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| Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of 'post-truth politics' – live | Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of 'post-truth politics' – live |
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| Women in front. | |
| Men in the back. | |
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| What is it with goats? | |
| The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, was asked about Labor’s 457 visa crackdown. The Daily Tele had a story this morning about a deal done between fast food chains and the former Labor government. | |
| The flood of foreign visas during oppposition leader Bill Shorten’s time as workplace minister in the Gillard government also extended the program to 650 so-called professions including union officials and goat herders. | |
| The revelations will come as an embarrassment for an opposition leader who has sought to whip up a foreign worker backlash in the wake of the Trump victory in the US by claiming he wanted to crack down on 457s. | |
| In one of the little-known labour agreements approved by Labor in 2012, McDonald’s was given sponsor rights to bring in 285 foreign workers. Hungry Jack’s hired at least 74 people on 457s, KFC brought in 88 foreign workers, while other lesser-known fast food outlets hired 32. | |
| Dutton: | |
| This is a leader of the opposition who says one thing outside of this chamber and a very different thing inside of this chamber. The leader of the opposition is here saying he wants to introduce a bill in relation to 457 visas ... When he was the employment minister, a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments, he did the complete opposite. Can you imagine the surprise this morning when this leader of the opposition woke up to this headline in the Daily Telegraph: “Do you want lies with that?” | |
| The government is, of course, narrowing the occupations allowed to come in under 457s. They are cracking down on 457s while at the same time as criticising Labor for cracking down. | |
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| 4.42am GMT | 4.42am GMT |
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| Barnaby Joyce: APVMA move to my own seat coincidental | Barnaby Joyce: APVMA move to my own seat coincidental |
| I did not hear the question but presume it is about moving the pesticides agency to Tamworth. | I did not hear the question but presume it is about moving the pesticides agency to Tamworth. |
| He says the Nats are very proud of its decentralisation policy. | He says the Nats are very proud of its decentralisation policy. |
| Joyce says the NSW Labor government moved the minerals department to Maitland to one of its seats. | |
| Of the APVMA move (announced during the election campaign when he was challenged by Tony Windsor), Joyce says: | Of the APVMA move (announced during the election campaign when he was challenged by Tony Windsor), Joyce says: |
| It’s coincidental it’s in the seat of New England. It is absolutely a proper fit. | |
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| 4.36am GMT | 4.36am GMT |
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| What’s your message to farmers today who are furious the way the Coalition has handled this issue over the past 18 months? | |
| Barnaby Joyce: | Barnaby Joyce: |
| I’d say to farmers right from the word go we were the ones who brought $40m on the table to resolve the issue. Not the Labor party. We stated quite clearly we would resolve this issue. Not the Labor party. The Labor party were the ones who brought about this rate in the first place. | |
| This is not true. | This is not true. |
| This rate was brought in at the 2015 Abbott/Hockey budget. | This rate was brought in at the 2015 Abbott/Hockey budget. |
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| 4.32am GMT | 4.32am GMT |
| 04:32 | 04:32 |
| There is a flock of Nats in the Senate courtyard speaking on backpackers. | There is a flock of Nats in the Senate courtyard speaking on backpackers. |
| Barnaby Joyce speaks first and then Fiona Nash. They are justifying the policy twists and turns, including the final landing spot. Nash says: | Barnaby Joyce speaks first and then Fiona Nash. They are justifying the policy twists and turns, including the final landing spot. Nash says: |
| Politics is the art of what’s possible and we now have a 15% rate. It’s a very sensible outcome. It’s a good outcome. Compromise is reality in this parliament. | Politics is the art of what’s possible and we now have a 15% rate. It’s a very sensible outcome. It’s a good outcome. Compromise is reality in this parliament. |
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| at 4.33am GMT | at 4.33am GMT |
| 4.23am GMT | 4.23am GMT |
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| Barnaby Joyce is doing a press conference in five minutes on the backpacker tax. | Barnaby Joyce is doing a press conference in five minutes on the backpacker tax. |
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| Paul Karp reports that senator David Leyonhjelm wants to tear down the goat’s cheese curtain. This day may get worse. | Paul Karp reports that senator David Leyonhjelm wants to tear down the goat’s cheese curtain. This day may get worse. |
| The ABC and SBS will be forced to remove themselves from the “goat’s cheese curtain” by holding community forums under a deal struck between the government and senator David Leyonhjelm. | The ABC and SBS will be forced to remove themselves from the “goat’s cheese curtain” by holding community forums under a deal struck between the government and senator David Leyonhjelm. |
| Leyonhjelm announced the deal for his vote on the Australian building and construction commission bill on Monday, in addition to a promise that the federal government lead a reform process to loosen suppression orders on court reporting. | Leyonhjelm announced the deal for his vote on the Australian building and construction commission bill on Monday, in addition to a promise that the federal government lead a reform process to loosen suppression orders on court reporting. |
| But the deal could still be torn up if the government agrees to further water down buybacks in its horse trading with the Nick Xenophon Team, Leyonhjelm warned. | But the deal could still be torn up if the government agrees to further water down buybacks in its horse trading with the Nick Xenophon Team, Leyonhjelm warned. |
