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| Government grilled on energy policy – live | |
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| @gabriellechan @samanthamaiden @guardian how are 9% of greens voting for the Bernardipardy!? | |
| Our political editor Katharine Murphy was overheard in the office, answering this very question. | |
| Just for the LOLs. | |
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| Bill Shorten makes a personal explanation, which basically says it was poor form of the prime minister to attack the Pratt family (in that speech). Shorten said he doesn’t mind personal attacks but it was not fair to attack the Pratts over their long-standing friendship between his ex-wife’s family. | |
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| Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon to Barnaby Joyce: Yesterday in the Senate, the minister for defence confirmed she was aware before the election of the potential requirements for the expansion of the Shoalwater Bay and Townsville Field military training areas. Given the deputy prime minister is also deputy chair of the national security committee of the cabinet, and the minister for agriculture, and the leader of the National party, did he first become aware that the expansion could require the acquisition of prime agricultural land before or after the election? | Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon to Barnaby Joyce: Yesterday in the Senate, the minister for defence confirmed she was aware before the election of the potential requirements for the expansion of the Shoalwater Bay and Townsville Field military training areas. Given the deputy prime minister is also deputy chair of the national security committee of the cabinet, and the minister for agriculture, and the leader of the National party, did he first become aware that the expansion could require the acquisition of prime agricultural land before or after the election? |
| Christopher Pyne rises and says the question should go to the person representing the defence minister in the lower house (running interference for Joyce). | Christopher Pyne rises and says the question should go to the person representing the defence minister in the lower house (running interference for Joyce). |
| Labor’s Tony Burke says fair go, government members ask Joyce about issues relating to agriculture (in this case the land acquisitions) all the time. Speaker Smith says the question is not in order. Which allows the prime minister to call the end of question time (something that is set by the time or the number of questions). | Labor’s Tony Burke says fair go, government members ask Joyce about issues relating to agriculture (in this case the land acquisitions) all the time. Speaker Smith says the question is not in order. Which allows the prime minister to call the end of question time (something that is set by the time or the number of questions). |
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| Plibersek to Turnbull: Last night, the Senate passed a motion demanding the minister for education immediately release the government’s plan for school funding. Sir, when will the prime minister end the uncertainty and come clean about just how badly schools will be hit by his $30bn of cuts? | Plibersek to Turnbull: Last night, the Senate passed a motion demanding the minister for education immediately release the government’s plan for school funding. Sir, when will the prime minister end the uncertainty and come clean about just how badly schools will be hit by his $30bn of cuts? |
| Turnbull says we investing more money than ever before in education funding (I covered this earlier) and he then goes to the VET-FEE help debacle which saw some private colleges ripping off students. The policy was implemented under Labor. | Turnbull says we investing more money than ever before in education funding (I covered this earlier) and he then goes to the VET-FEE help debacle which saw some private colleges ripping off students. The policy was implemented under Labor. |
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| at 4.15am GMT | at 4.15am GMT |
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| A government question to the energy minister, Josh Frydenberg: Will the minister update the House on the government’s actions to reduce emissions and lower electricity bills for hardworking Australians, without compromising their energy security? What hurdles stand in the way to achieving this security for hardworking Australian families? | A government question to the energy minister, Josh Frydenberg: Will the minister update the House on the government’s actions to reduce emissions and lower electricity bills for hardworking Australians, without compromising their energy security? What hurdles stand in the way to achieving this security for hardworking Australian families? |
| Frydenberg mentions the new standards to reduce emissions. | Frydenberg mentions the new standards to reduce emissions. |
| A national energy productivity plan to get a 40% boost by 2030. You can reduce pressure on the grid, creating more stability. | A national energy productivity plan to get a 40% boost by 2030. You can reduce pressure on the grid, creating more stability. |
| If you can reduce consumption, you can lower costs. | If you can reduce consumption, you can lower costs. |
| If you can reduce consumption, you can also lower emissions. | If you can reduce consumption, you can also lower emissions. |
| He says the government has introduced: | He says the government has introduced: |
| new standards for buildings through the commercial disclosures program, which “could lead to a $50m energy saving”, | new standards for buildings through the commercial disclosures program, which “could lead to a $50m energy saving”, |
| new standards around appliances which means a state-of-the-art are air-conditioner sold in Australia in 2003 wouldn’t meet the minimum conditions and standards today | new standards around appliances which means a state-of-the-art are air-conditioner sold in Australia in 2003 wouldn’t meet the minimum conditions and standards today |
| new lighting standards as well which could save a household up to $2,400 over the next 10 years. | new lighting standards as well which could save a household up to $2,400 over the next 10 years. |
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| at 4.15am GMT | at 4.15am GMT |
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| Trade minister Steve Ciobo gets a Dixer which allows him to run a Counterfeit Bill (Shorten) joke. | Trade minister Steve Ciobo gets a Dixer which allows him to run a Counterfeit Bill (Shorten) joke. |
