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| Barnaby Joyce: agency's move to my electorate 'coincidental' – politics live | Barnaby Joyce: agency's move to my electorate 'coincidental' – politics live |
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| New backpacker bills introduced into the house | |
| The Coalition has introduced new bills for the latest backpacker tax rate of 15% and the $5 increase in the passenger movement charge (PMC). These bills will likely be debated tomorrow and then go to the Senate on Wednesday though I have given up making bold predictions. | |
| Both bills had previously passed the house and the Senate albeit with amendments. | |
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| 5.00am GMT | 5.00am GMT |
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| Women in front. | Women in front. |
| Men in the back. | Men in the back. |
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| at 5.11am GMT | at 5.11am GMT |
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| What is it with goats? | 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 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 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. | 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. | 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: | 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?” | 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. | 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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| at 5.13am GMT | at 5.13am GMT |
| 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. | 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. | It’s coincidental it’s in the seat of New England. It is absolutely a proper fit. |
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| at 4.53am GMT | at 4.53am GMT |
| 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? | 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. | 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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| at 4.54am GMT | at 4.54am GMT |
| 4.32am GMT | 4.32am GMT |
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| 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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| 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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| at 4.17am GMT | at 4.17am GMT |