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| George Christensen: 'We needed some Trump' in our political leadership – politics live | George Christensen: 'We needed some Trump' in our political leadership – politics live |
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| 10.25pm GMT | |
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| Malcolm Roberts from One Nation is celebrating the Trump victory- "we see this as a wonderful opportunity to restore freedom" #auspol pic.twitter.com/pAKXRF9Doe | |
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| Housekeeping. | |
| The Senate and the lower house are sitting at 9.30 | |
| In the House, the substantive debate will be around: | |
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| Katharine Murphy has a thoughtful analysis of the Trump tidal wave washing across Australia. | |
| Trump has vowed to junk the TPP – should it pass by some miracle during the lame duck session – and impose tariffs on goods and services imported from China, provoking the biggest player in Australia’s neighbourhood, and potentially stoking a trade war between the two largest economies in the world. | |
| Trump’s vision for regional engagement, articulated this week by two of his campaign policy advisers, is heavy on military assertiveness, light on diplomacy and economic integration. | |
| Alexander Gray and Peter Navarro wrote this week the US navy was “perhaps the greatest source of regional stability in Asia. The mere initiation of the Trump naval program will reassure our allies that the United States remains committed in the long term to its traditional role as guarantor of the liberal order in Asia”. | |
| If that pre-campaign positioning comes to pass, Australia will come under pressure on a range of fronts, most acutely over military activity in the South China Sea, and also over whether American military assets could be positioned on Australian soil, a development China would consider a diplomatic affront. | |
| Nothing at all is certain, but Australian politics has elected to reassure rather than startle. | |
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| The writers of @TheSimpsons have a lot to answer for. #TrumpPresident pic.twitter.com/KaqzNjTFwC | The writers of @TheSimpsons have a lot to answer for. #TrumpPresident pic.twitter.com/KaqzNjTFwC |
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| Q: Julie Bishop, do you think a woman can ever be elected president of the United States? | Q: Julie Bishop, do you think a woman can ever be elected president of the United States? |
| Well, they said an African-American would never be elected president of the United States and President Obama served for two terms. So, of course, the American dream is that anyone born in the US can end up as a president of the United States. So, they have a new president. | Well, they said an African-American would never be elected president of the United States and President Obama served for two terms. So, of course, the American dream is that anyone born in the US can end up as a president of the United States. So, they have a new president. |
| Bishop is asked about Tony Burke’s comments earlier on Sky, suggesting we should call out racism and misogyny when it happens, no matter who it is. | Bishop is asked about Tony Burke’s comments earlier on Sky, suggesting we should call out racism and misogyny when it happens, no matter who it is. |
| She will not denounce Trump’s views on women or Muslims. She says it’s not constructive to provide a commentary on leaders’ traits. | She will not denounce Trump’s views on women or Muslims. She says it’s not constructive to provide a commentary on leaders’ traits. |
| 9.32pm GMT | 9.32pm GMT |
| 21:32 | 21:32 |
| Paris a go-go | Paris a go-go |
| Katharine Murphy | Katharine Murphy |
| Morning, everyone. | Morning, everyone. |
| Canberra today will still be agog with the events in Washington. Trump will still be a focal point. But in amid that we expect Malcolm Turnbull to announce Australia will ratify the Paris climate agreement. | Canberra today will still be agog with the events in Washington. Trump will still be a focal point. But in amid that we expect Malcolm Turnbull to announce Australia will ratify the Paris climate agreement. |
| Given that Trump has signalled that he’s no fan of international climate action, and he’s not sure climate change is actually happening, Australia’s gesture of affirmation will be welcomed by people who remain fans of international climate action, and are of the view (courtesy of the wealth of facts and evidence in the public domain) that climate change is happening. | Given that Trump has signalled that he’s no fan of international climate action, and he’s not sure climate change is actually happening, Australia’s gesture of affirmation will be welcomed by people who remain fans of international climate action, and are of the view (courtesy of the wealth of facts and evidence in the public domain) that climate change is happening. |
| It presumably will not be welcomed by people who hold the opposite view. This gesture of ratification has been a while coming round. The agreement was ticked off recently by the joint standing committee on treaties. The One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts made a submission to that inquiry saying Australia should not sign up, because, you know, climate change is a hoax. | It presumably will not be welcomed by people who hold the opposite view. This gesture of ratification has been a while coming round. The agreement was ticked off recently by the joint standing committee on treaties. The One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts made a submission to that inquiry saying Australia should not sign up, because, you know, climate change is a hoax. |
