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| Coalition's ‘big stick’ energy legislation passes House – politics live | Coalition's ‘big stick’ energy legislation passes House – politics live |
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| On the AAT stuff, Peter Dutton had this to say: | |
| Well because...you’re talking about whether we should subvert the court process. So there are constitutional rights in relation to access to administrative decision review, as well as people having the capacity to run it all the way to the High Court. | |
| So we’ve looked at some ways in which we can streamline that. As you know the Labor Party is seeking to strike out a pretty efficient way that we deal with those reviews at the moment through a version of the AAT. There are some laws that we can change, which if the Labor Party would support it and we can tighten that review process up, I’d do it tomorrow, but they won’t support it and I issued a request to Senator Keneally last week or the week before; tell me what laws you think should be tightened in relation to border protection, I’ll support it. She has not come up with one suggestion. | |
| So we’ll have a look at ways in which we can tighten the law because there is a rorting through the AAT, I’ve been clear about that for years and Ian Callinan has done a review so the Attorney is considering that at the moment, but there are constitutional restrictions about how far you can go to tighten up those processes. Some people will use the judicial process to delay their departure and remit money back to their country of origin because if they’re earning money here, it’s a king’s ransom by the time it goes back and if the Labor Party is proposing ways in which we can tighten that, then I’m very happy to support it. | |
| Peter Dutton’s office has published his transcript from his doorstop today: | |
| Today I’m going to introduce into the Parliament a very important Bill to keep Australians safe at our airports and at our seaports as well. It’s unacceptable that we would have people who have links to Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs or indeed have a listing on the National Crime Target List and that they would be the holder of a security card at one of our airports. | |
| Now, we’ve tried to get this Bill through the Parliament before; the Labor Party’s blocked it and that’s because, of course, of the CFMEU links to the bikie gangs. I’ll just make this very clear; we have 277 people who have security cards at our airports and our seaports who have links to Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs who are the biggest distributors of drugs in our country. | |
| Now, Mr Shorten had very definite links to all of the unions; we knew that, he was on their payroll, no question about it and that’s why he didn’t support this Bill. Now, Mr Albanese has a chance to reset this discussion because the Bill will go before the Parliament and if Labor is on the side of the bikie gangs, as opposed to the Australian travelling public, then I think he’s got a lot to answer for. | |
| We want this Bill supported through the Parliament because it will provide for a more secure access to our most sensitive areas of the airports and seaports and offshore oil rigs etc. So I hope that Labor can support this Bill and I hope that they can announce today that they will do so. | |
| Labor’s Kristina Keneally has probed the demographic assumptions in the 2019 budget – including that Australia will reach a population of 27 million by 2022 in part due to fertility lifting from 1.78 to 1.9. | |
| She reads parliamentary library advice that the record number of births in 2012 was 163,100 but the budget implies births of 167,300 in 2019, 177,700 in 2020, 187,400 in 2021 and 192,200 in 2022 – four years of back-to-back record increases. | |
| Kristina Keneally says the treasury's budget assumptions appear to predict a new Baby Boom! #auspol #estimates pic.twitter.com/1MIsXV1RHp | |
| Traditional @SenatorWong #estimates face photo. @AmyRemeikis @murpharoo @mpbowers pic.twitter.com/oCVpakBauW | Traditional @SenatorWong #estimates face photo. @AmyRemeikis @murpharoo @mpbowers pic.twitter.com/oCVpakBauW |
| The Defence establishment listen carefully in #estimates (the Secretary, Minister & CDF). @AmyRemeikis @murpharoo @mpbowers pic.twitter.com/tPdCFGFKF4 | The Defence establishment listen carefully in #estimates (the Secretary, Minister & CDF). @AmyRemeikis @murpharoo @mpbowers pic.twitter.com/tPdCFGFKF4 |
| It’s nice to see politicians talking about actual rats for a change: | It’s nice to see politicians talking about actual rats for a change: |
| Before people get too excited, @mjrowland68 and I were having a laugh about exciting news that scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food. Amazing! https://t.co/kzRBv7HVDN pic.twitter.com/X3DICV8Mr1 | Before people get too excited, @mjrowland68 and I were having a laugh about exciting news that scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food. Amazing! https://t.co/kzRBv7HVDN pic.twitter.com/X3DICV8Mr1 |
