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| Barnaby Joyce says he is no longer a New Zealand citizen – politics live | Barnaby Joyce says he is no longer a New Zealand citizen – politics live |
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| 7.13am BST | |
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| Barnaby Joyce messing with photographers. | |
| 7.05am BST | |
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| One Nation gives conditional support to media changes | |
| Via the One Nation Facebook page: | |
| After extensive consultation with industry bodies, government representatives and regional communities, One Nation senators have given conditional support to the government for its media reform bill. In securing One Nation’s support, the government has agreed to make provisions for ABC reforms, greater community radio funding, and foreign ownership reporting. | |
| The government agreed to pursue a number of measures designed to assist the ABC in increasing its regional focus, as well as its financial transparency and political impartiality. | |
| One Nation has been at the forefront calling for more transparency of wages at the ABC and we have received assurances from the government that they will be asking the ABC to start providing details of the wages and conditions of all staff whose wages and allowances are greater than $200,000, similar to what is being implemented by the British Broadcasting Corporation. | |
| The government has also agreed to undertake a competitive neutrality inquiry into the ABC and to legislate a requirement for the ABC to be ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’. | |
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| at 7.15am BST | |
| 6.50am BST | |
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| Ardern doesn’t want a bar of it, by the sounds. | |
| This had nothing to this and we should not have been involved. | |
| Ardern does not want it to get in the way of the Australia-New Zealand relationship. | |
| 6.48am BST | |
| 06:48 | |
| NZ Labor leader Jacinda Ardern is speaking in Wellington. | |
| She says the question by her MP Chris Hipkins was wrong but he didn’t know which member it related to – ie Barnaby Joyce. | |
| This is the question in question #auspol #qt pic.twitter.com/MyRHVtJOq2 | |
| Ardern says it was an Australian Labor staffer who rang Hipkins to ask him to put the question. | |
| She said Hipkins has recognised it was wrong to ask the question. | |
| She would be happy to talk to foreign minister Julie Bishop but she doesn’t have her number. Ardern has told the Australian high commission she would be happy to talk to Bishop. | |
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| at 6.51am BST | |
| 6.32am BST | 6.32am BST |
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| Tony Burke is detailing all of the crossover between Bruce Billson’s habits and the Franchise Council prior to leaving parliament. It is a forensic account of Billson’s media releases, his Twitter feed and other appearances. | Tony Burke is detailing all of the crossover between Bruce Billson’s habits and the Franchise Council prior to leaving parliament. It is a forensic account of Billson’s media releases, his Twitter feed and other appearances. |
| Burke said they raise serious issues while he was reportedly being paid by the Franchise Council. He wants to refer it to the parliament’s powerful privileges committee. | Burke said they raise serious issues while he was reportedly being paid by the Franchise Council. He wants to refer it to the parliament’s powerful privileges committee. |
| He raises some very substantial and serious allegations. I will try to get a copy of the statement so I don’t muck it up. | He raises some very substantial and serious allegations. I will try to get a copy of the statement so I don’t muck it up. |
| 6.24am BST | 6.24am BST |
| 06:24 | 06:24 |
| Tony Burke is questioning Speaker Tony Smith on the money paid to former Liberal small business minister Bruce Billson prior to him leaving parliament from the Franchise Council of Australia. | Tony Burke is questioning Speaker Tony Smith on the money paid to former Liberal small business minister Bruce Billson prior to him leaving parliament from the Franchise Council of Australia. |
| It goes to the details reported by 7.30. | It goes to the details reported by 7.30. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.32am BST | at 6.32am BST |
| 6.21am BST | 6.21am BST |
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| The government successfully gagged Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon and then voted down the suspension motion. Question time is over. | The government successfully gagged Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon and then voted down the suspension motion. Question time is over. |
| 6.18am BST | 6.18am BST |
