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| Taxpayers will 'assist' with Michaelia Cash's subpoena fight bill – politics live | Taxpayers will 'assist' with Michaelia Cash's subpoena fight bill – politics live |
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| Despite one of the Australian businessmen making the comment that he was “disappointed” with Penny Wong and Jason Clare addressing some of the issues between the Australia and China relationship in their speeches to the council, because it is meant to be a ‘positive’ day of coming together, it is all the Chinese attendees seem to want to talk about: | |
| Next questioner: "the relationship does not match the trade - what is your plan to improve it?". Turnbull: "it's very strong ... Important not to be distracted by media and politics that highlights and accentuates friction" #auspol | |
| The tie has been cut | |
| Today the Australian Parliament passed legislation to establish a National #Redress Scheme for the survivors of child sexual abuse. I made a promise to the indomitable Leonie Sheedie from @CLAN_AU that when this happened I would cut my tie in half and send it to her. pic.twitter.com/dhtleQusUi | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is addressing the Australia-China Business Council meeting - | |
| Turnbull: you'll see in the media, sometimes by pollies including today by my opponents "you see more negativity than is actually the case" about Oz China relationship. Important to "reinforce the reality" #auspol | |
| Julie Bishop has officially signed the contract which will see Australia build the telecommunications cable the Solomon Islands needed. From her statement: | |
| Today I announce the Australian Government will partner with telecommunications company Vocus to manage the construction of high-speed undersea telecommunications cables to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands. | |
| Awarding the $136.6 million contract to delivery partner Vocus is a major milestone and signals the start of the physical installation of the Coral Sea Cable System. | |
| Australia will deliver and majority-fund the cables, with a financial co-contribution from both PNG and Solomon Islands. | |
| Australia’s strong support for this project is a reflection of our enduring commitment to the Pacific, where we work with partners to support the region’s stability, security and prosperity. | |
| Boosting connectivity in PNG and Solomon Islands will drive economic growth, and improve governance and security. World Bank research estimates improved internet access and connectivity could grow GDP by more than US$5 billion and create close to 300,000 new jobs in the Pacific by 2040. | |
| The Coral Sea Cable System is scheduled for completion by the end of 2019. | |
| Returning to the aspirational debate, the problem is, when prosecuting it, you are going to say things which come across as a bit, well, elite. | |
| For example, among the loud noises Malcolm Turnbull made in relation to Bill Shorten’s question on this: I refer to the Prime Minister’s earlier answer when he said that his government rewards aspiration. So under this Prime Minister should a 60 year old aged care worker from Burnie aspire to be an investment banker from Rose Bay just so instead of their $10 a week tax cut from the Prime Minister, they can get the Prime Minister’s $7,000 a year tax cut for investment bankers? | |
| Was this answer: The honorable member should remember that the 60-year-old aged care worker in Burnie is entitled to aspire to get a better job, is entitled to get a promotion, and earn more. Is entitled to be able to earn more money, and working in aged care is a good job, but you are entitled to seek to earn more. Everyone is entitled, everyone is entitled to...every worker, every Australian is entitled to aspire to earn a better income.” | |
| Because not only does it sound like, for a moment, the prime minister was suggesting that an aged care worker could get a better job, thereby, for a moment (he did correct himself in the whole quote, and just like with Tanya Plibersek it is important to have these things in context) implying aged care work wasn’t a good job, he also just said that a 60-year-old worker could aspire to a better job/income. | |
| A 60-year-old. This is despite government policy in the last budget to hep over 50-year-olds get work, because we all know how hard it is to be employed as a mature aged worker in this world. | |
| I aspire to be adopted by Beyonce or Rhianna, as well as to ride a unicorn, but there are some dreams which will remain just that, no matter how much you aspire to them. | |
| Craig Kelly is talking to David Speers about the national energy guarantee debate in the Coalition party room. | Craig Kelly is talking to David Speers about the national energy guarantee debate in the Coalition party room. |
| Just in case you missed it, Tony Abbott told the room that he has been, per Katharine Murphy’s sources, misled by bureaucrats during the Paris process – that being the agreement he voluntarily signed Australia up to, and since losing the leadership, has argued against. | Just in case you missed it, Tony Abbott told the room that he has been, per Katharine Murphy’s sources, misled by bureaucrats during the Paris process – that being the agreement he voluntarily signed Australia up to, and since losing the leadership, has argued against. |
| Kelly, who once supported the Neg, now has his own concerns: | Kelly, who once supported the Neg, now has his own concerns: |
| “I am concerned how it will work, how much it will cost and what it will do to the comparable advantage to the those industries, internationally.” | “I am concerned how it will work, how much it will cost and what it will do to the comparable advantage to the those industries, internationally.” |
| In Senate question time the jobs and innovation minister, Michaelia Cash, was asked about news taxpayers would be footing the bill for her legal bid to have subpoenas set aside in the Australian Workers Union challenge of the police raid on its headquarters. | In Senate question time the jobs and innovation minister, Michaelia Cash, was asked about news taxpayers would be footing the bill for her legal bid to have subpoenas set aside in the Australian Workers Union challenge of the police raid on its headquarters. |
