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Labor pursues PM over call to NSW police about Angus Taylor – question time live
Labor pursues PM over call to NSW police about Angus Taylor – politics live
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Labor renews pursuit of Angus Taylor case as more than 5,000 doctors urge Jacqui Lambie to ‘show humanity’ over medevac. All the day’s events, live
Labor renews pursuit of Angus Taylor case as more than 5,000 doctors urge Jacqui Lambie to ‘show humanity’ over medevac. All the day’s events, live
Tony Smith brings up the closure motions which Labor moved in the federation chamber - there were 80 overnight and this morning - which shut down constituency matters.
Smith says he will, following practices, will not be allowing divisions to return to the chamber to be voted on - so that the debates there can continue (on those issues)
Which is a Speaker’s way of saying ‘stop messing around’
Question time ends.
Scott Morrison’s folders are stacked, but we have to have the Greg Hunt dixer, because there is no such thing as too much punishment.
Tony Pasin once again heads straight to the front bench in the division side swap.
Honestly, if the benches allowed him to swing his legs, he would.
FOI it like the rest of us.
Ed Husic tells the government to look up Garrad on urban dictionary.
If you want to get the joke, look up Garrad on urban dictionary.
“No standards, no integrity, just a bunch of dumb...” Richard Marles says, deliberately letting the sentence hang.
We go to another division.
“They’ve finally drawn attention away from this minister by focusing on the prime minister,” Mark Butler gets out before the motion is once again shut down.
There is a lot of beige in the chamber today – and I don’t just mean the deputy prime minister.
Seems it is the colour du jour.
Tim Watts yells out: “When are you going to appoint a horse to the Senate?”
Tim Watts yells out: “When are you going to appoint a horse to the Senate?”
History buffs would appreciate the Caligula reference.
History buffs would appreciate the Caligula reference.
Some would say it’s been done.
Some would say it’s been done.
Leave is denied.
Leave is denied.
And we enter the 10th circle of hell
And we enter the 10th circle of hell.
The motion:
The motion:
I seek leave to move the following motion —That the House:1) notes that:
I seek leave to move the following motion – that the House:1) notes that:
a) shortly before Question Time yesterday, the NSW Police issued a statementconfirming that detectives had launched Strike Force Garrad to investigate afraudulent document used by the Minister for Emissions Reduction;
a) shortly before question time yesterday, the NSW police issued a statementconfirming that detectives had launched Strike Force Garrad to investigate afraudulent document used by the minister for emissions reduction;
b) the statement by the NSW Police said “as investigations are ongoing, no furtherinformation is available”;
b) the statement by the NSW police said “as investigations are ongoing, no furtherinformation is available”;
c) despite that statement and only hours later, the Prime Minister called the NSW PoliceCommissioner and sought further information, later telling the Parliament they hadspoken “about the instigation, the nature and the substance of their inquiries”;
c) despite that statement and only hours later, the prime minister called the NSW policecommissioner and sought further information, later telling the parliament they hadspoken “about the instigation, the nature and the substance of their inquiries”;
d) today, Malcolm Turnbull said it would have been much better had the PrimeMinister’s phone call to the NSW Police Commissioner not been made because it wasimportant the inquiry “is seen to be conducted entirely free of political influence”; and
d) today, Malcolm Turnbull said it would have been much better had the primeminister’s phone call to the NSW police commissioner not been made because it wasimportant the inquiry “is seen to be conducted entirely free of political influence”; and
e) when Members of his Government were the subject of a police investigation, JohnHoward said “I told my colleagues that the Federal Police should be allowed to carryout this investigation without let or hindrance from me or anybody in the federalgovernment”; and
e) when members of his government were the subject of a police investigation, JohnHoward said: “I told my colleagues that the Federal police should be allowed to carryout this investigation without let or hindrance from me or anybody in the federalgovernment”; and
2) therefore, the House resolves the Prime Minister acted inappropriately by:a) calling the NSW Police Commissioner when all he had in mind was his own politicalinterest and not the national interest; andb) thinking none of the usual rules of integrity and accountability apply to him.
2) therefore, the House resolves the prime minister acted inappropriately by:a) calling the NSW police commissioner when all he had in mind was his own politicalinterest and not the national interest; andb) thinking none of the usual rules of integrity and accountability apply to him.
