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| Asylum protests hit parliament for second day – politics live | Asylum protests hit parliament for second day – politics live |
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| 10.53pm GMT | |
| 22:53 | |
| Anthony Albanese has a crack at the “chaotic government” and is shut down. | |
| Now the house is voting that the motion be put. Then they will vote on the substantive motion. | |
| 10.51pm GMT | |
| 22:51 | |
| The vote is proceeding in the lower house. Chris Bowen is successfully gagged 75-72. | |
| Agriculture shadow Joel Fitzgibbon gets up to second the backpacker motion and yells into the mike before Pyne gags him: | |
| This is Barnaby Joyce’s greyhound ban. | |
| Barnaby Joyce and Fitzgibbon yell across the chamber at each other and the speaker tells them to shut it. (More politely) | |
| 10.47pm GMT | |
| 22:47 | |
| Protesters today & yesterday, undermining my campaign to keep the Parliament House grass open for the children to roll down #getofftheroof | |
| 10.43pm GMT | |
| 22:43 | |
| As it turns out, both leaders were in the house for Christmas valedictories and goodwill to all men and women. | |
| 10.41pm GMT | |
| 22:41 | |
| Christopher Pyne is gagging Chris Bowen. | |
| 10.39pm GMT | |
| 22:39 | |
| Now Chris Bowen is moving a motion – presumably leading to a suspension of standing orders – on the backpackers tax. | |
| Updated | |
| at 10.52pm GMT | |
| 10.37pm GMT | |
| 22:37 | |
| Parliament deals with security first up | |
| Parliament security is the first issue of the day. | |
| Speaker Tony Smith is speaking about plans to improve security around and at parliament house. It will include new perimeter security, CCTV cameras and glassing off certain areas. | |
| Parliament has always been known as the people’s house, says Smith | |
| But he says it has to be a balance to allow for safety. | |
| The world has changed since the original design brief. | |
| Smith says: | |
| 10.30pm GMT | |
| 22:30 | |
| LNP senator James McGrath: Protestors are Kmart Castros – get a job | |
| LNP senator James McGrath is furious at the protestors. | |
| He told Sky’s Kieran Gilbert: | |
| What a bunch of grubs. Parliament is the house for all Australians ... and we have these Kmart Castros out the front its all about them and their views and nobody else ... If they want their views to be heard run for parliament ... they should wake up to themselves and get a job. | |
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| at 10.37pm GMT | |
| 10.21pm GMT | |
| 22:21 | |
| Lee Rhiannon giving presser after bringing chocolates for @akaWACA refugee protesters #auspol @gabriellechan pic.twitter.com/uksNufJqd9 | |
| 10.21pm GMT | |
| 22:21 | |
| 10.19pm GMT | 10.19pm GMT |
| 22:19 | 22:19 |
| I promised to bring you some of the commentary on the detail of what passed in the radically amended Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). | I promised to bring you some of the commentary on the detail of what passed in the radically amended Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). |
| Here is Judith Sloan from the Oz: | Here is Judith Sloan from the Oz: |
| Let’s face it, Malcolm Turnbull hasn’t the faintest clue about the rough and tumble of industrial relations. His business experience was limited to fancy deal-making and appearing in court rooms. | Let’s face it, Malcolm Turnbull hasn’t the faintest clue about the rough and tumble of industrial relations. His business experience was limited to fancy deal-making and appearing in court rooms. |
| So allowing himself to get involved in negotiating with populist, horse-trading crossbench senators about the details of the bill to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission was a big public policy mistake. But just like the boy who has his heart set on a particular Christmas present, Malcolm really, really wanted the ABCC bill to pass the Senate, and he was prepared to do pretty much anything to get it. | So allowing himself to get involved in negotiating with populist, horse-trading crossbench senators about the details of the bill to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission was a big public policy mistake. But just like the boy who has his heart set on a particular Christmas present, Malcolm really, really wanted the ABCC bill to pass the Senate, and he was prepared to do pretty much anything to get it. |
| The net effect is an appalling mishmash of inconsistent and unworkable provisions that completely undermines any benefits that could flow from the restoration of the ABCC and the associated code for government-funded building projects. | The net effect is an appalling mishmash of inconsistent and unworkable provisions that completely undermines any benefits that could flow from the restoration of the ABCC and the associated code for government-funded building projects. |
