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| Tony Abbott: 'only safe jihadi is one who has been lawfully killed' – politics live | Tony Abbott: 'only safe jihadi is one who has been lawfully killed' – politics live |
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| I’m sorry I missed this but luckily AAP was there: | |
| The question of whether penises cause climate change has triggered tense debate among senators.They don’t, as far as scientists are aware, but One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts - a renowned climate change denier - used the hoax, published in a scientific journal, to grill CSIRO scientists over their peer-review methods. | |
| They claimed that penises cause climate change. I’m very concerned about some of the peer-reviewed papers. | |
| The line of questioning prompted a frustrated response from Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos. | |
| You’ve quoted two papers and you’ve then jumped to a general proposition that this means every peer-review paper in the world potentially is subject to some sort of potential for fraud. | |
| We really are in a very Kafkaesque world. | |
| Senator Roberts insisted he had been misrepresented. He was just pointing out there may be holes in the scientific peer-review process, he explained, continuing to ask the scientists about their methods. | |
| I need a biscuit. | |
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| Is inequality a drag on growth? No answer from the treasurer | |
| Gareth Hutchens | |
| Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier spoke to CEDA’s state of the nation conference in parliament house. | |
| During the Q&A session, he was asked for his views on the problem of record-low wages growth. He said the only way to boost wages was through economic growth. | |
| It prompted an audience member to say: | |
| This gets to the question of whether in fact growth leads to the ability to increase wages and reduce inequality, or the more common view amongst leading economists these days that in fact it is growing inequality that has become the anchor on growth. | |
| The audience member wanted to know if Morrison was putting the cart before the horse. | |
| Morrison replied by talking about the “four key messages” in his budget. | |
| One, was we needed to grow the economy to support more and better paid jobs; secondly, we needed to guarantee essential services; thirdly, to put downward pressure on the cost of living; and fourthly, to ensure the government lived within its means. | |
| The two middle messages there, I think, go to your question. | |
| He explained that Australians have a heightened sensitivity to essential services like Medicare, the NDIS, schools, and hospitals. | |
| That’s why in this budget we have sent such a strong message, and given such an unequivocal guarantee around those services. | |
| [We] recognise the real sensitivity and difficulty that Australian households have been facing because of lower wages growth. | |
| If Australians are worried about their services they will be more reticent in the economy and they need to know that the government has their back on these services. | |
| That was the architecture [in the budget], if you like, of trying to reassure Australians about these two key issues, which we do know they’re very concerned about. | |
| He said the government was also focused on regional infrastructure, and addressing the disparity in growth between different regions of the country. | |
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| Lunch time politics | |
| Here is what we know of today thus far. | |
| One Nation’s former treasurer Ian Nelson said the party had no way of monitoring the activities of Pauline Hanson’s personal bank account, which was taking donations through the party website up until two months ago. | |
| Immigration minister Peter Dutton has defended Asio director general Duncan Lewis, from conservatives’ criticism of the spy agency chief’s suggestion that the refugee program is not the source of terrorism. “If people want to criticise this government in relation to the refugee program, criticise me,” he said. | |
| As the world creeps closer to a Trump decision on the Paris Agreement, there has been signs of a looming climate war within the Coalition predicted by environment and energy minister Josh Frydenberg. Conservative Liberal Craig Kelly is hoping for a US withdrawal while the government line sees US withdrawal as against Australia’s national interests. Barnaby Joyce won’t say what he thinks but just waits for the next Trump tweet. | |
| Bill Shorten has defended Labor’s opposition to the Medicare levy rise for those under $87,000 given low wages growth. Conditions are different. | |
| People in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe. https://t.co/M7oK5Z6qwF | |
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| Greens continue to wrestle over Gonski 2.0 | Greens continue to wrestle over Gonski 2.0 |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| There’s a lively debate going on in the Greens about whether to support the Turnbull government schools plan. | There’s a lively debate going on in the Greens about whether to support the Turnbull government schools plan. |
| At a meeting on 24 May the Australian Young Greens adopted a form of words opposing the plan and praising MP Adam Bandt for his stance on it.In a letter signed by co-convenors, Axeris Sondyre and Robyn Lewis, the Young Greens said: | At a meeting on 24 May the Australian Young Greens adopted a form of words opposing the plan and praising MP Adam Bandt for his stance on it.In a letter signed by co-convenors, Axeris Sondyre and Robyn Lewis, the Young Greens said: |
| The Australian Greens must reconfirm their support for the full funding allocation to public schools as recommended by the Gonski Review. | The Australian Greens must reconfirm their support for the full funding allocation to public schools as recommended by the Gonski Review. |
