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| Deputy PM says linking bushfires to climate change is 'woke capital-city greenies ravings' – politics live | Deputy PM says linking bushfires to climate change is 'woke capital-city greenies ravings' – politics live |
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| The Senate-only sitting week has started in the midst of a debate on climate change as ‘catastrophic’ blazes threaten swathes of NSW and Queensland. All the day’s events, live | The Senate-only sitting week has started in the midst of a debate on climate change as ‘catastrophic’ blazes threaten swathes of NSW and Queensland. All the day’s events, live |
| Nita Green gets the first question - on the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages program that Sarah Martin and Paul Karp have been writing about. | |
| Bridget McKenzie is taking all the questions on notice. | |
| You can find some of the problems with that scheme here: | |
| And here | |
| Bridget McKenzie says her “thoughts and prayers” are with the communities facing the fire emergency. | |
| Larissa Waters says on the fires that “we cannot say that we weren’t warned this was going to happen” and mentions a 2006 CSIRO report handed to the John Howard government, talking about the danger of fires becoming worse by 2020 because of a changing climate. | |
| “We need more than thoughts and prayers to keep Australian communities safe,” Waters says. | |
| Penny Wong says that individual weather events can’t be linked to the fires, but trends can, and Australia needs a plan to deal with what is coming in the future. | |
| The defence minister has authorised all local base commanders for the armed forces to respond where they can during the fire emergencies. | |
| Senate question time begins with an acknowledgement of the fires and a thank you to fire fighters. | |
| We are just a few minutes away from Senate question time. | We are just a few minutes away from Senate question time. |
| I am finding it very hard to contain my excitement. | I am finding it very hard to contain my excitement. |
| On another note, I hate bananas (it’s a consistency thing) but I still force myself to eat them, because they are so good for you and I kinda feel like I have to. | On another note, I hate bananas (it’s a consistency thing) but I still force myself to eat them, because they are so good for you and I kinda feel like I have to. |
| Senate question time is a lot like eating a banana. | Senate question time is a lot like eating a banana. |
| There is a cross-parliamentary working group, which includes George Christensen and Andrew Wilkie, looking to see Julian Assange before his extradition hearing. | There is a cross-parliamentary working group, which includes George Christensen and Andrew Wilkie, looking to see Julian Assange before his extradition hearing. |
| They are still waiting on permission from the UK government. | They are still waiting on permission from the UK government. |
| The final division on Pauline Hanson’s dairy bill was just held – she lost | The final division on Pauline Hanson’s dairy bill was just held – she lost |
| Ayes 30 | Ayes 30 |
| Noes 31 | Noes 31 |
| That Senate chamber light. | That Senate chamber light. |
| Labor is supporting this, but the government is not. | Labor is supporting this, but the government is not. |
| Katharine Murphy has written on Michael McCormack’s Michael McCormacking this morning: | Katharine Murphy has written on Michael McCormack’s Michael McCormacking this morning: |
| You’ll find the whole piece here: | You’ll find the whole piece here: |
| Noted raving inner-city greenie lunatic Margaret Thatcher: | Noted raving inner-city greenie lunatic Margaret Thatcher: |
| The bells have rung for the beginning of Senate-palooza, which means I am about to enter the little known ninth circle of hell – Senate QT supplementary questions. | The bells have rung for the beginning of Senate-palooza, which means I am about to enter the little known ninth circle of hell – Senate QT supplementary questions. |
| Cory Bernardi has told Chris Kenny on Sky News he will be quitting the Senate some time in 2020. That is not a surprise – he has all but announced he is out of here, and said he wanted to leave when he was 50 (this year). | Cory Bernardi has told Chris Kenny on Sky News he will be quitting the Senate some time in 2020. That is not a surprise – he has all but announced he is out of here, and said he wanted to leave when he was 50 (this year). |
| Plus, there was the whole political-party-didn’t-quite-work-out thing. | Plus, there was the whole political-party-didn’t-quite-work-out thing. |
| Elected as a Liberal for a six-year term in 2016, his seat will revert back to the Liberals when he officially pulls the pin. | Elected as a Liberal for a six-year term in 2016, his seat will revert back to the Liberals when he officially pulls the pin. |
| This is the big bill in the Senate today | This is the big bill in the Senate today |
| Neither medevac nor ensuring integrity is listed as yet (which means the government doesn’t have the numbers). | Neither medevac nor ensuring integrity is listed as yet (which means the government doesn’t have the numbers). |
| Penny Wong was also asked about Jim Molan’s return to the Senate this morning, while chatting to ABC radio: | Penny Wong was also asked about Jim Molan’s return to the Senate this morning, while chatting to ABC radio: |
| I know a few hours have gone by since that interview with Michael McCormack, but I am still flabbergasted. | I know a few hours have gone by since that interview with Michael McCormack, but I am still flabbergasted. |
| What an absolute parsnip of a political mind. | What an absolute parsnip of a political mind. |