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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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| 5.54am GMT | |
| 05:54 | |
| Tony Burke is objecting to the government trying to push through the backpacker superannuation tax bill when only one copy was brought into the chamber. | |
| Tony Burke says Scott Morrison has given Richard Di Natale his job. | |
| It never occurred to the treasurer that anyone else would want to look at the legislation...they have no other chance for their backbenchers to know what their government has signed off on with the Greens. | |
| 5.46am GMT | |
| 05:46 | |
| Scott Morrison is now introducing the new bill to change the superannuation tax rate for departing backpackers to 65%. | |
| Tony Burke and Labor want copies of the bill so the Speaker Tony Smith says there will be copies of the new bill. | |
| We might pause here and have some light conversation. | |
| Bob Katter wants one too. | |
| What? You want me to hand deliver it to you, do you? The bills are on the table, says Speaker Smith. | |
| 5.39am GMT | |
| 05:39 | |
| The House is doing a series of votes to throw out the Senate’s amendment of a 10.5% backpacker tax and add the Greens amendment. | |
| Updated | |
| at 5.40am GMT | |
| 5.38am GMT | |
| 05:38 | |
| PM Malcolm Turnbull looks pleased to bring the last scheduled #QT for 2016 to a close @gabriellechan @GuardianAus pic.twitter.com/U6p8KdAqHo | |
| 5.37am GMT | |
| 05:37 | |
| Updated | |
| at 5.39am GMT | |
| 5.34am GMT | |
| 05:34 | |
| Let me just get something clear on the backpacker tax deal. | |
| The 15% headline rate and the 65% superannuation rate is broadly the same amount as the Hinch/Culleton/Lambie/Labor rate of 13% and 95% superannuation. Or revenue neutral, as they say in the classics. | |
| BUT: | |
| The spending commitment of an extra $100m to Landcare is ON TOP of the tax deal. | |
| So the Greens deal costs the government more than the Labor deal would have at 13%. | |
| 5.30am GMT | |
| 05:30 | |
| The lower house is debating the backpacker tax now. | |
| As a result of the Greens-Coalition deal, the government has allowed the bill back into the lower house so they can send it back to the Senate. | |
| The lower house needs to deal with it because the Senate amended it to 10.5% last week. | |
| The lower house will get rid of the 10.5% amendment and put the agreed Greens amendments of 15%, 65% superannuation tax on departure and $100m for Landcare. | |
| The House is now voting on the backpacker bill. | |
| Updated | |
| at 5.34am GMT | |
| 5.23am GMT | |
| 05:23 | |
| I know what my next film role is! I will play George Christensen in bio-pic of his life as a closet S&M lesbian!🌈👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Oz8tR4v0qX | |
| I would pay good money to see that movie. https://t.co/7MjmvapYlQ | |
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| at 5.48am GMT | |
| 5.18am GMT | 5.18am GMT |
| 05:18 | 05:18 |
| Richard Di Natale says negotiations only began with the government today. | Richard Di Natale says negotiations only began with the government today. |
| He was asked about the National Farmers Federation’s position. | 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. | 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 | 5.00am GMT |
| 05:00 | 05:00 |
| Richard Di Natale: | 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”. | 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. | 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. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.17am GMT | at 5.17am GMT |
| 4.55am GMT | 4.55am GMT |
| 04:55 | 04:55 |
| Greens strike compromise of 15% with cut in superannuation tax rate to 65% | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | Peter Whish-Wilson says farmers wanted to see some of the money back-paid straight to government via backpackers’ superannuation. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.18am GMT | 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 |