| At the 2016 election the Greens committed to the full Gonski. Our MPs and candidates joined the Gonski bus, spoke at public education events and signed up to support the campaign. | At the 2016 election the Greens committed to the full Gonski. Our MPs and candidates joined the Gonski bus, spoke at public education events and signed up to support the campaign. |
| What we campaigned for is in no way similar to the Turnbull Government proposal. What we supported was the implementation of the full Gonski for public schools, including years five and six of the funding model. | What we campaigned for is in no way similar to the Turnbull Government proposal. What we supported was the implementation of the full Gonski for public schools, including years five and six of the funding model. |
| We agree that the Rudd-Gillard Government’s School Funding Plan did not go far enough; however, the Coalition’s ‘Gonski 2.0’ is a complete insult to students, teachers and staff of public schools. | We agree that the Rudd-Gillard Government’s School Funding Plan did not go far enough; however, the Coalition’s ‘Gonski 2.0’ is a complete insult to students, teachers and staff of public schools. |
| It’s interesting they’ve referred to the Gonski bus and adopted the Australian Education Union’s language of the “full Gonski”. | It’s interesting they’ve referred to the Gonski bus and adopted the Australian Education Union’s language of the “full Gonski”. |
| They have also said Bandt’s stance will “go some steps in resolving tensions with unions around Australia”. | They have also said Bandt’s stance will “go some steps in resolving tensions with unions around Australia”. |
| That’s where the greatest opposition is coming from and where the greatest blowback if the Greens try to let the policy through – the teachers union. | |
| The Australian Young Greens stand in solidarity with Australia’s teachers and their unions, parents, student groups and many other community groups and call on the federal party room to publicly reconfirm support for the full and original Gonski. | |
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| Scott Morrison trying out some new lines about Labor's policies. Says they'll be an "economic mogadon", a "sedative" for the economy #auspol | Scott Morrison trying out some new lines about Labor's policies. Says they'll be an "economic mogadon", a "sedative" for the economy #auspol |
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| .@SenatorWong asking Brandis about the @CraigKellyMP facebook post about "putting champagne on ice" re Trump Paris decision @dfat #estimates | .@SenatorWong asking Brandis about the @CraigKellyMP facebook post about "putting champagne on ice" re Trump Paris decision @dfat #estimates |
| "It is the government's position that we will remain a party to the convention." - George Brandis reiterates govt support for Paris accord. | "It is the government's position that we will remain a party to the convention." - George Brandis reiterates govt support for Paris accord. |
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| It’s a pretty ruff video from Andrew Leigh but if you haven’t noticed it, the Labor shadow assistant treasurer has been lately pushing for a change to the way company directors are registered. | It’s a pretty ruff video from Andrew Leigh but if you haven’t noticed it, the Labor shadow assistant treasurer has been lately pushing for a change to the way company directors are registered. |
| The former university ANU economics professor believes the simple solution to cracking down on phoenixing is to give company directors an identification number. What happens at the moment is a dodgy director can shut down a company owing a lot of money to workers and contractors and start a new company without being chased. A slight difference in spelling on names, addresses or a wrong digit in a birthdate can make it easy for directors to hide the trail between companies. | The former university ANU economics professor believes the simple solution to cracking down on phoenixing is to give company directors an identification number. What happens at the moment is a dodgy director can shut down a company owing a lot of money to workers and contractors and start a new company without being chased. A slight difference in spelling on names, addresses or a wrong digit in a birthdate can make it easy for directors to hide the trail between companies. |
| The head of the Australian Tax Office Chris Jordan told estimates this week that the laws governing company directors were slack. Jordan told Nationals senator John Williams he could register Williams as a director in a company without him even knowing. | The head of the Australian Tax Office Chris Jordan told estimates this week that the laws governing company directors were slack. Jordan told Nationals senator John Williams he could register Williams as a director in a company without him even knowing. |
| Australian Restructuring and Turnaround Association chief executive officer John Winter told the AFR you could almost register your own dog. | Australian Restructuring and Turnaround Association chief executive officer John Winter told the AFR you could almost register your own dog. |
| That you can, almost literally, register your dog as a company director makes a joke of our corporate registration process and that has been clearly slated home in the current ATO-Plutus debacle. | That you can, almost literally, register your dog as a company director makes a joke of our corporate registration process and that has been clearly slated home in the current ATO-Plutus debacle. |
| Enter Texas. | Enter Texas. |
| There are a few people on government benches who think Labor’s policy is quite sensible so watch this space. | There are a few people on government benches who think Labor’s policy is quite sensible so watch this space. |
