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| Sports rorts: Labor questions PM over 136 emails between his office and Bridget McKenzie's – politics live | 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 | Anthony Albanese accuses Scott Morrison of misleading parliament over his involvement in the grants scheme. All the day’s events, live |
| The leftwing Peter Dutton (because leftwing apparently covers anything from the left to the right, according to the home affairs minister) didn’t explain his leftwing terrorism is Islamic terrorism comments today, but that is par for the course of the most secretive department in this nation, which just gets more and more power, almost unchecked. | |
| The Senate has set up an inquiry into domestic violence. | |
| From Rex Patrick’s office: | |
| Linda Burney talks about the vigil for Hannah Clarke with Patricia Karvelas: | |
| The leaders are attending. It’s a bipartisan event, where, for a rare occasion, politics are being put to the side. | |
| As seen by Mike Bowers: | As seen by Mike Bowers: |
| Matt Canavan, the former resources minister, tells Patricia Karvelas he knows buttloads (the technical term) of farmers who are against the National Farmers’ Federation’s aspiration to work towards net zero emissions by 2050. | Matt Canavan, the former resources minister, tells Patricia Karvelas he knows buttloads (the technical term) of farmers who are against the National Farmers’ Federation’s aspiration to work towards net zero emissions by 2050. |
| I mean, the resources sector and mines have never, ever impacted farming in this country. No. Of course not. There is plenty of water to go around. Plenty of it. It’s all great. | I mean, the resources sector and mines have never, ever impacted farming in this country. No. Of course not. There is plenty of water to go around. Plenty of it. It’s all great. |
| Matt Canavan has found another camera. | Matt Canavan has found another camera. |
| The senator for Queensland hasn’t been more than 10 metres away from a camera since resigning from the cabinet during the latest Barnaby Joyce leadership challenge. | The senator for Queensland hasn’t been more than 10 metres away from a camera since resigning from the cabinet during the latest Barnaby Joyce leadership challenge. |
| The cruel summer continues. | The cruel summer continues. |
| A vigil will be held for Hannah Clarke and her children in parliament tonight. | A vigil will be held for Hannah Clarke and her children in parliament tonight. |
| I think we all know which way Zed Seselja went when it came to Malcolm Turnbull. Asked about the former prime minister’s climate warning, the ACT senator says: | I think we all know which way Zed Seselja went when it came to Malcolm Turnbull. Asked about the former prime minister’s climate warning, the ACT senator says: |
| Patricia Karvelas: You’re saying he’s a hypocrite? | Patricia Karvelas: You’re saying he’s a hypocrite? |
| ZS: | ZS: |
| PK: So you’re saying that he’s got a different view to the one he had when he was PM? | PK: So you’re saying that he’s got a different view to the one he had when he was PM? |
| ZS: | ZS: |
| Patricia Karvelas is questioning Zed Seselja over the “Back in Black” budget boasts – which are now looking decidedly pink-faced, on ABC TV. | Patricia Karvelas is questioning Zed Seselja over the “Back in Black” budget boasts – which are now looking decidedly pink-faced, on ABC TV. |
| Seselja says there is no way the government could have known what was coming. Including, the bushfires. | Seselja says there is no way the government could have known what was coming. Including, the bushfires. |
| Except the government was warned about a terrible bushfire season being due. It thought it was going to happen the season before. MPs have said that themselves. And then there were the former fire chiefs, who banded together to write a letter saying the bushfire season was going to be pretty terrible. | Except the government was warned about a terrible bushfire season being due. It thought it was going to happen the season before. MPs have said that themselves. And then there were the former fire chiefs, who banded together to write a letter saying the bushfire season was going to be pretty terrible. |
| But sure. . | But sure. . |
| We are still working out how to call out rightwing terrorism as a country, though. Which is not being helped along by political leaders who find it difficult to find the words to do so. | We are still working out how to call out rightwing terrorism as a country, though. Which is not being helped along by political leaders who find it difficult to find the words to do so. |
| Bill Shorten is not letting robodebt go. | Bill Shorten is not letting robodebt go. |
| He has left question time and released this statement: | He has left question time and released this statement: |
| All summer we’ve heard revelation after revelation about the rorting of government grant programs. | All summer we’ve heard revelation after revelation about the rorting of government grant programs. |
| In the case of the sports rorts affair, the then sports minister Bridget McKenzie’s office was found to have ignored the recommendations of her department and instead delivered grants in a way that would boost the Coalition’s election prospects. | In the case of the sports rorts affair, the then sports minister Bridget McKenzie’s office was found to have ignored the recommendations of her department and instead delivered grants in a way that would boost the Coalition’s election prospects. |
| The Greens senator Larissa Waters is now seeking a Senate order of continuing effect that would prevent that from happening again. | The Greens senator Larissa Waters is now seeking a Senate order of continuing effect that would prevent that from happening again. |
| The Greens want to compel ministers to provide an explanation to the treasurer if they award grants in a way that deviates from the advice of relevant officials. | The Greens want to compel ministers to provide an explanation to the treasurer if they award grants in a way that deviates from the advice of relevant officials. |
| Such explanations would also be made public. | Such explanations would also be made public. |
| “For weeks, the prime minister has refused to explain how funds allocated for sports facilities and infrastructure ended up going mostly to marginal seats,” Waters said. | “For weeks, the prime minister has refused to explain how funds allocated for sports facilities and infrastructure ended up going mostly to marginal seats,” Waters said. |
| “Colour-coded spreadsheets and funding for mates has replaced proper process and integrity. | “Colour-coded spreadsheets and funding for mates has replaced proper process and integrity. |
| “Taxpayer money is not just a slush fund for ministers to further their own interests. If a minister ignores the advice of officials, the public deserves to know why.” | “Taxpayer money is not just a slush fund for ministers to further their own interests. If a minister ignores the advice of officials, the public deserves to know why.” |
| But the government appears keen to kill off the Greens’ proposal. | But the government appears keen to kill off the Greens’ proposal. |
| Waters says the government, with One Nation support, is attempting to knock off the proposal and is blocking an attempt to postpone its consideration until tomorrow. | Waters says the government, with One Nation support, is attempting to knock off the proposal and is blocking an attempt to postpone its consideration until tomorrow. |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | “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. | And question time ends. |
| Scott Morrison says something to Anthony Albanese across the table and leaves. | 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. | 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. | The punishment does not fit the crime. |
| Croquet didn’t do so well. | Croquet didn’t do so well. |
| “Aircraft sports”, on the other hand, seem to be on the rise. | “Aircraft sports”, on the other hand, seem to be on the rise. |
| Other MPs are taking the opportunity to hit Twitter | Other MPs are taking the opportunity to hit Twitter |