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| Brandis rescinded direction 'to give new solicitor general a clean slate' – politics live | Brandis rescinded direction 'to give new solicitor general a clean slate' – politics live |
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| Greens call for National Integrity Commission | |
| The senate is debating a private members bill for a National Integrity commission. Greens senator Lee Rhiannon is speaking to a motion first moved by former Greens leader Christine Milne in 2013. | |
| Establishes a National Integrity Commission as an independent statutory agency which will consist of the National Integrity Commissioner, the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner and the Independent Parliamentary Advisor and provide for: | |
| Labor has spoken against it so no chance. | |
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| Even though George Brandis has repealed the solicitor general legal direction, Senator Wong has given notice of a motion that would stop Brandis effectively reactivating his legal direction. It was just a mention at this stage. | |
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| November 21: First court date for Bob Day and Rod Culleton on Senate eligibility | November 21: First court date for Bob Day and Rod Culleton on Senate eligibility |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| The president of the Senate, Stephen Parry, has just notified the Senate that the high court will first consider the eligibility of One Nation senator Rodney Culleton and former Family First senator Bob Day at a directions hearing on 21 November. | The president of the Senate, Stephen Parry, has just notified the Senate that the high court will first consider the eligibility of One Nation senator Rodney Culleton and former Family First senator Bob Day at a directions hearing on 21 November. |
| Directions hearings just set out the way forward, rather than hearing substantive argument, which lends weight to reports the cases won’t be heard and decided for months. | Directions hearings just set out the way forward, rather than hearing substantive argument, which lends weight to reports the cases won’t be heard and decided for months. |
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| That awkward moment when your leader has to answer questions about your Facebook. | That awkward moment when your leader has to answer questions about your Facebook. |
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| George Brandis: new solicitor general should have a clean slate | George Brandis: new solicitor general should have a clean slate |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| In Senate Question Time, the attorney general George Brandis has been asked about his decision on Thursday to rescind his order giving him control over access to advice from the solicitor general. | In Senate Question Time, the attorney general George Brandis has been asked about his decision on Thursday to rescind his order giving him control over access to advice from the solicitor general. |
| Brandis said that he had rescinded the direction because acting solicitor general Tom Howe believed the new solicitor general “should be greeted with a clean slate”. | Brandis said that he had rescinded the direction because acting solicitor general Tom Howe believed the new solicitor general “should be greeted with a clean slate”. |
| Brandis maintained the direction was a mere matter of “housekeeping” that did not change the process reflected in the Legal Officers Act. | Brandis maintained the direction was a mere matter of “housekeeping” that did not change the process reflected in the Legal Officers Act. |
| The attorney general said the process for how the solicitor general is briefed would be discussed when the position is filled shortly. | The attorney general said the process for how the solicitor general is briefed would be discussed when the position is filled shortly. |
| Brandis denied the direction was made to target former solicitor general Justin Gleeson and said that it was Labor’s actions that had caused him to appear before the Senate committee and ultimately resign. | Brandis denied the direction was made to target former solicitor general Justin Gleeson and said that it was Labor’s actions that had caused him to appear before the Senate committee and ultimately resign. |
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| America! America! | America! America! |
| God mend thine every flaw. | God mend thine every flaw. |
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| Butter wouldn’t melt. | Butter wouldn’t melt. |
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| There was an interesting query from Joel Fitzgibbon at the end of question time. He wants to know, after Barnaby Joyce had to correct Hansard in 2014, he never explained to the house why he had to correct the Hansard. | There was an interesting query from Joel Fitzgibbon at the end of question time. He wants to know, after Barnaby Joyce had to correct Hansard in 2014, he never explained to the house why he had to correct the Hansard. |
| This relates to the breakdown of Joyce’s relationship with his head of department, Paul Grimes. Eventually Grimes was sacked and only recently we discovered that Grimes wrote suggesting that he could no longer work with Joyce on matters of integrity. Speaker Smith says there are many ways to raise the matter with him outside of this particular time. | This relates to the breakdown of Joyce’s relationship with his head of department, Paul Grimes. Eventually Grimes was sacked and only recently we discovered that Grimes wrote suggesting that he could no longer work with Joyce on matters of integrity. Speaker Smith says there are many ways to raise the matter with him outside of this particular time. |
| Write me a letter, the Speaker says. | Write me a letter, the Speaker says. |
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| at 4.24am GMT | at 4.24am GMT |
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| Barnaby Joyce gets a Dixer question on the backpacker tax. | Barnaby Joyce gets a Dixer question on the backpacker tax. |
| There was a group that decided that it wasn’t the rate they wanted, and that was Senator Jacqui Lambie who became the leading economic liability of the Australian Labor party. She proposed a different rate, a rate of 10.5%. The problem with 10.5% is it doesn’t create fairness, it creates a mechanism to attract foreign workers into Australia to take Australian jobs. | There was a group that decided that it wasn’t the rate they wanted, and that was Senator Jacqui Lambie who became the leading economic liability of the Australian Labor party. She proposed a different rate, a rate of 10.5%. The problem with 10.5% is it doesn’t create fairness, it creates a mechanism to attract foreign workers into Australia to take Australian jobs. |
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| Hmmmm. | Hmmmm. |
| Hazards of Movember, lotsa beard scratching #LaborFrontBench #QT @edhusicMP &Tim Hammond @gabriellechan @GuardianAus pic.twitter.com/lTKPy43Pgh | Hazards of Movember, lotsa beard scratching #LaborFrontBench #QT @edhusicMP &Tim Hammond @gabriellechan @GuardianAus pic.twitter.com/lTKPy43Pgh |
