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| Senate votes down 15% backpacker tax after passing ABCC bill – politics live | Senate votes down 15% backpacker tax after passing ABCC bill – politics live |
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| 1.14am GMT | |
| 01:14 | |
| Just to my last point, Rod Culleton made the final point lest you think he was not independent on his leader. | |
| There’s no nose ring. No one is going to lead me around. | |
| 1.11am GMT | |
| 01:11 | |
| One Nation senator Rod Culleton says he never supports more costs for farmers because he is one. He avoids the question of whether he told Pauline Hanson specifically that he was going to vote against the 15% proposed by her. | |
| Everything is on the table until the vote is in the chamber. | |
| Culleton says the amended backpacker tax is back in the government’s court. He says the tax cannot be set at 15%. | |
| My disappointment is with the Nationals who should be out there protecting farmers which clearly they are not. | |
| Rod Culleton is essentially an independent. Government has to negotiate with Hanson and Culleton separately. | |
| .@NationalFarmers: "We're absolutely frustrated, disapointed and can't believe this insanity continues." Re #backpackertax @abcnews #auspol | |
| 1.04am GMT | |
| 01:04 | |
| Just back to the Labor press conference on the backpackers tax. | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon has foreshadowed the Coalition attack on Labor. Indeed the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, has already accused Labor of forcing the tax rate to 32.5%. | |
| This will happen if no resolution happens. | |
| Labor says the government should just accept the will of the parliament and set the rate at 10.5% – Jacqui Lambie’s original proposal. | |
| The government has already said they will not accept that rate. | |
| Anthony Albanese makes the point that as government leader in the lower house in the Gillard-Rudd government he had a hung parliament to deal with on every bit of legislation. Get over it, he says. | |
| Albanese uses the example of when One Nation thought they had a deal on the five-year freeze on the passenger movement charge, only to find out the legislation could not be binding. | |
| [The Coalition] couldn’t keep their word on the floor of the parliament for 15 minutes. They then know that that was a con because it’s been said by everyone, including the speaker of the House, that that is not actually binding. | |
| Now, I managed a parliament where 70 votes out of 150, without losing a vote on a piece of legislation, and I did it by treating crossbenchers with respect, by not lying to them, by not conning them, by engaging in proper, good faith discussions. | |
| This government thinks it is smart when they try and con crossbenchers and then they wonder why it comes back to bite them. | |
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| at 1.11am GMT | |
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| Bowers’ ScoMo magic. | |
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| Backpackers vote: things fall apart | |
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| at 12.59am GMT | |
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| Updated | |
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| Derryn Hinch: I'm not on anyone's side, I'm an independent. | |
| Derryn Hinch is justifying his move down from 19% to 15% to 10.5%. | |
| Right now I am 10.5%. | |
| He tells Sky the ball is now in the government court. | |
| Right now I am sticking to my guns. | |
| He says government senators said, “But you’re on our side.” | |
| I told them I am not on anyone’s side. I am an independent. | |
| Updated | |
| at 12.48am GMT | |
| 12.38am GMT | 12.38am GMT |
| 00:38 | 00:38 |
| Chris Bowen, Anthony Albanese and Joel Fitzgibbon are speaking about the backpacker tax rate. | Chris Bowen, Anthony Albanese and Joel Fitzgibbon are speaking about the backpacker tax rate. |
| Bowen: | Bowen: |
| A few moments ago, the Senate voted against a backpacker tax rate of 15% and voted for a backpacker tax rate of 10.5%. It’s also important to remember how we got here. We got here because of the government’s lack of consultation. | |
| We got here because of the government’s arrogance. Again on Monday, Scott Morrison, and I quote, in a very immature contribution said, “The Labor party can go jump”. | |
| He wasn’t interested in talking to the Labor party about a sensible solution, wasn’t interested in a sensible bipartisan consensus. | |
| He said, “The Labor party can go jump. We don’t need the Labor party to get this sorted.” | |
| Well, that has been shown now to be utterly untrue. The solution here is very simple: Scott Morrison should swallow his pride. | Well, that has been shown now to be utterly untrue. The solution here is very simple: Scott Morrison should swallow his pride. |
| He should walk into the house of representatives this afternoon and accept the will of the parliament that the backpacker tax rate should be 10.5% to make it competitive with New Zealand. | |
| The solution is right there before the government. If they could put aside their arrogance and incompetence for a moment and accept the solution of 10.5% then Australia’s farmers, horticulturalists, growers and the tourism sector could get the certainty they need. | |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.45am GMT | |
| 12.35am GMT | 12.35am GMT |
| 00:35 | 00:35 |
| Pride comes before ... | |
| a fall. | a fall. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.41am GMT | |
| 12.24am GMT | 12.24am GMT |
| 00:24 | 00:24 |
| Just briefly, there is some confusion on the ABCC bill vote. | Just briefly, there is some confusion on the ABCC bill vote. |
| Following the demise of Bob Day, the government needs eight of the 10 crossbenchers to pass legislation. | Following the demise of Bob Day, the government needs eight of the 10 crossbenchers to pass legislation. |
| The ABCC bill passed with support of | The ABCC bill passed with support of |
| Opposed were: | Opposed were: |
| But the vote was 36-33, I hear you cry? | But the vote was 36-33, I hear you cry? |
| There were three pairs - which means both sides agreed to three people on each side being out of the chamber. | There were three pairs - which means both sides agreed to three people on each side being out of the chamber. |
| Government votes are 39 - 3 pairs = 36 | Government votes are 39 - 3 pairs = 36 |
| Labor votes are 36 - 3 pairs = 33. | Labor votes are 36 - 3 pairs = 33. |
| 12.15am GMT | 12.15am GMT |
| 00:15 | 00:15 |
| The Senate moves on to the vocational education and training loans bills. | The Senate moves on to the vocational education and training loans bills. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.21am GMT | at 12.21am GMT |
| 12.14am GMT | 12.14am GMT |
| 00:14 | 00:14 |
| Passenger movement charge increase from $55 to $60 passes the Senate 33-32. | Passenger movement charge increase from $55 to $60 passes the Senate 33-32. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.16am GMT | at 12.16am GMT |
| 12.12am GMT | 12.12am GMT |
| 00:12 | 00:12 |
| And my ABC friend and rural affairs reporter: | And my ABC friend and rural affairs reporter: |
| So.Do we have a #backpackertax resolution?No.#auspol | So.Do we have a #backpackertax resolution?No.#auspol |
| 12.09am GMT | 12.09am GMT |
| 00:09 | 00:09 |
| Just on the 10.5% rate, my Weekly Times friend notes: | Just on the 10.5% rate, my Weekly Times friend notes: |
| Hinch has sided with Labor - after consistently stating he backed 19 per cent, then 15 per cent #auspol #backpackertax | Hinch has sided with Labor - after consistently stating he backed 19 per cent, then 15 per cent #auspol #backpackertax |