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| Dutton resigns after Turnbull survives Liberal leadership spill 48-35 – politics live | Dutton resigns after Turnbull survives Liberal leadership spill 48-35 – politics live |
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| Craig Kelly has broken his long-held silence (it may actually be about three hours since we last heard from him) and told ABC radio it was time to move on: | |
| It is now time for stability. It is time to get back and to argue the differences between the good work we are doing in the Coalition and the alternate, which is the reckless and ideological and economically damaging policies that the Labor Party offers this nation. It is our job, as every single coalition member, to make sure that we get together and we do not allow Bill Shorten to become the next Prime Minister of this country | |
| Malcolm Turnbull has called a press conference, with Julie Bishop, for 12.30 - in the prime minister’s courtyard. | |
| Which, as we know, is the most serious of the press conference locales. | |
| And it is almost a week to the moment he stood in that same spot and declared victory on the Neg battle in the party room. | |
| Trent Zimmerman is trying to find the silver lining. | |
| He was doorstopped and described the feeling in the party room as: | |
| “I think there is relief that what has been a messy week, to be frank, is now behind us, and there is a strong sense that we need to move on and we need to be focussing on those issues that Australians want us to be focussing on. | |
| “We have been a good government, we will continue to be one and hopefully the events of the last week are now behind us.” | |
| Narrator: They were not | |
| After rubbishing it for weeks, the government is now attempting to carve out the banks from the company tax bill in a last ditch attempt to win the bill. | |
| This could be to keep the bill alive past the second reading stage. | |
| If Peter Dutton eventually becomes prime minister, how many voters will have heard of him?The progressive thinktank the Australia Institute has run regular polling on “ministerial recognition” for a couple of years. Its most recent poll was conducted in March and April. | |
| One of the questions: “Which, if any, of the following government ministers have you heard of?” Results: | |
| Julie Bishop is the most recognisable minister (79% of voters). She’s been at the top since March 2016. | |
| Christopher Pyne is the second-most recognisable (58%). He’s enjoyed that position for as long as Bishop. | |
| Peter Dutton’s visibility has been on the rise. He is now the third-most recognisable minister (57%). He overtook Scott Morrison in September last year. Morrison has dropped from third to fourth (54%). | |
| Then there’s a big gap. | |
| Mathias Cormann comes in fifth, at just 33% of voters. He’s followed by Greg Hunt (31%) and Michaelia Cash (31%), Josh Frydenberg (30%), Kelly O’Dwyer (26%) and Arthur Sinodinos (23%). | |
| * The Australia Institute surveyed 1,557 Australians between 27 March and 7 April 2018 online through Research Now, with nationally representative samples by gender, age and state and territory. | |
| In the least surprising news today, Eric Abetz confirmed he voted for Peter Dutton: | |
| "Peter Dutton has been a highly capable and competent minister and I supported him. It is important that the Parliamentary Liberal Party has a strong and effective policy platform that is in line with the expectations of those who elected me" - @SenatorAbetz says #auspol #politas | |
| Mathias Cormann is summing up the government debate in the Senate on the company tax cut plan, but it is done. It’s as dead as the Neg. | |
| Cormann isn’t even pretending to be enthuastic. | |
| I’ll give you a quick tick tock of the morning. | |
| Proceedings opened with Malcolm Turnbull declaring the government can win the next election, but disunity was killing it. He then spilled the leadership, and Peter Dutton contested. | |
| Turnbull, we know, won the ballot. | |
| The Nationals joined the Liberals and the party room then moved into general discussion. There was a briefing about the energy backflip. According to folks in the room, Eric Abetz during the briefing wanted to know the status of the emissions reduction component of the national energy guarantee: “I don’t know if the parrot is dead, or just asleep,” Abetz said. | |
| He was assured the parrot was unconscious until such time as the numbers allowed it to be revived. | |
| There was then an invitation to talk through the events of recent weeks. Julia Banks, Damian Drum and Michelle Landry expressed frustration with the government’s nosedive. | |
| According to colleagues Drum declared: “This is just fucked.” | |