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| Labor’s Kate Ellis to Christopher Pyne, representing the education minister: The minister representing the minister for education has repeatedly claimed that the $1.84m grant to a college linked to Bob Day went through the normal processes. Can the prime minister provide any other example where a college was awarded an amount which exceeded their entire annual revenue and will the prime minister now admit this grant was excessive? | Labor’s Kate Ellis to Christopher Pyne, representing the education minister: The minister representing the minister for education has repeatedly claimed that the $1.84m grant to a college linked to Bob Day went through the normal processes. Can the prime minister provide any other example where a college was awarded an amount which exceeded their entire annual revenue and will the prime minister now admit this grant was excessive? |
| Pyne says yes I can. | Pyne says yes I can. |
| The Campbelltown Junior soccer club in my electorate. | The Campbelltown Junior soccer club in my electorate. |
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| at 4.15am GMT | at 4.15am GMT |
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| More American cooperation questions. | More American cooperation questions. |
| We love Americans. | We love Americans. |
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| Dreyfus to Turnbull: I refer to the attorney general’s humiliating backflip on the legal services direction just before question time. Given this backflip follows the attorney general’s litany of scandals, including repeatedly misleading the parliament, appointing over a dozen Liberal cronies to jobs worth up to $370,000 a year, and claiming people have the right to be bigots, what does the attorney general have to do to be sacked? | Dreyfus to Turnbull: I refer to the attorney general’s humiliating backflip on the legal services direction just before question time. Given this backflip follows the attorney general’s litany of scandals, including repeatedly misleading the parliament, appointing over a dozen Liberal cronies to jobs worth up to $370,000 a year, and claiming people have the right to be bigots, what does the attorney general have to do to be sacked? |
| Turnbull laughs at the question. | Turnbull laughs at the question. |
| I’m not sure if there is anything in the standing orders about unhealthy obsessions or stalking ... | I’m not sure if there is anything in the standing orders about unhealthy obsessions or stalking ... |
| Turnbull says a new solicitor general will be appointed shortly and the attorney general George Brandis will consult with that person. | Turnbull says a new solicitor general will be appointed shortly and the attorney general George Brandis will consult with that person. |
| I wonder if that will be a consultation under the Oxford dictionary definition? | I wonder if that will be a consultation under the Oxford dictionary definition? |
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| George Christensen to the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, (triumphantly): Will the minister update the house on the importance of cooperation with the United States on border security, particularly in the wake of the stunning election of the courageous Donald J Trump as president of the USA? | George Christensen to the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, (triumphantly): Will the minister update the house on the importance of cooperation with the United States on border security, particularly in the wake of the stunning election of the courageous Donald J Trump as president of the USA? |
| The answer from Dutton is all about the information sharing around border security, including technological advances which have allowed the government to pick up 20 “persons of interest” in the asylum seekers applying from Syria. | The answer from Dutton is all about the information sharing around border security, including technological advances which have allowed the government to pick up 20 “persons of interest” in the asylum seekers applying from Syria. |
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| Labor to Turnbull: Speaking about the US election this morning, Senator Ian Macdonald said about Queenslanders at the last election: “They also thought that in the member for Warringah they had someone they could relate to, and I think all those things did impact upon the result and did lead to a bigger-than-expected vote for Pauline Hanson”. Does the prime minister think Queenslanders relate to the member for Warringah in a way they don’t relate to the current prime minister and his government? | Labor to Turnbull: Speaking about the US election this morning, Senator Ian Macdonald said about Queenslanders at the last election: “They also thought that in the member for Warringah they had someone they could relate to, and I think all those things did impact upon the result and did lead to a bigger-than-expected vote for Pauline Hanson”. Does the prime minister think Queenslanders relate to the member for Warringah in a way they don’t relate to the current prime minister and his government? |
| Turnbull says there are plenty of commentators who can talk about that. | Turnbull says there are plenty of commentators who can talk about that. |
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| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| As the government is turning up the rhetoric on the US-Australian alliance in the lower house, the Greens were questioning the very same alliance. | As the government is turning up the rhetoric on the US-Australian alliance in the lower house, the Greens were questioning the very same alliance. |
| Greens senator Nick McKim tells the Senate Australians understand “we cannot automatically be best friends with the US under a Trump presidency”. | Greens senator Nick McKim tells the Senate Australians understand “we cannot automatically be best friends with the US under a Trump presidency”. |
| It is not business as usual anymore, this has been a seismic geopolitical event. | It is not business as usual anymore, this has been a seismic geopolitical event. |
| McKim rattles off Trump sins, including plans to undo the deal that froze Iran’s nuclear program, promising to commit war crimes such as extra-judicial killings in the Middle East, and starting a trade war with China. | McKim rattles off Trump sins, including plans to undo the deal that froze Iran’s nuclear program, promising to commit war crimes such as extra-judicial killings in the Middle East, and starting a trade war with China. |
| We can no longer simply lock in behind the United States like a sycophantic little brother or sister. In the past, the cost of the unquestioning alliance with the US has been disastrous. | We can no longer simply lock in behind the United States like a sycophantic little brother or sister. In the past, the cost of the unquestioning alliance with the US has been disastrous. |
| McKim cites the Vietnam and Iraq wars, the latter he says created the conditions for Islamic State (Daesh). | McKim cites the Vietnam and Iraq wars, the latter he says created the conditions for Islamic State (Daesh). |
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| at 4.01am GMT | at 4.01am GMT |