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Scott Morrison refuses to compromise on backpacker tax rate of 15% – politics live Scott Morrison refuses to compromise on backpacker tax rate of 15% – politics live
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@gabriellechan I have 12% for this delightful foreign itinerant workers tax..12.5 I HAVE 12.5%..looking for 13..it's a steal at 13% folks.. pic.twitter.com/F8hXlTHSQM
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.@David_Speers reports the @NationalFarmers are urging the government to accept Labor's 13% backpacker tax proposal https://t.co/1TB5BhD5TJ
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This day can’t get sillier.
Watch this amazing kick from Jean-Claude Van Damme @JCVD, the Muscles from Brussels... pic.twitter.com/En7NQkv76W
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Backpacker tax rate by numbers
Now that the Greens’ Nick McKim has confirmed they will back the 13% rate, we will have:
And on 15%
You can see we are at even stevens, noting that Bob Day is no longer in the Senate.
The other thing to note is unless the government is prepared to bring the amendment to the House and back to the Senate, the opposing parties can do nothing.
Just on the move by the NFF, the government will be furious.
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National Farmers Federation’s Fiona Simson has backed a 13% backpacker tax rate.
This is a significant change from their previous position, supporting 19% and then 15%.
Simson says we just want to get the deal done.
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The Senate isn't here to rubber stamp bills. The majority of the Senate don't want the 15% backpacker tax. Negotiations continue #auspol
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Two protestors have been summonsed appear in court after the protests this morning.
.@AFPmedia on today's protest at Parliament House@abcnews #auspol pic.twitter.com/QtIrmwcWIY
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Greens moving towards a 13% backpacker taxGreens moving towards a 13% backpacker tax
The Greens have flagged they will consider a 13% backpacker tax.The Greens have flagged they will consider a 13% backpacker tax.
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Labor agriculture shadow Joel Fitzgibbon says he has been receiving phone calls from farm representatives all morning all saying while they backed Labor on 10.5% “but if you can get 13%, please let’s just do this”.Labor agriculture shadow Joel Fitzgibbon says he has been receiving phone calls from farm representatives all morning all saying while they backed Labor on 10.5% “but if you can get 13%, please let’s just do this”.
But the most significant call was one from Stuart Armitage. Stuart Armitage is the chair of the Queensland Farmers Federation, an arm of the National Farmers Federation, very, very interestingly.But the most significant call was one from Stuart Armitage. Stuart Armitage is the chair of the Queensland Farmers Federation, an arm of the National Farmers Federation, very, very interestingly.
He said, ‘Joel, I’m backing you at 10.5, but, mate, if you can’t get 10.5, can you go 13?’ I thought that was a significant contribution from him.He said, ‘Joel, I’m backing you at 10.5, but, mate, if you can’t get 10.5, can you go 13?’ I thought that was a significant contribution from him.
Fitzgibbon has been critical of the NFF’s role on the backpacker tax, saying he was getting different messages from the peak body to other state and representative bodies.Fitzgibbon has been critical of the NFF’s role on the backpacker tax, saying he was getting different messages from the peak body to other state and representative bodies.
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Bill Shorten confirms Labor will accept 13% backpacker taxBill Shorten confirms Labor will accept 13% backpacker tax
Bill Shorten:Bill Shorten:
We are prepared to support a 13% backpacker tax from every dollar earned by backpackers. We think it gets the balance right and I will get Chris to explain more about that in a moment. There is a solution on the table for Malcolm Turnbull. Our message to Malcolm Turnbull is grow up, swallow your pride, accept a solution.We are prepared to support a 13% backpacker tax from every dollar earned by backpackers. We think it gets the balance right and I will get Chris to explain more about that in a moment. There is a solution on the table for Malcolm Turnbull. Our message to Malcolm Turnbull is grow up, swallow your pride, accept a solution.
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Labor, Hinch, Lambie, Culleton all on 13% backpacker tax
Derryn Hinch is speaking alone on the backpacker tax.
He said the crossbenchers could not come to an agreement on the backpacker tax.
I got into the chamber and realised the 15% could not pass. I just want to get a deal done ... I don’t care what figure ... the figure doesn’t fuss me.
Labor now prepared to go to 13%.
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More of the freedom conversation, widening from Murph to Tim Wilson and cartoonist Fiona Katauskas.
@FionaKatauskas not at all, freedom of speech sits in a context, that's why different laws apply in public speech vs workplaces etc
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I did not get to this final reflection from Bill Shorten in his Christmas speech.
On the 30th of October this year, in a moment of unthinkable horror, a Brisbane bus driver was set on fire and killed while still behind the wheel.
As the flames spread, the fire trapped 11 of his passengers in the back of the bus – unable to access the front door.
The smoke was getting thicker, panic was setting in.
But a Brisbane cab driver, who’d just happened to pull over for a haircut, came to their aid.
He did what we all hope we would do in that situation but we wonder if we could. Selflessly, heroically – he ran towards the burning bus, kicking in the rear door and helping those 11 frightened people to safety.
That cabbie’s name was Aguek Nyok –just over ten years ago, he came to Australia as a refugee from South Sudan.
When he saw the flames that afternoon, when he ran towards the smoke and the screams …
He didn’t stop to ask where the people on the bus were born.
He didn’t pause to question which god they were praying to for rescue.
He saw his fellow human beings in mortal danger – and he saved their lives.
How lucky are we, that he came to this country.
How lucky are those 11 Australians and their families together this Christmas, that he came to this country.
Aguek was born 13,000 kilometres from where we sit – but on that day he showed us all the spirit of Australia.
The courage, the compassion, the sense of community we revere.
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No comment II.
'Anus of proof' #auspol pic.twitter.com/cLOYPANvH8
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Quick recap prior to crossbench conference.
The government’s proposal for the backpacker tax is now 15%.
Derryn Hinch, Rod Culleton and Jacqui Lambie are proposing 13% as a compromise between Labor/Lambie’s 10.5% and the government’s 15%.
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Rod Culleton, Jacqui Lambie and Derryn Hinch are holding a press conference – in answer to Scott Morrison’s no deal presser earlier.
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No comment.
Mixed messages much?? This is, bar none, the GAYEST image I've ever seen! Totes could pass for 1 of my lezzo mates🌈 pic.twitter.com/slR3ro1UyO
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The safety fence in question.
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Protestors are taken away.