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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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| Independent Bob Katter asks Barnaby Joyce a question about power that is not entirely comprehensible to me and it runs over time so he is cut off. It was about Hells Gate dam. | |
| Joyce says he gets the gist so continues on in a similar vein to Katter. | |
| Joyce makes it a practice these days to attack Labor MP for Herbert Cathy O’Toole on Adani. (Herbert is Labor’s most marginal seat.) | |
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| Chris Bowen to the PM: Labor’s plan to protect low- and middle-income workers from a tax hike and keep the budget repair levy raises more revenue than the government over the medium term. Is the reason the Prime Minister is shouting about Labor’s plan is because it raises more money? Or is he simply angry that Labor won’t give millionaires a tax cut? | |
| Scott Morrison takes the question. | |
| Morrison does not answer that rhetorical question but says Labor is spending money several times over. | |
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| Kate Ellis to the PM: Analysts in Fairfax newspapers [by the National Foundation for Australian Women] shows a couple renting where one partner has left university and the other is still studying, has an effective marginal tax rate of over 97%, when their income reaches just $37,000. Why is the Prime Minister outraged about marginal tax rates for millionaires, but says absolutely nothing about families who will pay an effective marginal tax rate of over 97%? | |
| Turnbull flicks the question to social services minister Christian Porter. He says the study is incorrect and misleading. | |
| Graduates earning $51,000, most of whom are likely to be women, will have less disposable income, appears to assume there’s changes to rental assistance in the budget, that’s not the case, and I’m further informed that statement from the NFAW based on the research that members opposite cite, that graduates earning $51,000 will have less disposal income is in the advice of my department, incorrect and misleading. | |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: New research by ANU published in todays media reveals when the government’s tax plans are compared to Labor’s, it leaves twice as many households worse off compared to Labor’s plan, and those worse off are those who can least afford it. Why is the Prime Minister targeting ordinary Australians who can least afford the government’s plans? | |
| Turnbull comes armed with an example of Mary the Midwife. | |
| What he is proposing is that there would be the half a per cent increase would come in at $87,000. That’s what he said. He said that’s very fair. Well, let’s, let’s have an example. Let’s consider Mary. An experienced midwife, in New South Wales. She earns $87,000. | |
| Under Labor’s policy, if Mary earns an additional dollar, she would begin paying an additional half a per cent on her entire income. On the additional one dollar, she would pay an additional $435.39 in tax. | |
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| Bill Shorten joins Turnbull in speaking on the bombing. | |
| While some injuries were suffered by foreign workers, including American and German embassy staff, the people murdered by his act of terror were overwhelmingly Afghan citizens with the followers of the Islamic faith. I don’t know if they conformed to every single tenet of their religion, few people of faith do. | |
| I suspect they were good Muslims, living the lives we take for granted, going to the shops, heading to work, taking their children to school, and I want to say I believe their Islam was more true, more valuable, more worth while than anything that the terrorists claim to believe in. At the beginning of this most holy time in the Islamic faith, this act of terror is a crime against Islam, and a crime against humanity. | |
| The parliament rises as a mark of respect to the dead and injured. | |
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| Turnbull says Australia is the second largest non-NATO troop contributing nation and the overall second largest financial contributor to the sustainment of the Afghan security sector. | |
| Yesterday’s bombing only reinforces our commitment to this important mission, and to continuing the support the Afghan national defence and security forces as they continue to build that capacity that is essential for Afghanistan to fight and defeat terrorism at its source. | |
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| Malcolm Turnbull starts question time with a statement on the bombing in Afghanistan which has killed 89 so far and injured 350. | |
| This latest attack follows a fortnight where we have seen the evil scourge of Islamist terrorism continue to exact its murderous campaign against civilians around the world. From the bombing of the arena in Manchester,and the slaughter of innocent children, to a suicide attack in Jakarta, the ISIL insurgency in the southern Philippines to the slaughter of Coptic Christians in Egypt. We continue to see the indiscriminate brutal attacks admitted by the terrorists. | |
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| Question time coming up. | |
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| SENATE ESTIMATES#CSIRO and the #peerreview processThe one where I said 'conceptual penis' https://t.co/eucqpkHEhU#auspol #qldpol | SENATE ESTIMATES#CSIRO and the #peerreview processThe one where I said 'conceptual penis' https://t.co/eucqpkHEhU#auspol #qldpol |
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| Katharine Murphy reports: | Katharine Murphy reports: |
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| I’m sorry I missed this but luckily AAP was there: | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | We really are in a very Kafkaesque world. |
| 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. | 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, said Sinodinos. | I need a biscuit, said Sinodinos. |
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| Is inequality a drag on growth? No answer from the treasurer | Is inequality a drag on growth? No answer from the treasurer |
| Gareth Hutchens | Gareth Hutchens |
| Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier spoke to Ceda’s state of the nation conference in parliament house. | 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. | 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: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | [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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Lunch time politics |
| Here is what we know of today thus far. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. |