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| Craig Kelly's preselection 'to be saved' amid Liberal open warfare – politics live | |
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| Alan Tudge says Labor is playing “political games” with its motion and is stuck “in the Canberra bubble”. | |
| He decides to use the rest of his time talking about infrastructure projects. | |
| The day has just begun and we are already at the suspending standing orders point. | |
| Tanya Plibersek has proposed to suspend standing orders to note that: | |
| The member for Hughes has threatened to quit the government and move to the crossbench unless his Liberal party preselection is protected; | |
| b) The prime minister is tearing the government apart to protect the member for Hughes, but did nothing to protect the member for Ryan, the member for Gilmore, Senator Gichuhi or the member for Chisholm; and | |
| c) The minister for women has said the Liberal party is widely seen as ‘homophobic, anti-women, climate change deniers’ and | |
| 2: Therefore, reprimands the prime minister for only ever protecting the men in his party and abandoning its women. | |
| It’s been reported in The Australian and Fairfax, and it is what we were told is one of the options – the state executive members who could have upset the peace deal to ensure Craig Kelly (and every other sitting NSW MP) will abstain. | |
| So, Kelly is saved. | |
| Let’s all just take a moment to remember that Malcolm Turnbull called preselecting Craig Kelly in this way, through the state executive decree, would be the “worst and weakest response”. | |
| The state executive needs 90% to agree. Literally anything could happen today. | |
| A bunch of people are pissed at Turnbull’s intervention, effectively pushing them into backing the executive peace deal. A bunch of other people are pissed that Kelly has put them into this situation. | |
| “Unite and fight” indeed. Just maybe not how they meant it. | |
| I’ve made a couple of calls this morning to try and glean the latest on Craig Kelly after the explosion of the past 24 hours. Well-placed people tell me today’s task is to convince the state executive to re-endorse all sitting members in NSW, including Kelly, pronto. | |
| (That would include Jason Falinski, John Alexander and Lucy Wicks). | |
| That is what Scott Morrison wants to happen, and Malcolm Turnbull has now elevated the issue to a test of Morrison’s authority in the division. | |
| Some think Turnbull’s intervention may boost Morrison’s position in this merde fight (in the sense that they can and will be prevailed upon not to humiliate the prime minister). | Some think Turnbull’s intervention may boost Morrison’s position in this merde fight (in the sense that they can and will be prevailed upon not to humiliate the prime minister). |
| To be clear, I mean the current prime minister. Morrison wants the decision made, yesterday preferably – so it’s possible we’ll see a breakthrough today or tomorrow. | To be clear, I mean the current prime minister. Morrison wants the decision made, yesterday preferably – so it’s possible we’ll see a breakthrough today or tomorrow. |
| Separately to that, just by the by: a word on sentiment in NSW. Turnbull this morning said people in NSW favoured an early election. | Separately to that, just by the by: a word on sentiment in NSW. Turnbull this morning said people in NSW favoured an early election. |
| I think a number of people in NSW do favour an early poll on the basis that the longer Morrison waits, the worse things get. | I think a number of people in NSW do favour an early poll on the basis that the longer Morrison waits, the worse things get. |
| I referenced this view in some commentary a couple of weeks back. | I referenced this view in some commentary a couple of weeks back. |
| Tim Storer and Cathy McGowan are holding a press conference to talk about the social security bill they are jointly introducing into the houses, which would see Newstart raised and an independent commission established to make sure it keeps pace with living costs. | Tim Storer and Cathy McGowan are holding a press conference to talk about the social security bill they are jointly introducing into the houses, which would see Newstart raised and an independent commission established to make sure it keeps pace with living costs. |
| Christian Porter this morning also had a few things to say about the encryption bill, while talking to ABC radio. He was responding to Mark Dreyfus’s letter calling on the government to come to a compromise: | Christian Porter this morning also had a few things to say about the encryption bill, while talking to ABC radio. He was responding to Mark Dreyfus’s letter calling on the government to come to a compromise: |
