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| Barnaby Joyce 'struggling' to support family on $200,000 MP's salary – politics live | Barnaby Joyce 'struggling' to support family on $200,000 MP's salary – politics live |
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| Christian Porter is attempting to have this dealt with tomorrow, while Adam Bandt is asking the House to deal with it immediately. | |
| The government has the numbers. | |
| The House has received a message from @AuSenate, in relation to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Leader of the House @cporterwa has moved that the message be made an order of the day for the next sitting. pic.twitter.com/1aap0bBFAJ | |
| He says all the available information backs up what he is saying, and he has never been involved in the compliance action. | |
| “My interests have been declared in complete adherence to the rules,” Angus Taylor says. | |
| Angus Taylor is making a statement in the House about the grasslands issue. | |
| So far, the government is not budging, in terms of policy, on raising Newstart. | |
| This was Scott Morrison on July 18: | |
| It’s about getting people into jobs. The latest jobs figures show 20,000 additional full-time jobs. That’s good news, that’s great news, more jobs. How good are jobs. | |
| At the moment, Newstart is only slated to rise by the usual indexation increase. | |
| The Senate is getting down to the government business of the day: | The Senate is getting down to the government business of the day: |
| The time for considering private senators' bill has now expired and the #Senate has moved on to government business. Currently being debated are three Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Bills. The bill homepages are available from Dynamic Red https://t.co/Wi8bN9E81O | The time for considering private senators' bill has now expired and the #Senate has moved on to government business. Currently being debated are three Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Bills. The bill homepages are available from Dynamic Red https://t.co/Wi8bN9E81O |
| That’s pretty definitive, but will also be used by Pauline Hanson to gain support from her supporters. | That’s pretty definitive, but will also be used by Pauline Hanson to gain support from her supporters. |
| Just the standard Cornelian dilemma thrown up by the Senate | Just the standard Cornelian dilemma thrown up by the Senate |
| The Senate has voted 54-2 against @PaulineHansonOz's proposal for a plebiscite into Australia's immigration rate #auspol @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/7UUp3CrF6G | The Senate has voted 54-2 against @PaulineHansonOz's proposal for a plebiscite into Australia's immigration rate #auspol @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/7UUp3CrF6G |
| This is very interesting: | This is very interesting: |
| Victoria is on track to get an extra seat before the next election while WA & the NT could both drop one according to the boffins in the Parliamentary Library. This would take Vic to 39 seats in a 150 seat House - up from 37 since 2016. #auspol https://t.co/nTIMcyuo2o | Victoria is on track to get an extra seat before the next election while WA & the NT could both drop one according to the boffins in the Parliamentary Library. This would take Vic to 39 seats in a 150 seat House - up from 37 since 2016. #auspol https://t.co/nTIMcyuo2o |
| On ensuring integrity: | On ensuring integrity: |
| .@ayrestim on the Ensuring Integrity Bill:Labor will vote against the bill. It’s bad for Australian workers and unions and I believe bad for democracy.MORE: https://t.co/QfeCMf5xuo #firstedition pic.twitter.com/gxJ3D09ESe | .@ayrestim on the Ensuring Integrity Bill:Labor will vote against the bill. It’s bad for Australian workers and unions and I believe bad for democracy.MORE: https://t.co/QfeCMf5xuo #firstedition pic.twitter.com/gxJ3D09ESe |
| Barnaby Joyce on Sunrise this morning: | Barnaby Joyce on Sunrise this morning: |
| I wouldn’t have picked the headline ‘I’m skint’. I would have said, you know, I have a greater empathy for what people are going through on Newstart. Someone has got to speak up for them and so often, Nat, if you say, you know, we have to do a better deal for these people and people say, “How would you know? You’re a politician.” A lot of people, I suppose, hate to really talk about it but I have to because of the front page. In a marriage breakdown you go from supporting one family to supporting two, in many instances. | I wouldn’t have picked the headline ‘I’m skint’. I would have said, you know, I have a greater empathy for what people are going through on Newstart. Someone has got to speak up for them and so often, Nat, if you say, you know, we have to do a better deal for these people and people say, “How would you know? You’re a politician.” A lot of people, I suppose, hate to really talk about it but I have to because of the front page. In a marriage breakdown you go from supporting one family to supporting two, in many instances. |
| And here are his comments in the Courier-Mail, which kickstarted all of this: | And here are his comments in the Courier-Mail, which kickstarted all of this: |
| I’m just saying these circumstances have made me more vastly attuned … it’s just a great exercise in humility going from deputy prime minister to watching every dollar you get. | I’m just saying these circumstances have made me more vastly attuned … it’s just a great exercise in humility going from deputy prime minister to watching every dollar you get. |
| A politician [renting a duplex without a dishwasher] for 415 bucks a week, he’s not living high on the hog, is he? There is a reason for that and that’s basically what I can afford. You do become a lot more mindful. | A politician [renting a duplex without a dishwasher] for 415 bucks a week, he’s not living high on the hog, is he? There is a reason for that and that’s basically what I can afford. You do become a lot more mindful. |
| So the big thrill of the day, to be honest, is a cup of coffee. We [he and Vikki] rarely, if ever, go out for dinner. | So the big thrill of the day, to be honest, is a cup of coffee. We [he and Vikki] rarely, if ever, go out for dinner. |
| Because 2019 is the new 2004, Pauline Hanson wants to make the next election about immigration numbers. | Because 2019 is the new 2004, Pauline Hanson wants to make the next election about immigration numbers. |
