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Greens push for governors general to be stripped of entitlements after misconduct – politics live | Greens push for governors general to be stripped of entitlements after misconduct – politics live |
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Rachel Siewert to introduce private member’s bill to rectify ‘clear oversight in legislation’. All the day’s political events, live | Rachel Siewert to introduce private member’s bill to rectify ‘clear oversight in legislation’. All the day’s political events, live |
Mathias Cormann is talking about how great the economy is, and how great wage growth is, because it was worse under Labor. WHICH IS WHEN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS OMG | |
Senate question time has begun, and honestly, induced comas have never seemed more attractive. | |
Oh dear Beyonce. | |
Someone has allowed Craig Kelly onto Sky News to speak about the bushfires. | |
“Wildfires have declined over the last 25 years, over 24%,” he says. | |
As always, that is not the whole story. | |
Jim Molan on the most obvious statement in this government’s six-year history, maybe ever: | Jim Molan on the most obvious statement in this government’s six-year history, maybe ever: |
A lack of climate policy, three prime ministers and just general paralysis on anything curly speaks volumes to back up that observation. | A lack of climate policy, three prime ministers and just general paralysis on anything curly speaks volumes to back up that observation. |
Jim Molan is on Sky News reminding viewers that firefighters are much better than fighting fires than the military. | Jim Molan is on Sky News reminding viewers that firefighters are much better than fighting fires than the military. |
That’s because there have been a lot of calls to bring in the army to help fight the bushfire emergency. They remain on standby, to help in anyway they are needed – but, by and large, they are not trained to fight fires. | That’s because there have been a lot of calls to bring in the army to help fight the bushfire emergency. They remain on standby, to help in anyway they are needed – but, by and large, they are not trained to fight fires. |
Much like hazard reduction burns and climate change, facts, not emotion and feelpinons are needed here, more than ever. | Much like hazard reduction burns and climate change, facts, not emotion and feelpinons are needed here, more than ever. |
The political discourse on the other hand ... sigh. | The political discourse on the other hand ... sigh. |
From Anne Davies: | From Anne Davies: |
And meanwhile, the kids are more than all right. | And meanwhile, the kids are more than all right. |
The founder of the #MeToo movement (not the hashtag), Tarana Burke, is addressing the National Press Club. | The founder of the #MeToo movement (not the hashtag), Tarana Burke, is addressing the National Press Club. |
Burke spoke to Melissa Davey late last month: | Burke spoke to Melissa Davey late last month: |
The former NSW fire chief Greg Mullins has been working hard to try to inject some facts into the hazard reduction burn debate. If you missed his appearance on The Project earlier this week, it is worth watching. | The former NSW fire chief Greg Mullins has been working hard to try to inject some facts into the hazard reduction burn debate. If you missed his appearance on The Project earlier this week, it is worth watching. |
This issue is slowly starting to gain momentum in parliament. From the Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson’s office: | This issue is slowly starting to gain momentum in parliament. From the Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson’s office: |
A cross-parliament working group is trying to negotiate with the UK government to have a representative – possibly George Christensen – visit Assange before his extradition trial. | A cross-parliament working group is trying to negotiate with the UK government to have a representative – possibly George Christensen – visit Assange before his extradition trial. |
Not only do we not get a number in terms of population growth – we also don’t get to see the resettlement report the government ordered, to see how its “let’s move to the regions” plan would go. | Not only do we not get a number in terms of population growth – we also don’t get to see the resettlement report the government ordered, to see how its “let’s move to the regions” plan would go. |
Andrew Giles, Maria Vamvakinou and Lisa Chesters have some thoughts on that: | Andrew Giles, Maria Vamvakinou and Lisa Chesters have some thoughts on that: |
Just add that to the list of stuff we don’t get to see. | Just add that to the list of stuff we don’t get to see. |