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| Greens do deal with government for a 15% backpacker tax – politics live | Greens do deal with government for a 15% backpacker tax – politics live |
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| 5.18am GMT | |
| 05:18 | |
| Richard Di Natale says negotiations only began with the government today. | |
| He was asked about the National Farmers Federation’s position. | |
| I would love to claim credit for the National Farmers’ Federation changing their position. I mean, really in the 21st century an organisation that denies the impact of the climate change when the people who will be most impacted will be people working on the land. The National Farmers’ Federation on this issue were all over the shop. In the end what we have done is brokered an outcome by talking to farmers. | |
| 5.00am GMT | |
| 05:00 | |
| Richard Di Natale: | |
| The important thing here is people right around the country didn’t know whether their businesses were going to be viable. That is what we were facing. We had this ridiculous spectacle brought on by the government before an election, no consultation, blindsiding everybody, including farmers, saying we were going to claw all this money back from backpackers and the agricultural community said, “No, hang on, we need these people, they are vital”. | |
| So what we then saw was the government during an election campaign not have the guts to take a policy to the people, pushing it off to the never never, and then here we are a minute to midnight with the government saying, “No, we are not going to accept 13%”, and we were going to force some of these producers to the wall. | |
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| at 5.17am GMT | |
| 4.55am GMT | |
| 04:55 | |
| Greens strike compromise of 15% with cut in superannuation tax rate to 65% | |
| The backpackers tax compromise has been announced by the Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, the treasury spokesman, Peter Whish-Wilson, and the agriculture spokeswoman, Janet Rice. | |
| The change in superannuation rates means the total cost is the same as a 13% headline rate. | |
| We have seen the Greens clean up the mess that is of the government’s own making. | |
| Peter Whish-Wilson says farmers wanted to see some of the money back-paid straight to government via backpackers’ superannuation. | |
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| at 5.18am GMT | |
| 4.41am GMT | 4.41am GMT |
| 04:41 | 04:41 |
| Bill Shorten is speaking to a matter of public importance: | Bill Shorten is speaking to a matter of public importance: |
| The government’s year that has harmed Australians. | The government’s year that has harmed Australians. |
| 4.38am GMT | 4.38am GMT |
| 04:38 | 04:38 |
| The Greens are doing a press conference in five minutes on their deal with the government for a 15% backpacker tax. | The Greens are doing a press conference in five minutes on their deal with the government for a 15% backpacker tax. |
| 4.35am GMT | 4.35am GMT |
| 04:35 | 04:35 |
| He says a security overhaul will take place and he thanks the security guards who took part. | He says a security overhaul will take place and he thanks the security guards who took part. |
| 4.34am GMT | 4.34am GMT |
| 04:34 | 04:34 |
| The Speaker, Tony Smith, says everyone wants people to have access to the parliament but it is not fair for people to shout down elected representatives and frighten other members of the public, including school children. | The Speaker, Tony Smith, says everyone wants people to have access to the parliament but it is not fair for people to shout down elected representatives and frighten other members of the public, including school children. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.36am GMT | at 4.36am GMT |
| 4.32am GMT | 4.32am GMT |
| 04:32 | 04:32 |
| The Speaker is making a statement on the protest yesterday. | The Speaker is making a statement on the protest yesterday. |
| He says he made the decision to suspend until protestors were removed because it prevented the business proceeding. | He says he made the decision to suspend until protestors were removed because it prevented the business proceeding. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.36am GMT | at 4.36am GMT |
| 4.31am GMT | 4.31am GMT |
| 04:31 | 04:31 |
