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| Furious Scott Morrison vows to ‘fight’ Nauru bill as pressure builds on government – politics live | Furious Scott Morrison vows to ‘fight’ Nauru bill as pressure builds on government – politics live |
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| It is a bit late, because this morning has been a complete and utter birdcage of insanity, but Tony Abbott is delivering his report into Indigenous Australia, following his envoy tour. | |
| PM Scott Morrison during the ongoing debate on amendments to the encryption laws @AmyRemeikis @GuardianAus @murpharoo #politicslive https://t.co/tj67JpI7ls pic.twitter.com/TTj694uIBh | |
| Meanwhile, in the House | |
| The second reading of the encryption bill has gone through the House. Just Andrew Wilkie and Adam Bandt voted against it, from what I can see. | |
| Our warning at the beginning of the week about the huge risk of rushing the #encryption access bill couldn't be more relevant today. #auslaw #auspol #aabill pic.twitter.com/B8hkPkzDn3 | |
| Difference in simple majority and absolute majority, because you’ll be hearing those terms a lot today. | |
| Simple majority: more on one side than the other. | |
| Absolute majority: 75 plus one (half the seats plus one more) | |
| Things are going GREAT | Things are going GREAT |
| Chamber chat. @cpyne comes in to talk to Andrew Wilkie and Adam Bandt pic.twitter.com/yfpgVNjfO1 | Chamber chat. @cpyne comes in to talk to Andrew Wilkie and Adam Bandt pic.twitter.com/yfpgVNjfO1 |
| An animated chat across the table between @Tony_Burke, @cporterwa and @cpyne a little earlier pic.twitter.com/okul6hhgID | An animated chat across the table between @Tony_Burke, @cporterwa and @cpyne a little earlier pic.twitter.com/okul6hhgID |
| Thank you for all the messages you have sent through about your standouts from the 2018 Australian political year – and thank you for your well-wishes. I’m not repeating them here, because it’s a bit like retweeting a compliment, but we do appreciate them. | Thank you for all the messages you have sent through about your standouts from the 2018 Australian political year – and thank you for your well-wishes. I’m not repeating them here, because it’s a bit like retweeting a compliment, but we do appreciate them. |
| Allan: What stood out for me in 2018: In the positive: Gay marriage finally getting through with such a majority from the plebiscite. So despite the best attempts by the RWNJ’s to railroad it the people saw through the smoke and mirrors and voted for it. | Allan: What stood out for me in 2018: In the positive: Gay marriage finally getting through with such a majority from the plebiscite. So despite the best attempts by the RWNJ’s to railroad it the people saw through the smoke and mirrors and voted for it. |
| In the negative: There is so much that could be listed, but it would fill more than a page. Really it can best be summed up with my amazement that despite everything that this government does and stands for that something like 46% of my fellow citizens still want to vote for this mob. I genuinely stand in despair that this could be so. | In the negative: There is so much that could be listed, but it would fill more than a page. Really it can best be summed up with my amazement that despite everything that this government does and stands for that something like 46% of my fellow citizens still want to vote for this mob. I genuinely stand in despair that this could be so. |
| Christa and John: 2018 will be remembered as the year when the country narrowly avoided being taken over in an authoritarian nationalist coup led by Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott, which was made a possibility by the ravages visited on society by decline and death of neoliberalism – and the naked self-interest it conditions in politicos. | Christa and John: 2018 will be remembered as the year when the country narrowly avoided being taken over in an authoritarian nationalist coup led by Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott, which was made a possibility by the ravages visited on society by decline and death of neoliberalism – and the naked self-interest it conditions in politicos. |
| And hopefully the year will be remembered as the year when finally the country reversed course and started to recover its soul which had been sacrificed to regressive economic policy that increased inequality, to the persecution of refugees for political gain, and to the far-right ideological fixation that destroyed the possibility of effective climate change and energy policy. | And hopefully the year will be remembered as the year when finally the country reversed course and started to recover its soul which had been sacrificed to regressive economic policy that increased inequality, to the persecution of refugees for political gain, and to the far-right ideological fixation that destroyed the possibility of effective climate change and energy policy. |
| Rohan: Two moments struck me this year are the following: ONE: Malcolm Turnbull appearing on Q&A after his ejection from the leadership of the Liberal party. He claimed that his government was responsible for the marriage equality vote, eliciting a mixture of scoffs and applause from the audience. His rewriting of history was brazenly false – he and his party found every possible excuse to kick the can of marriage equality down the road – but it also completely minimised the work by marriage equality advocates such as Dr Kerryn Phelps, Magda Szubanski, the ALP, Greens and many others. I nearly spat out my dinner! As Catherine Tate’s Nan would say ... “What a load of old shit!” TWO: Prime Muppet Scott Morrison (I refuse to call him Scomo – a term of endearment perhaps for someone who is playing on your team, and thus, has a shared goal) claiming that he would remove the ability for schools to use religious discrimination of LGBT students within two weeks. A few months later, and the LNP are kicking the can down the road again … but not before taking time our to shore up their own safety with anti-copy party motions to prevent Morrison being ejected by his party members. | Rohan: Two moments struck me this year are the following: ONE: Malcolm Turnbull appearing on Q&A after his ejection from the leadership of the Liberal party. He claimed that his government was responsible for the marriage equality vote, eliciting a mixture of scoffs and applause from the audience. His rewriting of history was brazenly false – he and his party found every possible excuse to kick the can of marriage equality down the road – but it also completely minimised the work by marriage equality advocates such as Dr Kerryn Phelps, Magda Szubanski, the ALP, Greens and many others. I nearly spat out my dinner! As Catherine Tate’s Nan would say ... “What a load of old shit!” TWO: Prime Muppet Scott Morrison (I refuse to call him Scomo – a term of endearment perhaps for someone who is playing on your team, and thus, has a shared goal) claiming that he would remove the ability for schools to use religious discrimination of LGBT students within two weeks. A few months later, and the LNP are kicking the can down the road again … but not before taking time our to shore up their own safety with anti-copy party motions to prevent Morrison being ejected by his party members. |
