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Crossbench support means Senate inquiry into Pyne and Bishop jobs likely – politics live | Crossbench support means Senate inquiry into Pyne and Bishop jobs likely – politics live |
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Before QT, Scott Morrison stands to recognise the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. | |
That’s why AB Culvahouse is in the House. | |
Scott Morrison has entered the chamber and is greeting Arthur B Culvahouse, the US ambassador, who is a guest of the House today. | |
Suggestions on the new pub test are coming in strong | |
@AmyRemeikis the Facebook test? The ratio test? the Kmart Mums Of Melbourne test? pic.twitter.com/zLK8Hd9yWp | |
It is time for Who’s That MP ... and it’s Ken O’Dowd. | |
Just in case you missed it – because I did – James Ashby is back in the parliament. | |
Ashby had his pass taken from him after an altercation with Brian Burston last year. He’s now had it reinstated. | |
I am off to the chamber for question time. Hit me up with your bingo predictions. | |
Meanwhile, I really do think we need to update the pub test to something more in line where actual opinions are given. Like, the group chat test. | |
Every single pub test in Australia has been failed today. Every. Single. One. | |
Ain’t politics grand. | |
Much of Queensland has been in drought for close to a decade but it only really hit the national agenda when it was creeping in on the regions around Sydney. | |
Strange that. | |
Just spoke to a drought affected farmer from Victoria who said he'd rather be in NSW, because " that's where the money is". He was talking about funding for drought support. | |
The speeches taking note of the review conclude. The vote on an inquiry will be held after question time. | |
Malcolm Roberts just linked Julie Bishop to Hillary [Clinton] “and the images that go with that”. | Malcolm Roberts just linked Julie Bishop to Hillary [Clinton] “and the images that go with that”. |
You just know that “lock her up” was chanting in his head. | |
He also says the jobs Christopher Pyne and Bishop have taken are an “insult” to the Australian people. | He also says the jobs Christopher Pyne and Bishop have taken are an “insult” to the Australian people. |
I can think of a couple of other insults to the Australian people, but moving on ... | |
The Australian National Audit Office has issued a report into the defence department’s handling of travel expenses and concluded its processes are “not fully effective” and it has “overstated” progress on initiatives to improve administration. | |
From the report: | From the report: |
“Defence’s administrative arrangements to support the payment of travel allowances to APS employees exhibit shortcomings, which reduce their appropriateness. These include: inconsistency in guidance; a failure to consistently reflect policy requirements in guidance and supporting tools (such as travel calculators); and the division of policy and administrative responsibility across three defence groups. The 2015 review of red tape in defence made similar findings and recommended that defence produce a ‘single, brief policy guidance document in plain English’ on official travel and the use of the defence travel card. Defence reported internally that it had addressed this recommendation, when it had not ... | |
“Defence’s arrangements for providing assurance over the payment of travel allowances to APS employees are not fully effective. Defence has identified shortcomings in the design of detective controls for credit cards and ANAO testing of a sample of travel allowance transactions indicates that preventative controls are not fully effective. This performance audit identified a number of instances where defence reports to senior committees overstated the progress of activities intended to improve assurance across the administration of travel and credit cards. These instances included: incorrect advice about residual risk; and advice that recommendations from reviews and audits had been addressed, when they had not. | |
“A key feature of this audit has been that defence’s senior committees have been provided with advice that overstates the progress of activities intended to improve the administration of travel allowances and credit cards. Inaccurate performance reporting reduces accountability and senior leaders’ ability to assess risks and consider the need for remediation strategies.” | |
Looks like One Nation is also on board for an inquiry. | Looks like One Nation is also on board for an inquiry. |
It also looks like Malcolm Roberts has taken public speaking lessons straight from Toastmasters 101. There are many hand movements. That is how you know he is serious. | It also looks like Malcolm Roberts has taken public speaking lessons straight from Toastmasters 101. There are many hand movements. That is how you know he is serious. |
Everything that is happening in the Senate at the moment is just the formal response to the tabling of Martin Parkinson’s report into Christopher Pyne’s and Julie Bishop’s new jobs. | Everything that is happening in the Senate at the moment is just the formal response to the tabling of Martin Parkinson’s report into Christopher Pyne’s and Julie Bishop’s new jobs. |
The actual vote on whether or not there should be an inquiry won’t happen until later this afternoon, about 4pm. | The actual vote on whether or not there should be an inquiry won’t happen until later this afternoon, about 4pm. |
The Greens have held a press conference calling on the government to lift Newstart by $75 a week and criticising Labor for proposing only a review. | The Greens have held a press conference calling on the government to lift Newstart by $75 a week and criticising Labor for proposing only a review. |
Richard Di Natale compared the trajectory of the issue to the banking royal commission debate when the Greens were the first mover then “eventually ... got the Labor party across the line, we got the crossbenchers across the line and then we started to see National party MPs speak out”. | Richard Di Natale compared the trajectory of the issue to the banking royal commission debate when the Greens were the first mover then “eventually ... got the Labor party across the line, we got the crossbenchers across the line and then we started to see National party MPs speak out”. |
The Greens leader said: | The Greens leader said: |
“We’re seeing that right now Barnaby Joyce has raised his voice saying he thinks it needs to go up. We’re seeing backbench members within the Labor party saying it needs to go up. I feel we’re at a point that we’re going to start to see the pressure building on the government, so that an increase in Newstart becomes inevitable.” | “We’re seeing that right now Barnaby Joyce has raised his voice saying he thinks it needs to go up. We’re seeing backbench members within the Labor party saying it needs to go up. I feel we’re at a point that we’re going to start to see the pressure building on the government, so that an increase in Newstart becomes inevitable.” |
The Greens’ social services spokeswoman, Rachel Siewert, accused the government of “untruths” that Newstart is a transition payment, citing the fact that 44% of people receive the unemployment payment for longer than two years, and 15% longer than five years. | The Greens’ social services spokeswoman, Rachel Siewert, accused the government of “untruths” that Newstart is a transition payment, citing the fact that 44% of people receive the unemployment payment for longer than two years, and 15% longer than five years. |
Despite Liberal Dean Smith joining the ranks of those calling for an increase, Siewert criticised him for failing to vote for the Greens’ bill. She also chipped Labor for suggesting the Greens were wasting time in the Senate. | Despite Liberal Dean Smith joining the ranks of those calling for an increase, Siewert criticised him for failing to vote for the Greens’ bill. She also chipped Labor for suggesting the Greens were wasting time in the Senate. |
Larissa Waters says the Greens will support the inquiry into former ministers moving into jobs related to their portfolios – but they want actual solutions. | Larissa Waters says the Greens will support the inquiry into former ministers moving into jobs related to their portfolios – but they want actual solutions. |
She’s also asking what happened to Christian Porter’s federal Icac, which she says has not been spoken of since February. | She’s also asking what happened to Christian Porter’s federal Icac, which she says has not been spoken of since February. |
That would be the behind-the-scenes Icac, where you would find out there was an investigation only if there was a guilty verdict in the court afterwards. | That would be the behind-the-scenes Icac, where you would find out there was an investigation only if there was a guilty verdict in the court afterwards. |