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| Smile and wave boys, smile and wave. | Smile and wave boys, smile and wave. |
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| 06:11 | 06:11 |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.16am BST | at 6.16am BST |
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| Barnaby is obviously the key target for photographers in the house today. Bowers reports he keeps putting his hands up to his head so the photographers lift their lenses to shoot him but then he brings them down and laughing uproariously. | Barnaby is obviously the key target for photographers in the house today. Bowers reports he keeps putting his hands up to his head so the photographers lift their lenses to shoot him but then he brings them down and laughing uproariously. |
| He knows the photographers are after exasperation photos so he has now put his hands in his pockets. | He knows the photographers are after exasperation photos so he has now put his hands in his pockets. |
| 6.04am BST | 6.04am BST |
| 06:04 | 06:04 |
| The government successfully gags Labor. Barnaby’s shadow, Joel Fitzgibbon, rises to second the suspension of standing orders motion. | The government successfully gags Labor. Barnaby’s shadow, Joel Fitzgibbon, rises to second the suspension of standing orders motion. |
| Fitzgibbon says the suspension motion goes to the very heart of our Westminster system. | Fitzgibbon says the suspension motion goes to the very heart of our Westminster system. |
| A Minister of the Crown should not serve in in place, should not exercise the power of the Executive without the confidence of this place. | A Minister of the Crown should not serve in in place, should not exercise the power of the Executive without the confidence of this place. |
| Christopher Pyne moves to gag Fitzgibbon. | Christopher Pyne moves to gag Fitzgibbon. |
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| at 6.05am BST | at 6.05am BST |
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| The man of the moment. | The man of the moment. |
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| at 6.16am BST | at 6.16am BST |
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| Labor suspends standing orders over Joyce admission he was a NZ citizen | Labor suspends standing orders over Joyce admission he was a NZ citizen |
| Given Barnaby Joyce’s acknowledge that he was a citizen, Tony Burke moves to suspend standing orders. He moves that the House: | Given Barnaby Joyce’s acknowledge that he was a citizen, Tony Burke moves to suspend standing orders. He moves that the House: |
| 1. Notes:a) Yesterday, this House unanimously asked the High Court to determine whether the deputy prime minister is constitutionally qualified to be a member of parliament; | 1. Notes:a) Yesterday, this House unanimously asked the High Court to determine whether the deputy prime minister is constitutionally qualified to be a member of parliament; |
| b) Yesterday, the prime minister claimed “The deputy prime minister, is qualified to sit in this house, and the high court will so hold” despite confirmation from the prime minister of New Zealand that the deputy prime minister is in fact a New Zealand citizen; | b) Yesterday, the prime minister claimed “The deputy prime minister, is qualified to sit in this house, and the high court will so hold” despite confirmation from the prime minister of New Zealand that the deputy prime minister is in fact a New Zealand citizen; |
| c) Today in question time, the deputy prime minister confirmed he was a citizen of a foreign power prior to the weekend; and | c) Today in question time, the deputy prime minister confirmed he was a citizen of a foreign power prior to the weekend; and |
| 2. Therefore, calls on the prime minister:a) To come clean with the Australian people and acknowledge that the deputy prime minister of Australia is ineligible to hold office; | 2. Therefore, calls on the prime minister:a) To come clean with the Australian people and acknowledge that the deputy prime minister of Australia is ineligible to hold office; |
| b) Rule out accepting the vote of the deputy prime minister while his constitutional qualifications are in doubt; and | b) Rule out accepting the vote of the deputy prime minister while his constitutional qualifications are in doubt; and |
| c) Direct the deputy prime minister to immediately resign from cabinet. | c) Direct the deputy prime minister to immediately resign from cabinet. |
| Leader of the government in the house Christopher Pyne moves to gag Burke. | Leader of the government in the house Christopher Pyne moves to gag Burke. |
| A vote is required. Ring the bells. | A vote is required. Ring the bells. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.12am BST | at 6.12am BST |
