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| Coalition reignites climate war over Labor's emissions policy – politics live | Coalition reignites climate war over Labor's emissions policy – politics live |
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| Government MPs have lashed out at Labor over its emissions target, with arguments in parliament’s corridors. All the days events, live | Government MPs have lashed out at Labor over its emissions target, with arguments in parliament’s corridors. All the days events, live |
| After a letter from Anthony Albanese (which we are told was hand-delivered), Speaker Tony Smith has agreed to allow the House to stand in a moment of silence for Hannah Clarke and her children, Laianah, 4, Aaliyah, 6, and Trey, 3. | |
| And then every single MP needs to get very, very loud indeed about domestic and family violence – and those who attempt to excuse it with the abhorrent and deliberately outrageous “driven to it” lie. | |
| Pauline Hanson was just on her feet in the Senate, arguing against Larissa Waters’ bill to close the Galilee basin, because it’s Australia and a day ending in y. | |
| She doesn’t think we have had an “actual debate on hearing from the scientists about what global warming is about”. | |
| Which I take to mean she either wants us to: | |
| a) debate on whether we should hear from scientists on climate change | |
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| b) listen to the scientists’ debate about what global warming is about. | |
| Hanson is paid $211,250 as a base salary for these gems. She also gets $44,100 in super contributions a year and $32,000 in electorate allowance. Plus a car. As a base. | |
| She did manage one truth bomb, though, as she spoke about climate policy: | |
| The poster child for Australian Rhodes scholars. | The poster child for Australian Rhodes scholars. |
| Pauline Hanson is helping to lead the latest family law court inquiry, which was set up by the government as a salve for her, despite the government having multiple reports into how the family court system could be improved – the most latest recommendations of which have not been implemented. | Pauline Hanson is helping to lead the latest family law court inquiry, which was set up by the government as a salve for her, despite the government having multiple reports into how the family court system could be improved – the most latest recommendations of which have not been implemented. |
| She also gets paid more to be the deputy chair of that committee, and gets to comment on family court issues, because the government gave her that legitimacy with the inquiry. | She also gets paid more to be the deputy chair of that committee, and gets to comment on family court issues, because the government gave her that legitimacy with the inquiry. |
| Great work by all involved, really. Just brilliant. | Great work by all involved, really. Just brilliant. |
| I don’t have enough evens to can’t today. | I don’t have enough evens to can’t today. |
| I just don’t. | I just don’t. |
| Go back to bed, everyone. Wake me up when the apocalypse is half done. | Go back to bed, everyone. Wake me up when the apocalypse is half done. |
| Larissa Waters introduced a bill in the Senate to keep the Galilee basin closed to coal mining, saying: | Larissa Waters introduced a bill in the Senate to keep the Galilee basin closed to coal mining, saying: |
| The numbers are not there for it to pass the Senate – and there is zero chance of it passing the House. | The numbers are not there for it to pass the Senate – and there is zero chance of it passing the House. |
| Just a reminder that Pauline Hanson is paid to say things like this on the Nine Network’s Today show: | Just a reminder that Pauline Hanson is paid to say things like this on the Nine Network’s Today show: |
| Don’t just take my word for it – the Today show also highlighted it in a tweet: | Don’t just take my word for it – the Today show also highlighted it in a tweet: |
| AAP has looked at Barnaby Joyce’s latest brain spurt, so we don’t have to: | AAP has looked at Barnaby Joyce’s latest brain spurt, so we don’t have to: |
| Barnaby Joyce is sick of most senators being from capital cities and has a plan to change that. | Barnaby Joyce is sick of most senators being from capital cities and has a plan to change that. |
| The Nationals backbencher has introduced a private member’s bill to parliament which would split each state into six regions – like mega-electorates – that each vote for two senators. | The Nationals backbencher has introduced a private member’s bill to parliament which would split each state into six regions – like mega-electorates – that each vote for two senators. |
| “This is something that is so important,” he told the lower house on Monday. “We need for our Senate to have a constituency and to have the capacity to represent a geographic area.” | “This is something that is so important,” he told the lower house on Monday. “We need for our Senate to have a constituency and to have the capacity to represent a geographic area.” |
| Joyce said that in most instances, 11-out-of-12 senators came from capital cities. He also pointed out that New York had two senators, while Adelaide had 11. | Joyce said that in most instances, 11-out-of-12 senators came from capital cities. He also pointed out that New York had two senators, while Adelaide had 11. |
| “We need to make sure that as the seats get bigger and bigger and bigger in the House of Representatives in regional areas, that this is offset by the capacity to get more Senate representation.” | “We need to make sure that as the seats get bigger and bigger and bigger in the House of Representatives in regional areas, that this is offset by the capacity to get more Senate representation.” |
