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| Family First senator Bob Day to resign – politics live | Family First senator Bob Day to resign – politics live |
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| The prime minister has not requested any advice about Ian Macfarlane’s position relating to the ministerial standards. | |
| Labor senator Jenny McAllister wants to know whether there have been any meetings between Macfarlane and anyone in government. | |
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| at 3.58am BST | |
| 3.51am BST | |
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| There is an 18 month cooling off period for ministers. Allegedly. | |
| Elizabeth Kelly says the department of PMC only provides advice when asked on ministerial standards. | |
| Do you believe the ministerial standards are working? | |
| I do senator Rhiannon, Brandis says. | |
| Chair James Paterson has already pointed out peak bodies are not lobbyists. | |
| *blogger falls off chair* | |
| A distrinction is drawn between professional lobbyists and industry peak bodies for a start, says Brandis. | |
| 3.43am BST | |
| 03:43 | |
| Lee Rhiannon wants to know if George Brandis would meet with Macfarlane about matters before cabinet. | |
| Brandis says he does not discuss matters before cabinet with anyone. | |
| Rhiannon asks, what is the point of the ministerial standards? | |
| Kelly can’t answer many of the questions about the ministerial standards. | |
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| at 3.47am BST | |
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| This is the issue Rhiannon is getting at – is he a lobbyist and what are the rules? I wrote about it at the time ... | |
| Former resources minister Ian Macfarlane said he checked with the prime minister’s office prior to accepting a job as chief executive of the Queensland Resources Council, following accusations he had breached the ministerial code. | |
| The Coalition government’s statement of ministerial standards says ministers should not “lobby, advocate or have business meetings with members of the government” for 18 months, on any matters for which they were responsible. | |
| “It doesn’t [breach the code], the QRC is a registered representative body, not a lobbyist and I have also checked it off with the prime minister’s office and they approved it,” Macfarlane told Guardian Australia. | |
| “I’m not a lobbyist, I know what a lobbyist is, I have met more lobbyists than I’ve had hot dinners. I am a CEO of a state representative organisation.” | |
| Asked whether it would have been wise to wait the 18 months stated in the ministerial code to ensure there were no doubts, Macfarlane said “I didn’t have to, I am not a lobbyist”. | |
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| at 3.46am BST | |
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| Finance committee is back. | |
| Greens senator Lee Rhiannon is questioning Elizabeth Kelly of the department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on former resource minister Ian Macfarlane taking up a job with the Queensland Resource Council (QRC). | |
| 3.19am BST | 3.19am BST |
| 03:19 | 03:19 |
| Penny Wong’s eyebrows deserve their own Twitter account. You can tell when she is dubious about a certain claim. The left eyebrow jumps at the slightest provocation. | Penny Wong’s eyebrows deserve their own Twitter account. You can tell when she is dubious about a certain claim. The left eyebrow jumps at the slightest provocation. |
| Senator Wong has busted out her left "Oh really?" eyebrow @ estimates-@ rest & factor 5 Oh Really. @gabriellechan pic.twitter.com/AWAoQPvR7m | Senator Wong has busted out her left "Oh really?" eyebrow @ estimates-@ rest & factor 5 Oh Really. @gabriellechan pic.twitter.com/AWAoQPvR7m |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.23am BST | at 3.23am BST |
| 3.12am BST | 3.12am BST |
| 03:12 | 03:12 |
| Reports that Bob Day's Home Australia company is in liquidation. A reminder that Day's private company made large payments to FF since 2011 pic.twitter.com/ojyXKmthrW | Reports that Bob Day's Home Australia company is in liquidation. A reminder that Day's private company made large payments to FF since 2011 pic.twitter.com/ojyXKmthrW |
| 3.10am BST | 3.10am BST |
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| The main contenders to replace Bob Day are also free-market. Expected to take the same stance on ABCC, Registered Organisation Commission. | The main contenders to replace Bob Day are also free-market. Expected to take the same stance on ABCC, Registered Organisation Commission. |
| 3.10am BST | 3.10am BST |
| 03:10 | 03:10 |
| As Day leaves a casual vacancy, Family First gets to choose the next senator. Who may not have the IR bent. | As Day leaves a casual vacancy, Family First gets to choose the next senator. Who may not have the IR bent. |
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| 03:08 | 03:08 |
| Ben Doherty | Ben Doherty |
