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| Labor calls for Angus Taylor to be sacked – question time live | Labor calls for Angus Taylor to be sacked – question time live |
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| Siiiiiggggggggghhhhhh | |
| From Paul Karp: | |
| Australia’s minister responsible for drought and natural disasters, David Littleproud, has said that he doesn’t “know if climate change is manmade”. | |
| Clarifying earlier comments that the question is “irrelevant” when considering the Coalition government’s response to intensifying bushfires, he told Guardian Australia he was unsure about the causes of the climate crisis but wanted to give the country the tools to adapt. | |
| ... Asked by Guardian Australia why he had avoided taking a position on the effect of manmade climate change, Littleproud replied: “I don’t know if climate change is manmade. | |
| “I’m about practical outcomes, whether that’s about having a cleaner environment or giving farmers and emergency services the right tools to adapt,” he said. | |
| The independent senator Jacqui Lambie went on a tear in Senate question time about the rate of Newstart, citing the quarter of a million people stuck on the payment for more than a year who “go to job interviews on foot because they can’t afford a bus ticket, and turn up in the same shirt because they can’t afford a new one”. | |
| Asked why the Coalition won’t raise the rate to help people get off Newstart into work, the social services minister, Anne Ruston, replied it was “not just the safety net payment” that is relevant, but also the government’s record in creating 1.4m jobs. Ruston said the government is committed to creating “pathways” to connect people to jobs. | |
| Lambie: | |
| It sounds like I won’t hold my breath for you to raise the rate of Newstart then. What about raising the threshold they can earn? Currently [Newstart recipients] can only earn about $50 a week before their payments are reduced. If the best form of welfare is a job – why punish people who work anything more than three hours a week? | |
| Lambie then noted in a further supplementary question that this amounted to an effective marginal tax rate of 50-60 cents a dollar for all income over $50 a week, much greater than the 37% income tax rate the government has decided to lower to incentivise work for working Australians. | |
| Ruston replied that “people who work for a few hours are much more likely to go on and get a job” and committed to discuss the issue with Lambie but did not commit to consider raising the threshold. | |
| “Obviously this government doesn’t see the reduction [of the Newstart payment] is a tax in the same way as a tax of someone on a wage,” she said. | |
| Also an insight into what my brain looks like after that: | Also an insight into what my brain looks like after that: |
| Angus Taylor during Question Time today @AmyRemeikis @GuardianAus #politicslive https://t.co/KXw9wyIfsd pic.twitter.com/8VzM5eA3f9 | Angus Taylor during Question Time today @AmyRemeikis @GuardianAus #politicslive https://t.co/KXw9wyIfsd pic.twitter.com/8VzM5eA3f9 |
| Peter Dutton moves to try and read an opinion piece on Kristina Keneally’s methods in taking on the shadow home affairs portfolio, but the lickspittle which was asked did not include my favourite and yours ‘do you know of any alternatives’ and because it doesn’t, Tony Smith tells him to stop. | Peter Dutton moves to try and read an opinion piece on Kristina Keneally’s methods in taking on the shadow home affairs portfolio, but the lickspittle which was asked did not include my favourite and yours ‘do you know of any alternatives’ and because it doesn’t, Tony Smith tells him to stop. |
| Dutton challenges him, which is a brave move, because even I, who has what has been termed by several of my past teachers as ‘a slight issue with authority’, probably wouldn’t speak over the Speaker (one more reason I will never be in parliament). | Dutton challenges him, which is a brave move, because even I, who has what has been termed by several of my past teachers as ‘a slight issue with authority’, probably wouldn’t speak over the Speaker (one more reason I will never be in parliament). |
| Smith prevails, because he is the boss of all procedure, and Dutton moves on, but it is not the same. | Smith prevails, because he is the boss of all procedure, and Dutton moves on, but it is not the same. |
| Expect ‘alternative approaches’ to be back with a vengeance tomorrow, as sure as potato follows meat and veg. | Expect ‘alternative approaches’ to be back with a vengeance tomorrow, as sure as potato follows meat and veg. |
| Nope. | Nope. |
| One more lickspittle so we can all hear how safe (and consistent) we are. | One more lickspittle so we can all hear how safe (and consistent) we are. |
| We finish with the divisions. | We finish with the divisions. |
| And probably also question time. | And probably also question time. |
| Let’s see. | Let’s see. |
| Meanwhile, from AAP: | Meanwhile, from AAP: |
| Imogen Bunting is hoping for a “miracle” this week. | Imogen Bunting is hoping for a “miracle” this week. |
| The Brisbane mum is in Canberra, along with other welfare recipients from interstate, to try to meet with federal MPs and senators to lobby for a raise to Newstart payments. | The Brisbane mum is in Canberra, along with other welfare recipients from interstate, to try to meet with federal MPs and senators to lobby for a raise to Newstart payments. |