| Turnbull was asked about this particular column this morning and he said it was all very well to be an armchair commentator but he was in the biz of getting things done. | Turnbull was asked about this particular column this morning and he said it was all very well to be an armchair commentator but he was in the biz of getting things done. |
| 10.12pm GMT | 10.12pm GMT |
| 22:12 | 22:12 |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Whistleblowers Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) spokesman Phil Evans said today’s action “continues the call for urgent action on refugees” including closing offshore detention camps and bringing all refugees and asylum seekers in them to Australia. | Whistleblowers Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) spokesman Phil Evans said today’s action “continues the call for urgent action on refugees” including closing offshore detention camps and bringing all refugees and asylum seekers in them to Australia. |
| Evans confirmed no charges were laid over yesterday’s protest, nor were they given any paperwork banning them from the parliamentary precinct. | Evans confirmed no charges were laid over yesterday’s protest, nor were they given any paperwork banning them from the parliamentary precinct. |
| Asked about their treatment by security yesterday he said it was “fine ... and pales in comparison to the treatment of people on Manus Island and Nauru” who are being “tortured raped and abused”. | |
| Evans criticised Liberal MPs who turned their backs on the protest yesterday noting “protesters are part of democracy”. | Evans criticised Liberal MPs who turned their backs on the protest yesterday noting “protesters are part of democracy”. |
| Before I made it to the protest Nationals MP Andrew Broad commented to me in the hallway that protesters would be fined $5,000 if they did the same thing at the MCG. | Before I made it to the protest Nationals MP Andrew Broad commented to me in the hallway that protesters would be fined $5,000 if they did the same thing at the MCG. |
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| at 10.24pm GMT | |
| 10.08pm GMT | 10.08pm GMT |
| 22:08 | 22:08 |
| Parliament will sit at 9.30am. | Parliament will sit at 9.30am. |
| Richard di Natale has told Sky News as far as he knows, there is no involvement from Greens MPs and senators in the protests yesterday or today. Though there are reports that Greens senator Nick McKim may move a motion in the Senate congratulating the protestors. | |
| Updated | |
| at 10.23pm GMT | |
| 10.00pm GMT | 10.00pm GMT |
| 22:00 | 22:00 |
| That Xenophon digit is aimed at Leyonhjelm due to a story by Tory Shepherd of the Adelaide Advertiser. | That Xenophon digit is aimed at Leyonhjelm due to a story by Tory Shepherd of the Adelaide Advertiser. |
| Here is but a taste: | Here is but a taste: |
| A NSW Senator has compared South Australia to a stinky fat man who enjoys artificially flavoured cheesy snacks. | A NSW Senator has compared South Australia to a stinky fat man who enjoys artificially flavoured cheesy snacks. |
| In a sign other states are envious of the state for securing promises on shipbuilding and water, Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm said we should be stripped of some of our GST revenue and have our “bleatings” ignored. | In a sign other states are envious of the state for securing promises on shipbuilding and water, Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm said we should be stripped of some of our GST revenue and have our “bleatings” ignored. |
| “If the South Australia Government was a person, it would be an obese 40-year-old man with awful body odour who lives with his mother, refuses to work, and plays Xbox all day,” Senator Leyonhjelm told parliament on Wednesday. | |
| “He pauses only to demand more Cheezels and iced coffee, or to complain when the lights go out.” | “He pauses only to demand more Cheezels and iced coffee, or to complain when the lights go out.” |
| The state’s unemployment woes mean we’re at risk of “becoming one big, barren, candlelit retirement village”, he said, then outlined the concerns of one constituent who was hit by flooding that was exacerbated by environmental water releases in the Murray Darling Basin. | The state’s unemployment woes mean we’re at risk of “becoming one big, barren, candlelit retirement village”, he said, then outlined the concerns of one constituent who was hit by flooding that was exacerbated by environmental water releases in the Murray Darling Basin. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.23pm GMT | |