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| Bob Day's chief of staff to nominate to fill Family First Senate seat – politics live | Bob Day's chief of staff to nominate to fill Family First Senate seat – politics live |
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| Tony Abbott has regularly come back to his proposal to amend 18C post prime ministership, despite having dropped it from his government’s agenda in order to deal with national security issues. | |
| Now he is seeking what is known around the traps as a more minimalist proposal, which would remove the words insult and offend from section 18c, notwithstanding the free speech provisions in 18d. | |
| It seems unlikely that Nick Xenophon would overturn his opposition to amending the Racial Discrimination Act. But hey, we have put in the call. | |
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| Re. 18c: if the Nick Xenephon Team put up a proposal, reform could readily occur. | |
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| The independent national security monitor Roger Gyles is in finance estimates committee now. He has confirmed he will be leaving for personal reasons. Brandis says he doesn’t want to be tied down as to a timeframe for a replacement. | |
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| MacGibbon agrees that he assumes ministers do not share classified information over such apps. | MacGibbon agrees that he assumes ministers do not share classified information over such apps. |
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| Alastair MacGibbon, cyber security special adviser to the PM, has told Wong that prior to James Massola’s Fairfax story about minister’s usage of Whatsapp among others, he had not sought regarding security advice on Whatsapp for cabinet ministers. | |
| MacGibbon told the committee that the government’s signals directorate advised Whatsapp and other encrypted apps are OK for non-classified information. | MacGibbon told the committee that the government’s signals directorate advised Whatsapp and other encrypted apps are OK for non-classified information. |
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| Wong: Personal safety? He likes strawberries not rasberries? | Wong: Personal safety? He likes strawberries not rasberries? |
| The wonderful farce of the defence department redacting Malcolm Turnbull's dietary preferences on privacy and "personal safety". pic.twitter.com/mNIEMAQL4S | The wonderful farce of the defence department redacting Malcolm Turnbull's dietary preferences on privacy and "personal safety". pic.twitter.com/mNIEMAQL4S |
| Brandis: This is an orgy of culinary trivialities. | Brandis: This is an orgy of culinary trivialities. |
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| Marathon men | Marathon men |
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| COAG will hold a National Summit on Reducing Violence against Women and their Children in Brisbane next week #auspol pic.twitter.com/u4mVu6RfF8 | COAG will hold a National Summit on Reducing Violence against Women and their Children in Brisbane next week #auspol pic.twitter.com/u4mVu6RfF8 |
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| Katharine Murphy reports that Bob Day’s chief of staff Rikki Lambert intends to put his name forward to fill the vacancy. She has a full story on the Day development here. | Katharine Murphy reports that Bob Day’s chief of staff Rikki Lambert intends to put his name forward to fill the vacancy. She has a full story on the Day development here. |
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| Wong vs. Brandis + Paterson #characteristicallydishonest #estimates #auspol pic.twitter.com/EC1fCTaxLa | Wong vs. Brandis + Paterson #characteristicallydishonest #estimates #auspol pic.twitter.com/EC1fCTaxLa |