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| Adam Bandt decries Labor's 'jaw-dropping' opportunism on schools – politics live | Adam Bandt decries Labor's 'jaw-dropping' opportunism on schools – politics live |
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| Andrew Wilkie to Malcolm Turnbull: Waiting times are the longest for any State,for example, 936 days for urgent gastro and liver appointments and doctors tell me patients are dying while waiting for appointments. Ambulance Tasmania has the slowest response time of any State. No wonder the AMA has lost confidence and the Royal HobartHospital staff Association wars of a severe risk to patient safety over this winter. Prime Minister,considering the federal government spends billions of dollars on Tasmanian health, will you now order an urgent inquiry into this dangerous, costly and avoidable fiasco? | |
| Turnbull says funding for health is at a record high but the commonwealth is not responsible for health. | |
| I recognise the concerns the honourable member has, but I would say to the honourable member that the provision of the substantial financial support, the Commonwealth makes to Tasmania enables the state government to deliver for its part on the public hospital services for which it is responsible. Those are the Tasmanian government’s constitutional responsibilities. | |
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| Chris Bowen to Scott Morrison: Is the treasurer aware that the $1.2 billion figure he used in parliament yesterday in relation to the bank tax is completely misleading? Because it represents only nine months of payments compared to the full 12-month figure reported by the banks to the Australian Stock Exchange? | |
| Morrison riffs off the old Commonwealth Bank ad, which bank are you appearing for? | |
| The figure I referred to was the gross cash figure for 17/18 which is set out in the budget papers for 17/18. I was asked about what the figure would be in 2017/18, that’s what the figure is in 2017/18. | |
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| There is another government question on Manchester, including an updated travel warning to the UK from foreign minister Julie Bishop. | |
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| Plibersek to Turnbull: Does the prime minister agree with this statement in relation to his schools policy: “Compared to Labor’s arrangements, this representing a saving of $22.3 billion over 10 years.” If not, why did the Prime Minister’s Office distribute this document to journalists stating that his schools policy was a $22.3bn saving, compared to Labor’s policy? He was prepared to put it in writing. Why won’t he say it out loud? | |
| Turnbull quotes the Age’s editorial this morning. | |
| Talking about Labor’s credibility deficit and The Age editorialised, ‘this is neutered by another time-tested political parameter. Exorbitant promises are unconvincing, unless those making them can demonstrate the capacity to actually fund them.’ | |
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| Malcolm Turnbull’s statement on Manchester and its aftermath is as it has been throughout the day. | |
| Our agencies with whom I and my ministers are in constant touch are constantly upgrading, reviewing, adjusting our response measures. We must be more agile than those who seek to do us harm. We will always work tirelessly to keep Australians safe, and we do that by destroying Daesh in the field in the Middle East and by destroying their networks here at home. | |
| Bill Shorten joins him to make a statement on indulgence. He says it was an attack aimed at innocent fun. | |
| I just want to share the comments of Mrs Charlotte Campbell. She spoke to the media. Her words could be the parents of any of us in this House or indeed any Australian. She said, “I’m at home phoning everybody - hospitals, police, the centres that the children have been put in. Her dad is in Manchester looking for her. I’ve got my friends looking for her. I’ve got people I don’t even know looking for her. People messaging me saying that, “we’ve got her photo,” looking for her and we will get in contact if we see her, and I’m just hearing nothing. They basically told me to stay put and wait for a phone call. | |
| Very soon after that, Mrs Campbell had a phone ring with the worst possible news. Her daughter, Olivia, was only 15 years old, and in time the shock will fade and the news will move on, but for families, the grief will remain. We will retain and remain our shared determination to defeat terrorism. | |
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| Matthew Killoran at the Courier Mail reports: | |
| A key One Nation staffer Sean Black has been arrested by detectives. | |
| Mr Black is a media adviser to Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts and was taken through the Roma Street watch-house just before midday Wednesday. | |
| He is facing a number of charges that The Courier-Mail cannot publish for legal reasons. | |
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| The first government question is on Manchester by way of sympathies and update. | |
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| Question time folks. | |
| Shorten to Turnbull: Over the 10 years from 2018 to 2027, what is the difference in dollar terms between the prime minister’s schools policy and the policy under the previous Labor government? | |
| Turnbull describes Labor’s funding as “fantasy”. | |
| I will tell you what we’re spending, $18.6 billion in additional money over the next decade ... | |
| The Labor Party’s education policy was unjust, inconsistent and a corruption of what David Gonski recommended. | |
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| The joy of estimates. | The joy of estimates. |
