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| Anne Aly says she received threatening emails after Peter Dutton's remarks – politics live | Anne Aly says she received threatening emails after Peter Dutton's remarks – politics live |
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| 11.33pm GMT | |
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| Barnaby Joyce won't comment on backpacker tax compromise | |
| Barnaby Joyce was asked a lot of questions about the backpacker tax but the bottom line was he would not comment on whether the government would hold the line on 19% given Labor is supporting Jacqui Lambie’s proposed rate of 10.5%. | |
| He says the Labor/Lambie position would see overseas workers paid less tax than Australians. | |
| Bill Shorten is speaking across the hall at the Tourism and Transport Forum. | |
| He is also asked about the backpacker tax. | |
| The government has been very mischievous. They have characterised our position of a 10.5% tax rate as charging backpackers less in tax than we charge Australians. That is not the case. There is no way, under any modelling, that a backpacker is going to be paying less tax than an Australian for doing comparable work but putting a rate at 32% and even 19%, they haven’t shown us the modelling for that. | |
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| at 11.37pm GMT | |
| 11.23pm GMT | |
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| Barnaby Joyce on sugar tax: the Australian Tax Office will not save your health | |
| Barnaby Joyce is asked the obvious question, why do we tax cigarettes and not sugar? | |
| Cigarettes are no good for you but no one is suggesting that, if you have a can of soft drink once a week, it will really affect your health. If you want to live on Mothers or whatever they call them, or super-saturated drinks, it is not a tax that will save you, it’s common sense. Nil by mouth – cut down on what you eat. | |
| Q: Why are we getting so fat? | |
| A couple of reasons, because people are sitting on their backside too much and eating too much food and not just soft drinks, eating too many chips and other food. Of course it’s unsurprising and everybody is standing around right here now looking at everybody else’s stomach. Well, so the issue is take the responsibility upon yourself. The Australian Taxation Office is not going to save your health, right? Do not go to the ATO as opposed to go to your doctor or put on a pair of sandshoes and walk around the block and, if you can, go for a run. The ATO is not a better solution than jumping in the pool and going for a swim. The ATO is not a better solution than reducing your portion size. | |
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| at 11.33pm GMT | |
| 11.16pm GMT | |
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| Barnaby Joyce: Bugger a sugar tax, just eat less and exercise more | |
| The Grattan Institute has proposed a sugar tax. | |
| The deputy prime minister says a sugar tax is “bonkers” but now the tax idea is getting a head of steam, he thought he would nip it in the bud. | |
| It is a tax where apparently if you put sugar in your coffee shop, in your latte, that isn’t a problem, but if you buy a can of drink that is a problem. You’ve got to nip these things in the bud from the word go. | |
| He says Mexico tried it and sugar jobs were lost but consumption went up. | |
| Our sugar consumption in Australia is reducing. We believe in being healthy but we don’t believe you have a health policy that is led by a tax on sugar because if you want to deal with being overweight, well, here is a rough suggestion: stop eating so much and do a bit of exercise. There is two bits of handy advice and you can get that for free. | |
| 10.51pm GMT | 10.51pm GMT |
| 22:51 | 22:51 |
| Malcolm Turnbull is speaking at the Tourism and Transport Forum this morning. | Malcolm Turnbull is speaking at the Tourism and Transport Forum this morning. |
| The prime minister is outlining government initiatives in the tourism and transport sector. One of the policies he mentions is the national broadband network (NBN), including its turn around from an “utterly failed project” to super fast connectivity. | The prime minister is outlining government initiatives in the tourism and transport sector. One of the policies he mentions is the national broadband network (NBN), including its turn around from an “utterly failed project” to super fast connectivity. |
| This has been a massive turn around and it is delivering super fast connectivity right across Australia in the most remote areas by satellite, many regional areas by fixed wireless and the bulk of the country by fixed line. | This has been a massive turn around and it is delivering super fast connectivity right across Australia in the most remote areas by satellite, many regional areas by fixed wireless and the bulk of the country by fixed line. |
