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| Trans-Pacific Partnership bill passes the Senate – politics live | Trans-Pacific Partnership bill passes the Senate – politics live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| The final vote on the TPP was 35 to 15 | |
| And the division created some interesting bedfellows, at least for this Senate. | |
| Ayes: Labor, Liberal National part, Cory Bernardi, David Leyonhjelm and Derryn Hinch. | |
| Noes: Greens, One Nation, Centre Alliance, Fraser Anning, Brian Burston and Tim Storer. | |
| The Prime Minister’s Office have also just issued this statement on the TPP: | |
| This landmark agreement is one of the most comprehensive trade deals ever concluded and strips 98% of tariffs for 11 countries with a combined GDP of more than $13.8tn and close to 500 million consumers. | |
| Independent modelling shows Australia is forecast to see $15.6bn in net annual benefits to national income by 2030 from the TPP-11. | |
| International trade creates jobs and drives investment. | |
| The TPP-11 offers significant advantages for Australian exporters including accelerated reductions in Japan’s tariffs on Australian beef, greater quota volumes for wheat and barley, new access for dairy products and clear investment regimes for mining and resources. | |
| Australia’s leadership on the TPP-11 has been another important demonstration of our commitment to the international rules-based approach to trade. | |
| That’s why our government will continue to pursue a trade agenda that opens new markets for Australian businesses and creates certainty for exporters. It is a key plank of our government’s plan to further strengthen our economy and guarantee the essentials Australians rely on. | |
| The TPP-11 will enter into force 60 days after six countries have ratified the agreement. So far, Mexico, Japan and Singapore have completed their domestic processes. | |
| This passage of legislation through parliament brings Australia one step closer to being part of the first group of countries to ratify the Agreement. | |
| Scott Morrison was celebrating the TPP this morning ahead of it passing the Senate (as per the PMO transcript) | |
| Can I tell you, I remember when the TPP-11, which now become … when the TPP was then made known. I was treasurer at the time and I was actually in Germany on some G20 business and the number of countries that came to us and said, “Are you still going to push ahead with this? Are you really going to keep going with this? Isn’t it a waste of time?” And I said, “Absolutely.” | |
| The prime minister was saying at the time. And I can’t underscore enough how this agreement demonstrates our government’s commitment to expanding our trade markets. | |
| It’s pretty easy to walk away from these sorts of things, and we saw the opposition um and ah over the China free trade agreement, we saw them actually parody this agreement. Parody what we’ve been able to achieve. And I think that says to every small and family business out there, every business out there, that when it comes to trade, we’ll back you in every time. We won’t walk away, we will always stand up. Australia is an open, trading nation, exporting quality products and services all around the world. We know that, we get that, we’ll back it in every single time. | |
| Liberal senator James Paterson popped up on Sky to talk about why the Israel embassy should move to Jerusalem. | |
| It’s no surprise he is in favour. It’s also a policy that is put forward by the branches at state and national level quite frequently. Until Tuesday, the parliamentary team response was “this won’t be happening”. | |
| “ ... It is Israel’s capital. The only question is, should we persist with the fiction, should we pretend it is not really Israel’s capital, or should we pretend another city, to the north is actually Israel’s capital? I don’t think there is any value in pretending, when we know what the truth is. | |
| “ ... I would be very surprised if it cost us a free trade agreement, because there are very good reasons for Indonesia to have that free trade agreement, just as there are very good reasons for Australia to have that agreement. It is in both our interests.” | |
| The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal has passed the Senate. | The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal has passed the Senate. |
| The Greens were against it, but Labor, despite internal division, supported the legislation, which meant it sailed through. | The Greens were against it, but Labor, despite internal division, supported the legislation, which meant it sailed through. |
| All five amendment attempts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership bill have been rejected and the Senate is voting on the bill. | All five amendment attempts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership bill have been rejected and the Senate is voting on the bill. |