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| Oh by the way, David Murray, author of the Financial System Inquiry and former Commonwealth Bank chief has called the bank levy a Hate Tax in the Financial Review. | Oh by the way, David Murray, author of the Financial System Inquiry and former Commonwealth Bank chief has called the bank levy a Hate Tax in the Financial Review. |
| It’s a hate tax. So the question becomes, who else do we hate? Which sector comes next? | It’s a hate tax. So the question becomes, who else do we hate? Which sector comes next? |
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| As the world awaits this: | As the world awaits this: |
| I will be announcing my decision on Paris Accord, Thursday at 3:00 P.M. The White House Rose Garden. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! | I will be announcing my decision on Paris Accord, Thursday at 3:00 P.M. The White House Rose Garden. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! |
| Bloomberg reports that two of the world’s biggest oil producers want Trump to stay in. Why? To continue pissing inside the tent. | Bloomberg reports that two of the world’s biggest oil producers want Trump to stay in. Why? To continue pissing inside the tent. |
| Both companies reiterated their support Wednesday for the global agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution amid reports that Trump planned to ditch a pact he says hurts the U.S. economy. Their argument: The US is better off with a seat at the table so it can influence global efforts to curb emissions that are largely produced by the fossil fuels they profit from. | Both companies reiterated their support Wednesday for the global agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution amid reports that Trump planned to ditch a pact he says hurts the U.S. economy. Their argument: The US is better off with a seat at the table so it can influence global efforts to curb emissions that are largely produced by the fossil fuels they profit from. |
| Two of the world’s biggest oil producers reiterate their support for the Paris climate deal https://t.co/3VEZYDOAmx pic.twitter.com/FfS7vdNV3E | Two of the world’s biggest oil producers reiterate their support for the Paris climate deal https://t.co/3VEZYDOAmx pic.twitter.com/FfS7vdNV3E |
| In Australia, the lines are blurring. | In Australia, the lines are blurring. |
| Yesterday’s statement by the employment minister, Michaela Cash, to estimates outlined the Australian government position. | Yesterday’s statement by the employment minister, Michaela Cash, to estimates outlined the Australian government position. |
| Australia’s national interests are best served by the US participation in the Paris agreement consistent with our support for a collective global response on climate change. | Australia’s national interests are best served by the US participation in the Paris agreement consistent with our support for a collective global response on climate change. |
| But this morning, Barnaby Joyce declined to repeat that statement when asked by Paul Karp. | But this morning, Barnaby Joyce declined to repeat that statement when asked by Paul Karp. |
| Asked at a press conference on Thursday if Australia should consider pulling out of the Paris climate agreement if Donald Trump takes the United States out, Barnaby Joyce said | Asked at a press conference on Thursday if Australia should consider pulling out of the Paris climate agreement if Donald Trump takes the United States out, Barnaby Joyce said |
| Well, to speculate on a whole range of things is dangerous, to speculate on what president Trump might do is insanity. | Well, to speculate on a whole range of things is dangerous, to speculate on what president Trump might do is insanity. |
| When pushed why he couldn’t say whether Australia should stay in, regardless of Trump, the deputy prime minister replied: | When pushed why he couldn’t say whether Australia should stay in, regardless of Trump, the deputy prime minister replied: |
| I’m just going to watch my Twitter and see what happens next. | I’m just going to watch my Twitter and see what happens next. |
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| Apropos Josh Frydenberg’s predictions on climate wars, Liberal MP Craig Kelly has told his Facebook followers he has the champagne on ice, waiting for Trump to pull out of the Paris agreement. | Apropos Josh Frydenberg’s predictions on climate wars, Liberal MP Craig Kelly has told his Facebook followers he has the champagne on ice, waiting for Trump to pull out of the Paris agreement. |
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| Michelle Grattan of the Conversation reports that Victorian Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has resigned from two parliamentary posts in protest against the way aged care places are allocated. | Michelle Grattan of the Conversation reports that Victorian Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has resigned from two parliamentary posts in protest against the way aged care places are allocated. |
| [Broadbent] is angry that an aged care provider from outside his electorate, Menarock Aged Care Services, was awarded approval for a new 60-bed facility. He claims that “a better process may have given the local community a more beneficial outcome”. | [Broadbent] is angry that an aged care provider from outside his electorate, Menarock Aged Care Services, was awarded approval for a new 60-bed facility. He claims that “a better process may have given the local community a more beneficial outcome”. |
| Separately, he believes health minister Greg Hunt and aged care minister Ken Wyatt misled him over bed allocation for another facility, at Bunyip. He says they gave him the impression it would be awarded locally, but then indicated the decision rested with public servants. | Separately, he believes health minister Greg Hunt and aged care minister Ken Wyatt misled him over bed allocation for another facility, at Bunyip. He says they gave him the impression it would be awarded locally, but then indicated the decision rested with public servants. |