| It is a critically important step ... It will power tourism across Australia. It will open new business opportunities and allow operators to better connect with their overseas markets and customers and better enable those millennials and the parents, of whom Katie spoke, to share their experiences on Instagram, Facebook and the other social media platforms that as you all know are so powerful and influential in terms of promoting awareness and making foreign visitors or potential foreign visitors eager and interested, excited about coming to Australia. | It is a critically important step ... It will power tourism across Australia. It will open new business opportunities and allow operators to better connect with their overseas markets and customers and better enable those millennials and the parents, of whom Katie spoke, to share their experiences on Instagram, Facebook and the other social media platforms that as you all know are so powerful and influential in terms of promoting awareness and making foreign visitors or potential foreign visitors eager and interested, excited about coming to Australia. |
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| at 11.03pm GMT | at 11.03pm GMT |
| 10.44pm GMT | 10.44pm GMT |
| 22:44 | 22:44 |
| Labor counter-terrorism expert and MP Anne Aly received threatening emails after Peter Dutton's comments | Labor counter-terrorism expert and MP Anne Aly received threatening emails after Peter Dutton's comments |
| From AAP: | From AAP: |
| Counter-terror expert and Labor MP Anne Aly says she has received threatening emails in the wake of immigration minister Peter Dutton’s comments about Lebanese Muslim immigration.Aly said the comments had stoked fear and division and jarred with the prime minister’s assertion that an inclusive nation was the best weapon against terrorism. | Counter-terror expert and Labor MP Anne Aly says she has received threatening emails in the wake of immigration minister Peter Dutton’s comments about Lebanese Muslim immigration.Aly said the comments had stoked fear and division and jarred with the prime minister’s assertion that an inclusive nation was the best weapon against terrorism. |
| If Malcolm Turnbull believes that, if he really believes that, he would have come out and slapped down Peter Dutton’s disgraceful comments against migrant Australians who have helped to build this nation. | If Malcolm Turnbull believes that, if he really believes that, he would have come out and slapped down Peter Dutton’s disgraceful comments against migrant Australians who have helped to build this nation. |
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| at 10.49pm GMT | at 10.49pm GMT |
| 10.41pm GMT | 10.41pm GMT |
| 22:41 | 22:41 |
| The superannuation bills are coming into the Senate now. It is worth reiterating the changes in the bill, given the internal Coalition fights over reforms to limit the generous tax concessions on superannuation. There have been several versions of these plans. | The superannuation bills are coming into the Senate now. It is worth reiterating the changes in the bill, given the internal Coalition fights over reforms to limit the generous tax concessions on superannuation. There have been several versions of these plans. |
| You may remember the reforms Malcolm Turnbull declared were “ironclad” during the election were changed in September after much teeth-gnashing at the July election result. | You may remember the reforms Malcolm Turnbull declared were “ironclad” during the election were changed in September after much teeth-gnashing at the July election result. |
| Conservatives in the party suggested it was a reason for the loss of some seats and the loss of party donations. | Conservatives in the party suggested it was a reason for the loss of some seats and the loss of party donations. |
| The treasurer, Scott Morrison, finally landed here: | The treasurer, Scott Morrison, finally landed here: |
| The bottom line is the reforms limit the tax concessions for superannuation especially for high income earners. Labor supports limiting tax concessions for wealthy individuals (indeed they announced their policy well in advance of the government) but they are trying to amend the bill. | The bottom line is the reforms limit the tax concessions for superannuation especially for high income earners. Labor supports limiting tax concessions for wealthy individuals (indeed they announced their policy well in advance of the government) but they are trying to amend the bill. |
| The important bit though is they will not insist on the amendments. So the government’s bill is likely to get through. But never say never in this Senate. | The important bit though is they will not insist on the amendments. So the government’s bill is likely to get through. But never say never in this Senate. |
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| at 10.48pm GMT | at 10.48pm GMT |
| 10.30pm GMT | 10.30pm GMT |
| 22:30 | 22:30 |
| Some more detail on the e-safety measures announced earlier. This is from the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, and the minister for women, Michaelia Cash. | Some more detail on the e-safety measures announced earlier. This is from the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, and the minister for women, Michaelia Cash. |
| The Turnbull government will also conduct a public consultation process on a proposed civil penalties regime targeted at both perpetrators and sites which host intimate images and videos shared without consent. | The Turnbull government will also conduct a public consultation process on a proposed civil penalties regime targeted at both perpetrators and sites which host intimate images and videos shared without consent. |