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| at 9.47pm GMT | at 9.47pm GMT |
| 9.27pm GMT | 9.27pm GMT |
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| Australia, it's time to stop your sobbing | Australia, it's time to stop your sobbing |
| Chrissie is the only answer to this. | Chrissie is the only answer to this. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.45pm GMT | at 9.45pm GMT |
| 9.19pm GMT | 9.19pm GMT |
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| Julie Bishop: The world is certainly a different place | Julie Bishop: The world is certainly a different place |
| Q: Is the world a less secure place now with Donald Trump as president? | Q: Is the world a less secure place now with Donald Trump as president? |
| It is certainly a different place because any US presidential election has implications for the globe. But this is a momentous change and we see it as an opportunity for Australia to work very closely and constructively with the new president and his administration to ensure that we maintain US presence and leadership in the Asia-Pacific. That is in our national interest. | It is certainly a different place because any US presidential election has implications for the globe. But this is a momentous change and we see it as an opportunity for Australia to work very closely and constructively with the new president and his administration to ensure that we maintain US presence and leadership in the Asia-Pacific. That is in our national interest. |
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| at 9.31pm GMT | at 9.31pm GMT |
| 9.14pm GMT | 9.14pm GMT |
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| Friends, welcome to a post-truth world | Friends, welcome to a post-truth world |
| Cory Bernardi has taken to Facebook to bag out establishment parties (like the one he is a member of). He helpfully provides a link to his Australian Conservatives movement. | Cory Bernardi has taken to Facebook to bag out establishment parties (like the one he is a member of). He helpfully provides a link to his Australian Conservatives movement. |
| Friends, the stunning election victory by Donald Trump last night is validation of all I have been warning about for many years. | Friends, the stunning election victory by Donald Trump last night is validation of all I have been warning about for many years. |
| The movement against the establishment political parties, who have consistently and wilfully ignored the mainstream majority in favour of their own power and self-interest, is moving across the globe. | The movement against the establishment political parties, who have consistently and wilfully ignored the mainstream majority in favour of their own power and self-interest, is moving across the globe. |
| We need to change politics and unite Australian Conservatives to make that change for our Nation. If you want to be part of the movement please register your interest at Australian Conservatives. | We need to change politics and unite Australian Conservatives to make that change for our Nation. If you want to be part of the movement please register your interest at Australian Conservatives. |
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| at 9.30pm GMT | at 9.30pm GMT |
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| Let's see ... what do we need now? More hate speech? | Let's see ... what do we need now? More hate speech? |
| Tony Burke finished with a point to bring it home in Australian terms. By linking it to the push to change section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. | Tony Burke finished with a point to bring it home in Australian terms. By linking it to the push to change section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. |
| I’ve gotta say, it’s an extraordinary time for Australia to be thinking more hate speech would be a good thing. | I’ve gotta say, it’s an extraordinary time for Australia to be thinking more hate speech would be a good thing. |
| There is a question that’s always there for Australia: are you the ally that an American administration might want or are you the ally that an American administration in fact needs? We are well engaged in our region. We are a smart, sensible nation. And we should call out bigotry and appalling behaviour whenever we see it, and should do that fearlessly. | There is a question that’s always there for Australia: are you the ally that an American administration might want or are you the ally that an American administration in fact needs? We are well engaged in our region. We are a smart, sensible nation. And we should call out bigotry and appalling behaviour whenever we see it, and should do that fearlessly. |
| This Trump thing does force Australia to consider what it is that we want to be. A section of America has spoken about what it wants. What is it that Australians want? | This Trump thing does force Australia to consider what it is that we want to be. A section of America has spoken about what it wants. What is it that Australians want? |
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| Tony Burke: in this country, boasting about sex assault would end your career | Tony Burke: in this country, boasting about sex assault would end your career |
