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| Pauline Hanson finally meets with colleague Rodney Culleton – as it happened | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 7.05am GMT | |
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| Night time politics | |
| That’s your bloomin’ lot for the evening, as Peter Cundall would say. | |
| Today, | |
| You know it makes sense. | |
| Thanks to the brains trust, Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp and Gareth Hutchens. | |
| Tomorrow is Thursday. | |
| I leave you with a picture of the father of the Nats, former senator Ron Boswell who named his biggest achievement in his valedictory speech many years ago as the defeat of One Nation in Queensland. He campaigned assiduously against the party in its first flush of success. | |
| At the time, he said: | |
| In the fight of my life against Pauline Hanson, I risked everything to stand up against her regressive, narrow view of Australia. To defeat Pauline Hanson and One Nation in 2001 has been my greatest political achievement. | |
| He returned to parliament today as a special guest at the Nats’ barbeque and Pauline Hanson was in the house. | |
| Goodnight. | |
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| at 7.13am GMT | |
| 6.31am GMT | 6.31am GMT |
| 06:31 | 06:31 |
| Pauline Hanson: Trump followed me | Pauline Hanson: Trump followed me |
| Pauline Hanson has praised conservative senator Cory Bernardi and said that Malcolm Turnbull had moved to the right to hold the top job and stave off “revolt” in his party. | |
| In comments at the Tourism & Transport Forum Australia on Wednesday, Hanson also said Donald Trump was “saying what I was saying 20 years ago.” | |
| She said conservative senator Cory Bernardi is “a straight shooter and I think he’s said a lot of things that are in line with my views and opinions”. | She said conservative senator Cory Bernardi is “a straight shooter and I think he’s said a lot of things that are in line with my views and opinions”. |
| Asked whether Turnbull had moved to the right, she said: “Well he has moved, otherwise he wouldn’t be there, there would’ve been a revolt.” | Asked whether Turnbull had moved to the right, she said: “Well he has moved, otherwise he wouldn’t be there, there would’ve been a revolt.” |
| He has changed. He has to start listening to voters. | He has changed. He has to start listening to voters. |
| If you were with us during question time, you would know treasurer Scott Morrison said Trump had announced his corporate tax cuts after the Coalition had done so in the 2016 budget. | If you were with us during question time, you would know treasurer Scott Morrison said Trump had announced his corporate tax cuts after the Coalition had done so in the 2016 budget. |
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| at 6.52am GMT | |
| 6.23am GMT | 6.23am GMT |
| 06:23 | 06:23 |
| Also in the senate, Labor’s Glenn Sterle made a joke about a zebra while women’s minister Michaelia Cash was making a point about respect for women on White Ribbon Day. | Also in the senate, Labor’s Glenn Sterle made a joke about a zebra while women’s minister Michaelia Cash was making a point about respect for women on White Ribbon Day. |
| Cash was wearing a black and white jacket. | Cash was wearing a black and white jacket. |
| Senator Glenn Sterle warned after suggesting a Coalition Senator looked like a zebra. | Senator Glenn Sterle warned after suggesting a Coalition Senator looked like a zebra. |
| It comes a day after Labor senator Doug Cameron said Cash needed finance minister Mathias Cormann to “hold her hand”. | It comes a day after Labor senator Doug Cameron said Cash needed finance minister Mathias Cormann to “hold her hand”. |
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| at 6.34am GMT | at 6.34am GMT |
| 6.08am GMT | 6.08am GMT |
| 06:08 | 06:08 |
| Just before Emma Husar’s speech, Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm asked the following question regarding domestic violence: | Just before Emma Husar’s speech, Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm asked the following question regarding domestic violence: |
| .@DavidLeyonhjelm asking about what support is available for the one in three men who are victims of domestic violence #auspol #senateQT | .@DavidLeyonhjelm asking about what support is available for the one in three men who are victims of domestic violence #auspol #senateQT |
| George Christensen tweeted 10 minutes ago: | George Christensen tweeted 10 minutes ago: |
| Very good question. All domestic violence is bad not just that of men against women. https://t.co/wbgk9P5XgM | Very good question. All domestic violence is bad not just that of men against women. https://t.co/wbgk9P5XgM |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.15am GMT | at 6.15am GMT |
| 6.04am GMT | 6.04am GMT |
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| There was a whole lot of barbequeing going on in Canberra today. | There was a whole lot of barbequeing going on in Canberra today. |
| There was this cancer “barbecure”. | There was this cancer “barbecure”. |
| And there was the also a National party seafood barbeque. | And there was the also a National party seafood barbeque. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.13am GMT | at 6.13am GMT |
| 5.44am GMT | 5.44am GMT |
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| In a matter of moments, there will be a panel - again at the Tourism and Transport Forum that will feature crossbench senators Pauline Hanson, Jacqui Lambie and Derryn Hinch. | In a matter of moments, there will be a panel - again at the Tourism and Transport Forum that will feature crossbench senators Pauline Hanson, Jacqui Lambie and Derryn Hinch. |
| 5.30am GMT | 5.30am GMT |
| 05:30 | 05:30 |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| After chasing each other around the building today, One Nation senator Rodney Culleton has had his meeting with party leader Pauline Hanson. | After chasing each other around the building today, One Nation senator Rodney Culleton has had his meeting with party leader Pauline Hanson. |