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| Tony Burke to Turnbull: In the last answer, given by the Deputy Prime Minister, he confirmed that up until the weekend, he was in violation of the Australian Constitution as a member of parliament. He had confirmed that he had renounced a foreign citizenship, which you are ineligible to nominate for Parliament if you hold. Why is he still a member of your cabinet? Why is he still voting in this Parliament when, by his own admission, it’s against the Constitution? | Tony Burke to Turnbull: In the last answer, given by the Deputy Prime Minister, he confirmed that up until the weekend, he was in violation of the Australian Constitution as a member of parliament. He had confirmed that he had renounced a foreign citizenship, which you are ineligible to nominate for Parliament if you hold. Why is he still a member of your cabinet? Why is he still voting in this Parliament when, by his own admission, it’s against the Constitution? |
| Turnbull makes mention of Burke’s thunderous indignation regarding citizenship. | Turnbull makes mention of Burke’s thunderous indignation regarding citizenship. |
| He says section 44 is not so clear cut. | He says section 44 is not so clear cut. |
| The proposition that a person who is a citizen of Australia and a citizen of another country and by that reason alone is disqualified from a member a Parliament is not an unqualified position. The High Court has set limits on it and at least one of the members opposite is relying on those limits. | The proposition that a person who is a citizen of Australia and a citizen of another country and by that reason alone is disqualified from a member a Parliament is not an unqualified position. The High Court has set limits on it and at least one of the members opposite is relying on those limits. |
| That is to say, the member for Braddon, who was a British citizen at the time she nominated, says, “It is OK because of what the High Court said in Sykes v Cleary, I made reasonable efforts to renounce.” | That is to say, the member for Braddon, who was a British citizen at the time she nominated, says, “It is OK because of what the High Court said in Sykes v Cleary, I made reasonable efforts to renounce.” |
| Senator Dastyari is still a citizen of Iran. He says he has put in a big effort to renounce but it hasn’t been effective to Iranian law. He may well be right. The point of the matter is the section is to be read with its purpose and intent. The court has made that very, very clear. | Senator Dastyari is still a citizen of Iran. He says he has put in a big effort to renounce but it hasn’t been effective to Iranian law. He may well be right. The point of the matter is the section is to be read with its purpose and intent. The court has made that very, very clear. |
| 5.43am BST | 5.43am BST |
| 05:43 | 05:43 |
| Joyce expecting advice he is no longer a NZ citizen | Joyce expecting advice he is no longer a NZ citizen |
| Labor’s Tony Burke to Turnbull: it goes to the eligibility of members of cabinet to hold office. Is the deputy prime minister a citizen of a foreign power? | Labor’s Tony Burke to Turnbull: it goes to the eligibility of members of cabinet to hold office. Is the deputy prime minister a citizen of a foreign power? |
| Pyne takes a point of order on sub judice. | Pyne takes a point of order on sub judice. |
| He argues that Speaker Smith has written to the high court to refer Joyce’s case, therefore it is subject to the sub judice rule. | He argues that Speaker Smith has written to the high court to refer Joyce’s case, therefore it is subject to the sub judice rule. |
| Speaker Smith says he has given this a lot of thought. | Speaker Smith says he has given this a lot of thought. |
| With the high court the highest court of the land adjudicating this matter … I am confident the high court is not going to be swayed. | With the high court the highest court of the land adjudicating this matter … I am confident the high court is not going to be swayed. |
| Tony Burke is like the cat that got the cream. | Tony Burke is like the cat that got the cream. |
| Barnaby Joyce answers instead. | Barnaby Joyce answers instead. |
| Over the course of the weekend we went through the process of renunciation. We’ve received verbal communication from New Zealand before question time that that has now been accepted and we’re looking forward to the written advice turning up pronto. | Over the course of the weekend we went through the process of renunciation. We’ve received verbal communication from New Zealand before question time that that has now been accepted and we’re looking forward to the written advice turning up pronto. |
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| at 5.46am BST | at 5.46am BST |
| 5.38am BST | 5.38am BST |
| 05:38 | 05:38 |
| Scott Morrison takes a question in which he calls Bill Shorten a slidey snake. | Scott Morrison takes a question in which he calls Bill Shorten a slidey snake. |