| Under the plan – which was seconded by independent MP Bob Katter – no region could be bigger than 30 per cent of the state’s landmass and the capital city would be confined to a single region. | Under the plan – which was seconded by independent MP Bob Katter – no region could be bigger than 30 per cent of the state’s landmass and the capital city would be confined to a single region. |
| Joyce said this would also help to improve indigenous representation in parliament. | Joyce said this would also help to improve indigenous representation in parliament. |
| The backbencher, who recently launched a failed bid to reclaim the Nationals leadership, said the proposal would not warrant a change to the Constitution. It was up to the parliament to change how senators were elected. | The backbencher, who recently launched a failed bid to reclaim the Nationals leadership, said the proposal would not warrant a change to the Constitution. It was up to the parliament to change how senators were elected. |
| Senate president Scott Ryan was quick to shoot down Mr Joyce’s idea after he floated it last year. | Senate president Scott Ryan was quick to shoot down Mr Joyce’s idea after he floated it last year. |
| “The current Senate is actually very reflective of the national vote despite the differences in state populations,” Ryan said. “But this proposal would destroy that.” | “The current Senate is actually very reflective of the national vote despite the differences in state populations,” Ryan said. “But this proposal would destroy that.” |
| Father Frank Brennan, one of the Ruddock review panel members who conducted the inquiry on religious freedom, has had some interesting thoughts on the government’s religious discrimination bill and the way the debate has gone. | Father Frank Brennan, one of the Ruddock review panel members who conducted the inquiry on religious freedom, has had some interesting thoughts on the government’s religious discrimination bill and the way the debate has gone. |
| Brennan told the Australian Catholic University on Thursday: | Brennan told the Australian Catholic University on Thursday: |
| “The Morrison government has decided not to pursue the Ruddock recommendation of a clean, lean religious discrimination act. Rather, in response to those who have long advocated a religious freedom act, the Morrison government is attempting to formulate what we might call a Religious Discrimination PLUS Bill which will include some bells and whistles you would not expect to find in a standard piece of anti-discrimination legislation.” | “The Morrison government has decided not to pursue the Ruddock recommendation of a clean, lean religious discrimination act. Rather, in response to those who have long advocated a religious freedom act, the Morrison government is attempting to formulate what we might call a Religious Discrimination PLUS Bill which will include some bells and whistles you would not expect to find in a standard piece of anti-discrimination legislation.” |
| Brennan agreed with the Australian Human Rights Commission that legislating for individual cases - such as Israel Folau and Archbishop Porteous- “is not good legislative practice” and said that he is “not convinced” that the commonwealth overriding Victorian rules requiring doctors to refer patients for abortions is the best way to go.Brennan predicted the bill will not pass, and hopes the states will fix issues with their laws without commonwealth intervention: | Brennan agreed with the Australian Human Rights Commission that legislating for individual cases - such as Israel Folau and Archbishop Porteous- “is not good legislative practice” and said that he is “not convinced” that the commonwealth overriding Victorian rules requiring doctors to refer patients for abortions is the best way to go.Brennan predicted the bill will not pass, and hopes the states will fix issues with their laws without commonwealth intervention: |
| “I think there is little prospect of any Religious Discrimination PLUS Bill passing the Senate. When such a bill is ultimately rejected by the Senate, I do hope that our federal politicians will have the good sense to legislate a neat and clean Religious Discrimination Act, and our politicians in the NSW and South Australian parliaments will have the good sense to bring their legislation up to an appropriate standard honouring our commitments and undertakings under the ICCPR.”Brennan noted that the Coalition and Labor had agreed that schools should not be able to discriminate against students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, but said he “[despaired] at our parliament’s protracted delay and incapacity to deliver on this commitment”. | “I think there is little prospect of any Religious Discrimination PLUS Bill passing the Senate. When such a bill is ultimately rejected by the Senate, I do hope that our federal politicians will have the good sense to legislate a neat and clean Religious Discrimination Act, and our politicians in the NSW and South Australian parliaments will have the good sense to bring their legislation up to an appropriate standard honouring our commitments and undertakings under the ICCPR.”Brennan noted that the Coalition and Labor had agreed that schools should not be able to discriminate against students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, but said he “[despaired] at our parliament’s protracted delay and incapacity to deliver on this commitment”. |
| A friend of the blog has also pointed me in the direction of this handy website, which, with the help of Monash university resources, is helping to track those looking at net zero emissions by 2050 | A friend of the blog has also pointed me in the direction of this handy website, which, with the help of Monash university resources, is helping to track those looking at net zero emissions by 2050 |