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| George Brandis caught on microphone calling state LNP 'very, very mediocre' – politics live | George Brandis caught on microphone calling state LNP 'very, very mediocre' – politics live |
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| 6.23am GMT | |
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| Just in case you missed this in another place: | |
| #orangevotes re-count over and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers win by 50 votes #nswpol | |
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| Updated | |
| at 6.23am GMT | |
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| The National party senator John Williams is speaking on climate change now. | |
| In the background, Michaelia Cash calls over Pauline Hanson. They leave the chamber together. Negotiations on the industrial relations bills are obviously continuing apace. | |
| Updated | |
| at 6.23am GMT | |
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| BTW, the Senate passed Eric Abetz’s motion against the Labor senator Kimberley Kitching by 35-21. | |
| The Senate notes: | |
| Updated | |
| at 6.11am GMT | |
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| Sorry I should explain. | |
| This is the Malcolm Roberts “matter of public importance”, being debated in the Senate. | |
| The policy position of the Australian government towards the disputed theory of global warming with the election of Mr Trump as president, who is well known to reject exaggerated claims of anthropogenic climate change. | |
| Roberts says One Nation is working on its links with the Trump camp. He might be able to help Trump. | |
| Updated | |
| at 6.08am GMT | |
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| Here comes Malcolm Roberts. He is very excited by the election of Donald J. Trump. | |
| The eeeeelites are wetting their beds, he says. | |
| This is the beginning of the Western Spring. | |
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| There is a question in the thread about the Adler disallowance motion. The Senate is a funny place but this is how I understand it. | |
| A disallowance motion reverses or “disallows” previous action. In the case of the Adler, a temporary import ban was put in place. Leyonhjelm moves the disallowance to get rid of the ban. | |
| The key political point is this: if Leyonhjelm wins the vote, the gun comes in (again). | |
| If Leyonhjelm loses the vote, the gun stays out. | |
| The ones to watch are the National party senators. | |
| Updated | |
| at 6.04am GMT | |
| 5.23am GMT | 5.23am GMT |
| 05:23 | 05:23 |
| After Dutton's QT comments on Lebanese, these pars from my NSC draft document leak in Feb are instructive @lateline https://t.co/EmiUCpwjmO pic.twitter.com/C2E3r1FBxL | After Dutton's QT comments on Lebanese, these pars from my NSC draft document leak in Feb are instructive @lateline https://t.co/EmiUCpwjmO pic.twitter.com/C2E3r1FBxL |
| 5.18am GMT | 5.18am GMT |
| 05:18 | 05:18 |
| Here is George in all of his glory. | Here is George in all of his glory. |
| Attorney-General George Brandis says Qld LNP 'very very mediocre' #auspol READ MORE: https://t.co/GpYEiMtdtV https://t.co/b6sx5tzS70 | Attorney-General George Brandis says Qld LNP 'very very mediocre' #auspol READ MORE: https://t.co/GpYEiMtdtV https://t.co/b6sx5tzS70 |
| 5.16am GMT | 5.16am GMT |
| 05:16 | 05:16 |
| The attorney general and Queensland LNP senator George Brandis has been caught on microphone suggesting the Queensland LNP was not great. Sky News has the story. | |
| The answer came in response to a question from the Victorian Liberal president, Michael Kroger: “How are things in Queensland, how’s Tim Nicholls going?” | |
| Um well they’re not very good ... I’d say that the state opposition is very, very mediocre and the state government is very, very mediocre but the thing that is alarming everyone is, as you would expect, the sudden spike in One Nation, which is now at about 16%. | |
| Brandis says it looks as though One Nation will win quite a few seats in Queensland. | Brandis says it looks as though One Nation will win quite a few seats in Queensland. |
| Will no one learn about live microphones? | Will no one learn about live microphones? |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.00am GMT | |
| 5.01am GMT | 5.01am GMT |
| 05:01 | 05:01 |
| I have the transcript. | I have the transcript. |
| 4.59am GMT | 4.59am GMT |
| 04:59 | 04:59 |
| Let’s get back to the senate for a minute. There were 11 speakers on the registered organisations bill and there are another 5 to go. | Let’s get back to the senate for a minute. There were 11 speakers on the registered organisations bill and there are another 5 to go. |
| Given there are other things the senate has to do before it comes back (senate has had question time), we will not get to a vote today. | Given there are other things the senate has to do before it comes back (senate has had question time), we will not get to a vote today. |
| Instead, we have a matter of public importance from One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts, namely: | Instead, we have a matter of public importance from One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts, namely: |
| The policy position of the Australian Government towards the disputed theory of global warming with the election of Mr Trump as President, who is well known to reject exaggerated claims of anthropogenic climate change. | The policy position of the Australian Government towards the disputed theory of global warming with the election of Mr Trump as President, who is well known to reject exaggerated claims of anthropogenic climate change. |
| Then the senate will debate and vote on David Leyonhjelm’s motion to lift the import ban on the Adler shotgun. (If the senate does not vote on this one, the ban will be automatically lifted.) | Then the senate will debate and vote on David Leyonhjelm’s motion to lift the import ban on the Adler shotgun. (If the senate does not vote on this one, the ban will be automatically lifted.) |
| After that, it is the Penny Wong’s disallowance of the George Brandis legal direction (which the Brandis has already chucked out). | After that, it is the Penny Wong’s disallowance of the George Brandis legal direction (which the Brandis has already chucked out). |
| And only then, does the registered organisations bill come back for debate. | And only then, does the registered organisations bill come back for debate. |
| 4.47am GMT | 4.47am GMT |
| 04:47 | 04:47 |
| Things that make you go hmmmmm. | Things that make you go hmmmmm. |
| 4.42am GMT | 4.42am GMT |
| 04:42 | 04:42 |
| The Shorten question to Peter Dutton, with his answer. | The Shorten question to Peter Dutton, with his answer. |
| .@billshortenmp asks Peter Dutton to explain his controversial comments on Malcolm Fraser's immigration policies #qt https://t.co/v0NXF1r4kA | .@billshortenmp asks Peter Dutton to explain his controversial comments on Malcolm Fraser's immigration policies #qt https://t.co/v0NXF1r4kA |
| 4.41am GMT | 4.41am GMT |
| 04:41 | 04:41 |
| The whole Malcolm Fraser-Peter Dutton issue arose from an Andrew Bolt interview on Sky last week. This is what Dutton said originally. | The whole Malcolm Fraser-Peter Dutton issue arose from an Andrew Bolt interview on Sky last week. This is what Dutton said originally. |
| If there is a particular problem that people can point to within a certain community, and we’re talking about a significant number of people in that community who are doing the wrong thing, then clearly mistakes have been made in the past. | If there is a particular problem that people can point to within a certain community, and we’re talking about a significant number of people in that community who are doing the wrong thing, then clearly mistakes have been made in the past. |
| The reality is that Malcolm Fraser did make mistakes in bringing some people in in the 1970s and we’re seeing that today. We need to be honest in having that discussion. | The reality is that Malcolm Fraser did make mistakes in bringing some people in in the 1970s and we’re seeing that today. We need to be honest in having that discussion. |
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| In giving the answer, Dutton said it wasn’t fair to define the majority of one group based on a small minority. But by naming the group, he has just defined them. | In giving the answer, Dutton said it wasn’t fair to define the majority of one group based on a small minority. But by naming the group, he has just defined them. |