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| Jacqui Lambie says Syria crisis could affect her medevac repeal decision – politics live | |
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| Jacqui Lambie was just on Sky News, where she said the same things about the medevac bill that she said on ABC radio. | |
| For a good overview of the phonics debate in Australia, Michael McGowan has this piece from last year. | |
| Why the right and left can't stop sounding off about phonics | |
| Like it or not the government is bringing back phonics to Australian primary schools. | |
| From Dan Tehan: | |
| “Our Government will fund the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership(AITSL) to provide expert advice on incorporating phonics into the national accreditation standards for initial teacher education. | |
| “I have tasked AITSL to create a small taskforce to advise on implementing theGovernment’s phonics in ITE election commitment. | |
| “AITSL will draw on the taskforce’s expertise, focusing on ensuring graduate teachers can teach the fundamentals of literacy through learning how to teach the five essential elements of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, comprehension. | |
| “Our Government believes in the primacy of developing strong literacy and numeracy skills as the bedrock of a quality education. | |
| “There is clear evidence that children benefit from phonics instruction in learning to read and spell so our Government wants teachers to have the skills to teach phonics well. | |
| “AITSL will progress the proposed changes to the accreditation standards to all education ministers for endorsement in December 2019. | |
| “Our Government will also introduce a free, voluntary phonics health check for Year 1students so parents and teachers can better understand a child’s reading level and whatsupport they may need.” | |
| We know there is a left and a right Labor caucus (with both, as Katharine Murphy reported yesterday, having something to say about Joel Fitzgibbon’s intervention in the emissions conversation) but now Labor has established a multicultural policy caucus committee as well. | |
| From Andrew Giles, Anne Aly and Raff Ciccone: | |
| The committee will be chaired by Anne Aly MP, and senator Raff Ciccone will be its secretary. | |
| It brings together the lived experience and representational understanding of caucus members, in examining legislation impacting on multicultural communities, consulting with stakeholders and providing specialist advice to the leader and the shadow minister for multicultural affairs. | |
| Shadow minister for multicultural affairs Andrew Giles said that the caucus committee will have a focus on consultation with multicultural stakeholders, especially new and emerging communities. | |
| “The Morrison government has no plan to support multicultural communities, tackle racism and no plan to realise the strengths of Australia’s diversity. | |
| “I look forward to working alongside my caucus colleagues to boost Labor’s engagement with established and emerging culturally diverse communities and ensure that we work alongside these communities every step of the way to better reflect their concerns in parliament.” | |
| Caucus committee chair, Anne Aly MP said: “Approximately 1 in 4 Australians was born overseas, and many people born here will have migrant parents. This committee represents Labor’s commitment to ensuring that our policies are meaningful for all Australians. I look forward to my role as chair and working with my colleagues on this committee.” | |
| Secretary of the committee, senator Raff Ciccone said that after six years under the Liberal National government multicultural communities in Australia have been overlooked and not given the respect they deserve. | |
| “Labor is committed to working with people from every background who call Australia home. | |
| “My parents left their home country in search of a better life to give my brother and I the very best opportunities that Australia has to offer. They believed that with hard work and dedication Australia was the best place to raise a family. | |
| “I am excited to be helping make sure multicultural communities have a voice in the decisions of our Caucus,” Ciccone said. | |
| The MPCC will operate in a similar fashion to existing caucus committees such as the status of women caucus committee and the First Nations caucus committee, and membership will be open to all caucus members. | |
| The vote was one by one. According to the Senate Hansard, here is how that went down: | The vote was one by one. According to the Senate Hansard, here is how that went down: |
| AYES | AYES |
| Ayres, T, Bilyk, CL , Brown, CL Chisholm, A Ciccone, R Di Natale, R Dodson, P Farrell, D Faruqi, M Gallacher, AM Green, N Hanson-Young, SC Keneally, KK Kitching, K Lambie, J Lines, S McCarthy, M McKim, NJ Patrick, RL Polley, H Pratt, LC Siewert, R Smith, M Steele-John, J Sterle, G Urquhart, AE Walsh, J Waters, LJ Watt, M Whish-Wilson, PS | Ayres, T, Bilyk, CL , Brown, CL Chisholm, A Ciccone, R Di Natale, R Dodson, P Farrell, D Faruqi, M Gallacher, AM Green, N Hanson-Young, SC Keneally, KK Kitching, K Lambie, J Lines, S McCarthy, M McKim, NJ Patrick, RL Polley, H Pratt, LC Siewert, R Smith, M Steele-John, J Sterle, G Urquhart, AE Walsh, J Waters, LJ Watt, M Whish-Wilson, PS |
| NOES | NOES |
| Abetz, E Antic, A Bragg, A J Canavan, MJ Cash, MC Chandler, C Colbeck, R Davey, P Duniam, J Fierravanti-Wells, C Hanson, P Hughes, H Hume, J McDonald, S McGrath, J (teller) McKenzie, B McMahon, S O’Sullivan, MA Paterson, J Payne, MA Rennick, G Roberts, M Ruston, A Scarr, P Seselja, Z Sinodinos, A Smith, DA Stoker, AJ Van, D | Abetz, E Antic, A Bragg, A J Canavan, MJ Cash, MC Chandler, C Colbeck, R Davey, P Duniam, J Fierravanti-Wells, C Hanson, P Hughes, H Hume, J McDonald, S McGrath, J (teller) McKenzie, B McMahon, S O’Sullivan, MA Paterson, J Payne, MA Rennick, G Roberts, M Ruston, A Scarr, P Seselja, Z Sinodinos, A Smith, DA Stoker, AJ Van, D |
| PAIRS | PAIRS |
| Carr, KJ Fawcett, DJ Gallagher, KR Askew, W Griff, S Henderson, SM McAllister, J Reynolds, L O’Neill, D Birmingham, SJ Rice, J Ryan, SM Sheldon, A Brockman, S Wong, P Cormann, M | Carr, KJ Fawcett, DJ Gallagher, KR Askew, W Griff, S Henderson, SM McAllister, J Reynolds, L O’Neill, D Birmingham, SJ Rice, J Ryan, SM Sheldon, A Brockman, S Wong, P Cormann, M |
| Kristina Keneally had a bit to say about it though: | Kristina Keneally had a bit to say about it though: |
| “This is the latest chapter in the comedy of errors that is the Morrison government. The Liberals started the day by accidentally sharing their talking points with the entire press gallery and finished it by stuffing up a vote in the Senate.” | “This is the latest chapter in the comedy of errors that is the Morrison government. The Liberals started the day by accidentally sharing their talking points with the entire press gallery and finished it by stuffing up a vote in the Senate.” |
| Speaking of the Senate, someone in the government side will be in trouble this morning after the government lost a vote in the chamber last night: | Speaking of the Senate, someone in the government side will be in trouble this morning after the government lost a vote in the chamber last night: |
| BREAKING: The Govt just lost a vote in the Senate.We successfully amended the Police Powers at Airports Bill to include a PJCIS review of the legislation & sunset clauses as safeguards.As @ScottMorrisonMP says such matters "can’t be set & forget" -- now they won't be #auspol pic.twitter.com/bin2SBQMGj | BREAKING: The Govt just lost a vote in the Senate.We successfully amended the Police Powers at Airports Bill to include a PJCIS review of the legislation & sunset clauses as safeguards.As @ScottMorrisonMP says such matters "can’t be set & forget" -- now they won't be #auspol pic.twitter.com/bin2SBQMGj |
| It sounds like there are going to be A LOT of conversations this week. | It sounds like there are going to be A LOT of conversations this week. |
| “The legislation does serve its purpose and they do have the opportunity to get medical attention, I don’t think we need to be arguing about that,” Jacqui Lambie continued. | “The legislation does serve its purpose and they do have the opportunity to get medical attention, I don’t think we need to be arguing about that,” Jacqui Lambie continued. |
| “But, I have got to look at the bigger picture as well, and, as I said, what has happened over the last four or five days in Syria, certainly that will come into the equation now.” | “But, I have got to look at the bigger picture as well, and, as I said, what has happened over the last four or five days in Syria, certainly that will come into the equation now.” |
| Lambie says she is not sure if she would have voted for the medevac bill if she was in the Senate last year when it passed. But she comes back again to her point that “things have changed in the last four or five days, so I just need to get more clarification from that on home affairs and we’ll go from there”. | Lambie says she is not sure if she would have voted for the medevac bill if she was in the Senate last year when it passed. But she comes back again to her point that “things have changed in the last four or five days, so I just need to get more clarification from that on home affairs and we’ll go from there”. |
| The report doesn’t come out until Friday, but the Senate won’t have to vote on the repeal until the Senate returns the week of 11 November. There is also estimates next week, where the legislation will no doubt play a big role. | The report doesn’t come out until Friday, but the Senate won’t have to vote on the repeal until the Senate returns the week of 11 November. There is also estimates next week, where the legislation will no doubt play a big role. |
| Over on ABC radio, Jacqui Lambie says she still has not made up her mind on the medevac repeal legislation. | Over on ABC radio, Jacqui Lambie says she still has not made up her mind on the medevac repeal legislation. |
| With One Nation siding with the government, and Centre Alliance firmly against the repeal, the Tasmanian senator is the swing vote. She says the government can’t give her anything for her vote, because her constituents would not “expect me to go in there and sell those people out, for a deal for Tasmania”. | With One Nation siding with the government, and Centre Alliance firmly against the repeal, the Tasmanian senator is the swing vote. She says the government can’t give her anything for her vote, because her constituents would not “expect me to go in there and sell those people out, for a deal for Tasmania”. |
| “It is just not on the cards, it is not the way we operate down in Tasmania,” she told RN. | “It is just not on the cards, it is not the way we operate down in Tasmania,” she told RN. |
| Instead, Lambie says she is approaching it as a conscience vote. | Instead, Lambie says she is approaching it as a conscience vote. |
| “This will be a conscience vote, from Tasmania,” she said. | “This will be a conscience vote, from Tasmania,” she said. |
| Lambie says she will be going through the Senate report on the medevac bill, which is due to be handed down on 18 October, over the weekend, including the dissenting reports. This week is full of meetings, with the immigration lawyer who appeared with her on the SBS show Go Back To Where You Came From meeting with Lambie this morning. | Lambie says she will be going through the Senate report on the medevac bill, which is due to be handed down on 18 October, over the weekend, including the dissenting reports. This week is full of meetings, with the immigration lawyer who appeared with her on the SBS show Go Back To Where You Came From meeting with Lambie this morning. |
| “She has some concerns as well. She does not want the medevac repealed. She wants to put her concerns across the table. There will be a few other people with who I am meeting with this week as well,” Lambie said. | “She has some concerns as well. She does not want the medevac repealed. She wants to put her concerns across the table. There will be a few other people with who I am meeting with this week as well,” Lambie said. |
| On the medical bodies who came together for a joint statement, asking for the legislation to remain in place, Lambie says she believes national security grounds need to be taken into account as well. | On the medical bodies who came together for a joint statement, asking for the legislation to remain in place, Lambie says she believes national security grounds need to be taken into account as well. |
| “Especially with the tempo that is happening in the Middle East in the last four or five days,” she said. | “Especially with the tempo that is happening in the Middle East in the last four or five days,” she said. |
| “We also always need to make sure and consider that boats making sure that those boats don’t start coming back in, and whether or not that signals, whether or not that is going to set off that domino effect. | “We also always need to make sure and consider that boats making sure that those boats don’t start coming back in, and whether or not that signals, whether or not that is going to set off that domino effect. |
| “Word doesn’t always get back to people, where there are other war zones not to get on boats, because you won’t be allowed into Australia. | “Word doesn’t always get back to people, where there are other war zones not to get on boats, because you won’t be allowed into Australia. |
| “So making sure that they get that information correctly. And I know those people right now, that are going to be under the medevac law, it is only contained to those people who are already there. | “So making sure that they get that information correctly. And I know those people right now, that are going to be under the medevac law, it is only contained to those people who are already there. |
| “... So there is a lot up in the air. “ | “... So there is a lot up in the air. “ |
| Lambie says the decision by Donald Trump to pull out US troops from northern Syria has “put a whole new spanner in the works” and the “discussions have slightly changed”. | Lambie says the decision by Donald Trump to pull out US troops from northern Syria has “put a whole new spanner in the works” and the “discussions have slightly changed”. |
| “I’ll be going to see home [affairs] this week as well, and catch up with them, and just see where they are at with that sort of stuff and what else is going on with the Middle East.” | “I’ll be going to see home [affairs] this week as well, and catch up with them, and just see where they are at with that sort of stuff and what else is going on with the Middle East.” |
| There’s been no release of the government talking notes this morning, so I guess the big red button has been moved. | There’s been no release of the government talking notes this morning, so I guess the big red button has been moved. |
| Instead, the prime minister started his morning talking to Alan Jones, because I don’t know. People get their morning gee up in different ways, I guess. | Instead, the prime minister started his morning talking to Alan Jones, because I don’t know. People get their morning gee up in different ways, I guess. |
| The Sydney radio 2GB host was very vexed about the drought, but Scott Morrison said he couldn’t make it rain. | The Sydney radio 2GB host was very vexed about the drought, but Scott Morrison said he couldn’t make it rain. |
| “We want the farmers and the communities to get through this drought, but we can’t kid ourselves that there’s a magic wand and a magic cash splash that is going to make this thing totally solved” he said. | “We want the farmers and the communities to get through this drought, but we can’t kid ourselves that there’s a magic wand and a magic cash splash that is going to make this thing totally solved” he said. |
| As we saw from the talking points yesterday, the government is feeling a little vulnerable on the drought. It keeps pointing to its $7bn spend, but as we know, $5bn of that hasn’t been spent. It’s in a future fund, locked away. | As we saw from the talking points yesterday, the government is feeling a little vulnerable on the drought. It keeps pointing to its $7bn spend, but as we know, $5bn of that hasn’t been spent. It’s in a future fund, locked away. |
| Regional and rural advocates say while the government has a strategy, it’s ad hoc, doesn’t involve the states and needs a more wholistic approach. | Regional and rural advocates say while the government has a strategy, it’s ad hoc, doesn’t involve the states and needs a more wholistic approach. |
| The government, of course, defends its response. | The government, of course, defends its response. |
| Expect more on that. | Expect more on that. |
| Jacqui Lambie has been up early, speaking to ABC radio, so I’ll bring you that soon. We’ll also have the outcome of the party room meetings and caucus being held a little later this morning. | Jacqui Lambie has been up early, speaking to ABC radio, so I’ll bring you that soon. We’ll also have the outcome of the party room meetings and caucus being held a little later this morning. |
| It’s also International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. The Senate will acknowledge that during the sitting session. But thinking of all of those impacted by pregnancy and infant loss. I hope you get a moment today for yourself. | It’s also International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. The Senate will acknowledge that during the sitting session. But thinking of all of those impacted by pregnancy and infant loss. I hope you get a moment today for yourself. |
| Mike Bowers is already roaming the hallways, and you’ll have the considerable brainpower of Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp and Sarah Martin at your disposal. I have two coffees in front of me, thanks to benevolent benefactors who have learned I am in a better mood when properly caffeinated. | Mike Bowers is already roaming the hallways, and you’ll have the considerable brainpower of Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp and Sarah Martin at your disposal. I have two coffees in front of me, thanks to benevolent benefactors who have learned I am in a better mood when properly caffeinated. |
| Ready? | Ready? |
| Let’s get into it. | Let’s get into it. |