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| Stuart Robert on robodebt: 'This government does not apologise' – as it happened | |
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| Morrison responds to Chinese spy plot allegations; and Jacqui Lambie ‘not supporting a repeal’ of medevac, Rex Patrick says. All the day’s events, live | Morrison responds to Chinese spy plot allegations; and Jacqui Lambie ‘not supporting a repeal’ of medevac, Rex Patrick says. All the day’s events, live |
| And on that note, we are going to ground this plane – but we will be back tomorrow morning for more fun and games. | |
| There are officially seven sitting days left. Medevac and ensuring integrity are still high on the government’s wish list, but, as always the crossbench is the key. It looks like the government has agreed to Pauline Hanson’s amendments for the union bill, but she is still holding out. Jacqui Lambie has a diary full of meetings when it comes to medevac. Keep a close eye on that one. | |
| Tonight, the Indonesian free-trade agreement will also pass the parliament. You’ll know it’s gone through when you hear Kim Carr’s teeth grind. | |
| Tomorrow, all of the party room meetings will be held. We’ll keep you up to date on that, and whatever else happens from now until the close of the blog tomorrow - partly because what else would we be doing than spending our short time on earth staring into the #auspol abyss, but also because you guys make it more than worth it. | |
| A massive thank-you to Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp and Sarah Martin for dragging me through another day. Also, a shout out to ibuprofen for making question time as bearable as possible when vodka is not available. | |
| But at the end of the day, at least none of us are the people who designed the new Parliament House coffee shop (replacing the coffee cart) to have the order window right next to the elevators, meaning it all has to be re-done and, after months of construction, still won’t be open until next year. | |
| Onwards and upwards. And as always – take care of you. | |
| Something to watch out for, tomorrow | Something to watch out for, tomorrow |
| Sarah Hanson-Young: | Sarah Hanson-Young: |
| Hanson-Young became emotional during the press conference - this has been a pretty drawn out and rough road for the senator, who has often spoken about the example she wants to set for her daughter in calling out behaviour like this. | Hanson-Young became emotional during the press conference - this has been a pretty drawn out and rough road for the senator, who has often spoken about the example she wants to set for her daughter in calling out behaviour like this. |
| Emotion never means weakness. Sometimes it is a necessary release. | Emotion never means weakness. Sometimes it is a necessary release. |
| I am shocked, SHOCKED* at this news | I am shocked, SHOCKED* at this news |
| *Not shocked. At all. | *Not shocked. At all. |
| The latest family law inquiry is under way – but a Greens motion has just passed the Senate calling on it to be halted until the government can guarantee women who give evidence will have protections. | The latest family law inquiry is under way – but a Greens motion has just passed the Senate calling on it to be halted until the government can guarantee women who give evidence will have protections. |
| That is because Pauline Hanson, the deputy chair, has already made her views known – asserting many women were “liars” in the court in order to get custody. | That is because Pauline Hanson, the deputy chair, has already made her views known – asserting many women were “liars” in the court in order to get custody. |
| From Larissa Waters: | From Larissa Waters: |
| Julie Collins had a bit to say about the half-a-billion-dollar aged care package announced by the government today (Scott Morrison says this is a start, with more to come in the budget). | Julie Collins had a bit to say about the half-a-billion-dollar aged care package announced by the government today (Scott Morrison says this is a start, with more to come in the budget). |
| Question: What do you make of the government’s excuse for not rolling out the packages quickly, saying that would lead to a pink batts-style disaster? | Question: What do you make of the government’s excuse for not rolling out the packages quickly, saying that would lead to a pink batts-style disaster? |
| JC: The government has been there for six years. It has seen the home care package waitlist in the last two years blow out from 88,000 to 120,000 older Australians that are waiting. The government has had sitting on its desk, for more than a year, a report on the workforce that it commissioned. The government has been sitting on its hands. It’s had six years, four ministers and ripped billions of dollars out of aged care. | JC: The government has been there for six years. It has seen the home care package waitlist in the last two years blow out from 88,000 to 120,000 older Australians that are waiting. The government has had sitting on its desk, for more than a year, a report on the workforce that it commissioned. The government has been sitting on its hands. It’s had six years, four ministers and ripped billions of dollars out of aged care. |
| Question: Do you agree with the government that this is a more complicated scenario than just throwing more money at the system? That they do need to take the time to undertake potentially widespread reform to the system? | Question: Do you agree with the government that this is a more complicated scenario than just throwing more money at the system? That they do need to take the time to undertake potentially widespread reform to the system? |
| JC: The government has known about the home care waitlist for two and half years almost. It is not acceptable to say we need to wait when the royal commissioners’ number one urgent priority in its interim report was to fund more home care. When the royal commissioners said it was neglect not to fund more home care surely the royal commissioners who are doing the job the prime minister asked them to do are expecting the government to respond with more. | JC: The government has known about the home care waitlist for two and half years almost. It is not acceptable to say we need to wait when the royal commissioners’ number one urgent priority in its interim report was to fund more home care. When the royal commissioners said it was neglect not to fund more home care surely the royal commissioners who are doing the job the prime minister asked them to do are expecting the government to respond with more. |
| Sarah Hanson-Young has followed up with a statement: | Sarah Hanson-Young has followed up with a statement: |
| How Mike Bowers saw question time: | How Mike Bowers saw question time: |
| Adam Bandt followed up on his question time query of Scott Morrison with this statement: | Adam Bandt followed up on his question time query of Scott Morrison with this statement: |