| Thought he might want my thoughts after the @chaser gifted me a rat (aka Templeton) during the 2016 campaign. Can confirm he couldn’t drive, but made a great pet. pic.twitter.com/4mvbb0gJQd | Thought he might want my thoughts after the @chaser gifted me a rat (aka Templeton) during the 2016 campaign. Can confirm he couldn’t drive, but made a great pet. pic.twitter.com/4mvbb0gJQd |
| Darren Chester has just got this through the parliament – with Labor beating the government to the release: | Darren Chester has just got this through the parliament – with Labor beating the government to the release: |
| This Australian Veterans’ Recognition (Putting Veterans and their Families First) Bill 2019 has passed Parliament with amendments from Senator Jacqui Lambie supported by Labor that aim to deliver faster processing of veteran compensation claims. | This Australian Veterans’ Recognition (Putting Veterans and their Families First) Bill 2019 has passed Parliament with amendments from Senator Jacqui Lambie supported by Labor that aim to deliver faster processing of veteran compensation claims. |
| The legislation provides a framework for government, business and the community to recognise the unique nature of military service and support veterans and their families. | The legislation provides a framework for government, business and the community to recognise the unique nature of military service and support veterans and their families. |
| It also includes the Australian Defence Veterans’ Covenant, a formal agreement to ensure veterans are fully supported after their service. | It also includes the Australian Defence Veterans’ Covenant, a formal agreement to ensure veterans are fully supported after their service. |
| The Veterans’ Covenant follows Labor’s earlier proposal for a Military Covenant, which was developed in close consultation with the veteran community. | The Veterans’ Covenant follows Labor’s earlier proposal for a Military Covenant, which was developed in close consultation with the veteran community. |
| After a few interruptions from divisions, the Prime Minister’s Literary awards have officially been announced: | |
| Fiction | Fiction |
| · The Death of Noah Glass, Gail Jones, Text Publishing | · The Death of Noah Glass, Gail Jones, Text Publishing |
| Non-fiction | Non-fiction |
| · Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964, Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell, Monash University Press | · Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964, Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell, Monash University Press |
| Australian history | Australian history |
| · The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History, Meredith Lake, NewSouth Publishing | · The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History, Meredith Lake, NewSouth Publishing |
| Poetry | Poetry |
| · Sun Music: New and Selected Poems, Judith Beveridge, Giramondo Press | · Sun Music: New and Selected Poems, Judith Beveridge, Giramondo Press |
| Children’s literature | Children’s literature |
| · His Name Was Walter, Emily Rodda, Angus & Robertson | · His Name Was Walter, Emily Rodda, Angus & Robertson |
| Young adult literature | Young adult literature |
| · The Things That Will Not Stand, Michael Gerard Bauer, Omnibus Books | · The Things That Will Not Stand, Michael Gerard Bauer, Omnibus Books |
| Gail Jones wins $80,000 fiction prize with Noah Glass in Prime Minister's Literary Awards | |
| From AAP: | From AAP: |
| A senior defence official has rejected accusations of nepotism over an almost $400,000 contract he awarded to a company where his son worked. | A senior defence official has rejected accusations of nepotism over an almost $400,000 contract he awarded to a company where his son worked. |
| Chief information officer Stephen Pearson acknowledged he made a mistake in failing to declare a conflict of interest before awarding the contract earlier this year. | Chief information officer Stephen Pearson acknowledged he made a mistake in failing to declare a conflict of interest before awarding the contract earlier this year. |
| “If I had my time again, yes indeed, I would do that,” Pearson told a Senate committee in Canberra on Wednesday. | “If I had my time again, yes indeed, I would do that,” Pearson told a Senate committee in Canberra on Wednesday. |
| That comes from this story, from the ABC | That comes from this story, from the ABC |
| The issue of the workforce in aged care has been raised in community affairs sSenate estimates, with the government on the defensive. | The issue of the workforce in aged care has been raised in community affairs sSenate estimates, with the government on the defensive. |
| Labor senator Murray Watt has been asking about comments made by the senior counsel assisting the royal commission into aged care, Peter Rozen, who has highlighted the need for action on the workforce. Last week Rozen declared that the commonwealth had been “missing in action” on the issue of its workforce strategy. | Labor senator Murray Watt has been asking about comments made by the senior counsel assisting the royal commission into aged care, Peter Rozen, who has highlighted the need for action on the workforce. Last week Rozen declared that the commonwealth had been “missing in action” on the issue of its workforce strategy. |
