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| Ed Husic decries Trump travel ban as parliament debates US relationship – politics live | Ed Husic decries Trump travel ban as parliament debates US relationship – politics live |
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| Given the theme of the day–energy, energy, energy–we can expect question time to be chock full of energy attacks. But there is always at least one surprise–any guess what today’s random topic will be? | |
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| Question time is about to begin, so get ready for that. | |
| Also - here is a thing that happened | |
| On @sunriseon7 this morning Pauline Hanson tells me get it through your head Sarah climate change "isn't because of humans" 😳😂#OneNationFail pic.twitter.com/nUT6hFMMpN | |
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| It’s been one of the quieter starts to parliament for some time. It’s given some of the MPs, like Labor’s Anthony Byrne some time for some candid (cough) contemplation | |
| Just enjoying a brief moment in one of the many beautiful gardens surrounding Parliament House. pic.twitter.com/7kwwQGvGsO | |
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| Scott Morrison addressed Citigroup in New York late last week and has promised there are “better days ahead” for the economy. | Scott Morrison addressed Citigroup in New York late last week and has promised there are “better days ahead” for the economy. |
| My speech to global investors in NY about Australia's solid economic growth story. Full text here: https://t.co/gKMFmOBLyI pic.twitter.com/3NCg5ryJ6b | My speech to global investors in NY about Australia's solid economic growth story. Full text here: https://t.co/gKMFmOBLyI pic.twitter.com/3NCg5ryJ6b |
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| It’s a four-flag situation | It’s a four-flag situation |
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| Stranger in the house update | Stranger in the house update |
| Christopher Pyne is on Sky talking about how busy the government is in parliament this week. | Christopher Pyne is on Sky talking about how busy the government is in parliament this week. |
| Asked if he, as the leader of government business, will have to direct the sergeant at arms to remove Barnaby Joyce from the parliament if the high court rules against him, he doesn’t miss a beat. | Asked if he, as the leader of government business, will have to direct the sergeant at arms to remove Barnaby Joyce from the parliament if the high court rules against him, he doesn’t miss a beat. |
| Pyne says the government is still confident of a win but that all outcomes are being anticipated and there will be no need for the sergeant at arms to step in, if the court goes the other way. | Pyne says the government is still confident of a win but that all outcomes are being anticipated and there will be no need for the sergeant at arms to step in, if the court goes the other way. |
| For what it is worth, Pyne says there are a “veritable blizzard of polls” in Australian politics and “we saw their unreliability” with the Trump result, and Brexit, so he “lets polls come and go” and says the “only sale we have to make is on election day every three years”. (Drink) | For what it is worth, Pyne says there are a “veritable blizzard of polls” in Australian politics and “we saw their unreliability” with the Trump result, and Brexit, so he “lets polls come and go” and says the “only sale we have to make is on election day every three years”. (Drink) |
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| A bit of a housekeeping in the Senate, with Arthur Sinodinos still absent. The senator revealed earlier this month he is fighting cancer. | A bit of a housekeeping in the Senate, with Arthur Sinodinos still absent. The senator revealed earlier this month he is fighting cancer. |
| Michaelia Cash will represent his portfolio of industry, innovation and science, while the attorney general, George Brandis, will represent Trade, Tourism and Investment. | Michaelia Cash will represent his portfolio of industry, innovation and science, while the attorney general, George Brandis, will represent Trade, Tourism and Investment. |
| Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells is also away on ministerial business, so Simon Birmingham will represent her portfolio during question time. | Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells is also away on ministerial business, so Simon Birmingham will represent her portfolio during question time. |
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| House debates Australia's relationship with the United States. | House debates Australia's relationship with the United States. |
| Labor MP Ed Husic has delivered a speech on the motion regarding Australia and its key ally the United States of America. The House spent 50 minutes discussing the relationship. | Labor MP Ed Husic has delivered a speech on the motion regarding Australia and its key ally the United States of America. The House spent 50 minutes discussing the relationship. |
| But Husic, who said he has visited the US every year since 2005, has had an epiphany of sorts in the wake of the travel ban Donald Trump has been working so hard for since his election. | But Husic, who said he has visited the US every year since 2005, has had an epiphany of sorts in the wake of the travel ban Donald Trump has been working so hard for since his election. |
| Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shut down on Muslims entering the United States until that country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. I can’t believe that this is where this great country has got to. And then it exercises that ban. And it shuts out people on the basis of faith. I visited the country in that point of time before the inauguration, friends saying to me that it is probably premature to think that it is not right to visit again sometime later. But I think it is wrong, that a nation that can promise so much on the basis of freedom can shut out people on the basis of faith, and do it that way. I think it’s wrong. And against what America stands for. | Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shut down on Muslims entering the United States until that country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. I can’t believe that this is where this great country has got to. And then it exercises that ban. And it shuts out people on the basis of faith. I visited the country in that point of time before the inauguration, friends saying to me that it is probably premature to think that it is not right to visit again sometime later. But I think it is wrong, that a nation that can promise so much on the basis of freedom can shut out people on the basis of faith, and do it that way. I think it’s wrong. And against what America stands for. |
