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| Sports rorts: Labor questions PM over 136 emails between his office and Bridget McKenzie's – politics live | |
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| Anthony Albanese accuses Scott Morrison of misleading parliament over his involvement in the grants scheme. All the day’s events, live | |
| Scott Morrison has raised the Malka Leifer case in his meeting with the Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, in Canberra on Wednesday, ahead of court hearings this week. | |
| The two leaders expressed a “strong commitment” to seeing justice for the victims of Leifer in a meeting that also canvassed the two countries’ commitment to democracy and the rule of law. | |
| The six-year impasse over Leifer’s extradition has also been raised by other MPs who met with the president, including Australia’s former ambassador to Israel, Liberal MP Dave Sharma, and the Macnamara MP, Josh Burns. | |
| Rivlin has committed to emphasising the priority of the case when he returns home, and has told MPs he will meet personally with Israel’s chief justice to try to progress the matter if it remains unresolved. | |
| Morrison said the meeting with Rivlin demonstrated the “great friendship” between Israel and Australia. | |
| “It’s a friendship between peoples; a friendship that has been born out of deep respect and empathy for the struggles that Israel has faced,” Morrison said. | |
| And question time ends. | |
| Scott Morrison says something to Anthony Albanese across the table and leaves. | |
| We have reached the inevitable conclusion of the Labor motion failing, and question time moves into a dixer to Karen Andrews. | |
| The punishment does not fit the crime. | |
| Croquet didn’t do so well. | |
| “Aircraft sports”, on the other hand, seem to be on the rise. | |
| Other MPs are taking the opportunity to hit Twitter | |
| As we go through the final stages of the divisions, the MPs take the chance to sledge each other. | |
| Richard Marles just accused the prime minister of being “more nervous than a baboon in Camperdown”. | Richard Marles just accused the prime minister of being “more nervous than a baboon in Camperdown”. |
| Who says Australia has no culture. | Who says Australia has no culture. |
| While it is interesting that there were 136 emails exchanged between Bridget McKenzie and Scott Morrison’s office, it’s important to keep it in perspective. | While it is interesting that there were 136 emails exchanged between Bridget McKenzie and Scott Morrison’s office, it’s important to keep it in perspective. |
| On the one hand – the Australian National Audit Office found the prime minister’s office made both direct and indirect representations about which projects should be funded. | On the one hand – the Australian National Audit Office found the prime minister’s office made both direct and indirect representations about which projects should be funded. |
| On the other, the auditor general, Grant Hehir, said that not all representations changed the outcome of funding decisions and the ANAO did not find sufficient correlation between representations and an outcome to make it a focus of the audit. | On the other, the auditor general, Grant Hehir, said that not all representations changed the outcome of funding decisions and the ANAO did not find sufficient correlation between representations and an outcome to make it a focus of the audit. |
| On 13 February Hehir told a hearing: | On 13 February Hehir told a hearing: |
| “The evidence before us was that the minister was the decision-maker ... If we had have identified someone else as the decision-maker, we would have gone down that path.” | “The evidence before us was that the minister was the decision-maker ... If we had have identified someone else as the decision-maker, we would have gone down that path.” |
| Hehir concluded that the community sport infrastructure grant program was “not informed by appropriate assessment process and sound advice”. | Hehir concluded that the community sport infrastructure grant program was “not informed by appropriate assessment process and sound advice”. |
| Christian Porter has moved that Anthony Albanese no longer be heard, which will pass, and then Labor will have another go, which will also be shut down, before we get to the final vote, where question time will resume for one or two more dixers. | Christian Porter has moved that Anthony Albanese no longer be heard, which will pass, and then Labor will have another go, which will also be shut down, before we get to the final vote, where question time will resume for one or two more dixers. |
| The motion (which will fail) | The motion (which will fail) |
| I seek leave to move the following motion — | I seek leave to move the following motion — |
| That the House: | That the House: |
| 1) notes: | 1) notes: |
| a) the prime minister claims his only involvement in the corrupt sports rorts scheme was the passing of information by his office; | a) the prime minister claims his only involvement in the corrupt sports rorts scheme was the passing of information by his office; |
| b) the Audit Office found there were 136 emails between the prime minister’s office and Senator McKenzie’s office over a six-month period about the corrupt sports rorts scheme; | b) the Audit Office found there were 136 emails between the prime minister’s office and Senator McKenzie’s office over a six-month period about the corrupt sports rorts scheme; |
| c) the Audit Office also found the prime minister’s office emailed Senator McKenzie’s office about projects under the corrupt sports rorts scheme indicating “these are the ones we think should be included in the list of approved projects”; | c) the Audit Office also found the prime minister’s office emailed Senator McKenzie’s office about projects under the corrupt sports rorts scheme indicating “these are the ones we think should be included in the list of approved projects”; |
| d) the Audit Office found the colour-coded spreadsheet was shared between Senator McKenzie’s office and the prime minister’s office; and | d) the Audit Office found the colour-coded spreadsheet was shared between Senator McKenzie’s office and the prime minister’s office; and |
| e) in preparing his report, the prime minister’s former chief of staff and now secretary of his department relied on only one version of the colour-coded spreadsheet when there were dozens of versions; and | e) in preparing his report, the prime minister’s former chief of staff and now secretary of his department relied on only one version of the colour-coded spreadsheet when there were dozens of versions; and |
| 2) therefore, calls on the prime minister to: | 2) therefore, calls on the prime minister to: |
| a) correct his repeated misleading statements to the parliament that only eligible projects were funded under the corrupt sports rorts scheme when paragraphs 4.32 and 4.33 of the audit of the scheme show 280 ineligible projects were funded; | a) correct his repeated misleading statements to the parliament that only eligible projects were funded under the corrupt sports rorts scheme when paragraphs 4.32 and 4.33 of the audit of the scheme show 280 ineligible projects were funded; |
| b) explain how his story can withstand the findings of the Audit Office; and | b) explain how his story can withstand the findings of the Audit Office; and |
| c) explain why he has used taxpayer money as though it was his own personal marketing fund. | c) explain why he has used taxpayer money as though it was his own personal marketing fund. |
| Anthony Albanese is moving to suspend standing orders over the sports grants affair. | Anthony Albanese is moving to suspend standing orders over the sports grants affair. |
| This is the document the opposition is referring to. | This is the document the opposition is referring to. |
| Anthony Albanese to Scott Morrison: | Anthony Albanese to Scott Morrison: |
| Christian Porter tries to stop the question. But he probably should spend less time practicing his dixer replies (which are remarkably similar) and more time studying the standing orders, because you are allowed to ask the prime minister about inquiries he has instigated, involving the head of his own department. | Christian Porter tries to stop the question. But he probably should spend less time practicing his dixer replies (which are remarkably similar) and more time studying the standing orders, because you are allowed to ask the prime minister about inquiries he has instigated, involving the head of his own department. |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| Morrison is made to withdraw his final remark, which I missed, but I think involved the word “hypocrite”. | Morrison is made to withdraw his final remark, which I missed, but I think involved the word “hypocrite”. |
| Scott Morrison, who told journalists to settle down in a press conference lately, is now telling the opposition to settle down. | Scott Morrison, who told journalists to settle down in a press conference lately, is now telling the opposition to settle down. |
| Paul Fletcher says some things. | Paul Fletcher says some things. |
| On what? Who knows. There are words. | On what? Who knows. There are words. |