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| at 4.13am GMT | at 4.13am GMT |
| 4.05am GMT | 4.05am GMT |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: Yesterday, the former prime minister and member for Warringah said: “It is good that we are no longer talking about innovation and agility because, frankly, it loses people.” Almost at the same time the minister for finance said: “I think innovation and agility is an important part of our economic plan.” Whose lead will the prime minister follow today and is agility still central to your government’s policies? | Shorten to Turnbull: Yesterday, the former prime minister and member for Warringah said: “It is good that we are no longer talking about innovation and agility because, frankly, it loses people.” Almost at the same time the minister for finance said: “I think innovation and agility is an important part of our economic plan.” Whose lead will the prime minister follow today and is agility still central to your government’s policies? |
| Innovation is essential to our government, Turnbull says. | Innovation is essential to our government, Turnbull says. |
| Innovation is the driver of productivity and without continued growth and productivity, Australians cannot be competitive, our living standards cannot be maintained. | Innovation is the driver of productivity and without continued growth and productivity, Australians cannot be competitive, our living standards cannot be maintained. |
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| Most of the government questions have been on unions, union corruption and the need for the government’s Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). | Most of the government questions have been on unions, union corruption and the need for the government’s Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). |
| 3.58am GMT | 3.58am GMT |
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| Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: Given the treasurer has been contradicted by the NSW Liberal government on negative gearing, first argued there were excesses in negative gearing and then attacked Labor’s reforms to negative gearing and was rolled in cabinet when he himself argued for changes to negative gearing and now doesn’t know what negative gearing is. Isn’t it plain this treasurer’s just incompetent? | Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: Given the treasurer has been contradicted by the NSW Liberal government on negative gearing, first argued there were excesses in negative gearing and then attacked Labor’s reforms to negative gearing and was rolled in cabinet when he himself argued for changes to negative gearing and now doesn’t know what negative gearing is. Isn’t it plain this treasurer’s just incompetent? |
| Morrison does not go to negative gearing policy. | Morrison does not go to negative gearing policy. |
| This is the shadow treasurer who, at the last election, thought the right plan for Australia was to increase the deficit by $16.5 billion. | This is the shadow treasurer who, at the last election, thought the right plan for Australia was to increase the deficit by $16.5 billion. |
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| at 4.15am GMT | at 4.15am GMT |
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| Thanks to Paul Karp for this. | Thanks to Paul Karp for this. |
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| Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: On Friday the treasurer said: “What negative gearing is is the ability for you to deduct what is a business expense against a business income.” Does the treasurer realise that is actually not negative gearing? Is the reason the treasurer refuses to reform negative gearing is because he doesn’t know what it is? | Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: On Friday the treasurer said: “What negative gearing is is the ability for you to deduct what is a business expense against a business income.” Does the treasurer realise that is actually not negative gearing? Is the reason the treasurer refuses to reform negative gearing is because he doesn’t know what it is? |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| It is a very simple tax principle. When you incur costs in earning that income, you can recoup the costs in claiming deductions for those. I was drawing a comparison with businesses in the way that a rental of a property is like running a business. | It is a very simple tax principle. When you incur costs in earning that income, you can recoup the costs in claiming deductions for those. I was drawing a comparison with businesses in the way that a rental of a property is like running a business. |
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| at 3.55am GMT | at 3.55am GMT |
| 3.50am GMT | 3.50am GMT |
| 03:50 | 03:50 |
| This is extraordinary, from the Australian National Audit Office. | This is extraordinary, from the Australian National Audit Office. |
| This is what the ANAO just said about $5 BILLION in tax deductions the oil and gas companies have made. pic.twitter.com/amviqtmXR3 | This is what the ANAO just said about $5 BILLION in tax deductions the oil and gas companies have made. pic.twitter.com/amviqtmXR3 |
| 3.47am GMT | 3.47am GMT |
| 03:47 | 03:47 |
| Tony Burke to Barnaby Joyce: I refer to the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Will the government guarantee to acquire the additional 450 gigalitres of water through infrastructure investment? | Tony Burke to Barnaby Joyce: I refer to the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Will the government guarantee to acquire the additional 450 gigalitres of water through infrastructure investment? |
| Joyce says the government will deliver the plan and it would be better if Labor came up with some ideas. | Joyce says the government will deliver the plan and it would be better if Labor came up with some ideas. |
| It sounds like Labor thinks the government is doing a deal to deliver the 450GL to South Australia to get Nick Xenophon across the line on the ABCC bill. | It sounds like Labor thinks the government is doing a deal to deliver the 450GL to South Australia to get Nick Xenophon across the line on the ABCC bill. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.53am GMT | at 3.53am GMT |