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| PM refuses to stand down Angus Taylor despite NSW police investigation – politics live | PM refuses to stand down Angus Taylor despite NSW police investigation – politics live |
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| Scott Morrison says no action is required after speaking to the NSW police commissioner. All the day’s events, live | Scott Morrison says no action is required after speaking to the NSW police commissioner. All the day’s events, live |
| And around and around we go: | |
| The Australian Republican Movement is holding an event at Old Parliament House tonight – Malcolm Turnbull, Anthony Albanese and Richard Di Natale are all slated to speak. | |
| Personally, I think it would be a lot easier to just put up a giant photo of Prince Andrew, but I guess words are cool too. | |
| Adam Bandt on Angus Taylor: | |
| For those asking, and this is from my memory as a police reporter, a strike force is just the name given to an investigation which involves specialists – investigating different crimes needs different skills, and when those skills are called upon, a strike force is called in. | |
| It doesn’t necessarily mean a team of people are working on it. | |
| Goodness – do they know they let a woman in? | |
| The emojis will never stop now. | |
| We are stuck with them. | |
| The speakers list for this debate is very, very looooooooooooooonnnnnnng | |
| And some more Mike Bowers: | |
| How Mike Bowers saw question time and some of those divisions go down: | How Mike Bowers saw question time and some of those divisions go down: |
| And here is what Anthony Albanese managed to get out in that motion: | And here is what Anthony Albanese managed to get out in that motion: |
| And I move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would allow the leader of the opposition to move the following motion immediately. | And I move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would allow the leader of the opposition to move the following motion immediately. |
| That the House, | That the House, |
| 1. notes: | 1. notes: |
| a. that on the evening of the 23 October 2019, the Guardian reported that the Minister for Emissions Reduction had used incorrect figures from the City of Sydney’s annual report 2017/18 in a letter to the Lord Mayor of Sydney; | a. that on the evening of the 23 October 2019, the Guardian reported that the Minister for Emissions Reduction had used incorrect figures from the City of Sydney’s annual report 2017/18 in a letter to the Lord Mayor of Sydney; |
| b. on 24 October 2019, the minister told the House that the document was drawn directly from the City of Sydney’s website; | b. on 24 October 2019, the minister told the House that the document was drawn directly from the City of Sydney’s website; |
| c. despite the minister’s claim, all the evidence to date is that no such documents ever existed on the website, the altered document has only ever been produced by the minister’s office and the doctored figures have only ever been used by the minister in his official ministerial correspondence; | c. despite the minister’s claim, all the evidence to date is that no such documents ever existed on the website, the altered document has only ever been produced by the minister’s office and the doctored figures have only ever been used by the minister in his official ministerial correspondence; |
| d. today the New South Wales Police confirm that it had launched Strike Force Garrad to investigate the matter; | d. today the New South Wales Police confirm that it had launched Strike Force Garrad to investigate the matter; |
| e. paragraph 7.1 of the ministerial standards makes clear that it is for the Prime Minister to stand aside a minister if that minister becomes a subject of an official investigation of alleged illegal conduct; | e. paragraph 7.1 of the ministerial standards makes clear that it is for the Prime Minister to stand aside a minister if that minister becomes a subject of an official investigation of alleged illegal conduct; |
| f. In question time today the Prime Minister stonewalled, ridiculed Labor for demanding the Minister for Emissions Reduction be immediately stood aside and shut down debate on the minister’s conduct. | f. In question time today the Prime Minister stonewalled, ridiculed Labor for demanding the Minister for Emissions Reduction be immediately stood aside and shut down debate on the minister’s conduct. |
| and | and |
| 2. therefore condemns the Prime Minister for his contempt for this Parliament and the principles of ministerial integrity and accountability. | 2. therefore condemns the Prime Minister for his contempt for this Parliament and the principles of ministerial integrity and accountability. |
| There was a reason the random name generator of NSW police investigations made some headlines... | There was a reason the random name generator of NSW police investigations made some headlines... |
| It might be the Queenslander in me, but I don’t think it’s great that a prime minister can ring up a police commissioner and ask for information about why they have launched an investigation. | It might be the Queenslander in me, but I don’t think it’s great that a prime minister can ring up a police commissioner and ask for information about why they have launched an investigation. |
| Here’s the whole statement Scott Morrison made to the House: | Here’s the whole statement Scott Morrison made to the House: |
| The motions in the House are coming to their inevitable conclusion – the government has the numbers and the debate will end. | The motions in the House are coming to their inevitable conclusion – the government has the numbers and the debate will end. |
| Simon Birmingham: | Simon Birmingham: |
| Patricia Karvelas asks Simon Birmingham if he feels comfortable standing by Angus Taylor while the police investigation is ongoing: | Patricia Karvelas asks Simon Birmingham if he feels comfortable standing by Angus Taylor while the police investigation is ongoing: |
| Simon Birmingham: | Simon Birmingham: |