| A discussion paper will be released in early 2017 and feedback will be sought from the e-safety commissioner, federal and state police, women’s safety organisations, mental health experts, schools and education departments, the Online Safety Consultative Working Group and others. | A discussion paper will be released in early 2017 and feedback will be sought from the e-safety commissioner, federal and state police, women’s safety organisations, mental health experts, schools and education departments, the Online Safety Consultative Working Group and others. |
| In parallel, the commonwealth government is working with states and territories through Coag to support a nationally consistent approach to criminal offences relating to the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. | In parallel, the commonwealth government is working with states and territories through Coag to support a nationally consistent approach to criminal offences relating to the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. |
| Importantly, the commissioner’s existing legislated powers regarding cyberbullying material targeted at an Australian child will remain solely focused on children, while the office’s work regarding online safety for adults will be centred around advice and online reporting. | Importantly, the commissioner’s existing legislated powers regarding cyberbullying material targeted at an Australian child will remain solely focused on children, while the office’s work regarding online safety for adults will be centred around advice and online reporting. |
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| at 10.39pm GMT | at 10.39pm GMT |
| 10.27pm GMT | 10.27pm GMT |
| 22:27 | 22:27 |
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| at 10.40pm GMT | at 10.40pm GMT |
| 10.24pm GMT | 10.24pm GMT |
| 22:24 | 22:24 |
| Rod, excuse me, I’m party leader | Rod, excuse me, I’m party leader |
| He did what? | He did what? |
| Cash and Culleton are talking to Margaret Menzel, chief of staff and dodger of James Ashby’s phone. | Cash and Culleton are talking to Margaret Menzel, chief of staff and dodger of James Ashby’s phone. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.41pm GMT | at 10.41pm GMT |
| 10.17pm GMT | 10.17pm GMT |
| 22:17 | 22:17 |
| E-safety commissioner to push for consistent laws on revenge porn | E-safety commissioner to push for consistent laws on revenge porn |
| The government’s announcement regards a new e-safety commissioner who will push for consistent laws across all states. | The government’s announcement regards a new e-safety commissioner who will push for consistent laws across all states. |
| Turnbull has announced an online safety expert, Julie Inman Grant, as e-safety commissioner, working with his cyber security adviser Alastair MacGibbon. | Turnbull has announced an online safety expert, Julie Inman Grant, as e-safety commissioner, working with his cyber security adviser Alastair MacGibbon. |
| Much of the discussion at the press conference is around penalties for revenge porn and education will be a key part of the process, says Michaelia Cash. | Much of the discussion at the press conference is around penalties for revenge porn and education will be a key part of the process, says Michaelia Cash. |
| The overwhelming feedback, as you travel around Australia and you do talk to people about what is the appropriate policy response, it is acknowledged that at a federal level, there is already in place criminal laws and minister Fifield’s taken you through that and there have been successful prosecutions. | The overwhelming feedback, as you travel around Australia and you do talk to people about what is the appropriate policy response, it is acknowledged that at a federal level, there is already in place criminal laws and minister Fifield’s taken you through that and there have been successful prosecutions. |
| Normally these matters are taken care of at a state and territory level and that is why the Coag process to ensure consistency across our states and territories in relation to those laws is so important. | Normally these matters are taken care of at a state and territory level and that is why the Coag process to ensure consistency across our states and territories in relation to those laws is so important. |
| Then when you talk to people who have been subjected to it, many of them say to you, ‘All I wanted was the image removed, I just wanted the image removed’. That is very much going to be a focus of what Julie is going to be looking at, how do we respond in the first instance to the person coming forward and saying ‘Just get the image down’. | Then when you talk to people who have been subjected to it, many of them say to you, ‘All I wanted was the image removed, I just wanted the image removed’. That is very much going to be a focus of what Julie is going to be looking at, how do we respond in the first instance to the person coming forward and saying ‘Just get the image down’. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.27pm GMT | at 10.27pm GMT |
| 10.08pm GMT | 10.08pm GMT |
| 22:08 | 22:08 |
| There have been White Ribbon events this morning with both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten speaking at a breakfast. | There have been White Ribbon events this morning with both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten speaking at a breakfast. |
