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| Turnbull backs Brandis's administrative appeals tribunal appointments – politics live | Turnbull backs Brandis's administrative appeals tribunal appointments – politics live |
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| In an attempt to rein-in rising private health insurance premiums, the health minister, Sussan Ley, has announced reforms aimed at cutting the costs of medical devices and prostheses, writes Mel Davey. | |
| The high cost prostheses, which includes devices like pacemakers and replacement hips and knees, are currently being passed on to private patients through rising insurance premiums. | |
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| Wayne Swan v BHP: Part four - the dummy spit | |
| You may remember last week Wayne Swan tore strips off BHP regarding their tax affairs last week. | |
| From our friends at AAP: | |
| Former treasurer Wayne Swan has accused BHP Billiton of a “dummy spit” over criticism of its tax affairs.The mining giant’s chief executive Andrew Mackenzie told a function in London on Monday the “continual questioning of our economic and social contribution” in Australia was “chilling” when compared to countries such as Chile.Mackenzie said the president of Chile, where BHP owns 57.5% of the Escondida copper mine, had recently praised the company’s economic and social contribution. | |
| But in our home country of Australia where we have contributed hugely to employment, and through taxes and royalties, we still find ourselves blamed for problems that we didn’t cause and the target, if you like, of people who assume that we are the ones trying to avoid tax. | |
| Swan told parliament on Wednesday BHP could not claim to be transparent over its tax affairs “given their failure to clearly outline numerous back payments to the Australian taxation office as a result of tax audits over a decade”. | |
| BHP are like that guest at the hotel. They have rented the penthouse, they have had full room service, but then they run off and leave a bill because they only paid for a standard room. | |
| The dummy spit by BHP executives in London last night is yet another example of how out of touch corporates are with ordinary people and why, around the world, many corporates are held in such low regard. | |
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| Shouting gives way to giggles. | |
| Bowers reports that it was something on the phone that set them off. | |
| GIFs perhaps? | |
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| STOP SHOUTING! | STOP SHOUTING! |
| A very shouty #QT @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive https://t.co/oxbNNUVMau pic.twitter.com/9PNAyhIe7Y | A very shouty #QT @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive https://t.co/oxbNNUVMau pic.twitter.com/9PNAyhIe7Y |
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| Scott Morrison will not buy into Xenophon’s amendments to the ABCC bill, such as nationally consistent payment rules for subcontractors. | Scott Morrison will not buy into Xenophon’s amendments to the ABCC bill, such as nationally consistent payment rules for subcontractors. |
| We are back to the CFMEU. | We are back to the CFMEU. |
| While he does not confirm the government will amend for Xenophon, it sounds like it will. | While he does not confirm the government will amend for Xenophon, it sounds like it will. |
| Given NXT voted for the bill, no doubt some deal has been done. | Given NXT voted for the bill, no doubt some deal has been done. |
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| Morrison also refuses to say – following Xenophon’s rejection of the one month wait for the dole for young people – whether the government will take the savings out of the budget. | |
| There will be a point at which those decisions will be taken. | There will be a point at which those decisions will be taken. |
| He says if the savings are not found with this cut, other cuts will need to be made. | He says if the savings are not found with this cut, other cuts will need to be made. |
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| Scott Morrison is speaking to David Speers on Sky. Nick Xenophon has indicated he will not support tax cuts for companies with turnovers above $10m. You may remember in this year’s budget the government’s enterprise tax plans cut company tax for big businesses as part of a 10-year plan. | |
| Morrison does not say whether the government will break up elements of the package to get the tax cuts through for those businesses under $10m. | Morrison does not say whether the government will break up elements of the package to get the tax cuts through for those businesses under $10m. |
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| Carried away with the clam bake. | Carried away with the clam bake. |
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| The CFMEU questions are starting to remind me of the Abbott’s carbon tax questions for three years up to 2013. On. And on. And on. | The CFMEU questions are starting to remind me of the Abbott’s carbon tax questions for three years up to 2013. On. And on. And on. |
