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| Coalition wants voter ID laws for federal elections – as it happened | |
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| And with that, we are going to finish up the blog for today. | |
| We have one more day of this sitting year and we’ll be back bright and early to bring it to you. | |
| Energy. Encryption. Every other batshit crazy event. You know you’ll find it here. | |
| Thank you so much to Mike Bowers and the Guardian brains trust, as well as to all those behind the scenes who clean up the mess I make every single day. And also thank you to all those other peeps in this building who keep me informed of what is coming up and where things are heading. I really appreciate it. | |
| And of course, you know the biggest thank you goes to you. Thank you to everyone who has already sent in their standout moment of the year. I’ll do my best to get in as many as I can tomorrow, as we farewell this parliamentary year together. So get some rest – you know it is going to be a big one. | |
| And remember – take care of you. | |
| A little procedural confusion in the house after the govt. moved to bring on debate on the big stick energy bills this evening @AmyRemeikis @murpharoo @GuardianAus #PoliticsLive pic.twitter.com/27bHrjPQbw | |
| What happens when the House divides nine times in less than an hour. | |
| The debate has begun and will go on through tonight, but it *probably* won’t be voted on until tomorrow. | |
| The House just divided nine times in just under an hour, including three divisions on motions 'that the question be now put'. What does that mean? pic.twitter.com/jSfKDwX4xZ | |
| Which is also when the government looks like dealing with the encryption legislation. Which is already taking off on social media. | |
| As a Swiss company, we are subject to Swiss law, and we do not have the ability to decrypt your messages. | |
| And then there is just general last-week shenanigans. | |
| Holy sheeeet @NickKyrgios is in da building!! 🎾 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NOQaZUTWUl | |
| yeah the boys pic.twitter.com/vFiepMrKtS | |
| There is an urgency motion in the Senate on Adani’s Queensland coalmine. | There is an urgency motion in the Senate on Adani’s Queensland coalmine. |
| It’s going as you would expect. | It’s going as you would expect. |
| Sitting in Senate with both Coalition and Labor currently mounting a defence of #coal and #Adani. Attenborough wept. I’m sorry, Australia. | Sitting in Senate with both Coalition and Labor currently mounting a defence of #coal and #Adani. Attenborough wept. I’m sorry, Australia. |
| Labor loses the motion to adjourn the debate. | Labor loses the motion to adjourn the debate. |
| Chris Bowen starts talking about the legislation as the debate begins. He says the legislation is 30-something pages (33?) but the explanatory notes run for 109 pages and if the government has brought on the debate, it means every government MP has read it. | Chris Bowen starts talking about the legislation as the debate begins. He says the legislation is 30-something pages (33?) but the explanatory notes run for 109 pages and if the government has brought on the debate, it means every government MP has read it. |
| He is being very facetious. | He is being very facetious. |
| Josh Frydenberg is now sitting with Rebehka Sharkie and Andrew Wilkie for this final division. | Josh Frydenberg is now sitting with Rebehka Sharkie and Andrew Wilkie for this final division. |
| The crossbench wrangler | The crossbench wrangler |
| From question time: | From question time: |
| Tony Burke is allowing the motion to be moved (to adjourn the debate) but just the once and once only. | Tony Burke is allowing the motion to be moved (to adjourn the debate) but just the once and once only. |
| The House divides. AGAIN. | The House divides. AGAIN. |
| There are now two clerks assisting the Speaker on this issue. It is a two-clerk situation. | There are now two clerks assisting the Speaker on this issue. It is a two-clerk situation. |
| Tony Burke then tries to move that the debate be adjourned. | Tony Burke then tries to move that the debate be adjourned. |
| Tony Smith says there has been a contingent motion passed to allow the debate to occur. | Tony Smith says there has been a contingent motion passed to allow the debate to occur. |
| And that we are now on the second motion. | And that we are now on the second motion. |
| Burke has the procedure book out in front of him. | Burke has the procedure book out in front of him. |
| He’s arguing over the “later hour” part of Christopher Pyne’s motion and that the clerk has now called the bill on as the next order of business. | He’s arguing over the “later hour” part of Christopher Pyne’s motion and that the clerk has now called the bill on as the next order of business. |
| Burke says that now that the contingency motions over the “later hour” are finished, and the debate has officially been called on, then he can call for the debate to be adjourned. | Burke says that now that the contingency motions over the “later hour” are finished, and the debate has officially been called on, then he can call for the debate to be adjourned. |
| Does anyone actually understand what is going on, or is it just me? | Does anyone actually understand what is going on, or is it just me? |
| Labor loses the motions and the government gets to bring on the second reading debate. | Labor loses the motions and the government gets to bring on the second reading debate. |
| AYES: 75 | AYES: 75 |
| NOES: 70 | NOES: 70 |
| Ayes: 74 | Ayes: 74 |
| Noes: 71 | Noes: 71 |
| Then Pat Conroy has a go at shutting it down, but he gets about three words out before Christopher Pyne is back on his feet shutting him down. | Then Pat Conroy has a go at shutting it down, but he gets about three words out before Christopher Pyne is back on his feet shutting him down. |
| To another division we go. | To another division we go. |
| But looking at the floor, the government has the numbers to get this second reading debate brought on. | But looking at the floor, the government has the numbers to get this second reading debate brought on. |