| During an at-times heated, consistently partisan, and frequently juvenile legal and constitutional affairs committee estimates hearing, we learned little, though one astonishing fact did emerge: Senator Ian MacDonald does not read The Guardian. [Irony font] | During an at-times heated, consistently partisan, and frequently juvenile legal and constitutional affairs committee estimates hearing, we learned little, though one astonishing fact did emerge: Senator Ian MacDonald does not read The Guardian. [Irony font] |
| (It should also be remembered he famously claimed not to have read an Australian Human Rights Committee report about which he was questioning the committee president - because he’d already decided it was biased). | (It should also be remembered he famously claimed not to have read an Australian Human Rights Committee report about which he was questioning the committee president - because he’d already decided it was biased). |
| Labor senators tried to skewer former Liberal MP Wyatt Roy over his ‘war tourism’ to Iraq but the intrepid Roy was stoutly defended by Coalition senators. | Labor senators tried to skewer former Liberal MP Wyatt Roy over his ‘war tourism’ to Iraq but the intrepid Roy was stoutly defended by Coalition senators. |
| Those appearing before the committee appeared uncomfortable about discussing the travel of a ‘private citizen’, but several questions about Roy’s now-notorious sortie to the middle east were reluctantly taken on notice. | Those appearing before the committee appeared uncomfortable about discussing the travel of a ‘private citizen’, but several questions about Roy’s now-notorious sortie to the middle east were reluctantly taken on notice. |
| And lots of uniforms. Australian Border Force uniforms, Australian Defence Force uniforms. Lots of epaulettes, lots of badges, and gold stars for all. They’ve broken now for lunch and medals. | And lots of uniforms. Australian Border Force uniforms, Australian Defence Force uniforms. Lots of epaulettes, lots of badges, and gold stars for all. They’ve broken now for lunch and medals. |
| 3.05am BST | 3.05am BST |
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| Katharine Murphy has confirmed the resignation. We are awaiting a statement from Day regarding the resignation. | Katharine Murphy has confirmed the resignation. We are awaiting a statement from Day regarding the resignation. |
| Needless to say, the Coalition has lost an advocate for their IR reforms, given Day is a former member of the Liberal party and a zealot on IR reforms that suited the Coalition. | Needless to say, the Coalition has lost an advocate for their IR reforms, given Day is a former member of the Liberal party and a zealot on IR reforms that suited the Coalition. |
| 3.03am BST | 3.03am BST |
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| For those who have not been watching the travail’s of Bob Day - building tsar and Family First senator, you may be confused by Day’s decision. | For those who have not been watching the travail’s of Bob Day - building tsar and Family First senator, you may be confused by Day’s decision. |
| This is an example of some of the reports regarding this matter. As of last week from the Oz: | This is an example of some of the reports regarding this matter. As of last week from the Oz: |
| Family First senator and businessman Bob Day is being sued for $2 million by the former owners of Huxley Homes, the troubled NSW arm of his embattled house building empire. | Family First senator and businessman Bob Day is being sued for $2 million by the former owners of Huxley Homes, the troubled NSW arm of his embattled house building empire. |
| Graham and Bryan Huxley told the NSW Supreme Court that Senator Day’s Home Australia group was slow to pay the $14.7m price for Huxley and welshed on office rental deals. | Graham and Bryan Huxley told the NSW Supreme Court that Senator Day’s Home Australia group was slow to pay the $14.7m price for Huxley and welshed on office rental deals. |
| Senator Day and his former business partner, John Smith, personally guaranteed the payments, the Huxleys allege in a statement filed with the court by their company Potoro. | Senator Day and his former business partner, John Smith, personally guaranteed the payments, the Huxleys allege in a statement filed with the court by their company Potoro. |
| In recent months, the senator has been battling to keep creditors from winding up Home Australia, even pledging his Adelaide Hills home as security to keep the business running. | In recent months, the senator has been battling to keep creditors from winding up Home Australia, even pledging his Adelaide Hills home as security to keep the business running. |
| Home Australia has also been under siege from angry customers in Victoria and NSW, who say the company’s problems paying contractors have stalled building work on home sites. | Home Australia has also been under siege from angry customers in Victoria and NSW, who say the company’s problems paying contractors have stalled building work on home sites. |
| Day provided this statement: | Day provided this statement: |
| Full statement that was sent to the Australian newspaper regarding their Home Australia stories. I stepped back in to help out. pic.twitter.com/cFhzNZ54wY | Full statement that was sent to the Australian newspaper regarding their Home Australia stories. I stepped back in to help out. pic.twitter.com/cFhzNZ54wY |