| National John “Wacka” Williams declared, in the context of the royal commission, that tougher penalties needed to be imposed on superannuation trustees. | |
| Tony Abbott then asked for a political discussion. He wanted to know what had happened in the Longman byelection and why did the government raise expectations about winning the seat. He said the government needed to fight on issues that appeal to small-C conservatives. | |
| The homily wasn’t well received by colleagues. Warren Entsch and Drum, as well as Landry and Ann Sudmalis expressed their displeasure with Abbott, and said the government was currently its own worst enemy. | |
| A number of MPs also overheard Luke Howarth telling Nola Marino that both Turnbull and Abbott should resign. | |
| A little window on another day in paradise. | |
| Popping my eyes over the chamber and it looks like there were a few more MPs taking the opportunity for reflection during the opening prayers | |
| The office clean-out has begun: | |
| Hearing wheelie bins, the type that look like they’re used for classified document disposal, have been seen being pushed into former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s office in the Ministerial Wing @politicsabc #auspol | |
| Has anyone checked if our borders are still safe? | |
| The bells are ringing for parliament. | |
| We are still five minutes away from this day’s business officially starting. | |
| The company tax cut poll is coming up in the next couple of hours. The government needs eight of the 10 crossbenchers. It has four – and there has been no indication either One Nation or Centre Alliance are going to shift | |
| The bookies have switched up the October election odds. | The bookies have switched up the October election odds. |
| Sportsbet has October as the new favourite in the market, moving from $10 into $2.50 following the spill. | Sportsbet has October as the new favourite in the market, moving from $10 into $2.50 following the spill. |
| Malcolm Turnbull is now $1.55 to be leader at the election, with Peter Dutton not ruled out on $2.55. | Malcolm Turnbull is now $1.55 to be leader at the election, with Peter Dutton not ruled out on $2.55. |
| Another leadership spill is likely to happen at odds of $1.55; not occurring pays $2.25. | Another leadership spill is likely to happen at odds of $1.55; not occurring pays $2.25. |
| Labor has been the main benefactor from today, moving from $1.45 into $1.40 to win the election; the Coalition is out to $2.85 from $2.50. | Labor has been the main benefactor from today, moving from $1.45 into $1.40 to win the election; the Coalition is out to $2.85 from $2.50. |
| A rather prescient study was released this week, measuring public trust in all levels of government. It was released ahead of a symposium that’s brought anti-corruption and governance academics to Canberra. The study shows only 46% of Australians still trust the federal government a “great deal” or a “fair amount”. About 51.8% rated their trust of federal government as “not very much” or “none at all”. It’s hard to blame anyone, really, given the current circus in parliament. Other results of interest: | A rather prescient study was released this week, measuring public trust in all levels of government. It was released ahead of a symposium that’s brought anti-corruption and governance academics to Canberra. The study shows only 46% of Australians still trust the federal government a “great deal” or a “fair amount”. About 51.8% rated their trust of federal government as “not very much” or “none at all”. It’s hard to blame anyone, really, given the current circus in parliament. Other results of interest: |
| 85% of respondents said they believed some, most or all of the federal members of parliament were corrupt | 85% of respondents said they believed some, most or all of the federal members of parliament were corrupt |
| two-thirds supported the establishment of a federal anti-corruption body | two-thirds supported the establishment of a federal anti-corruption body |
| You can read our full report here. | You can read our full report here. |
| The real winner here is apparently Julie Bishop. She is apparently the Highlander of leadership challenges. | The real winner here is apparently Julie Bishop. She is apparently the Highlander of leadership challenges. |
| Julie Bishop's extraordinary capacity for #libspill survival. - 2007 Defeats Pyne and Robb to be elected deputy under Nelson- 2008 retains deputy under Turnbull- 2009 retains deputy under Abbott- 2015 retains deputy under Turnbull- 2018 survives challenge to Turnbull | Julie Bishop's extraordinary capacity for #libspill survival. - 2007 Defeats Pyne and Robb to be elected deputy under Nelson- 2008 retains deputy under Turnbull- 2009 retains deputy under Abbott- 2015 retains deputy under Turnbull- 2018 survives challenge to Turnbull |