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| Labor grill government on Centrelink and Bernardi – politics live | Labor grill government on Centrelink and Bernardi – politics live |
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| 5.43am GMT | |
| 05:43 | |
| The House is voting on independent MP Andrew Wilkie’s earlier motion regarding the Centrelink debt notices. The motion fails 73-71. | |
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| at 5.48am GMT | |
| 5.28am GMT | 5.28am GMT |
| 05:28 | 05:28 |
| The Senate by numbers | The Senate by numbers |
| I just want to double back on the Senate numbers now, more for myself as much as anyone else. | I just want to double back on the Senate numbers now, more for myself as much as anyone else. |
| With the Cory defection, the numbers are: | With the Cory defection, the numbers are: |
| Government 29 | Government 29 |
| Labor 26 | Labor 26 |
| Greens 9 | Greens 9 |
| Others 10 | Others 10 |
| Vacant (due to Bob Day, Rod Culleton) 2 | Vacant (due to Bob Day, Rod Culleton) 2 |
| For a majority, the government as of today requires 38 or nine extra Senate votes. | For a majority, the government as of today requires 38 or nine extra Senate votes. |
| If Day and Culleton are replaced by their own parties, the government would then require 39 or 10 extra Senate votes. | If Day and Culleton are replaced by their own parties, the government would then require 39 or 10 extra Senate votes. |
| If not, back to the drawing board. | If not, back to the drawing board. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.37am GMT | at 5.37am GMT |
| 5.14am GMT | 5.14am GMT |
| 05:14 | 05:14 |
| 5.08am GMT | 5.08am GMT |
| 05:08 | 05:08 |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.25am GMT | at 5.25am GMT |
| 5.03am GMT | 5.03am GMT |
| 05:03 | 05:03 |
| The weight of office. | The weight of office. |
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| at 5.04am GMT | at 5.04am GMT |
| 5.01am GMT | 5.01am GMT |
| 05:01 | 05:01 |
| New friends. | New friends. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.03am GMT | at 5.03am GMT |
| 4.55am GMT | 4.55am GMT |
| 04:55 | 04:55 |
| Liberal MP Warren Entsch says it is unfair to take the gold pass for people in the past who have served seven terms (which was the requirement). | Liberal MP Warren Entsch says it is unfair to take the gold pass for people in the past who have served seven terms (which was the requirement). |
| By all means constrain it, I have no problem ... I have no issue with cutting it off from 2014. | By all means constrain it, I have no problem ... I have no issue with cutting it off from 2014. |
| Entsch’s thinking is that the government foreshadowed the policy change in 2014. He also says if the gold pass is removed for everyone else, former PMs should have it removed as well. | Entsch’s thinking is that the government foreshadowed the policy change in 2014. He also says if the gold pass is removed for everyone else, former PMs should have it removed as well. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.03am GMT | at 5.03am GMT |
| 4.51am GMT | 4.51am GMT |
| 04:51 | 04:51 |
| The new paradigm. | The new paradigm. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.03am GMT | at 5.03am GMT |
| 4.36am GMT | 4.36am GMT |
| 04:36 | 04:36 |
| Gareth Hutchens | Gareth Hutchens |
| The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, says she spoke on the phone this morning to the new US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. | The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, says she spoke on the phone this morning to the new US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. |
| She told the Coalition party room that her conversation with Tillerson “could not have been warmer” and there was “no doubt” the Turnbull government and the Trump administration would work together. | She told the Coalition party room that her conversation with Tillerson “could not have been warmer” and there was “no doubt” the Turnbull government and the Trump administration would work together. |
| It is clear that the United States will remain deeply engaged in our region. | It is clear that the United States will remain deeply engaged in our region. |
| She also told them she would be meeting China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, on Tuesday afternoon, and this showed Australia could be friendly with both nations. | She also told them she would be meeting China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, on Tuesday afternoon, and this showed Australia could be friendly with both nations. |
| It shows that we can manage relationships between both of those countries in a calm, considered and mature way. Every nation puts it’s interests first, and it’s in Australia’s interest to provide peace, stability and security. | It shows that we can manage relationships between both of those countries in a calm, considered and mature way. Every nation puts it’s interests first, and it’s in Australia’s interest to provide peace, stability and security. |
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| at 4.39am GMT | at 4.39am GMT |
| 4.33am GMT | 4.33am GMT |