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| #Manchester bomber was the son of Muslim refugees. We must look honestly at the problem of 2nd generation Muslim radicalisation. #auspol | #Manchester bomber was the son of Muslim refugees. We must look honestly at the problem of 2nd generation Muslim radicalisation. #auspol |
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| Lunch time summary | Lunch time summary |
| Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have commemorated and celebrated the 1967 referendum, while saying there was still a long way to go to overcome Indigenous disadvantage. Many Indigenous campaigners attended the parliament, including on the floor of the house. | Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have commemorated and celebrated the 1967 referendum, while saying there was still a long way to go to overcome Indigenous disadvantage. Many Indigenous campaigners attended the parliament, including on the floor of the house. |
| Malcolm Turnbull says all security is under review at major events after the bombing in Manchester. The PM says he expects the review to be completed shortly and will go to the Council of Australian Governments meeting in July. | Malcolm Turnbull says all security is under review at major events after the bombing in Manchester. The PM says he expects the review to be completed shortly and will go to the Council of Australian Governments meeting in July. |
| A particularly offensive argument has been published on right wing magazine Quadrant’s website by Roger Franklin suggesting it would have been preferable to bomb the ABC’s Q&A. ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has called for an apology and communications minister Mitch Fifield has described it as sick and unhinged. | A particularly offensive argument has been published on right wing magazine Quadrant’s website by Roger Franklin suggesting it would have been preferable to bomb the ABC’s Q&A. ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has called for an apology and communications minister Mitch Fifield has described it as sick and unhinged. |
| The cost of the proposed Snowy Hydro expansion could blow out to $2bn due to an upgrade to the poles and wires infrastructure. According to Senate estimates last night, the government knew this. | The cost of the proposed Snowy Hydro expansion could blow out to $2bn due to an upgrade to the poles and wires infrastructure. According to Senate estimates last night, the government knew this. |
| Pauline Hanson has defended James Ashby, saying he was offered a One Nation senate seat but declined because he didn’t want to do anything to threaten Hanson’s election. | Pauline Hanson has defended James Ashby, saying he was offered a One Nation senate seat but declined because he didn’t want to do anything to threaten Hanson’s election. |
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| Arts Minister Mitch Fifield calls Quadrant comments on Manchester attack "sick and unhinged", says its a new low in public debate #estimates | Arts Minister Mitch Fifield calls Quadrant comments on Manchester attack "sick and unhinged", says its a new low in public debate #estimates |
| Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says he's just become aware of the Quadrant article and is pleased the ABC has condemned it #estimates | Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says he's just become aware of the Quadrant article and is pleased the ABC has condemned it #estimates |
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| Notice of something coming up just after 4pm: | Notice of something coming up just after 4pm: |
| The parliament’s tax and revenue committee will meet with the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) for public hearings into taxpayers’ engagement with the ATO. | The parliament’s tax and revenue committee will meet with the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) for public hearings into taxpayers’ engagement with the ATO. |
| Nat MP Kevin Hogan is the chair of that committee. Given the$165m Plutus ATO scandal the Committee will also consider the “robustness of ATO regulatory powers and practices to identify black economy traders and collect revenue due as payments systems go electronic”. | Nat MP Kevin Hogan is the chair of that committee. Given the$165m Plutus ATO scandal the Committee will also consider the “robustness of ATO regulatory powers and practices to identify black economy traders and collect revenue due as payments systems go electronic”. |
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| Adam Bandt: Labor's political opportunism jaw-dropping on schools | Adam Bandt: Labor's political opportunism jaw-dropping on schools |
| Adam Bandt calls on the government to fund Catholic schools directly – rather than calculating the funding and giving to the Catholic education offices in a lump sum – to ensure each school gets its fair share. | Adam Bandt calls on the government to fund Catholic schools directly – rather than calculating the funding and giving to the Catholic education offices in a lump sum – to ensure each school gets its fair share. |
| The Greens do not support Labor’s locking in law of ever-rising funding to wealthy schools that don’t need it. | The Greens do not support Labor’s locking in law of ever-rising funding to wealthy schools that don’t need it. |
| And it is jaw-dropping to watch Labor now become the staunch defenders of over-funded Catholic schools, showing this is just rank political opportunism by the ALP. | And it is jaw-dropping to watch Labor now become the staunch defenders of over-funded Catholic schools, showing this is just rank political opportunism by the ALP. |