| Cash: | Cash: |
| “Everything I’ve stated is on the Hansard record, I have absolutely nothing to hide. It’s politically motivated by the AWU. The case is between the AWU and Registered Organisations Commission, because the AWU does not want to produce documents that show … donations [to GetUp] were properly authorised.” | “Everything I’ve stated is on the Hansard record, I have absolutely nothing to hide. It’s politically motivated by the AWU. The case is between the AWU and Registered Organisations Commission, because the AWU does not want to produce documents that show … donations [to GetUp] were properly authorised.” |
| The subpoenas are seeking documents including communications between Cash and her staff about the raid, in an attempt to discover who was responsible for the leak to the media and to bolster the union’s case that the raid was politically motivated. | The subpoenas are seeking documents including communications between Cash and her staff about the raid, in an attempt to discover who was responsible for the leak to the media and to bolster the union’s case that the raid was politically motivated. |
| Cash took on notice a further question about the estimate of her legal bill to fight the subpoenas. | Cash took on notice a further question about the estimate of her legal bill to fight the subpoenas. |
| Labor then tried a question about “thuggery” in the Liberal party after the dust-up outside the chicken shop, but Mathias Cormann objected on the basis it was not a supplementary question. | Labor then tried a question about “thuggery” in the Liberal party after the dust-up outside the chicken shop, but Mathias Cormann objected on the basis it was not a supplementary question. |
| The Senate will be sitting late tonight. Here is the motion which was just passed: | The Senate will be sitting late tonight. Here is the motion which was just passed: |
| That today— | That today— |
| (a) the routine of business from not later than 7pm shall be government business order of the day No 3 (Treasury laws amendment (personal income tax plan) bill 2018); | (a) the routine of business from not later than 7pm shall be government business order of the day No 3 (Treasury laws amendment (personal income tax plan) bill 2018); |
| (b) if a division is called for after 7pm, the matter before the Senate shall be adjourned until the next day of sitting at a time fixed by the Senate; and | (b) if a division is called for after 7pm, the matter before the Senate shall be adjourned until the next day of sitting at a time fixed by the Senate; and |
| (c) the Senate shall adjourn without debate after it has completed the second reading of the bill, or at 10.30pm, or a motion for the adjournment is moved by a minister, whichever is the earlier. | (c) the Senate shall adjourn without debate after it has completed the second reading of the bill, or at 10.30pm, or a motion for the adjournment is moved by a minister, whichever is the earlier. |
| Steve Irons with a question to Dan Tehan (included here because this is how dixers should be used) | Steve Irons with a question to Dan Tehan (included here because this is how dixers should be used) |
| “Will the minister update the house on the progress of the national redress bill and the significance of this important piece of legislation to survivors of child sex abuse?” | “Will the minister update the house on the progress of the national redress bill and the significance of this important piece of legislation to survivors of child sex abuse?” |
| Tehan: | Tehan: |
| “... Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the member for Hughes question and can I acknowledge this is an issue which is very dear to his heart, and I know it has touched his family. I would like to thank him for the contribution he has made to this debate and the passage of this bill. Today, the Senate passed the national redress scheme. What it showed was that this Parliament,every single member of this Parliament, both here in the house and in the Senate, was able to put survivors first. And today will mean a lot to those survivors. Come July 1, we will be able to provide them with redress and our task now, and I say this very much in a bipartisan fashion, is to make sure we deliver that redress to the best of our ability. It will involve a payment of up to $150,000, access to psychological counselling services, and a personal apology by the institution. | “... Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the member for Hughes question and can I acknowledge this is an issue which is very dear to his heart, and I know it has touched his family. I would like to thank him for the contribution he has made to this debate and the passage of this bill. Today, the Senate passed the national redress scheme. What it showed was that this Parliament,every single member of this Parliament, both here in the house and in the Senate, was able to put survivors first. And today will mean a lot to those survivors. Come July 1, we will be able to provide them with redress and our task now, and I say this very much in a bipartisan fashion, is to make sure we deliver that redress to the best of our ability. It will involve a payment of up to $150,000, access to psychological counselling services, and a personal apology by the institution. |
| “Not only do we have a commitment from every state and territory government to join the national redress scheme, but we also have the Anglican Church, the Catholic Church, the Uniting Church, the Scouts and others agreeing to be part of the scheme. | “Not only do we have a commitment from every state and territory government to join the national redress scheme, but we also have the Anglican Church, the Catholic Church, the Uniting Church, the Scouts and others agreeing to be part of the scheme. |