| The meeting happened in Hanson’s office, so she won that little arm wrestle, although Culleton told Sky News it was “a little patronising” of her to request his attendance on ABC TV last night. | The meeting happened in Hanson’s office, so she won that little arm wrestle, although Culleton told Sky News it was “a little patronising” of her to request his attendance on ABC TV last night. |
| Culleton told Guardian Australia he explained the circumstances around the Queensland attorney general’s decision to refer his letter to a magistrate to the Queensland police, after concerns it may amount to a threat or perverting the course of justice. | Culleton told Guardian Australia he explained the circumstances around the Queensland attorney general’s decision to refer his letter to a magistrate to the Queensland police, after concerns it may amount to a threat or perverting the course of justice. |
| Culleton denies the letter was a threat and said it was written “in the interest of justice” on behalf of a distressed individual. He said Hanson was “very comfortable” with his explanation and “fully supportive of me”. | Culleton denies the letter was a threat and said it was written “in the interest of justice” on behalf of a distressed individual. He said Hanson was “very comfortable” with his explanation and “fully supportive of me”. |
| Culleton said Hanson had asked if he was “alright to keep going” because she wanted to check her senators were “firing on all cylinders”. Culleton said he was OK, and she accepted that. | Culleton said Hanson had asked if he was “alright to keep going” because she wanted to check her senators were “firing on all cylinders”. Culleton said he was OK, and she accepted that. |
| The pair also discussed the Australian Building and Construction Commission bill. Culleton foreshadowed further amendments but didn’t commit to vote one way or the other. | The pair also discussed the Australian Building and Construction Commission bill. Culleton foreshadowed further amendments but didn’t commit to vote one way or the other. |
| Asked if he would attend One Nation party room meetings, he told Guardian Australia “once I’m fully over the high court case, I suppose”. One Nation party room meetings are “not compulsory” he said, and Hanson wasn’t the type of leader to tell people what to do. | Asked if he would attend One Nation party room meetings, he told Guardian Australia “once I’m fully over the high court case, I suppose”. One Nation party room meetings are “not compulsory” he said, and Hanson wasn’t the type of leader to tell people what to do. |
| Culleton told Sky News he was not pleased Hanson had backed the Senate referral of his eligibility, claiming she and others had “been misled”. | Culleton told Sky News he was not pleased Hanson had backed the Senate referral of his eligibility, claiming she and others had “been misled”. |
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| at 5.55am GMT | at 5.55am GMT |
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| Emma Husar's speech in full | Emma Husar's speech in full |
| Labor MP for Lindsay, Emma Husar’s, speech in full. | Labor MP for Lindsay, Emma Husar’s, speech in full. |
| In my first speech in this place I said 29 out of my 36 years of life had been affected by domestic violence. | In my first speech in this place I said 29 out of my 36 years of life had been affected by domestic violence. |
| I am a survivor of family violence, and it has taken me a long time to overcome the trauma of that to be where I am today. | I am a survivor of family violence, and it has taken me a long time to overcome the trauma of that to be where I am today. |
| I know there are a lot of women out there who suffer in silence. Today I stand in solidarity with survivors, with those women afraid to speak, and I will use my story, told in this place to advocate for the change we need. | I know there are a lot of women out there who suffer in silence. Today I stand in solidarity with survivors, with those women afraid to speak, and I will use my story, told in this place to advocate for the change we need. |
| I will use the eve of white ribbon day as an opportunity to shine a light into the darkest corner of my own life. | I will use the eve of white ribbon day as an opportunity to shine a light into the darkest corner of my own life. |
| The first 13 years of my life was marred with physical domestic violence, committed towards my mother, at the hands of my always drunk-when-abusive Father. | The first 13 years of my life was marred with physical domestic violence, committed towards my mother, at the hands of my always drunk-when-abusive Father. |
| My Dad was the son of a World War Two German soldier who committed many acts of violence against his wife and against his seven children. My father had been raised in a house where violence was the accepted norm and at a time when society said these were private matters. | My Dad was the son of a World War Two German soldier who committed many acts of violence against his wife and against his seven children. My father had been raised in a house where violence was the accepted norm and at a time when society said these were private matters. |
| Whilst the blows that landed on my mother during my childhood didn’t land on me physically – they may as well have. The trauma inflicted was the same. I recall it vividly and in great detail. | Whilst the blows that landed on my mother during my childhood didn’t land on me physically – they may as well have. The trauma inflicted was the same. I recall it vividly and in great detail. |
| Each episode of this violence over my 13-years was different but the aftermath was always the same: Dad would apologise, promise to be different, and that would work for just a short time. | Each episode of this violence over my 13-years was different but the aftermath was always the same: Dad would apologise, promise to be different, and that would work for just a short time. |