| 04:33 | 04:33 |
| Question time is over. | Question time is over. |
| Speaker Tony Smith announces criminal charges will be laid as a result of the demonstration from last year which saw question time disrupted after protestors superglued their hands to the benches. | Speaker Tony Smith announces criminal charges will be laid as a result of the demonstration from last year which saw question time disrupted after protestors superglued their hands to the benches. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.58am GMT | at 4.58am GMT |
| 4.31am GMT | 4.31am GMT |
| 04:31 | 04:31 |
| Government question to Peter Dutton: Will the minister update the house on steps the government is taking to ensure foreign workers are a supplementary to and not a substitute for Australian workers? How does this compare with other approaches? | Government question to Peter Dutton: Will the minister update the house on steps the government is taking to ensure foreign workers are a supplementary to and not a substitute for Australian workers? How does this compare with other approaches? |
| Dutton goes to the number of visas for 457 issued under Bill Shorten as minister. | Dutton goes to the number of visas for 457 issued under Bill Shorten as minister. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.32am GMT | at 4.32am GMT |
| 4.26am GMT | 4.26am GMT |
| 04:26 | 04:26 |
| Shorten to Turnbull: Today’s print media includes comments from a large number of members of the prime minister’s own government airing grievances about the workings of the Liberal government including in the Daily Telegraph, the Herald Sun, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Courier Mail and the Australian all have examples of this. When thousands of people are losing their jobs at Toyota and Holden, why are members of the government only talking about themselves? | Shorten to Turnbull: Today’s print media includes comments from a large number of members of the prime minister’s own government airing grievances about the workings of the Liberal government including in the Daily Telegraph, the Herald Sun, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Courier Mail and the Australian all have examples of this. When thousands of people are losing their jobs at Toyota and Holden, why are members of the government only talking about themselves? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| It is not so long ago that ... the leader of the opposition spoke at the Press Club, the day before I did, and he said he would be focused on people rather than politics. What we see is one cheap shot after another. | It is not so long ago that ... the leader of the opposition spoke at the Press Club, the day before I did, and he said he would be focused on people rather than politics. What we see is one cheap shot after another. |
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| at 4.29am GMT | at 4.29am GMT |
| 4.23am GMT | 4.23am GMT |
| 04:23 | 04:23 |
| The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, gets a government question: Will the minister update the House on how the government is promoting Australia’s national interests in strengthening our bilateral relationships? Is the minister aware of any alternative approaches that would threaten our national interest? | The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, gets a government question: Will the minister update the House on how the government is promoting Australia’s national interests in strengthening our bilateral relationships? Is the minister aware of any alternative approaches that would threaten our national interest? |
| She goes to Chinese free-trade agreement and the increase in exports from the citrus industry. | She goes to Chinese free-trade agreement and the increase in exports from the citrus industry. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.26am GMT | at 4.26am GMT |
| 4.20am GMT | 4.20am GMT |
| 04:20 | 04:20 |
| Labor’s Tanya Plibersek asks Turnbull: Does the prime minister agree with the member for Warringah that “the first duty of the leader is to keep the party together”. How is that going? | Labor’s Tanya Plibersek asks Turnbull: Does the prime minister agree with the member for Warringah that “the first duty of the leader is to keep the party together”. How is that going? |
| Speaker Tony Smith rules the question out of order. | Speaker Tony Smith rules the question out of order. |
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| at 4.27am GMT | at 4.27am GMT |
| 4.19am GMT | 4.19am GMT |
| 04:19 | 04:19 |
| There is a Dixer CFMEU question to the defence industry minister, Christopher Pyne. | There is a Dixer CFMEU question to the defence industry minister, Christopher Pyne. |
| The revelations of the year of funding up to the 2016 federal election, the union movement spent an incredible $26.5m of other people’s money campaigning against the Turnbull government. | The revelations of the year of funding up to the 2016 federal election, the union movement spent an incredible $26.5m of other people’s money campaigning against the Turnbull government. |
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| at 4.20am GMT | at 4.20am GMT |