| The Greens believe government should fund Catholic schools directly, put an end to using poorer Catholic schools to subsidise wealthier ones, and I challenge Labor to agree with us on that. | The Greens believe government should fund Catholic schools directly, put an end to using poorer Catholic schools to subsidise wealthier ones, and I challenge Labor to agree with us on that. |
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| Adam Bandt signals he won't be voting for schools package in the lower house | |
| After a bit of a fan dance by the Greens, Adam Bandt has underlined his opposition to the elements of the government’s Gonski 2.0. | |
| He has also said Julie Gillard’s promise that no school would be worse off has entrenched inequities and undermined needs-based funding. | He has also said Julie Gillard’s promise that no school would be worse off has entrenched inequities and undermined needs-based funding. |
| I will not support cuts to funding to schools in my electorate and I will not support a reduction in funding to public schools around the country. | I will not support cuts to funding to schools in my electorate and I will not support a reduction in funding to public schools around the country. |
| We will use the Senate inquiry to shine a spotlight on this bill and consult with parents and teachers and their unions to determine what is needed to implement the original Gonski plan. | We will use the Senate inquiry to shine a spotlight on this bill and consult with parents and teachers and their unions to determine what is needed to implement the original Gonski plan. |
| We mustn’t forget that the Gillard Labor government’s promise that no private school would get a reduction in funding has exacerbated the inequities in funding. | We mustn’t forget that the Gillard Labor government’s promise that no private school would get a reduction in funding has exacerbated the inequities in funding. |
| The special deals for the Catholic education sector and other school systems and the refusal to legislate the funding increases to the states, despite the Gonski report’s recommendation to do so, are major failings of the Gillard Labor government arrangements. | The special deals for the Catholic education sector and other school systems and the refusal to legislate the funding increases to the states, despite the Gonski report’s recommendation to do so, are major failings of the Gillard Labor government arrangements. |
| As a result, what we currently have is not ‘needs-based funding’. | As a result, what we currently have is not ‘needs-based funding’. |
| He calls for a return to the original Gonski recommendations. | He calls for a return to the original Gonski recommendations. |
| This post has been amended. It originally said the Greens would not be voting for the Turnbull’s governments schools package in the senate as well. While lower house MP Adam Bandt signalled he would be voting against the bill in the lower house, the Greens overall position is that they will await the outcome of the senate inquiry before deciding on a final position in the senate. | |
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| George Brandis: Trump's intelligence sharing is not a security risk to Oz | George Brandis: Trump's intelligence sharing is not a security risk to Oz |
| AAP reports: | AAP reports: |
| Australian authorities have not reviewed intelligence-sharing arrangements with the US in light of the controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s loose lips.Pressure is mounting on the US president over interactions with Russia, including his reported disclosure of classified information with its foreign minister.“President Trump is not a security risk to Australia,” the attorney general, George Brandis, told a Senate hearing in Canberra on Wednesday, adding he was the democratically-elected leader of the nation’s most important ally and intelligence partner.Asked if the five eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement – between Australia, the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand – was as stable as it was before Trump’s victory, Brandis said: “Nothing has changed”.Greens senator Nick McKim argued the propensity of Trump to “blab” about things warranted Australia to reconsider providing the US with highly sensitive information.“Quite frankly, I’m astounded that events in the last couple of weeks have not resulted in a reconsideration of the intelligence that Australia shares with the US,” McKim said, noting reports other nations were withholding intelligence to the US. | Australian authorities have not reviewed intelligence-sharing arrangements with the US in light of the controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s loose lips.Pressure is mounting on the US president over interactions with Russia, including his reported disclosure of classified information with its foreign minister.“President Trump is not a security risk to Australia,” the attorney general, George Brandis, told a Senate hearing in Canberra on Wednesday, adding he was the democratically-elected leader of the nation’s most important ally and intelligence partner.Asked if the five eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement – between Australia, the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand – was as stable as it was before Trump’s victory, Brandis said: “Nothing has changed”.Greens senator Nick McKim argued the propensity of Trump to “blab” about things warranted Australia to reconsider providing the US with highly sensitive information.“Quite frankly, I’m astounded that events in the last couple of weeks have not resulted in a reconsideration of the intelligence that Australia shares with the US,” McKim said, noting reports other nations were withholding intelligence to the US. |
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