| Note the Greens have been, until now, the most consistent on the backpacker tax. They always plugged for the status quo – which they suggest is zero, given most backpackers were claiming resident status and therefore benefited from a tax-free threshold. | Note the Greens have been, until now, the most consistent on the backpacker tax. They always plugged for the status quo – which they suggest is zero, given most backpackers were claiming resident status and therefore benefited from a tax-free threshold. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.37am GMT | at 4.37am GMT |
| 4.29am GMT | 4.29am GMT |
| 04:29 | 04:29 |
| BREAKING: Govt and Greens do a deal for a 15% backpacker tax @Skynewsaust #thelatest | BREAKING: Govt and Greens do a deal for a 15% backpacker tax @Skynewsaust #thelatest |
| 4.29am GMT | 4.29am GMT |
| 04:29 | 04:29 |
| As the votes continue, Joel Fitzgibbon shouts across the chamber at Barnaby Joyce: | As the votes continue, Joel Fitzgibbon shouts across the chamber at Barnaby Joyce: |
| How much will a lamb roast cost if we go to 32.5%? | How much will a lamb roast cost if we go to 32.5%? |
| 4.21am GMT | 4.21am GMT |
| 04:21 | 04:21 |
| Tony Burke is successfully shut down by the House. | Tony Burke is successfully shut down by the House. |
| Joel Fitzgibbon rises to second the motion, yelling: | Joel Fitzgibbon rises to second the motion, yelling: |
| This is Barnaby Joyce’s greyhound ban. | This is Barnaby Joyce’s greyhound ban. |
| Pyne gags Fitzgibbon. | Pyne gags Fitzgibbon. |
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| at 4.26am GMT | at 4.26am GMT |
| 4.20am GMT | 4.20am GMT |
| 04:20 | 04:20 |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Labor’s Murray Watt has given a valedictory speech on attorney general George Brandis’s behalf, the conceit being that he accepts rumours that Brandis will leave parliament if appointed to a plum job and wants to send him off in style.The valedictory is a timeline of Brandis highlights: | Labor’s Murray Watt has given a valedictory speech on attorney general George Brandis’s behalf, the conceit being that he accepts rumours that Brandis will leave parliament if appointed to a plum job and wants to send him off in style.The valedictory is a timeline of Brandis highlights: |
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| at 4.26am GMT | at 4.26am GMT |
| 4.19am GMT | 4.19am GMT |
| 04:19 | 04:19 |
| Now this is a suspension motion. | Now this is a suspension motion. |
| @gabriellechan The Suspension: An allegory. #qt @murpharoo pic.twitter.com/NWoJ7RPADt | @gabriellechan The Suspension: An allegory. #qt @murpharoo pic.twitter.com/NWoJ7RPADt |
| 4.18am GMT | 4.18am GMT |
| 04:18 | 04:18 |
| Fashion police. | Fashion police. |
| 4.16am GMT | 4.16am GMT |
| 04:16 | 04:16 |
| The vote continues, by the way, for the last suspension of standing orders in the last question time for 2016. | The vote continues, by the way, for the last suspension of standing orders in the last question time for 2016. |
| Pardon! They are voting on the gags before the suspension motion. | Pardon! They are voting on the gags before the suspension motion. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.24am GMT | at 4.24am GMT |
| 4.15am GMT | 4.15am GMT |
| 04:15 | 04:15 |
| Bipartisan friendship. | Bipartisan friendship. |
| Tanya Plibersek always gets an invite to the Nats’ Christmas party FYI. | Tanya Plibersek always gets an invite to the Nats’ Christmas party FYI. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.23am GMT | at 4.23am GMT |
| 4.14am GMT | 4.14am GMT |
| 04:14 | 04:14 |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.22am GMT | at 4.22am GMT |
| 4.12am GMT | 4.12am GMT |
| 04:12 | 04:12 |
| Tony Burke’s motion notes the different backpacker tax rates proposed since the 2015 budget change and that the government has been “unwilling to accept the sensible compromise put forward by the Labor party” and condemns the PM for preferring to hurt rural and regional Australia and the tourism industry with a 32.5% tax rate instead of accepting a sensible compromise. | Tony Burke’s motion notes the different backpacker tax rates proposed since the 2015 budget change and that the government has been “unwilling to accept the sensible compromise put forward by the Labor party” and condemns the PM for preferring to hurt rural and regional Australia and the tourism industry with a 32.5% tax rate instead of accepting a sensible compromise. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.22am GMT | at 4.22am GMT |