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| Peter Dutton avoids no-confidence motion by one vote – politics live | |
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| Scott Morrison has called a press conference in the prime minister’s courtyard – the FANCIEST and most serious of the press conference locations – and it’s with education minister Dan Tehan. | |
| Looks like the solution to the Catholic schools funding issue has just become clear. | |
| Further to Andrew Wilkie’s speech on why the motion should have been supported (which I am working on bringing you), it might be worth having a look at this story from Katharine Murphy, if you haven’t already: | |
| The president of the Australian Medical Association has urged Scott Morrisonto take urgent action to remove families and children from Nauru, preferably to the Australian mainland, to safeguard their physical and mental health. | |
| In a letter to Morrison from Dr Tony Bartone, seen by Guardian Australia, the AMA president says the medical profession is “demanding a change of policy” in recognition that the situation on Nauru is now “a humanitarian emergency requiring urgent intervention”. | |
| As well as urging the new prime minister to change the policy he presided over as a former immigration minister, the AMA president has asked Morrison to facilitate access to Nauru for a delegation of Australian doctors to assess the health and wellbeing of people in detention. | |
| You could suggest that Peter Dutton just saved Peter Dutton from a potentially very humiliating exercise. | |
| The motion to suspend standing orders fails by one: | |
| Ayes: 67 | |
| Noes: 68 | |
| Just a reminder – this particular motion is just to suspend standing orders in order to be able to debate the no confidence motion. | Just a reminder – this particular motion is just to suspend standing orders in order to be able to debate the no confidence motion. |
| Tony Burke says Labor will support the motion – and says it just comes down to what Peter Dutton said, when he answered Adam Bandt’s question about whether or not he had any personal connection to anyone involved in the cases, and it was a simple open and close case that he misled the parliament when he answered no. | Tony Burke says Labor will support the motion – and says it just comes down to what Peter Dutton said, when he answered Adam Bandt’s question about whether or not he had any personal connection to anyone involved in the cases, and it was a simple open and close case that he misled the parliament when he answered no. |
| Andrew Wilkie is now listing all the cases where the federal court had to intervene on cases in Nauru, where children were diagnosed as needing “urgent medical attention” by doctors, requiring being taken to Australia, because the minister would not act. | Andrew Wilkie is now listing all the cases where the federal court had to intervene on cases in Nauru, where children were diagnosed as needing “urgent medical attention” by doctors, requiring being taken to Australia, because the minister would not act. |
| “There is no integrity for misleading the parliament, there is no integrity in bringing nannies into this country on humanitarian reasons, for a mate once or twice removed,” he says. | “There is no integrity for misleading the parliament, there is no integrity in bringing nannies into this country on humanitarian reasons, for a mate once or twice removed,” he says. |
| The division has been called. | The division has been called. |
| Meanwhile, I forgot to show you the big truck Scott Morrison got to play in today: | Meanwhile, I forgot to show you the big truck Scott Morrison got to play in today: |
| And also the prime minister looking at things: | And also the prime minister looking at things: |
| Big trucks are a big mood, apparently. | Big trucks are a big mood, apparently. |
| “There has not been one shred of credible evidence presented by the Labor party or the Greens,” Christopher Pyne says, to suggest Peter Dutton had misled parliament. | “There has not been one shred of credible evidence presented by the Labor party or the Greens,” Christopher Pyne says, to suggest Peter Dutton had misled parliament. |
| He says the Liberal party never moved a motion of no confidence in the Julia Gillard government. | He says the Liberal party never moved a motion of no confidence in the Julia Gillard government. |
| The parliament is now fighting over what role the Greens played in the “instability” we have seen over the past decade. | The parliament is now fighting over what role the Greens played in the “instability” we have seen over the past decade. |
| Wait – no, now they are laughing because Pyne just referred to Dutton as being “beyond reproach”. | Wait – no, now they are laughing because Pyne just referred to Dutton as being “beyond reproach”. |
| .@AdamBandt has moved a motion of no confidence in @PeterDutton_MP as scrutiny ramps up over the Minister's intervention in au pair cases.MORE: https://t.co/3SUAVjLSCu #SkyLiveNow pic.twitter.com/RsGoLgNgt0 | .@AdamBandt has moved a motion of no confidence in @PeterDutton_MP as scrutiny ramps up over the Minister's intervention in au pair cases.MORE: https://t.co/3SUAVjLSCu #SkyLiveNow pic.twitter.com/RsGoLgNgt0 |
| There has been no indication anyone from the government benches is even thinking about crossing the floor, even for a second. | There has been no indication anyone from the government benches is even thinking about crossing the floor, even for a second. |
| Which tells you – the numbers are not here for the motion. | Which tells you – the numbers are not here for the motion. |
| Christopher Pyne isn’t exactly doing a rousing job of defending Peter Dutton, instead arguing that the parliament has too much important work to do to suspend the standing orders. | Christopher Pyne isn’t exactly doing a rousing job of defending Peter Dutton, instead arguing that the parliament has too much important work to do to suspend the standing orders. |