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| There was one more CFMEU question. | There was one more CFMEU question. |
| CFMEU uses Trojan Horse to infiltrate Commonwealth Games #auspol pic.twitter.com/DAxEToSWC1 | CFMEU uses Trojan Horse to infiltrate Commonwealth Games #auspol pic.twitter.com/DAxEToSWC1 |
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| Turnbull backs Brandis' election-eve AAT appointments | Turnbull backs Brandis' election-eve AAT appointments |
| Burke to Turnbull: Just days before caretaker, the attorney-general [George Brandis] announced 37 new appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. During Senate estimates last night it was revealed none of these positions were advertised, there was no merit-based selection process or departmental advice. None of the candidates were recommended by department. There was no consideration of any conflicts of interest. Given the 37 jobs have a salary of up to $370,000 each year, does the PM consider this process acceptable? | |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| The appointment of Australians to offices of this kind is a very important responsibility of government. The government takes that responsibility very seriously. The attorney general is an officeholder of considerable discernment. I have no doubt that all the persons appointed were excellently qualified for the position that they have been selected for. | |
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| There was another CFMEU question first. | There was another CFMEU question first. |
| Then Richard Marles to Christopher Pyne: And then Labor I refer to evidence given by the Minister for Defence in Senate Estimates today and ask, given the Minister forDefence was unable to answer this important question, can the minister advise the house who is actually the senior minister in the defence portfolio? Is the information on the web site of the Department of Defence correct? Is it still to be advised? | Then Richard Marles to Christopher Pyne: And then Labor I refer to evidence given by the Minister for Defence in Senate Estimates today and ask, given the Minister forDefence was unable to answer this important question, can the minister advise the house who is actually the senior minister in the defence portfolio? Is the information on the web site of the Department of Defence correct? Is it still to be advised? |
| (Remember this issue in estimates?) | (Remember this issue in estimates?) |
| Christopher Pyne refers to the the Marles story on the South China Sea: | Christopher Pyne refers to the the Marles story on the South China Sea: |
| I am absolutely shocked, as I am sure many other members of this house are, that the member for Corio would have been given a question at all to ask in the House of Representatives, to lead with his rather large glass chin on this occasion. | I am absolutely shocked, as I am sure many other members of this house are, that the member for Corio would have been given a question at all to ask in the House of Representatives, to lead with his rather large glass chin on this occasion. |
| This is the shadow minister for defence who advised, when he was carried away with a clam bake in Honolulu, advised that the policy should be of the Australian government that we sail our navy within 12 nautical miles of disputed territory in the South China Sea. He fell for the old trick. He was with an experienced journalist Paul Kelly and he would have sat down and thought I want to get myself on the front page of The Australian, the front page, Paul would have said “You have to say something important though. We can’t put you on the front page because you’re a nice guy, Richard”. | This is the shadow minister for defence who advised, when he was carried away with a clam bake in Honolulu, advised that the policy should be of the Australian government that we sail our navy within 12 nautical miles of disputed territory in the South China Sea. He fell for the old trick. He was with an experienced journalist Paul Kelly and he would have sat down and thought I want to get myself on the front page of The Australian, the front page, Paul would have said “You have to say something important though. We can’t put you on the front page because you’re a nice guy, Richard”. |
| Marles calls on the speaker to bring Pyne to relevance on the question. Speaker says no point of order. Pyne continues, warming to the theme. | Marles calls on the speaker to bring Pyne to relevance on the question. Speaker says no point of order. Pyne continues, warming to the theme. |
| That was his angry face. We now have seen his angry face. What really happened after he got carried away at the clan bake in Honolulu. He gets back to Australia and he has discovered he has created a storm about Labor Party foreign policy. Because the Leader of the Opposition is his best friend, he can’t repudiate him but Penny Wong didn’t feel that way. Penny...Being from the left in the Senate, she was more than happy to utterly humiliate and repudiate the member for Corio by saying the Labor Party’s policy was the same as the government’s policy. | That was his angry face. We now have seen his angry face. What really happened after he got carried away at the clan bake in Honolulu. He gets back to Australia and he has discovered he has created a storm about Labor Party foreign policy. Because the Leader of the Opposition is his best friend, he can’t repudiate him but Penny Wong didn’t feel that way. Penny...Being from the left in the Senate, she was more than happy to utterly humiliate and repudiate the member for Corio by saying the Labor Party’s policy was the same as the government’s policy. |