| Well pick up the phone. I mean if they’re happy to talk why write a letter saying negotiations are off and leak that to the newspaper on the most serious and urgent matter of national security the nation has faced in the last 18 months? I mean I just don’t get it. The other issue is the issue about the term, designated communications provider, and we maintain that it has to be the case that these assistants notices apply to the tech companies who maintain and manage specifically encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Wickr and others, including Telegram which was what the Etihad plotters were using. These two issues are critical to the bill. I mean these two issues Labor want to have the Government give enormous ground on in a way that makes the bill ineffective. Can I give you this example… | Well pick up the phone. I mean if they’re happy to talk why write a letter saying negotiations are off and leak that to the newspaper on the most serious and urgent matter of national security the nation has faced in the last 18 months? I mean I just don’t get it. The other issue is the issue about the term, designated communications provider, and we maintain that it has to be the case that these assistants notices apply to the tech companies who maintain and manage specifically encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Wickr and others, including Telegram which was what the Etihad plotters were using. These two issues are critical to the bill. I mean these two issues Labor want to have the Government give enormous ground on in a way that makes the bill ineffective. Can I give you this example… |
| Just a quick word on the growing push for a federal integrity commission. | Just a quick word on the growing push for a federal integrity commission. |
| Last week, we heard National MPs were planning to oppose a federal integrity commission unless ministers were protected for issuing infrastructure grants against the advice of their departments. | Last week, we heard National MPs were planning to oppose a federal integrity commission unless ministers were protected for issuing infrastructure grants against the advice of their departments. |
| The Nationals feared ministers could be found corrupt if they approved grants in rural or regional areas, instead of following recommendations to direct funding to projects in major cities. | The Nationals feared ministers could be found corrupt if they approved grants in rural or regional areas, instead of following recommendations to direct funding to projects in major cities. |
| But those fears have just been soundly rejected by former New South Wales integrity commissioner, David Ipp. | But those fears have just been soundly rejected by former New South Wales integrity commissioner, David Ipp. |
| “There have been reports in the media that members of the National party fear that a national integrity commission could find that a minister, who acted against departmental advice, would be guilty of corrupt conduct solely on that ground,” Ipp said. | “There have been reports in the media that members of the National party fear that a national integrity commission could find that a minister, who acted against departmental advice, would be guilty of corrupt conduct solely on that ground,” Ipp said. |
| “That view is incorrect.” | “That view is incorrect.” |
| Ipp said the issue has already been thoroughly considered in two 2013 reports by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac). | Ipp said the issue has already been thoroughly considered in two 2013 reports by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac). |
| Both reports found the minister was fully entitled to take a position at odds with the recommendations of his or her department. | Both reports found the minister was fully entitled to take a position at odds with the recommendations of his or her department. |
| “Both reports make it plain that a minister is entitled, on appropriate grounds, to ignore and act contrary to advice or recommendations of public officials or departments,” Ipp said. | “Both reports make it plain that a minister is entitled, on appropriate grounds, to ignore and act contrary to advice or recommendations of public officials or departments,” Ipp said. |
| “There is nothing corrupt about such conduct where the minister acts on the strength of his or her own bona fide views.” | “There is nothing corrupt about such conduct where the minister acts on the strength of his or her own bona fide views.” |
| Ipp was an Icac commissioner between 2009 and 2014. | Ipp was an Icac commissioner between 2009 and 2014. |
| Rebehka Sharkie has introduced her live exports bill and Kerryn Phelps has introduced the Nauru medical evacuation bill. | Rebehka Sharkie has introduced her live exports bill and Kerryn Phelps has introduced the Nauru medical evacuation bill. |
| To bring on the debates, they need an absolute majority – 75 plus one – which, even with Labor they still don’t have. | To bring on the debates, they need an absolute majority – 75 plus one – which, even with Labor they still don’t have. |
| So these bills are not going anywhere, any time soon. | So these bills are not going anywhere, any time soon. |
| Mike Bowers was in the House for the morning activities: | Mike Bowers was in the House for the morning activities: |
| As reported by Gabrielle Chan, Cathy McGowan has introduced her bill | As reported by Gabrielle Chan, Cathy McGowan has introduced her bill |
| Member for Indi @Indigocathy introduced National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2018 https://t.co/ICO14Goswz #auspol | Member for Indi @Indigocathy introduced National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2018 https://t.co/ICO14Goswz #auspol |
| The behaviour of parliamentarians and their staff would be governed by a code of conduct and an independent parliamentary standards commissioner who could refer individuals to a national integrity commission under laws proposed by the crossbench. | The behaviour of parliamentarians and their staff would be governed by a code of conduct and an independent parliamentary standards commissioner who could refer individuals to a national integrity commission under laws proposed by the crossbench. |
| The independent Cathy McGowan has passed on her parliamentary standards bill to both the Coalition and Labor in the final parliamentary sitting week. McGowan would need to win the support of Labor and all seven crossbenchers to get the parliamentary bill debated on the floor of the House. | The independent Cathy McGowan has passed on her parliamentary standards bill to both the Coalition and Labor in the final parliamentary sitting week. McGowan would need to win the support of Labor and all seven crossbenchers to get the parliamentary bill debated on the floor of the House. |
| “I am still working on Labor and the government,” McGowan said. “I haven’t given up on government so I will keep talking about it all week. | “I am still working on Labor and the government,” McGowan said. “I haven’t given up on government so I will keep talking about it all week. |
| “The prime minister said [an integrity commission] was a fringe issue but that is not true. There is huge support for this broadly and particularly in my seat.” | “The prime minister said [an integrity commission] was a fringe issue but that is not true. There is huge support for this broadly and particularly in my seat.” |
| I just remembered that 2018 was the year Peter Dutton learned to smile again. | I just remembered that 2018 was the year Peter Dutton learned to smile again. |
| That was just three months ago. | That was just three months ago. |
| Parliament has started, by the way | Parliament has started, by the way |
| Labor is moving its bill to remove religious discrimination against LGBTI students. | Labor is moving its bill to remove religious discrimination against LGBTI students. |
| The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has also weighed in: | The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has also weighed in: |
| The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has today responded to new data released by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). | The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has today responded to new data released by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). |
| Professor David Isaacs, a paediatrician and RACP Fellow who treated children in the Nauru detention centre in 2015, said: | Professor David Isaacs, a paediatrician and RACP Fellow who treated children in the Nauru detention centre in 2015, said: |
| “We call on the government to urgently address the medical crisis in Australia’s offshore detention centres by transferring the remaining children from Nauru and allowing urgent medical transfers for adult refugees and asylum seekers on the basis of independent medical advice. | “We call on the government to urgently address the medical crisis in Australia’s offshore detention centres by transferring the remaining children from Nauru and allowing urgent medical transfers for adult refugees and asylum seekers on the basis of independent medical advice. |
| “The medical evidence is clear, offshore detention has had significant and detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of refugees, particularly children and their families. | “The medical evidence is clear, offshore detention has had significant and detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of refugees, particularly children and their families. |
| “The data released today by Doctors Without Borders is just the latest confirmation that there is a medical crisis in offshore detention. I witnessed it myself when I treated children on Nauru four years ago. But it is a crisis that is entirely preventable. The government can act to end it. | “The data released today by Doctors Without Borders is just the latest confirmation that there is a medical crisis in offshore detention. I witnessed it myself when I treated children on Nauru four years ago. But it is a crisis that is entirely preventable. The government can act to end it. |
| “In the last five years, 12 people have died within offshore detention arrangements. We cannot wait until another person dies. We have a responsibility to act. | “In the last five years, 12 people have died within offshore detention arrangements. We cannot wait until another person dies. We have a responsibility to act. |
| “In Australia, clinical need, not politics, determines access to assessment and care. This should apply equally on Manus Island and Nauru. | “In Australia, clinical need, not politics, determines access to assessment and care. This should apply equally on Manus Island and Nauru. |
| “If a person needs urgent medical support, access to care must be determined by a doctor – not a politician. | “If a person needs urgent medical support, access to care must be determined by a doctor – not a politician. |
| “Regardless of your opinion on offshore processing, nobody wants to see critically ill people denied the medical treatment they need,” said Professor Isaacs. | “Regardless of your opinion on offshore processing, nobody wants to see critically ill people denied the medical treatment they need,” said Professor Isaacs. |