For the second day in a row Labor’s Tony Sheldon has asked about potential changes to the unfair dismissal rules and the Better Off Overall Test for enterprise agreements.Marise Payne, representing the IR minister, noted that the small business commissioner has suggested the small business unfair dismissal code is “not achieving its original intent”.
For the second day in a row Labor’s Tony Sheldon has asked about potential changes to the unfair dismissal rules and the Better Off Overall Test for enterprise agreements.Marise Payne, representing the IR minister, notes that the small business commissioner has suggested the small business unfair dismissal code was “not achieving its original intent”.
She notes consultation through a discussion paper to discover “how it might be amended to be clearer” in relation to fairness of decisions to dismiss employees. She confirms a separate paper will examine enterprise bargaining.
She notes consultation through a discussion paper to discover “how it might be amended to be clearer” in relation to fairness of decisions to dismiss employees. She confirms a separate paper will examine enterprise bargaining.
When Sheldon asks why the Coalition didn’t seek a mandate for Workchoices Mark 2, Payne rejects the premise of the question and claims the Coalition was “very clear in relation to our policies”.
When Sheldon asks why the Coalition didn’t seek a mandate for Work Choices mark 2, Payne rejects the premise of the question and claims the Coalition is “very clear in relation to our policies”.
Murray Watt heckles to “show me the press conference where this was announced”. It’s true - none of this was announced before the election, but then, it wasn’t ruled out either.
Murray Watt heckles to “show me the press conference where this was announced”. It’s true – none of this was announced before the election. But then, it wasn’t ruled out either.
Labor is now moving to suspend standing orders.
This will fail.
Because they all fail
Melissa Price has been allowed to take a dixer.
This is where we are at.
Anthony Albanese to Scott Morrison:
My question is again addressed to the Prime Minister. Isn’t it the case when the Prime Minister called the New South Wales Police Commissioner, all he had in mind was his own political interest and not the national interest? Why does this Prime Minister think none of the usual rules of integrity and accountability apply to him and his government?
Morrison:
I m p a c t f u l
Anthony Albanese to Scott Morrison:
My question is, again, to the prime minister. I refer to his call to the New South Wales police commissioner. Did the prime minister get any advice from the secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet prior to making that call? Were any note-takers present? If so, will the prime minister release those notes to clarify the difference between his and the police commissioner’s account of their conversation?
Morrison:
In other words, FOI it.
Analysts at investment bank UBS, led by one of the biggest critics of Australian banks, Jonathan Mott, have upgraded their rating of Westpac after its cleaned out its executive suite following its money laundering and child exploitation crisis.
In a note to clients, Mott’s team said they expected Westpac to pay regulator Austrac at least $1bn to settle the case, but warned the final figure “could be significantly higher, or lower”.
“We believe it is now clear the Australian banks have been global laggards in addressing AML [anti-money laundering] and compliance issues since the financial crisis,” they said.
They upgraded their rating of Westpac stock from sell to neutral, not out of any confidence in the bank’s future performance but because its share price has fallen so far over the past three months that it is now close to their target price of $24.50.
Anthony Albanese to Scott Morrison:
My question is addressed to the prime minister: when members of his government were the subject of a police investigation, John Howard said the following: “I told my colleagues that the Federal police should be allowed to carry out this investigation without let or hindrance from me or anybody in the Federal government.”
Given John Howard’s example, why did the prime Minister call the New South Wales Police Commissioner and according to him, discuss the substance of the criminal investigation?
Morrison:
Angus Taylor has been the focus in Senate question time.Mathias Cormann, representing the prime minister, has dismissed Labor’s suggestion that a “political” referral to the police should be the basis for Taylor to be dismissed as a “crazy proposition”. He dodged a separate question asking if the government will release the transcript of Scott Morrison’s call with the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller.
Labor also asked Simon Birmingham, representing Taylor, where the travel figures came from. Birmingham replied it was “the advice of the minister” that it came from the City of Sydney website.
Murray Watt and others had fun with this answer, suggesting in interjections that Birmingham had thrown Taylor under a bus by not stating – as a matter of fact – that is where the figures came from.
Alan Tudge is taking a dixer, which suddenly makes the Senate super interesting.
Let’s check in with Paul Karp.
Anthony Albanese, and his hair, to Scott Morrison:
