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| Labor condemns 'disgraceful' Westpac as Hartzer stands down – politics live | Labor condemns 'disgraceful' Westpac as Hartzer stands down – politics live |
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| Westpac chief executive’s resignation draws little sympathy on all sides of politics. All the day’s events, live | Westpac chief executive’s resignation draws little sympathy on all sides of politics. All the day’s events, live |
| Kevin Rudd is in Canberra today - he will be launching Peter Hartcher’s quarterly essay (on China) at midday | |
| Tis the season | |
| His face sums up how I feel seeing a Queenslander wear blue for a footy match | |
| And here is another indication of where question time is headed: | And here is another indication of where question time is headed: |
| A group of north Queensland dairy farmers are on their way to Canberra to express their frustrations at what is happening within their industry. | A group of north Queensland dairy farmers are on their way to Canberra to express their frustrations at what is happening within their industry. |
| That’s at the same time the Nationals are trying to get ahead of Pauline Hanson, who may have come late to the issues, but certainly has been running full steam ahead since becoming aware of it. | That’s at the same time the Nationals are trying to get ahead of Pauline Hanson, who may have come late to the issues, but certainly has been running full steam ahead since becoming aware of it. |
| And Joel Fitzgibbon from Labor is very happy to poke that particular wound. This was him on Sky News this morning: | And Joel Fitzgibbon from Labor is very happy to poke that particular wound. This was him on Sky News this morning: |
| That came after Queensland LNP senator, Susan McDonald, told ABC radio that consumers should be telling supermarkets to raise the price of milk in order to pay farmers more. | |
| Fitzgibbon says it is not up to consumers to fix the problem. | Fitzgibbon says it is not up to consumers to fix the problem. |
| Stuart Robert is the latest MP to decide Twitter streams just really need more emojis: | Stuart Robert is the latest MP to decide Twitter streams just really need more emojis: |
| He has a long way to go to catch up to Kimberley Kitching though. | He has a long way to go to catch up to Kimberley Kitching though. |
| The “keep medevac” advocacy is still going strong. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is the latest to urge senators (meaning Jacqui Lambie) to stay the course: | The “keep medevac” advocacy is still going strong. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is the latest to urge senators (meaning Jacqui Lambie) to stay the course: |
| It is party room time, so the building has gone quiet. We’ll bring you the updates from that very soon | It is party room time, so the building has gone quiet. We’ll bring you the updates from that very soon |
| Jim Chalmers also gave us an idea of where Labor’s attacks will be going today: | Jim Chalmers also gave us an idea of where Labor’s attacks will be going today: |
| Labor, today through Penny Wong, is continuing to raise the issue of Gladys Liu never having provided a statement to parliament about her associations with groups linked to the Chinese Communist party. | Labor, today through Penny Wong, is continuing to raise the issue of Gladys Liu never having provided a statement to parliament about her associations with groups linked to the Chinese Communist party. |
| It is almost impossible to separate Chinese businesses from the Chinese Communist party. And there is no suggestion Liu has any issues herself. But Labor says she should have provided a statement to the parliament to put any lingering concerns to bed. | It is almost impossible to separate Chinese businesses from the Chinese Communist party. And there is no suggestion Liu has any issues herself. But Labor says she should have provided a statement to the parliament to put any lingering concerns to bed. |
| The medevac repeal bill is still ticking away in the background. It is meant to come up for debate on Wednesday, but it is a moving feast at this stage. Jacqui Lambie will decide the bill’s fate. | The medevac repeal bill is still ticking away in the background. It is meant to come up for debate on Wednesday, but it is a moving feast at this stage. Jacqui Lambie will decide the bill’s fate. |
| There is some suggestion floating around that Lambie may seek to amend the bill to give the minister more powers. Critics say if that happens, the whole point of medevac – to give doctors more power to make independent medical decisions – will be moot. | There is some suggestion floating around that Lambie may seek to amend the bill to give the minister more powers. Critics say if that happens, the whole point of medevac – to give doctors more power to make independent medical decisions – will be moot. |
| Negotiations continue. | Negotiations continue. |
| I think Greg Hunt really wants you to know Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg were VERY CLEAR about what they wanted to happen in terms of Westpac. Here he is after his Sky interview, where he said much the same thing: | I think Greg Hunt really wants you to know Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg were VERY CLEAR about what they wanted to happen in terms of Westpac. Here he is after his Sky interview, where he said much the same thing: |
| In case you missed it yesterday, Paul Karp had a story on the latest with FOIs surrounding Angus Taylor: | In case you missed it yesterday, Paul Karp had a story on the latest with FOIs surrounding Angus Taylor: |