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| Labor will not harm coal industry to meet 2050 net zero target, Fitzgibbon says – politics live | |
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| Government MPs lash out at Labor over its emissions target before the parties spar on climate and more in question time, which begins with tributes to Hannah Clarke and her children. All the days events, live | Government MPs lash out at Labor over its emissions target before the parties spar on climate and more in question time, which begins with tributes to Hannah Clarke and her children. All the days events, live |
| Asked about the criticism the government has levelled at her climate bill, which includes establishing a statutory body to monitor Australia’s emissions reduction action, which government MPs have claimed would amount to an “unelected tsar” making policy decisions on behalf of Australia, Zali Steggall says: | |
| Zali Steggall does say, though, that the-troll-who-is-not-actually-a-psychologist being awarded an Australia Day honour “cheapened” the award: | |
| Zali Steggall shaking her head, as Patricia Karvelas lays out Pauline Hanson’s comments on the Queensland man who murdered his wife and children, is all of us. | |
| But she doesn’t say whether or not Hanson should be removed from the family law court inquiry, as the Greens are calling for. | |
| Anthony Albanese has been on Sky News, talking to Kieran Gilbert. He is asked if Labor has learned the lesson of the last election, and is prepared to put a cost and detail to its policy. He says, as he has all day, that yes, of course Labor has taken on that lesson, and it will consult with all the different sectors before it lands on its final roadmap. | |
| And on the public spat he and Barnaby Joyce engaged in this morning, Joel Fitzgibbon tells Patricia Karvelas: | And on the public spat he and Barnaby Joyce engaged in this morning, Joel Fitzgibbon tells Patricia Karvelas: |
| Joel Fitzgibbon on why he doesn’t think coal jobs will be impacted by Labor’s 2050 policy: | Joel Fitzgibbon on why he doesn’t think coal jobs will be impacted by Labor’s 2050 policy: |
| Joel Fitzgibbon just had a chat to Patricia Karvelas about the problems he has with a 2030 target for Labor: | Joel Fitzgibbon just had a chat to Patricia Karvelas about the problems he has with a 2030 target for Labor: |
| Question time, as seen by Mike Bowers: | Question time, as seen by Mike Bowers: |
| Right, here is what the National Farmers’ Federation’s position on carbon neutrality is: | Right, here is what the National Farmers’ Federation’s position on carbon neutrality is: |
| Before question time, the government’s bill for an amnesty for employers who failed to pay superannuation passed the Senate, despite Labor’s attempt to amend it to include an enforceable right for unions and workers to pursue unpaid super in the Fair Work Commission. | Before question time, the government’s bill for an amnesty for employers who failed to pay superannuation passed the Senate, despite Labor’s attempt to amend it to include an enforceable right for unions and workers to pursue unpaid super in the Fair Work Commission. |
| Rex Patrick told the Senate Centre Alliance he decided to support the bill after the assistant minister for superannuation, Jane Hume, made a commitment to consider Labor’s amendment separately. Hume confirmed the government would “consider the options outlined in Labor’s amendment” in the next six months, because it believed it needed “considerable time and scrutiny” before the plan could be approved. | Rex Patrick told the Senate Centre Alliance he decided to support the bill after the assistant minister for superannuation, Jane Hume, made a commitment to consider Labor’s amendment separately. Hume confirmed the government would “consider the options outlined in Labor’s amendment” in the next six months, because it believed it needed “considerable time and scrutiny” before the plan could be approved. |
| Hume said in a statement: | Hume said in a statement: |
| Labor believes that the amount the government is claiming will be paid back pales in comparison to the $5.9bn a year that Industry Super Australia has estimated is ripped off by employers from workers. | Labor believes that the amount the government is claiming will be paid back pales in comparison to the $5.9bn a year that Industry Super Australia has estimated is ripped off by employers from workers. |
| The good news is this problem should be a thing of the past because Australian Tax Office oversight is much improved, with single touch payroll giving them real-time information when employers fail to pay super. | The good news is this problem should be a thing of the past because Australian Tax Office oversight is much improved, with single touch payroll giving them real-time information when employers fail to pay super. |
| The last moment the House actually achieved anything: | The last moment the House actually achieved anything: |