| Broadbent said on Wednesday that the message being sent was that “little people don’t count” and “my resignations were to make the point that they do”. The 60-bed facility had been “awarded to wealthy city accountants” when the beds could have gone to a local provider, he said. | Broadbent said on Wednesday that the message being sent was that “little people don’t count” and “my resignations were to make the point that they do”. The 60-bed facility had been “awarded to wealthy city accountants” when the beds could have gone to a local provider, he said. |
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| Malcolm Turnbull has announced his first trip as PM to Singapore from tomorrow to Sunday. | Malcolm Turnbull has announced his first trip as PM to Singapore from tomorrow to Sunday. |
| He will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the 16th Shangri-La Dialogue and will hold the second Australia-Singapore annual leaders’ talks with Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. | He will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the 16th Shangri-La Dialogue and will hold the second Australia-Singapore annual leaders’ talks with Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. |
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| Social services minister Christian Porter is speaking at Ceda. You can hear the livestream here and Scott Morrison is coming up. | Social services minister Christian Porter is speaking at Ceda. You can hear the livestream here and Scott Morrison is coming up. |
| Education minister Simon Birmingham is answering school funding questions in estimates from Labor’s Jacinta Collins about Catholic school funding. | Education minister Simon Birmingham is answering school funding questions in estimates from Labor’s Jacinta Collins about Catholic school funding. |
| Indi independent Cathy McGowan has won government support for a decentralisation inquiry which would inquire into: | Indi independent Cathy McGowan has won government support for a decentralisation inquiry which would inquire into: |
| best practice approaches to regional development | best practice approaches to regional development |
| decentralisation of commonwealth entities or functions, as a mechanism to increase growth and prosperity in regional areas | decentralisation of commonwealth entities or functions, as a mechanism to increase growth and prosperity in regional areas |
| actions of the commonwealth that would encourage greater corporate decentralisation and what can be learned from corporate decentralisation approaches. | actions of the commonwealth that would encourage greater corporate decentralisation and what can be learned from corporate decentralisation approaches. |
| This has just passed the house. | This has just passed the house. |
| The point to this is to try to get a plan wrapped around the one-off decisions like Barnaby Joyce moving the pesticides regulator APVMA to his electorate of New England. | The point to this is to try to get a plan wrapped around the one-off decisions like Barnaby Joyce moving the pesticides regulator APVMA to his electorate of New England. |
| Separate to this, deputy Nationals leader Fiona Nash has already called for all ministers to report back to cabinet on which of their departments, entities or functions are suitable for relocation to a regional area by August. | Separate to this, deputy Nationals leader Fiona Nash has already called for all ministers to report back to cabinet on which of their departments, entities or functions are suitable for relocation to a regional area by August. |
| Labor’s Stephen Jones spoke to the motion which I will have to catch up on later, as he was speaking at the same time as the Dutton. | Labor’s Stephen Jones spoke to the motion which I will have to catch up on later, as he was speaking at the same time as the Dutton. |
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| The Abbott editorial went a step further, calling for special courts for terrorists. | The Abbott editorial went a step further, calling for special courts for terrorists. |
| There is another massive problem that was beyond the Coroner’s remit: What to do about returning jihadis? | There is another massive problem that was beyond the Coroner’s remit: What to do about returning jihadis? |
| The only safe jihadi is one who’s been lawfully killed, lawfully imprisoned, or thoroughly converted from Islamism. | The only safe jihadi is one who’s been lawfully killed, lawfully imprisoned, or thoroughly converted from Islamism. |
| The government has stripped dual national terrorists of their right to return. We need to find ways to keep all the others out of the country or in jail. | The government has stripped dual national terrorists of their right to return. We need to find ways to keep all the others out of the country or in jail. |
| The government has made it an offence to travel to designated terrorist zones, without lawful cause. We need to ensure every returning jihadi can readily be charged and convicted, possibly through the creation of special courts that can hear evidence that may not normally be admissible. | The government has made it an offence to travel to designated terrorist zones, without lawful cause. We need to ensure every returning jihadi can readily be charged and convicted, possibly through the creation of special courts that can hear evidence that may not normally be admissible. |
| In case you missed it, Tony has tweeted: | In case you missed it, Tony has tweeted: |
| The only safe Jihadi is one who’s been lawfully killed, lawfully imprisoned, or thoroughly converted from Islamism: https://t.co/KwRPt2QMZO | The only safe Jihadi is one who’s been lawfully killed, lawfully imprisoned, or thoroughly converted from Islamism: https://t.co/KwRPt2QMZO |