| Here is Turnbull: | Here is Turnbull: |
| I want to acknowledge the victims of domestic violence and their families, whose courage and suffering we honour today. Yours are the faces and the stories behind the statistics that we are determined to change. Today, I recommit to my role as a White Ribbon ambassador and I encourage all men to wear a white ribbon as a sign of respect for women, as a sign that you do not tolerate violence or disrespect of women and as a vow to stand up and speak wherever you see it. We stand together, men and women, and condemn the actions of the few who commit domestic violence and we call on all men to respect women and show they abhor violence against women. | I want to acknowledge the victims of domestic violence and their families, whose courage and suffering we honour today. Yours are the faces and the stories behind the statistics that we are determined to change. Today, I recommit to my role as a White Ribbon ambassador and I encourage all men to wear a white ribbon as a sign of respect for women, as a sign that you do not tolerate violence or disrespect of women and as a vow to stand up and speak wherever you see it. We stand together, men and women, and condemn the actions of the few who commit domestic violence and we call on all men to respect women and show they abhor violence against women. |
| Shorten has put forward this proposal: | Shorten has put forward this proposal: |
| That’s why I’m putting forward a proposition today on White Ribbon Day that Labor would amend the Family Law Act to compel judges and family violence cases to consider whether a witness should be protected under a range of mechanisms, such as video conferencing, and if the judge believes the available mechanisms under the act are insufficient to protect a vulnerable witness, the judge should be empowered to direct that all unrepresented litigants, the men and the women, should be represented by legal aid. | That’s why I’m putting forward a proposition today on White Ribbon Day that Labor would amend the Family Law Act to compel judges and family violence cases to consider whether a witness should be protected under a range of mechanisms, such as video conferencing, and if the judge believes the available mechanisms under the act are insufficient to protect a vulnerable witness, the judge should be empowered to direct that all unrepresented litigants, the men and the women, should be represented by legal aid. |
| Turnbull has announced something further and the minister for women, Michaelia Cash, is holding a press conference on this right now. Details coming shortly. | Turnbull has announced something further and the minister for women, Michaelia Cash, is holding a press conference on this right now. Details coming shortly. |
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| at 10.30pm GMT | at 10.30pm GMT |
| 9.57pm GMT | 9.57pm GMT |
| 21:57 | 21:57 |
| Also in the Senate, the memorial Justin Gleeson legal direction disallowance will finally hit the chamber. | Also in the Senate, the memorial Justin Gleeson legal direction disallowance will finally hit the chamber. |
| To explain, Labor is trying to make sure the legal direction that led to the resignation of solicitor general Justin Gleeson is dead, buried and cremated. | To explain, Labor is trying to make sure the legal direction that led to the resignation of solicitor general Justin Gleeson is dead, buried and cremated. |
| The disallowance will make clear that these directions are dead. And will also highlight George Brandis, obviously. That is expected sometime after 5pm. | The disallowance will make clear that these directions are dead. And will also highlight George Brandis, obviously. That is expected sometime after 5pm. |
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| at 10.30pm GMT | at 10.30pm GMT |
| 9.52pm GMT | 9.52pm GMT |
| 21:52 | 21:52 |
| From our mates at AAP: | From our mates at AAP: |
| Senator Culleton said he was “absolutely” happy to meet Senator Hanson and “the other boys” as well. | Senator Culleton said he was “absolutely” happy to meet Senator Hanson and “the other boys” as well. |
| “Nothing wrong with that, is there?” he said as he arrived at Parliament House. | “Nothing wrong with that, is there?” he said as he arrived at Parliament House. |
| Asked whether he was happy to remain in One Nation, Culleton said it wasn’t a question of whether he was happy or not. | Asked whether he was happy to remain in One Nation, Culleton said it wasn’t a question of whether he was happy or not. |
| “When Pauline chose me as a candidate and I was committed to running as a senator I did it under the One Nation banner and I have principles,” he said. | “When Pauline chose me as a candidate and I was committed to running as a senator I did it under the One Nation banner and I have principles,” he said. |
| “Now whether the going gets tough … I have to serve my team for my constituents because that’s how they voted me to parliament.” | “Now whether the going gets tough … I have to serve my team for my constituents because that’s how they voted me to parliament.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.56pm GMT | at 9.56pm GMT |