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| PM's phone call to police commissioner 'unprecedented', Albanese says – politics live | PM's phone call to police commissioner 'unprecedented', Albanese says – politics live |
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| Labor continues to pursue Angus Taylor over the ‘doctored documents’ affair. All the day’s events, live | Labor continues to pursue Angus Taylor over the ‘doctored documents’ affair. All the day’s events, live |
| Over in the federation chamber, LNP MP Keith Pitt was talking about a palliative care facility for Hervey Bay, when Labor moved a gag motion. | |
| Labor is attempting to prove a point, after the government shut down debate on Angus Taylor yesterday. | |
| It is why they have repeatedly called for quorums this morning. | |
| But they might want to pick their moments a bit better. A lot of community grassroots issues are discussed in the federation chamber. Hervey Bay desperately needs some new health facilities, including for palliative care, given the age of its population. | |
| Shutting down a MP speaking about that need, to make a political point, seems a bit counterproductive. | |
| Greens senator Nick McKim is on Sky News and says Scott Morrison’s phone call to Mick Fuller was “inappropriate”. | |
| “As it stands, there is a whiff about this, and it should be cleaned up,” McKim says. | |
| He wants Morrison to release a transcript of the call. | |
| Actually, no scratch that about bringing Westpac back: Ben Butler has just spoken to Tim Wilson, the committee chair: | |
| David Isaacs from the Royal Australian College of Physicians is in Canberra making the case for maintaining the medevac regime. | |
| As has been the case for some time, the fate of the legislation hinges on the vote of Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie, who has likely been overwhelmed by lobbying efforts in recent weeks. Isaacs said the group of more than 5,000 doctors were appealing to Lambie to “save medevac because it saves lives”. | |
| “Jacqui Lambie talked about humanity and said making these sorts of decisions when humanity is involved is really difficult, but I don’t think it is difficult, I think if you want to show humanity when someone is sick, you let doctors decide, not politicians.” | |
| You can read the letter from the RACP here: | |
| Labor keeps calling government MPs back to the chamber, to keep the debate alive, under quorum rules. | Labor keeps calling government MPs back to the chamber, to keep the debate alive, under quorum rules. |
| On Tuesday an hour’s motion went through allowing debate til 9pm yesterday and midnight tonight to get through second reading speeches on the ensuring ontegrity bill for a final vote on Thursday. | |
| This was widely interpreted as a sign the bill was squared away with the crossbench – after the government agreed to joint amendments with Centre Alliance and a separate set from One Nation. | |
| Despite Pauline Hanson appearing on Sky News on Monday and Tuesday urging more scrutiny of amendments and warning One Nation’s two Senate votes could not be taken for granted, Guardian Australia now understands the minor party’s position is settled, and it has largely stopped engaging with unions on the issue. | |
| Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O’Neil disputes this, telling Guardian Australia “we have had and are still having constructive discussions with One Nation”. | Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O’Neil disputes this, telling Guardian Australia “we have had and are still having constructive discussions with One Nation”. |
| Of course it’s not over til the opera-shaped lady sings but – from One Nation perspective, privately, if not publicly – they’re now going through the motions. | |
| The bells have been going off this morning because the House of Reps chamber hasn’t had enough members sitting in it. | The bells have been going off this morning because the House of Reps chamber hasn’t had enough members sitting in it. |
| Just another totally normal day in this place | Just another totally normal day in this place |
| Jim Chalmers had a chat about bringing Westpac execs back to front the parliament committee: | Jim Chalmers had a chat about bringing Westpac execs back to front the parliament committee: |
| Josh Frydenberg says he sees no problem with it, which is code for: this will most likely happen. | Josh Frydenberg says he sees no problem with it, which is code for: this will most likely happen. |
| Stopped in the hallway after his ABC interview this morning, Anthony Albanese was again asked about the police commissioner phone call and whether it was inappropriate: | Stopped in the hallway after his ABC interview this morning, Anthony Albanese was again asked about the police commissioner phone call and whether it was inappropriate: |
| Going through the Hansard, it seems there was a little sensitivity over this part of Joanne Ryan’s speech on the cashless welfare card expansion bill last night. | Going through the Hansard, it seems there was a little sensitivity over this part of Joanne Ryan’s speech on the cashless welfare card expansion bill last night. |
| Ryan: | Ryan: |
| Ryan continues to speak for a minute or two longer and then Luke Howarth seems to pop into the chamber: | Ryan continues to speak for a minute or two longer and then Luke Howarth seems to pop into the chamber: |
| Howarth: | Howarth: |
| Ryan: | Ryan: |
| Howarth: | Howarth: |
| And then the speech time expired. | And then the speech time expired. |
| Meanwhile, when the Senate sits in a few minutes, it will be straight back into the ensuring integrity bill debate. | Meanwhile, when the Senate sits in a few minutes, it will be straight back into the ensuring integrity bill debate. |
| Siri, show me h e l p f u l. | Siri, show me h e l p f u l. |
| Malcolm Turnbull’s whole answer on whether Scott Morrison should have called the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller: | Malcolm Turnbull’s whole answer on whether Scott Morrison should have called the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller: |
| Malcolm Turnbull is asked by Kieran Gilbert on Sky about the call Scott Morrison made to the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, about Angus Taylor: | Malcolm Turnbull is asked by Kieran Gilbert on Sky about the call Scott Morrison made to the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, about Angus Taylor: |
| Malcolm Turnbull is on Sky News – he’s talking about China and the “pushback” you get from time to time from other countries when you assert your own nation’s sovereignty. | Malcolm Turnbull is on Sky News – he’s talking about China and the “pushback” you get from time to time from other countries when you assert your own nation’s sovereignty. |
| On his own leadership on China, Turnbull says Kevin Rudd’s characterisation of it was “factually wrong”. | On his own leadership on China, Turnbull says Kevin Rudd’s characterisation of it was “factually wrong”. |
| Josh Frydenberg was asked about the call to bring Westpac back in front of the economics committee in parliament: | Josh Frydenberg was asked about the call to bring Westpac back in front of the economics committee in parliament: |
| Sydney really is a small world, isn’t it. From Sydney radio 2GB in 2018. | Sydney really is a small world, isn’t it. From Sydney radio 2GB in 2018. |
| The police commissioner sits above politics – the role does not answer to the premier, or the prime minister. Because that is how the separation of powers works, and that’s a good thing. | The police commissioner sits above politics – the role does not answer to the premier, or the prime minister. Because that is how the separation of powers works, and that’s a good thing. |
| But it is not a good look for the prime minister to ring the head of police and about an investigation into one of his ministers. It’s just not. | But it is not a good look for the prime minister to ring the head of police and about an investigation into one of his ministers. It’s just not. |
| Josh Taylor also has a story on the advice that led to Australian Border Force removing a Tamil family from the home they had established in the Queensland town of Biloela: | Josh Taylor also has a story on the advice that led to Australian Border Force removing a Tamil family from the home they had established in the Queensland town of Biloela: |
| Andrew Wilkie says Scott Morrison has more leverage than he is using in the Assange matter: | Andrew Wilkie says Scott Morrison has more leverage than he is using in the Assange matter: |