| “Funding from its aged care workforce programs has been stripped,” Rozen said. “The commonwealth’s failure to lead in aged care has contributed to the distressing outcomes for care recipients, their families and workers that you continue to hear evidence about.” | “Funding from its aged care workforce programs has been stripped,” Rozen said. “The commonwealth’s failure to lead in aged care has contributed to the distressing outcomes for care recipients, their families and workers that you continue to hear evidence about.” |
| Watt said the evidence provided by Rozen was “black and white”. “When are you going to take responsibility?” | Watt said the evidence provided by Rozen was “black and white”. “When are you going to take responsibility?” |
| Aged care minister Richard Colbeck said he did not accept the remarks from Rozen. | Aged care minister Richard Colbeck said he did not accept the remarks from Rozen. |
| “Funding to the aged care sector has increased every year, it is a simple fact … all you need to do is look at the budget papers.” | “Funding to the aged care sector has increased every year, it is a simple fact … all you need to do is look at the budget papers.” |
| Watt in response accused Colbeck of suggesting Rozen had misled the royal commission, which was a “pretty serious accusation”. | Watt in response accused Colbeck of suggesting Rozen had misled the royal commission, which was a “pretty serious accusation”. |
| Australia is officially involve in the Strait of Hormuz. Defence chief Angus Campbell has just told defence estimates that Australia has sent a surveillance plane a part of the coalition defence of oil tankers in the area, from Iranian attacks. The plane is going to hang around until at least mid-November. | Australia is officially involve in the Strait of Hormuz. Defence chief Angus Campbell has just told defence estimates that Australia has sent a surveillance plane a part of the coalition defence of oil tankers in the area, from Iranian attacks. The plane is going to hang around until at least mid-November. |
| Campbell also says that up to 10 Australian personnel will be sent to the campaign headquarters of the US-led Persian Gulf mission, with a frigate to follow in January next year. | Campbell also says that up to 10 Australian personnel will be sent to the campaign headquarters of the US-led Persian Gulf mission, with a frigate to follow in January next year. |
| We are back on the faster rail track. That’s not fast rail, or high speed rail. Actually “faster rail”. | We are back on the faster rail track. That’s not fast rail, or high speed rail. Actually “faster rail”. |
| From the committee: | From the committee: |
| The House of Representatives standing committee on infrastructure, transport and cities has commenced a new inquiry into options for financing faster rail.Committee chair, John Alexander OAM MP, said that “with the recent establishment of the National Faster Rail Agency (NFRA), it is the essential time for the committee to examine financing options to deliver fast rail connections between major capital cities and their regional centres”.The NFRA will work with state and territory governments on opportunities to develop better rail infrastructure, including on the Geelong to Melbourne fast rail. It will also examine five faster rail business cases funded in the 2019-20 budget for: Sydney to Wollongong, Sydney to Parkes, Melbourne to Albury-Wodonga, Melbourne to Traralgon, and Brisbane to the Gold Coast.“Delivering a viable option for people to live in regional cities and still have ready access to big cities will have positive social, economic and population outcomes, but it will be hard to progress without a sustainable financing mechanism. The committee will play its part by examining how to finance these much needed faster rail connections,” said Alexander.The inquiry’s terms of reference are: options for financing faster rail. | The House of Representatives standing committee on infrastructure, transport and cities has commenced a new inquiry into options for financing faster rail.Committee chair, John Alexander OAM MP, said that “with the recent establishment of the National Faster Rail Agency (NFRA), it is the essential time for the committee to examine financing options to deliver fast rail connections between major capital cities and their regional centres”.The NFRA will work with state and territory governments on opportunities to develop better rail infrastructure, including on the Geelong to Melbourne fast rail. It will also examine five faster rail business cases funded in the 2019-20 budget for: Sydney to Wollongong, Sydney to Parkes, Melbourne to Albury-Wodonga, Melbourne to Traralgon, and Brisbane to the Gold Coast.“Delivering a viable option for people to live in regional cities and still have ready access to big cities will have positive social, economic and population outcomes, but it will be hard to progress without a sustainable financing mechanism. The committee will play its part by examining how to finance these much needed faster rail connections,” said Alexander.The inquiry’s terms of reference are: options for financing faster rail. |