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| Coalition flags no compromise on backpacker tax after Senate votes for 10.5% – politics live | Coalition flags no compromise on backpacker tax after Senate votes for 10.5% – politics live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 6.01am GMT | |
| 06:01 | |
| The lower house has adjourned so the MPs are off. | |
| The senate continues. | |
| 6.00am GMT | |
| 06:00 | |
| Lower house rejects 10.5% rate amended by senate | |
| The lower house has rejected the senate’s amendments 75-70. | |
| It is not clear whether the bill will go straight back to the senate for another vote. | |
| 5.53am GMT | |
| 05:53 | |
| To be clear, the lower house now has to consider the backpacker tax amendment for a 10.5% tax rate. | |
| In order to do this, the House had to knock off the adjournment debate. | |
| The lower house is now voting on the question that the 10.5% change not be made. | |
| That is, chuck out the 10.5% rate and restore the 19% rate. | |
| In which case, the bill will go back to the government’s preferred option of 19% and will be punted back up to the Senate. | |
| Updated | |
| at 5.58am GMT | |
| 5.48am GMT | |
| 05:48 | |
| All I can hear from the backpacker division is Labor’s agriculture shadow, Joel Fitzgibbon, yelling at Barnaby Joyce: | |
| Black Jack [McEwen] would be rolling in his grave. | |
| You have sold your farmers down the drain. | |
| Go out on the doors now and apologise now. | |
| Updated | |
| at 5.58am GMT | |
| 5.45am GMT | |
| 05:45 | |
| The backpacker tax bill is back in the house. A number of votes are happening. | |
| Presumably the government will reject the amendments. | |
| 5.26am GMT | 5.26am GMT |
| 05:26 | 05:26 |
| Here is the magic of David Speers. | Here is the magic of David Speers. |
| In failing to back in the treasurer’s assertion that foreign workers will pay less tax than Australians, the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, looks as if he does not agree with Scott Morrison. | |
| .@MathiasCormann: it's important foreign workers don't pay more tax than Australians #auspol https://t.co/RQmZCfDVhS https://t.co/f2aetdkYYk | .@MathiasCormann: it's important foreign workers don't pay more tax than Australians #auspol https://t.co/RQmZCfDVhS https://t.co/f2aetdkYYk |
| Show me the numbers. | Show me the numbers. |
| Updated | |
| at 5.30am GMT | |
| 5.20am GMT | 5.20am GMT |
| 05:20 | 05:20 |
| Things got heated between @JacquiLambie and the president of the National Farmers Federation over #backpackertax https://t.co/KiuW3uF3YX | Things got heated between @JacquiLambie and the president of the National Farmers Federation over #backpackertax https://t.co/KiuW3uF3YX |
| 5.19am GMT | 5.19am GMT |
| 05:19 | 05:19 |
| Things got heated between @JacquiLambie and the president of the National Farmers Federation over #backpackertax https://t.co/KiuW3uF3YX | Things got heated between @JacquiLambie and the president of the National Farmers Federation over #backpackertax https://t.co/KiuW3uF3YX |
| 5.14am GMT | 5.14am GMT |
| 05:14 | 05:14 |
| BREAKING: Senate Cttee warns against "unfair and disproportionate" fines for non-compliance with #Census2016. https://t.co/fmfEmkEoGU | BREAKING: Senate Cttee warns against "unfair and disproportionate" fines for non-compliance with #Census2016. https://t.co/fmfEmkEoGU |
| 5.08am GMT | 5.08am GMT |
| 05:08 | 05:08 |
| There has been a blue in the Senate courtyard between the new National Farmers Federation president, Fiona Simson, and Jacqui Lambie. | |
| The Tasmanian senator said if the NFF had done their job, farmers could have had a rate of 10.5%. | The Tasmanian senator said if the NFF had done their job, farmers could have had a rate of 10.5%. |
| Simson said she would come and see her. | Simson said she would come and see her. |
| Lambie said don’t bother about me, go and see your farmers. | Lambie said don’t bother about me, go and see your farmers. |
| Brand new NFF Prez Fiona Simson intro'd self to Sen.Lambie. Is now getting bollocking on NFF's #backpackertax stance pic.twitter.com/xY9vjnH7CT | Brand new NFF Prez Fiona Simson intro'd self to Sen.Lambie. Is now getting bollocking on NFF's #backpackertax stance pic.twitter.com/xY9vjnH7CT |
| Updated | |
| at 5.35am GMT | |
| 4.47am GMT | 4.47am GMT |
| 04:47 | 04:47 |
| David Speers of Sky News is valiantly trying to pin the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, down on the government’s arguments against the 10.5% tax rate. | David Speers of Sky News is valiantly trying to pin the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, down on the government’s arguments against the 10.5% tax rate. |
| In the House, Scott Morrison repeatedly said foreign workers would pay less tax than Australian workers on 10.5%. | In the House, Scott Morrison repeatedly said foreign workers would pay less tax than Australian workers on 10.5%. |
| Speers says given backpackers pay tax from the first dollar, does Cormann also assert backpackers would pay less tax than Australians? | Speers says given backpackers pay tax from the first dollar, does Cormann also assert backpackers would pay less tax than Australians? |
| Cormann does not repeat the Morrison assertion. | Cormann does not repeat the Morrison assertion. |
| Cormann won’t go there. | Cormann won’t go there. |
| The closest he will go is this: | The closest he will go is this: |
| Labor wants to deliver further tax cuts for foreign workers. | Labor wants to deliver further tax cuts for foreign workers. |
| Speers tries the question every which way but Cormann sticks to his line. He is one of the most disciplined ministers in the government for sticking to his line. Often frustratingly so. | Speers tries the question every which way but Cormann sticks to his line. He is one of the most disciplined ministers in the government for sticking to his line. Often frustratingly so. |
| Make of that what you will. | Make of that what you will. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.49am GMT | at 4.49am GMT |
| 4.38am GMT | 4.38am GMT |
| 04:38 | 04:38 |
| Backpacker 4: the vote. | Backpacker 4: the vote. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.45am GMT | at 4.45am GMT |
| 4.34am GMT | 4.34am GMT |
| 04:34 | 04:34 |
| Backpacker 3: the sprint. | Backpacker 3: the sprint. |
| 4.32am GMT | 4.32am GMT |
| 04:32 | 04:32 |
| Backpacker 2: Arm twisting. | Backpacker 2: Arm twisting. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.38am GMT | at 4.38am GMT |
| 4.29am GMT | 4.29am GMT |
| 04:29 | 04:29 |
| Backpacker tax 1. Rapproachment | Backpacker tax 1. Rapproachment |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.31am GMT | at 4.31am GMT |
| 4.16am GMT | 4.16am GMT |
| 04:16 | 04:16 |
| One nation's Pauline Hanson during debate in the senate this afternoon @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/fGu1GhcPZj | One nation's Pauline Hanson during debate in the senate this afternoon @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/fGu1GhcPZj |