| Sarah Hanson-Young has put forward this amendment on the TPP debate the Senate is undertaking right now (given Labor’s support for the TPP, this debate is largely a tick and flick): | Sarah Hanson-Young has put forward this amendment on the TPP debate the Senate is undertaking right now (given Labor’s support for the TPP, this debate is largely a tick and flick): |
| (1) Clause 2, page 2 (cell at table item 2, column 2), omit the cell, substitute: | (1) Clause 2, page 2 (cell at table item 2, column 2), omit the cell, substitute: |
| If the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, done at Santiago, Chile on 8 March 2018, enters into force for Australia — the first day that: | If the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, done at Santiago, Chile on 8 March 2018, enters into force for Australia — the first day that: |
| (a) both of the following amendments of that Agreement are in force for Australia: | (a) both of the following amendments of that Agreement are in force for Australia: |
| (i) an amendment with the effect that Chapter 9 of the Agreement, which deals with investor-State disputes, does not apply in relation to investments within Australia; | (i) an amendment with the effect that Chapter 9 of the Agreement, which deals with investor-State disputes, does not apply in relation to investments within Australia; |
| (ii) an amendment with the effect that labour market testing must occur in relation to contractual service suppliers entering, or proposing to enter, Australia from all parties to the Agreement; and | (ii) an amendment with the effect that labour market testing must occur in relation to contractual service suppliers entering, or proposing to enter, Australia from all parties to the Agreement; and |
| (b) another Act is in force that includes provisions with the effect that Australia must not, after the commencement of that Act, enter into a trade agreement with one or more other countries that: | (b) another Act is in force that includes provisions with the effect that Australia must not, after the commencement of that Act, enter into a trade agreement with one or more other countries that: |
| (i) waives labour market testing requirements for workers from those countries; or | (i) waives labour market testing requirements for workers from those countries; or |
| (ii) includes an investor-state dispute settlement provision. | (ii) includes an investor-state dispute settlement provision. |
| However, the provisions do not commence at all unless all of the events mentioned in this item occur. | However, the provisions do not commence at all unless all of the events mentioned in this item occur. |
| It was voted down. | It was voted down. |
| More changes at the ABC: | More changes at the ABC: |
| Breaking: The ABC's director of regional & local, Michael Mason, former head of radio, has told staff he is leaving the ABC in December. Another vacancy to fill. | Breaking: The ABC's director of regional & local, Michael Mason, former head of radio, has told staff he is leaving the ABC in December. Another vacancy to fill. |
| And as I’ve just been reminded, Mark Latham and the Liberal Democrats parted ways in September. | And as I’ve just been reminded, Mark Latham and the Liberal Democrats parted ways in September. |
| From Rosie Lewis’s story in the Oz: | From Rosie Lewis’s story in the Oz: |
| ‘I’ve been a Liberal Democrats member for the past 16 months. In recent times the national executive has been discussing my possible nomination for political candidacy without resolution,’ Mr [Mark] Latham wrote to the LDP. | ‘I’ve been a Liberal Democrats member for the past 16 months. In recent times the national executive has been discussing my possible nomination for political candidacy without resolution,’ Mr [Mark] Latham wrote to the LDP. |
| ‘Given the nature of the impasse, I have been advised to run elsewhere. In the circumstances, it’s only fair and reasonable that I ask you to cancel my Liberal Democrats membership please.’ | ‘Given the nature of the impasse, I have been advised to run elsewhere. In the circumstances, it’s only fair and reasonable that I ask you to cancel my Liberal Democrats membership please.’ |
| Still – stranger things have happened. | Still – stranger things have happened. |
| David Leyonhjelm has just got back to me. | David Leyonhjelm has just got back to me. |
| He says nothing is final about his own move yet but it’s “likely”. | He says nothing is final about his own move yet but it’s “likely”. |
| “Still a few variables to consider but if everything falls into place I will be going to NSW LC,” he said. | “Still a few variables to consider but if everything falls into place I will be going to NSW LC,” he said. |
| There you have it. | There you have it. |