| The question, however, remained unanswered. | The question, however, remained unanswered. |
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| Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: The Treasurer claimed this year’s Budget was an economic plan not just another Budget. Given the centre piece of the Treasurer’s so-called plan, a $50bn tax cut for big business is now dead in the water and will not pass the parliament, Treasurer what’s plan B or will it just be more Budget chaos? | Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: The Treasurer claimed this year’s Budget was an economic plan not just another Budget. Given the centre piece of the Treasurer’s so-called plan, a $50bn tax cut for big business is now dead in the water and will not pass the parliament, Treasurer what’s plan B or will it just be more Budget chaos? |
| Morrison goes to small and medium businesses but not big businesses. And he does not go to the situation in the senate which looks like knocking off the tax cuts for businesses with turnovers more than $10m. | Morrison goes to small and medium businesses but not big businesses. And he does not go to the situation in the senate which looks like knocking off the tax cuts for businesses with turnovers more than $10m. |
| One thing at a time. | One thing at a time. |
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| Innovation minister Greg Hunt gets a government question which segues to....the CFMEU. | Innovation minister Greg Hunt gets a government question which segues to....the CFMEU. |
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| Albanese to infrastructure minister, Darren Chester: I refer to the gap between the government’s infrastructure rhetoric and its action. In the 2014 budget, the government promised to invest over $8bn on transport infrastructure in the 2015-16 financial year. Is the final outcome for this investment not $8bn but $5.5bn and was this more than 30% cut achieved by cutting the Pacific highway, the Bruce highway, Gateway North... | Albanese to infrastructure minister, Darren Chester: I refer to the gap between the government’s infrastructure rhetoric and its action. In the 2014 budget, the government promised to invest over $8bn on transport infrastructure in the 2015-16 financial year. Is the final outcome for this investment not $8bn but $5.5bn and was this more than 30% cut achieved by cutting the Pacific highway, the Bruce highway, Gateway North... |
| Chester: | Chester: |
| In this year alone, there is $9bn in our infrastructure investment program. That is a record investment in the 2016-17 financial year in the foundation. | In this year alone, there is $9bn in our infrastructure investment program. That is a record investment in the 2016-17 financial year in the foundation. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.59am BST | at 4.59am BST |
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| Gareth Hutchens | Gareth Hutchens |
| Over at Senate estimates, the heads of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have just wrapped up. | Over at Senate estimates, the heads of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have just wrapped up. |
| They revealed that they have repeatedly asked successive federal governments for extra funding over the years to upgrade Asic’s ageing corporate registry, which is up for sale. But it has been to no avail. | They revealed that they have repeatedly asked successive federal governments for extra funding over the years to upgrade Asic’s ageing corporate registry, which is up for sale. But it has been to no avail. |
| Greg Tanner, Asic commissioner, said some of the technology underpinning Asic’s corporate registry was now 25 years old, making it unfit for the modern age. | Greg Tanner, Asic commissioner, said some of the technology underpinning Asic’s corporate registry was now 25 years old, making it unfit for the modern age. |
| He said if Asic’s corporate registry was privatised it would provide millions of dollars for a much-needed upgrade. | He said if Asic’s corporate registry was privatised it would provide millions of dollars for a much-needed upgrade. |
| They said the upgrade would cost over $100m. | They said the upgrade would cost over $100m. |
| They said the corporate registry cost roughly $60m to run annually but it generated $380m in revenue, which goes to the federal government. | They said the corporate registry cost roughly $60m to run annually but it generated $380m in revenue, which goes to the federal government. |
| When asked if the government had been using it as a “cash cow” for years, Tanner said he couldn’t answer that. | When asked if the government had been using it as a “cash cow” for years, Tanner said he couldn’t answer that. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.58am BST | at 4.58am BST |