| Labor’s Tony Burke has appeared on Sky News with some thoughtful comments. He makes the point that we have to work on the basis that the alliance is unchanged and deeper than any one administration. | Labor’s Tony Burke has appeared on Sky News with some thoughtful comments. He makes the point that we have to work on the basis that the alliance is unchanged and deeper than any one administration. |
| But his main message is we cannot change who we are. | But his main message is we cannot change who we are. |
| A lot of people I guess feel today like they’re waking up with a pretty bad hangover trying to piece together what on earth happened the night before. | A lot of people I guess feel today like they’re waking up with a pretty bad hangover trying to piece together what on earth happened the night before. |
| In terms of what happened in the campaign itself, I think we’ve got to make sure that as a country, we don’t change who we are. We shouldn’t be so desperate in terms of trying to win favour from the new president-elect that we undermine our values. | In terms of what happened in the campaign itself, I think we’ve got to make sure that as a country, we don’t change who we are. We shouldn’t be so desperate in terms of trying to win favour from the new president-elect that we undermine our values. |
| We shouldn’t be a country that forgets that in this country if you boasted about sexually assaulting women it would mark the end of your political career. Over there, it’s just marked the launch of one. | We shouldn’t be a country that forgets that in this country if you boasted about sexually assaulting women it would mark the end of your political career. Over there, it’s just marked the launch of one. |
| These are differences where we should not give ground. Lots of titles go with being president of the United States – being called leader of the free world is not automatic. A world where women are assaulted, people with disability are ridiculed and people are discriminated against based on their faith or the colour of their skin is not a free world. | These are differences where we should not give ground. Lots of titles go with being president of the United States – being called leader of the free world is not automatic. A world where women are assaulted, people with disability are ridiculed and people are discriminated against based on their faith or the colour of their skin is not a free world. |
| Lots of analysis will happen now about what were the economic issues, what were the issues about anti-establishment, but race and prejudice were part of it. We should not gloss over that or pretend that they weren’t: they were. We should call that out. And we should make sure that we don’t in any way change who we are. | Lots of analysis will happen now about what were the economic issues, what were the issues about anti-establishment, but race and prejudice were part of it. We should not gloss over that or pretend that they weren’t: they were. We should call that out. And we should make sure that we don’t in any way change who we are. |
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| at 9.28pm GMT | at 9.28pm GMT |
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| Cory and George warn the Trump revolution is coming | Cory and George warn the Trump revolution is coming |
| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| This morning there is a lump in the gut of the body politic. It is still digesting the words, “President Trump”. | This morning there is a lump in the gut of the body politic. It is still digesting the words, “President Trump”. |
| The Daily Telegraph editor Christopher Dore channelled the zeitgeist, from both sides of the divide. | The Daily Telegraph editor Christopher Dore channelled the zeitgeist, from both sides of the divide. |
| Front page of The Daily Telegraph. #Elections2016 #USElection2016 #auspol pic.twitter.com/hmv3GJXDo7 | Front page of The Daily Telegraph. #Elections2016 #USElection2016 #auspol pic.twitter.com/hmv3GJXDo7 |
| The LNP MP George Christensen is the oracle this morning. He says the Trump victory marks a fundamental realignment of world politics. | The LNP MP George Christensen is the oracle this morning. He says the Trump victory marks a fundamental realignment of world politics. |
| Perhaps we needed some Trump in our political leadership when Ford announced [they were closing] while Julia Gillard was PM and under the Liberal National Coalition that Holden announced it was going. | Perhaps we needed some Trump in our political leadership when Ford announced [they were closing] while Julia Gillard was PM and under the Liberal National Coalition that Holden announced it was going. |
| We are starting to see that rise in this country, we saw the start at the last election. We have already seen a taste of it and there will be more to come in elections to follow. | We are starting to see that rise in this country, we saw the start at the last election. We have already seen a taste of it and there will be more to come in elections to follow. |
| The Liberal senator Cory Bernardi was cock-a-hoop. Here are his main points. | The Liberal senator Cory Bernardi was cock-a-hoop. Here are his main points. |
| Best get cracking. Speak to me in the thread or on the twits @gabriellechan or on Facebook. Mike Bowers is lurking, @mpbowers. Normally an early coffee is against my religion but I think I will crack before 8am today. I blame Donald Trump. | Best get cracking. Speak to me in the thread or on the twits @gabriellechan or on Facebook. Mike Bowers is lurking, @mpbowers. Normally an early coffee is against my religion but I think I will crack before 8am today. I blame Donald Trump. |
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| at 8.52pm GMT | at 8.52pm GMT |