| David: Peter Dutton putting in a huge effort and thinking his numbers men could count, ordering a new chair for the PMs office, booking his whole family to fly first class to Canberra for his ascension, only to discover that Turnbull had developed a cunning plan and Scott Morrison was now PM. Only comparable event I can think of is Malcolm Fraser calling an election to thrash Bill Hayden only to get back from Government House to discover Bob Hawke was now opposition leader. | David: Peter Dutton putting in a huge effort and thinking his numbers men could count, ordering a new chair for the PMs office, booking his whole family to fly first class to Canberra for his ascension, only to discover that Turnbull had developed a cunning plan and Scott Morrison was now PM. Only comparable event I can think of is Malcolm Fraser calling an election to thrash Bill Hayden only to get back from Government House to discover Bob Hawke was now opposition leader. |
| While we are in the land of state politics, Jay Weatherill is announcing his retirement in the South Australian parliament. | While we are in the land of state politics, Jay Weatherill is announcing his retirement in the South Australian parliament. |
| Meanwhile, for a bit of levity, Bernie Finn from the Victorian Liberals has quite the unique take on why there aren’t more women in the Liberal party – it’s Labor (and the Greens’) fault. | Meanwhile, for a bit of levity, Bernie Finn from the Victorian Liberals has quite the unique take on why there aren’t more women in the Liberal party – it’s Labor (and the Greens’) fault. |
| Liberal MP Bernie Finn on the Liberals' dearth of women MPs: "If the Labor party and the Greens want to have more women in the party, what they should have done was not defeated them." @theage | Liberal MP Bernie Finn on the Liberals' dearth of women MPs: "If the Labor party and the Greens want to have more women in the party, what they should have done was not defeated them." @theage |
| I mean, a counter-argument to that would be preselecting women in safer seats, but that would be CRAZY. | I mean, a counter-argument to that would be preselecting women in safer seats, but that would be CRAZY. |
| And because I have been asked, His Excellence Paul de Jersey is currently the acting governor general, as Peter Cosgrove is overseas, representing Australia for the funeral of George HW Bush. | And because I have been asked, His Excellence Paul de Jersey is currently the acting governor general, as Peter Cosgrove is overseas, representing Australia for the funeral of George HW Bush. |
| De Jersey is the Queensland governor. | De Jersey is the Queensland governor. |
| The more you know. | The more you know. |
| For those asking when the parliament could be shut down, really, it can be at any time. | For those asking when the parliament could be shut down, really, it can be at any time. |
| But it would most likely be after question time. | But it would most likely be after question time. |
| David Coleman just about confirmed that as a live option while talking to the ABC just seconds ago: | David Coleman just about confirmed that as a live option while talking to the ABC just seconds ago: |
| The prime minister has made a clear statement about that. We’re very determined not to allow these changes to be passed through the parliament. They would massively weaken Australia’s border security, they would lead to the starting of boats again, and they would lead to the end of offshore processing and resettlement, which is one of the key tenets that has kept Australia’s borders secure for all these years under this government. And we’ll not be agreeing to those changes and as the PM said, we’ll be using all measures to seek to stop them.” | The prime minister has made a clear statement about that. We’re very determined not to allow these changes to be passed through the parliament. They would massively weaken Australia’s border security, they would lead to the starting of boats again, and they would lead to the end of offshore processing and resettlement, which is one of the key tenets that has kept Australia’s borders secure for all these years under this government. And we’ll not be agreeing to those changes and as the PM said, we’ll be using all measures to seek to stop them.” |
| In terms of the tactics that Scott Morrison was talking about, one of them is suspending parliament and going home early. | In terms of the tactics that Scott Morrison was talking about, one of them is suspending parliament and going home early. |
| I am not joking. The government would rather see the parliament shut down at this stage, then have this reach the floor. | I am not joking. The government would rather see the parliament shut down at this stage, then have this reach the floor. |
| The lines have been drawn in very black marker by Scott Morrison. | The lines have been drawn in very black marker by Scott Morrison. |
| I mean, seriously guys, let the scale fall from your eyes. This is not about politics.This is about Australia’s national security. That’s why I’m standing here. This is about Australia’s national security. It’s not about what happens on the floor of the house or the floor of the Senate. You got to look past Canberra. This is about Australia’s safety. And Bill Shorten is a clear and present threat to Australia’s safety. Because he is so obsessed with politics, that he cannot see the national interest. | I mean, seriously guys, let the scale fall from your eyes. This is not about politics.This is about Australia’s national security. That’s why I’m standing here. This is about Australia’s national security. It’s not about what happens on the floor of the house or the floor of the Senate. You got to look past Canberra. This is about Australia’s safety. And Bill Shorten is a clear and present threat to Australia’s safety. Because he is so obsessed with politics, that he cannot see the national interest. |
| That press conference, as seen by Mike Bowers: | That press conference, as seen by Mike Bowers: |
| The Intelligence and Security Committee has commenced a review of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Strengthening the Citizenship Loss Provisions) Bill 2018. Submissions are open until 11 January 2019. More info at https://t.co/zmZ7qYrh1e pic.twitter.com/GDiP32VN0P | The Intelligence and Security Committee has commenced a review of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Strengthening the Citizenship Loss Provisions) Bill 2018. Submissions are open until 11 January 2019. More info at https://t.co/zmZ7qYrh1e pic.twitter.com/GDiP32VN0P |