| Then Labor to Scott Morrison: Now that the minor parties have joined with Labor to oppose the government’s latest unfair cuts, will the treasurer take his cuts to families, pensioners and carers and new mums out of the parliament and out of the budget? Why does the treasurer continue Joe Hockey’s practise of artificially propping up his budget with measures that will not pass the parliament? | Then Labor to Scott Morrison: Now that the minor parties have joined with Labor to oppose the government’s latest unfair cuts, will the treasurer take his cuts to families, pensioners and carers and new mums out of the parliament and out of the budget? Why does the treasurer continue Joe Hockey’s practise of artificially propping up his budget with measures that will not pass the parliament? |
| Shorter Morrison is that people have to cop the cuts because the budget is unsustainable. | Shorter Morrison is that people have to cop the cuts because the budget is unsustainable. |
| We think that the generation that is incurring this expenditure has to be the generation that pays for that expenditure. Now, we think that expenditure should be more affordable. We think that expenditure should be more sustainable. | We think that the generation that is incurring this expenditure has to be the generation that pays for that expenditure. Now, we think that expenditure should be more affordable. We think that expenditure should be more sustainable. |
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| Labor to Turnbull: Under the government’s latest cuts to paid parental leave, a female police officer in Victoria will lose 12 weeks of paid parental leave. That’s a loss of around $8,000. Can the prime minister explain to police officers who sacrifice so much to protect our community why he wants them to return to their challenging work sooner, with less money, because of his cuts to paid parental leave? | Labor to Turnbull: Under the government’s latest cuts to paid parental leave, a female police officer in Victoria will lose 12 weeks of paid parental leave. That’s a loss of around $8,000. Can the prime minister explain to police officers who sacrifice so much to protect our community why he wants them to return to their challenging work sooner, with less money, because of his cuts to paid parental leave? |
| Turnbull said the government stands by police, defence forces, etc etc. | Turnbull said the government stands by police, defence forces, etc etc. |
| He flicks the question to social services minister Christian Porter, who does not go to the detail of the question. | He flicks the question to social services minister Christian Porter, who does not go to the detail of the question. |
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| A government question to foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop: Will the minister advise the House how high-efficiency, low-emissions coal technology is helping countries meet their Paris agreement targets? Is the minister aware of any alternative approaches that would increase cost-of-living pressures for hardworking families? | A government question to foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop: Will the minister advise the House how high-efficiency, low-emissions coal technology is helping countries meet their Paris agreement targets? Is the minister aware of any alternative approaches that would increase cost-of-living pressures for hardworking families? |
| Julie Bishop says the International Energy Agency clean coal centre in London, found in a report in September 2015 that new Healy technology, “the high-energy, low-emissions technology”, in 10 Asian economies, has already reduced carbon emissions by some 479m tonnes per year. | Julie Bishop says the International Energy Agency clean coal centre in London, found in a report in September 2015 that new Healy technology, “the high-energy, low-emissions technology”, in 10 Asian economies, has already reduced carbon emissions by some 479m tonnes per year. |
| Now, the assessment by the International Energy Agency clean coal centre in London is: if all the new power stations embracing high-efficiency, low-emissions technology had been ultra-super-critical, the decrease in emissions would have been not 479 million tonnes a year, but over 2 billion tonnes a year. | Now, the assessment by the International Energy Agency clean coal centre in London is: if all the new power stations embracing high-efficiency, low-emissions technology had been ultra-super-critical, the decrease in emissions would have been not 479 million tonnes a year, but over 2 billion tonnes a year. |
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| Jenny Macklin to Malcolm Turnbull: Why is the prime minister choosing to harm 1.5 million Australian families, and threaten the national disability insurance scheme, instead of scrapping his $50bn handout to big business? | Jenny Macklin to Malcolm Turnbull: Why is the prime minister choosing to harm 1.5 million Australian families, and threaten the national disability insurance scheme, instead of scrapping his $50bn handout to big business? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| The honourable member – she has a great heart, and I don’t doubt that. And I’m sure she wants the NDIS to work. But, Mr Speaker, somebody has to pay for it. You cannot keep on borrowing your way into the future. I wish the honourable members opposite would show one-tenth of the compassion they talk about all the time for the generations to come. Their failure to provide to live within our means is imposing an unconscionable burden of debt on our children and grandchildren. | The honourable member – she has a great heart, and I don’t doubt that. And I’m sure she wants the NDIS to work. But, Mr Speaker, somebody has to pay for it. You cannot keep on borrowing your way into the future. I wish the honourable members opposite would show one-tenth of the compassion they talk about all the time for the generations to come. Their failure to provide to live within our means is imposing an unconscionable burden of debt on our children and grandchildren. |
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| at 3.53am GMT | at 3.53am GMT |
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| In the Senate... | In the Senate... |
| One nation leader Pauline Hanson during #QT in the #Senate @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/ljDxjLgIcq | One nation leader Pauline Hanson during #QT in the #Senate @gabriellechan @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/ljDxjLgIcq |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.44am GMT | at 3.44am GMT |