if the PM can’t even deliver on his so-called greatest achievements? |
| The acting opposition leader’s question underlined, demonstrated as if on cue the very point I just made ...[Labor] love to talk about fairness. The problem is they don’t practise what they preach. They did nothing about superannuation when they were in government. The only approach they have to equity is self-help. That is the Dastyari approach. | The acting opposition leader’s question underlined, demonstrated as if on cue the very point I just made ...[Labor] love to talk about fairness. The problem is they don’t practise what they preach. They did nothing about superannuation when they were in government. The only approach they have to equity is self-help. That is the Dastyari approach. |
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