| One evening, at the end of another round of abuse, Dad launched the family dinner of that evening at the wall. | One evening, at the end of another round of abuse, Dad launched the family dinner of that evening at the wall. |
| The stain remained on that wall for a very long time – the stain in my heart would linger much longer. Mum then bundled my sister and I into the family car and fled. | The stain remained on that wall for a very long time – the stain in my heart would linger much longer. Mum then bundled my sister and I into the family car and fled. |
| We would go to the refuges in our community, until, after so many years and so many incidents, my father knew the locations and we were not safe there anymore. We then shifted to staying in hotels, which were located above pubs where the people below were loud and sometimes their noise would spill into the streets, waking me and reminding me that I wasn’t in my own bed, in my own home. | We would go to the refuges in our community, until, after so many years and so many incidents, my father knew the locations and we were not safe there anymore. We then shifted to staying in hotels, which were located above pubs where the people below were loud and sometimes their noise would spill into the streets, waking me and reminding me that I wasn’t in my own bed, in my own home. |
| I was in a foreign place, because I was not safe. | I was in a foreign place, because I was not safe. |
| One night, when Mum was hurrying to get my sister and I out. Dad had removed and smashed the distributor cap from the car rendering it useless and us trapped. The Police fetched us this time. | One night, when Mum was hurrying to get my sister and I out. Dad had removed and smashed the distributor cap from the car rendering it useless and us trapped. The Police fetched us this time. |
| I still remember sitting in the Police station well into the early hours of the morning and the officers in Penrith police giving us pink milk while we waited. The police did their best. | I still remember sitting in the Police station well into the early hours of the morning and the officers in Penrith police giving us pink milk while we waited. The police did their best. |
| Again, after this event my Mum returned home. | Again, after this event my Mum returned home. |
| We know why women return time and time again even when their lives are massively disrupted along with their children’s’, and I hope that the blame that was launched at my Mum during the 90’s for not leaving, is no longer part of the “solution” around domestic violence – and I hope the questions of ‘why doesn’t she just leave’ quit being asked. | We know why women return time and time again even when their lives are massively disrupted along with their children’s’, and I hope that the blame that was launched at my Mum during the 90’s for not leaving, is no longer part of the “solution” around domestic violence – and I hope the questions of ‘why doesn’t she just leave’ quit being asked. |
| Eventually, though, the courage rises up, services step up and women stand up. Finally leaving. But not before one last terrible incident. | Eventually, though, the courage rises up, services step up and women stand up. Finally leaving. But not before one last terrible incident. |
| There were 13-police cars the last time physical violence affected my childhood. But this was the end of the physical violence, once and for all. Whilst the physical part ceased other abuse around finance and control ramped up. | There were 13-police cars the last time physical violence affected my childhood. But this was the end of the physical violence, once and for all. Whilst the physical part ceased other abuse around finance and control ramped up. |
| Sadly, the wheel of domestic violence continues to affect my life as a grown woman, with children of my own. The last 16-years of my life have been and continue to be affected by domestic and family violence. | Sadly, the wheel of domestic violence continues to affect my life as a grown woman, with children of my own. The last 16-years of my life have been and continue to be affected by domestic and family violence. |
| In the limited time I have left, I would like to thank Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for his continued support of my current situation, his understanding, and the support he provides to me. I would also like to thank my caucus colleagues and staff who know my story, who don’t judge me and continue to provide support. | In the limited time I have left, I would like to thank Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for his continued support of my current situation, his understanding, and the support he provides to me. I would also like to thank my caucus colleagues and staff who know my story, who don’t judge me and continue to provide support. |
| I would like to acknowledge the Penrith Women’s Health Service who have been providing services to my community for 30-years, including to my Mum then, and to my family now. | I would like to acknowledge the Penrith Women’s Health Service who have been providing services to my community for 30-years, including to my Mum then, and to my family now. |
| Sometimes in my experience I have found that, mostly, victims don’t talk about domestic violence because other people don’t talk about domestic violence. | Sometimes in my experience I have found that, mostly, victims don’t talk about domestic violence because other people don’t talk about domestic violence. |
| For many years I was embarrassed and ashamed. I know that I shouldn’t be but I am. | For many years I was embarrassed and ashamed. I know that I shouldn’t be but I am. |
| I hope that today, I have lent my voice, my story, and my passion for advocating change, to the choir of the white ribbon movement who call on us to stand up, speak out and act. | I hope that today, I have lent my voice, my story, and my passion for advocating change, to the choir of the white ribbon movement who call on us to stand up, speak out and act. |
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