| Quite a few minutes in, he gets to the “absolute” confidence the government has in the home affairs minister. But it’s the tail end of the speech, not the crux. | Quite a few minutes in, he gets to the “absolute” confidence the government has in the home affairs minister. But it’s the tail end of the speech, not the crux. |
| “He has been caught out, he has been caught out, which is why nothing can be more important to suspend standing orders, before question time,” Adam Bandt says. | “He has been caught out, he has been caught out, which is why nothing can be more important to suspend standing orders, before question time,” Adam Bandt says. |
| “The one thing I would say to people who are considering which way to vote on this; this is not about whether you agree with the government’s border policy ... this is not about whether you agree with the decisions [that] have been made ... this is about whether you can trust the ministers in place.” | “The one thing I would say to people who are considering which way to vote on this; this is not about whether you agree with the government’s border policy ... this is not about whether you agree with the decisions [that] have been made ... this is about whether you can trust the ministers in place.” |
| Adam Bandt says the motion does nothing to change the numbers in the house, but is about whether or not Peter Dutton is fit to sit on the frontbench. | Adam Bandt says the motion does nothing to change the numbers in the house, but is about whether or not Peter Dutton is fit to sit on the frontbench. |
| Andrew Wilkie seconds the motion to suspend standing orders – which is the precursor to any no-confidence motion – but Christopher Pyne, of course, says the government does not support the motion, as it has “important work to do”. | Andrew Wilkie seconds the motion to suspend standing orders – which is the precursor to any no-confidence motion – but Christopher Pyne, of course, says the government does not support the motion, as it has “important work to do”. |
| “... In respect to the minister for home affairs you can not trust what he says,” says Adam Bandt. | “... In respect to the minister for home affairs you can not trust what he says,” says Adam Bandt. |
| He says when Dutton answered his question about whether he had any personal connection with the au pair family, he said no – but later admitted it was a former colleague. | He says when Dutton answered his question about whether he had any personal connection with the au pair family, he said no – but later admitted it was a former colleague. |
| “What is also becoming crystal clear is the department and the minister’s office bent over backwards to help this person, in a way that has not happened for anyone else, anyone else, except with the exception of another au pair.” | “What is also becoming crystal clear is the department and the minister’s office bent over backwards to help this person, in a way that has not happened for anyone else, anyone else, except with the exception of another au pair.” |
| Adam Bandt is in the House attempting to move the no confidence motion against Peter Dutton | Adam Bandt is in the House attempting to move the no confidence motion against Peter Dutton |
| Rachel Siewart had a bit to say in a statement about the tiny, tiny, indexation increase to Newstart: | Rachel Siewart had a bit to say in a statement about the tiny, tiny, indexation increase to Newstart: |
| I’m astounded that the government thought that Newstart rising through indexation by $2.20 – or about 30c a day – to $275.10 a week will make a difference to people trying to survive on Newstart. | I’m astounded that the government thought that Newstart rising through indexation by $2.20 – or about 30c a day – to $275.10 a week will make a difference to people trying to survive on Newstart. |
| It’s not news that the government is out of touch with the community and their cost-of-living struggles. But saying that a $2 increase to Newstart is going to “help people keep up with cost of living” is a new low; you would think it was a joke if this issue wasn’t so serious. | It’s not news that the government is out of touch with the community and their cost-of-living struggles. But saying that a $2 increase to Newstart is going to “help people keep up with cost of living” is a new low; you would think it was a joke if this issue wasn’t so serious. |
| How can they not be embarrassed by their ignorant comments? People are living on $38 dollars a day for a long time and the best the government can do is let Newstart increase by indexation? | How can they not be embarrassed by their ignorant comments? People are living on $38 dollars a day for a long time and the best the government can do is let Newstart increase by indexation? |
| Just this week, Deloitte Access economics has released research showing that an increase to Newstart by $75 a week would have a boost to the Australian economy by $4.0 billion as a result of extra spending. | Just this week, Deloitte Access economics has released research showing that an increase to Newstart by $75 a week would have a boost to the Australian economy by $4.0 billion as a result of extra spending. |
| It’s shameful that in a wealthy country like Australia we have so many people living in poverty simply due to government inaction. | It’s shameful that in a wealthy country like Australia we have so many people living in poverty simply due to government inaction. |
| The Greens have a bill before parliament right now that would increase Newstart and Youth Allowance by $75 a week. Newstart could have a $75 a week increase by the end of October. | The Greens have a bill before parliament right now that would increase Newstart and Youth Allowance by $75 a week. Newstart could have a $75 a week increase by the end of October. |
| And again, I can recommend you check out the Guardian’s Life on the Breadline series, where people forced to live on benefits, talk about their lives. | And again, I can recommend you check out the Guardian’s Life on the Breadline series, where people forced to live on benefits, talk about their lives. |