| Let’s look at the numbers, shall we? | Let’s look at the numbers, shall we? |
| The government has announced an immigration target of 160,000. That is no change from what is actually happening, because in the last year, despite a high ceiling of 190,000, just 162,000 permanent residents were accepted in Australia. | The government has announced an immigration target of 160,000. That is no change from what is actually happening, because in the last year, despite a high ceiling of 190,000, just 162,000 permanent residents were accepted in Australia. |
| Over that same period, Australia’s economy grew by just 1.8%. Low, but growth is growth. Of that, about 94% of growth was attributed to population growth – our economy grew because of the extra people in it. Total per capita growth was 0.1%. | Over that same period, Australia’s economy grew by just 1.8%. Low, but growth is growth. Of that, about 94% of growth was attributed to population growth – our economy grew because of the extra people in it. Total per capita growth was 0.1%. |
| Without migrants, Australia’s economy goes backwards. The government knows that. It’s why it dances a line between cutting immigration and just keeping things at the status quo. | Without migrants, Australia’s economy goes backwards. The government knows that. It’s why it dances a line between cutting immigration and just keeping things at the status quo. |
| But hey – it gets breakfast TV headlines, so let’s dance. | But hey – it gets breakfast TV headlines, so let’s dance. |
| "I ask the question: Do you think the current rate of immigration to Australia is too high?" - @PaulineHansonOz #auspol @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/8GMG5fflyb | "I ask the question: Do you think the current rate of immigration to Australia is too high?" - @PaulineHansonOz #auspol @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/8GMG5fflyb |
| IMMIGRATION VOTE@OneNationAus leader Pauline Hanson will today ask the Senate to support a vote on immigration numbers.PLEBISCITE (FUTURE MIGRATION LEVEL) BILLhttps://t.co/72EwrrAtyS #Auspol pic.twitter.com/1PJNqwktU7 | IMMIGRATION VOTE@OneNationAus leader Pauline Hanson will today ask the Senate to support a vote on immigration numbers.PLEBISCITE (FUTURE MIGRATION LEVEL) BILLhttps://t.co/72EwrrAtyS #Auspol pic.twitter.com/1PJNqwktU7 |
| The Australian is reporting that #deathtodixers is gathering steam. | The Australian is reporting that #deathtodixers is gathering steam. |
| OK, it is not that specific. But Greg Brown has some detail on the parliamentary procedures committee: | OK, it is not that specific. But Greg Brown has some detail on the parliamentary procedures committee: |
| The conduct of federal parliament’s question time — including Dorothy Dixers, the behaviour of MPs and arcane standing orders — will be the subject of an inquiry, amid warnings from across the political spectrum that it diminishes the reputation of politicians. | The conduct of federal parliament’s question time — including Dorothy Dixers, the behaviour of MPs and arcane standing orders — will be the subject of an inquiry, amid warnings from across the political spectrum that it diminishes the reputation of politicians. |
| Coalition and Labor MPs on the parliament’s procedures committee will this week finalise the terms of an inquiry of how question time can be reformed, with submissions to be sought from the public. | Coalition and Labor MPs on the parliament’s procedures committee will this week finalise the terms of an inquiry of how question time can be reformed, with submissions to be sought from the public. |
| Liberal National MP Ross Vasta and Labor MP Milton Dick, the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, said the community was “fed up” with the spectacle of question time, which is the only part of parliament that is televised every sitting day. The inquiry will examine whether Dixers — prearranged questions from government backbenchers to ministers — should be axed. | Liberal National MP Ross Vasta and Labor MP Milton Dick, the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, said the community was “fed up” with the spectacle of question time, which is the only part of parliament that is televised every sitting day. The inquiry will examine whether Dixers — prearranged questions from government backbenchers to ministers — should be axed. |
| The government’s big push this week, ahead of the five-week break, will be unions, with the ensuring integrity bill to dominate much of the debate. | The government’s big push this week, ahead of the five-week break, will be unions, with the ensuring integrity bill to dominate much of the debate. |
| So far, the numbers are not there in the Senate. One Nation has concerns, Centre Alliance wants to expand the definition of organisation to include the private sector and Jackie Lambie isn’t thrilled with John Setka, but hasn’t landed on a final position as yet. | So far, the numbers are not there in the Senate. One Nation has concerns, Centre Alliance wants to expand the definition of organisation to include the private sector and Jackie Lambie isn’t thrilled with John Setka, but hasn’t landed on a final position as yet. |
| Christian Porter spoke to RN this morning about it. | Christian Porter spoke to RN this morning about it. |
| Katharine Murphy has spoken to Cory Bernardi over whether he will support the motion to launch a Senate inquiry into Angus Taylor and the grasslands issue and says he has decided to vote no. | Katharine Murphy has spoken to Cory Bernardi over whether he will support the motion to launch a Senate inquiry into Angus Taylor and the grasslands issue and says he has decided to vote no. |
| So that’s that then – the numbers are not there. | So that’s that then – the numbers are not there. |
| This being a sitting Monday, the morning is set aside for Private Members’ Business. On today’s agenda, we have two bills on altering the Constitution, introduced by @MakeMayoMatter, followed by motions from @RowanRamseyMP and @JoanneRyanLalor. | This being a sitting Monday, the morning is set aside for Private Members’ Business. On today’s agenda, we have two bills on altering the Constitution, introduced by @MakeMayoMatter, followed by motions from @RowanRamseyMP and @JoanneRyanLalor. |