| “That takes coverage to over 90%. I look forward to other institutions joining over the coming weeks. When we met with survivors and with the premiers of Victoria and New South Wales and their attorney generals at Kirribilli, Leone Sheedy was there, who has advocated very strongly for this. You will remember, she cut your in half. She cut Dan Andrews’s tie in half. Then she headed to cut my tie in half. I said to her I didn’t want to do that, because I wanted to see the passage of the bill through before I cut the tie in half that I wore that day. | “That takes coverage to over 90%. I look forward to other institutions joining over the coming weeks. When we met with survivors and with the premiers of Victoria and New South Wales and their attorney generals at Kirribilli, Leone Sheedy was there, who has advocated very strongly for this. You will remember, she cut your in half. She cut Dan Andrews’s tie in half. Then she headed to cut my tie in half. I said to her I didn’t want to do that, because I wanted to see the passage of the bill through before I cut the tie in half that I wore that day. |
| “I will be going back to my office, I will be cutting that tie in half, and I will be sending it to Leone.” | “I will be going back to my office, I will be cutting that tie in half, and I will be sending it to Leone.” |
| He then calls on Jenny Macklin to add her words: | He then calls on Jenny Macklin to add her words: |
| “I think the minister very much, and maybe he should wait until he sees Leone and lets her cut his tie. I’m sure she will take great pleasure in doing so. I do want to associate the opposition with the words of the minister and thank him for his commitment and his hard work, frankly, to get to today. As he said, it is an extraordinary achievement, first and foremost, for the survivors of child sexual abuse, for the care leavers from institutions. As all of us no, no amount of money will give these people who were abused as children, they won’t get their childhoods back. There will be a way in which all of us, all Australians, can acknowledge and a sum compensation for the horrific abuse that people have suffered. | “I think the minister very much, and maybe he should wait until he sees Leone and lets her cut his tie. I’m sure she will take great pleasure in doing so. I do want to associate the opposition with the words of the minister and thank him for his commitment and his hard work, frankly, to get to today. As he said, it is an extraordinary achievement, first and foremost, for the survivors of child sexual abuse, for the care leavers from institutions. As all of us no, no amount of money will give these people who were abused as children, they won’t get their childhoods back. There will be a way in which all of us, all Australians, can acknowledge and a sum compensation for the horrific abuse that people have suffered. |
| “Today is a very significant day. It will be a difficult task, a very difficult task, for this redress to be delivered. A lot of people will have to remember again the abuse that they suffered, but it is something that people have worked very hard for, and I thank the government for their efforts.” | “Today is a very significant day. It will be a difficult task, a very difficult task, for this redress to be delivered. A lot of people will have to remember again the abuse that they suffered, but it is something that people have worked very hard for, and I thank the government for their efforts.” |
| And question time ends on that bipartisan note. | And question time ends on that bipartisan note. |
| Speaking of Tanya Plibesek, her time in the sin bin is over: | Speaking of Tanya Plibesek, her time in the sin bin is over: |
| Plibersek to Malcolm Turnbull: | Plibersek to Malcolm Turnbull: |
| “Tafe teaches students and apprentices from all around the country are gathered around today. Can the PM explain why he is cutting another $270m from skills and apprenticeships in this year’s budget, while giving $80bn to big business. Will the PM reverse his opposition to Labor’s plans to cover upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE places and train more Australians?” | “Tafe teaches students and apprentices from all around the country are gathered around today. Can the PM explain why he is cutting another $270m from skills and apprenticeships in this year’s budget, while giving $80bn to big business. Will the PM reverse his opposition to Labor’s plans to cover upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE places and train more Australians?” |
| Josh Frydenberg, representing Simon Birmingham, takes the question: | Josh Frydenberg, representing Simon Birmingham, takes the question: |
| (After criticising Labor’s record) | (After criticising Labor’s record) |
| “The Liberal party is supporting 300,000 aspirational apprentices. A $70bn infrastructure rollout is looking to support apprentices all the way, and of course the VET system is now getting going. At the end of the day you can look at the Labor party record, where they cut all the apprentices, cut money out of the program, and in contrast we are creating hundreds of thousands of new positions for aspirational apprentices across the country.” | “The Liberal party is supporting 300,000 aspirational apprentices. A $70bn infrastructure rollout is looking to support apprentices all the way, and of course the VET system is now getting going. At the end of the day you can look at the Labor party record, where they cut all the apprentices, cut money out of the program, and in contrast we are creating hundreds of thousands of new positions for aspirational apprentices across the country.” |
| Paul Fletcher takes a nice little potshot at Tanya Plibersek in his dixer answer: | Paul Fletcher takes a nice little potshot at Tanya Plibersek in his dixer answer: |
| “… If you are a well-paid Labor MP married to a well-paid bureaucrat, aspiration may be very puzzling to you as you sip your decaf soy latte, as you munch your kale and quinoa salad, but in Mount Gambier, the fact that there could be up to 3,270 additional jobs, because of the NBN being connected, delivering jobs and economic opportunities, because the NBN is being rolled out across the country, that is what the coalition government is doing. We are delivering for the people of Australia with the NBN rollout and in so many other ways.” | “… If you are a well-paid Labor MP married to a well-paid bureaucrat, aspiration may be very puzzling to you as you sip your decaf soy latte, as you munch your kale and quinoa salad, but in Mount Gambier, the fact that there could be up to 3,270 additional jobs, because of the NBN being connected, delivering jobs and economic opportunities, because the NBN is being rolled out across the country, that is what the coalition government is doing. We are delivering for the people of Australia with the NBN rollout and in so many other ways.” |