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| Lower house rejects Senate's 10.5% backpacker tax amendment – as it happened | Lower house rejects Senate's 10.5% backpacker tax amendment – as it happened |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| 6.54am GMT | 6.54am GMT |
| 06:54 | 06:54 |
| Night-time politics | |
| That’s it for the week. Thanks to Paul Karp, Gareth Hutchens and Katharine Murphy. And Mike Bowers for the 13km he ran today with full camera gear. I kid you not, that’s what the pedometer says. It was well worth our while. And thanks to you dear reader. We could not do it without you. | That’s it for the week. Thanks to Paul Karp, Gareth Hutchens and Katharine Murphy. And Mike Bowers for the 13km he ran today with full camera gear. I kid you not, that’s what the pedometer says. It was well worth our while. And thanks to you dear reader. We could not do it without you. |
| We will be back next week, bright and early on Monday. At this stage staffers are being told to anticipate the last week of sitting will extend into Friday. | We will be back next week, bright and early on Monday. At this stage staffers are being told to anticipate the last week of sitting will extend into Friday. |
| Goodnight. | Goodnight. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.29am GMT | |
| 6.27am GMT | 6.27am GMT |
| 06:27 | 06:27 |
| MAMIL. | MAMIL. |
| 6.24am GMT | 6.24am GMT |
| 06:24 | 06:24 |
| Long day at the office. | Long day at the office. |
| 6.22am GMT | 6.22am GMT |
| 06:22 | 06:22 |
| What an extraordinary day. | What an extraordinary day. |
| 6.01am GMT | 6.01am GMT |
| 06:01 | 06:01 |
| The lower house has adjourned so the MPs are off. | The lower house has adjourned so the MPs are off. |
| The Senate continues. | The Senate continues. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.27am GMT | at 6.27am GMT |
| 6.00am GMT | 6.00am GMT |
| 06:00 | 06:00 |
| Lower house rejects 10.5% rate amended by Senate | Lower house rejects 10.5% rate amended by Senate |
| The lower house has rejected the Senate’s amendments 75-70. | 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. | It is not clear whether the bill will go straight back to the Senate for another vote. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.26am GMT | at 6.26am GMT |
| 5.53am GMT | 5.53am GMT |
| 05:53 | 05:53 |
| To be clear, the lower house now has to consider the backpacker tax amendment for a 10.5% tax rate. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Updated |
| at 6.26am GMT | at 6.26am GMT |
| 5.48am GMT | 5.48am GMT |
| 05:48 | 05:48 |
| All I can hear from the backpacker division is Labor’s agriculture shadow, Joel Fitzgibbon, yelling at Barnaby Joyce: | 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. | Black Jack [McEwen] would be rolling in his grave. |
| You have sold your farmers down the drain. | You have sold your farmers down the drain. |
| Go out on the doors now and apologise now. | Go out on the doors now and apologise now. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.58am GMT | at 5.58am GMT |
| 5.45am GMT | 5.45am GMT |
| 05:45 | 05:45 |
| The backpacker tax bill is back in the house. A number of votes are happening. | The backpacker tax bill is back in the house. A number of votes are happening. |
| Presumably the government will reject the amendments. | 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. | 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 | Updated |
| at 5.30am GMT | at 5.30am GMT |