| I think of the words of Paul Keating, who said that ‘once they have pawned the crown, it is hard to reclaim the inheritance’, and he is right. What America is doing to itself and the way it is behaving, is so disappointing to so many of its friends. I can’t see myself going back to America while this is being maintained. I can not think of people like me and my faith, being taken out in front of their children in a line, queuing up to visit the States, just on the basis of faith. America, I think the world of you. But I cannot, and people like me, cannot be shamed by you. This is not the promise of the America we love. America is better than this.” | I think of the words of Paul Keating, who said that ‘once they have pawned the crown, it is hard to reclaim the inheritance’, and he is right. What America is doing to itself and the way it is behaving, is so disappointing to so many of its friends. I can’t see myself going back to America while this is being maintained. I can not think of people like me and my faith, being taken out in front of their children in a line, queuing up to visit the States, just on the basis of faith. America, I think the world of you. But I cannot, and people like me, cannot be shamed by you. This is not the promise of the America we love. America is better than this.” |
| You can find the whole speech on Husic’s YouTube channel, here | You can find the whole speech on Husic’s YouTube channel, here |
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| The government has just passed the amendments to its media reforms, as negotiated with the crossbench in the Senate, in the House of Representatives. | The government has just passed the amendments to its media reforms, as negotiated with the crossbench in the Senate, in the House of Representatives. |
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| Perhaps the god of thunder had some tips on energy policy? | Perhaps the god of thunder had some tips on energy policy? |
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| Quick look into the parliament: The amendments attached to the media reforms bill by the Senate are being debated in the house (where they will pass) and Malcolm Roberts is talking about the “sharing of ideas” as being “even sexier” as part of his speech on the Competition and Consumer Amendment bill. That may not have been the greatest time to tune in. | Quick look into the parliament: The amendments attached to the media reforms bill by the Senate are being debated in the house (where they will pass) and Malcolm Roberts is talking about the “sharing of ideas” as being “even sexier” as part of his speech on the Competition and Consumer Amendment bill. That may not have been the greatest time to tune in. |
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| Back to other issues which don’t seem to make a whole lot of sense lately, but on a ground we are more familiar with: ACCC head Rod Sims is attempting to talk about the draft report on electricity prices, without discussing the politics, to which we can only wish him luck. | Back to other issues which don’t seem to make a whole lot of sense lately, but on a ground we are more familiar with: ACCC head Rod Sims is attempting to talk about the draft report on electricity prices, without discussing the politics, to which we can only wish him luck. |
| Asked about the clean energy target, Sims had this to say: | Asked about the clean energy target, Sims had this to say: |
| Look, our focus is on affordability. We’ve spent a lot of time working out what’s driven prices up. And we’ve done that. And now the focus is going to be on how do we address all those issues to get prices down? As we all know, there’s three objectives in relation to our electricity sector: there’s meeting the Paris targets for emission reductions, and that’s obviously very important. That’s the clean energy target. Secondly, there’s improving reliability. And there’s a range of things happening there. And, thirdly, there’s a focus on affordability. And when you look at our work, you see that the biggest causes of higher electricity prices are higher network prices, higher retail costs and margins. That’s what we’ve got to be looking at. | Look, our focus is on affordability. We’ve spent a lot of time working out what’s driven prices up. And we’ve done that. And now the focus is going to be on how do we address all those issues to get prices down? As we all know, there’s three objectives in relation to our electricity sector: there’s meeting the Paris targets for emission reductions, and that’s obviously very important. That’s the clean energy target. Secondly, there’s improving reliability. And there’s a range of things happening there. And, thirdly, there’s a focus on affordability. And when you look at our work, you see that the biggest causes of higher electricity prices are higher network prices, higher retail costs and margins. That’s what we’ve got to be looking at. |
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| From the ‘so strange it can only be Australian politics’ file comes this story. | From the ‘so strange it can only be Australian politics’ file comes this story. |
| I’ve tried three times to condense this for you but, well, there are a lot of moving parts to this situation and not a lot of them make sense. Take a bow Australian politics. It’s only taken 1.5hours into the parliamentary sitting to completely flummox me. (You can read the story here. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.) | I’ve tried three times to condense this for you but, well, there are a lot of moving parts to this situation and not a lot of them make sense. Take a bow Australian politics. It’s only taken 1.5hours into the parliamentary sitting to completely flummox me. (You can read the story here. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.) |
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| Bill Shorten has also had a bit to say about the energy debate this morning – looks like we are getting a sneak peek of what awaits us during question time! | Bill Shorten has also had a bit to say about the energy debate this morning – looks like we are getting a sneak peek of what awaits us during question time! |
| Will the real leader of the Liberal party please stand up, is basically the theme here: | Will the real leader of the Liberal party please stand up, is basically the theme here: |
| Well, first of all, what is the point of asking the chief scientist of Australia to write a full report on climate change and energy, and then not follow the recommendations? It is very clear that Turnbull faces a test in the next 24 hours. It is a test of whether or not he is running the Liberal party and can back in what he believes, which is a clean energy target, or if Tony Abbott is running the Liberal party and they’ll dump a clean energy target. Labor has made it very clear, from even before the final report of the chief scientist, that we will work with the government to do something to lower energy prices in this country. But what we see is the government can’t even work out what they want to do, and long-suffering consumers and business are the people paying the price, with higher energy prices, because this government is at war with itself. | Well, first of all, what is the point of asking the chief scientist of Australia to write a full report on climate change and energy, and then not follow the recommendations? It is very clear that Turnbull faces a test in the next 24 hours. It is a test of whether or not he is running the Liberal party and can back in what he believes, which is a clean energy target, or if Tony Abbott is running the Liberal party and they’ll dump a clean energy target. Labor has made it very clear, from even before the final report of the chief scientist, that we will work with the government to do something to lower energy prices in this country. But what we see is the government can’t even work out what they want to do, and long-suffering consumers and business are the people paying the price, with higher energy prices, because this government is at war with itself. |
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