| For Ms Bunting – homeless and on welfare – the miracle would be an immediate $160 per week raise to Newstart payments. | For Ms Bunting – homeless and on welfare – the miracle would be an immediate $160 per week raise to Newstart payments. |
| Her visit, a trip sponsored by activist group GetUp, comes as the government is negotiating with crossbenchers to expand the cashless welfare card program and trial drug testing of welfare recipients. | Her visit, a trip sponsored by activist group GetUp, comes as the government is negotiating with crossbenchers to expand the cashless welfare card program and trial drug testing of welfare recipients. |
| “Do we care for human rights?” Ms Bunting said. | “Do we care for human rights?” Ms Bunting said. |
| Australian Unemployed Workers Union campaigner Jeremy Poxon said they had tried to meet with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Social Services Minister Anne Ruston, but both had declined. | Australian Unemployed Workers Union campaigner Jeremy Poxon said they had tried to meet with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Social Services Minister Anne Ruston, but both had declined. |
| He said unemployed people were “shafted” by the government and blamed for their own poverty. | He said unemployed people were “shafted” by the government and blamed for their own poverty. |
| “We’re here in Canberra, we’re not taking these attacks lying down,” Mr Poxon said. | “We’re here in Canberra, we’re not taking these attacks lying down,” Mr Poxon said. |
| “For too long decisions have been made about our lives in Canberra ... we’re here to change all that.” | “For too long decisions have been made about our lives in Canberra ... we’re here to change all that.” |
| Four years ago, Ms Bunting was moved off the Parenting Payment and onto Newstart, meaning she had to raise her then-teenage son on $530 per fortnight. | Four years ago, Ms Bunting was moved off the Parenting Payment and onto Newstart, meaning she had to raise her then-teenage son on $530 per fortnight. |
| Her son, now 20, has moved out of home but Ms Bunting is still struggling, she says. | Her son, now 20, has moved out of home but Ms Bunting is still struggling, she says. |
| She’s homeless, has her belongings stored in a shed and can only find work for two days a week. | She’s homeless, has her belongings stored in a shed and can only find work for two days a week. |
| “I’m ashamed of a society that would put me in this position,” she said. | “I’m ashamed of a society that would put me in this position,” she said. |
| She says the cashless welfare could be the last straw, stigmatising her and limiting her economic freedoms. | She says the cashless welfare could be the last straw, stigmatising her and limiting her economic freedoms. |
| Side note – I’ve never seen an earless dragon in the wild. | Side note – I’ve never seen an earless dragon in the wild. |
| From Mike Bowers to you. | From Mike Bowers to you. |
| Mark Butler: | Mark Butler: |
| “This prime minister has chosen the witless minister over the earless dragon,” but he too is then shut down. | “This prime minister has chosen the witless minister over the earless dragon,” but he too is then shut down. |
| Christian Porter, who has caught on to the make a really quick sledge before getting to the point, so Hansard records it game, says something about Aldi bags and moves Butler no longer be heard. | Christian Porter, who has caught on to the make a really quick sledge before getting to the point, so Hansard records it game, says something about Aldi bags and moves Butler no longer be heard. |
| Our video peeps, who are much more talented than I, have been working on doing these up for you, for a while, to bring you a bit more of what is happening in question time, for those of you not so enamoured with my comparisons to unseasoned chicken wings and white bread. | Our video peeps, who are much more talented than I, have been working on doing these up for you, for a while, to bring you a bit more of what is happening in question time, for those of you not so enamoured with my comparisons to unseasoned chicken wings and white bread. |
| Tony Burke is next with a question for Angus Taylor: "Why won’t the minister admit to the House what he told local radio that he’s actually been representing himself the entire time?" #qt pic.twitter.com/jrl3i8LNZT | Tony Burke is next with a question for Angus Taylor: "Why won’t the minister admit to the House what he told local radio that he’s actually been representing himself the entire time?" #qt pic.twitter.com/jrl3i8LNZT |
| Terri Butler makes mention of the “earless dragon” being a threatened species, as she tries to move forward Labor’s motion, but she is shut down, and we go back to the division. | Terri Butler makes mention of the “earless dragon” being a threatened species, as she tries to move forward Labor’s motion, but she is shut down, and we go back to the division. |
| The government wins by five. | The government wins by five. |
| Tony Burke moves to try to continue Labor’s suspension, by seconding the original motion and referring to Angus Taylor as “the one threatened species in Parliament House today” but Christian Porter moves he no longer be heard. | Tony Burke moves to try to continue Labor’s suspension, by seconding the original motion and referring to Angus Taylor as “the one threatened species in Parliament House today” but Christian Porter moves he no longer be heard. |
| The bells ring again, but no one is changing their seats, meaning the government will win this one too. | The bells ring again, but no one is changing their seats, meaning the government will win this one too. |