| Fairfax is reporting David Leyonhjelm will mostly likely leave the federal Senate in February for a tilt at the NSW upper house. | Fairfax is reporting David Leyonhjelm will mostly likely leave the federal Senate in February for a tilt at the NSW upper house. |
| That would make sense – he is up for re-election at the next federal poll and the normal Senate quota of 14. something % seems a lot more difficult for the Liberal Democrats to gain than the NSW legislative council quota, which is 4.22 % (or less, depending on preference flows). | That would make sense – he is up for re-election at the next federal poll and the normal Senate quota of 14. something % seems a lot more difficult for the Liberal Democrats to gain than the NSW legislative council quota, which is 4.22 % (or less, depending on preference flows). |
| What that means, if he does quit, is the Lib-Dems will have a casual vacancy. Could we see Mark Latham returned to the parliament, even if just for a few months? | What that means, if he does quit, is the Lib-Dems will have a casual vacancy. Could we see Mark Latham returned to the parliament, even if just for a few months? |
| Stranger things have happened. | Stranger things have happened. |
| We’ve sent a message to the senator, to see what’s up. | We’ve sent a message to the senator, to see what’s up. |
| For those who haven’t seen Helen Davidson’s story on Nauru: | For those who haven’t seen Helen Davidson’s story on Nauru: |
| Nauruan authorities have arrested and ordered the removal of the senior medical officer for Australia’s immigration processing centre, an Australian doctor, according to sources on the island. | Nauruan authorities have arrested and ordered the removal of the senior medical officer for Australia’s immigration processing centre, an Australian doctor, according to sources on the island. |
| According to separate sources, Dr Nicole Montana, senior medical officer for Australia’s health contractor, IHMS, was arrested on Tuesday night and ordered to leave. | According to separate sources, Dr Nicole Montana, senior medical officer for Australia’s health contractor, IHMS, was arrested on Tuesday night and ordered to leave. |
| A spokeswoman for IHMS would not confirm the arrest but said Montana was stood down on Tuesday “for a breach of Regional Processing Centre rules”. | A spokeswoman for IHMS would not confirm the arrest but said Montana was stood down on Tuesday “for a breach of Regional Processing Centre rules”. |
| “She is departing Nauru today. A replacement senior medical officer is already in Nauru, there has been no impact on the services provided to transferees.” | “She is departing Nauru today. A replacement senior medical officer is already in Nauru, there has been no impact on the services provided to transferees.” |
| Expect this to only turn up the heat on the call of the Australian Medical Association and others to bring children and their families to Australia for treatment. | Expect this to only turn up the heat on the call of the Australian Medical Association and others to bring children and their families to Australia for treatment. |
| As Katharine Murphy mentioned yesterday, Orthodox Jewish people will have already voted in Wentworth. Because you know, there is that little thing called the Sabbath, which tends to count Saturdays out. | As Katharine Murphy mentioned yesterday, Orthodox Jewish people will have already voted in Wentworth. Because you know, there is that little thing called the Sabbath, which tends to count Saturdays out. |
| Which makes the “discussion” we are having about moving the embassy in Israel even more ridiculous. | Which makes the “discussion” we are having about moving the embassy in Israel even more ridiculous. |
| The pre-vote figures from the AEC play some of that out. | The pre-vote figures from the AEC play some of that out. |
| As of COB yesterday over 10, 000 people have voted early for the #Wentworth by-election. Remember to number all of the boxes from 1 to 16 in the order of your choice #auspol pic.twitter.com/d0i8cWd08w | As of COB yesterday over 10, 000 people have voted early for the #Wentworth by-election. Remember to number all of the boxes from 1 to 16 in the order of your choice #auspol pic.twitter.com/d0i8cWd08w |
| The diplomatic fallout from the “proposed discussion” is continuing on its merry way: | The diplomatic fallout from the “proposed discussion” is continuing on its merry way: |
| “The short-term political gain that could be secured by moving the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would surely be outweighed by the detriment both to Australia’s international standing and in its relations with Arab and Muslim-majority countries” #auspol pic.twitter.com/fzHBf7BBMF | “The short-term political gain that could be secured by moving the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would surely be outweighed by the detriment both to Australia’s international standing and in its relations with Arab and Muslim-majority countries” #auspol pic.twitter.com/fzHBf7BBMF |