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| Malcolm Turnbull warns of 'catastrophic' future without net zero emissions goal – politics live | Malcolm Turnbull warns of 'catastrophic' future without net zero emissions goal – politics live |
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| The former prime minister has stepped into the climate debate, with a stark warning to moderate Liberals to act. All the day’s events, live | The former prime minister has stepped into the climate debate, with a stark warning to moderate Liberals to act. All the day’s events, live |
| The joint standing committee on electoral matters has a hearing in Canberra examining whether fake news played a role in the 2019 election. | |
| Caroline Fisher, from the News and Media Research Centre, said Australians are the “lightest” consumers of news in the world: | |
| Almost half of all Australians only get news once a day or less. | |
| Two thirds are concerned if news is fake but only one third did any fact checking. | |
| 60% are interested in news but only one third in politics – meaning 65% said they had no to low interest in politics. | |
| Fisher said that “of most concern” is the fact that those who don’t know their political orientation and aren’t interested in politics do not engage in fact-checking. | |
| She said:”These less engaged consumers are more likely to be female, younger and less educated. In an environment of tainted information, they fact check the least. This group is possibly aligned with undecided voters, and if so they are voting based on the fewest news sources. This represents a significant population of disengaged voters, who are more vulnerable to misinformation.” | |
| Michael Jensen, associate professor at the University of Canberra, said he did not see evidence of “sizeable or sustained effort by Russia or China to sway the Australian federal election”. | |
| For Russia, there was “little difference” between the Coalition and Labor to their strategic interests. For China, there was “clear evidence the CCP is opposed to this government and believe it is especially hostile to its interests”. He cited an article in propaganda outlet the Global Times that Labor “might change Australia’s attitude to Washington and be more favourable to Beijing”. But China did not intervene, he said, perhaps because it was a high-risk low-reward proposition, and perhaps because they believed Labor would win anyway. | |
| Jensen said both are engage in political interference on particular issues including in favour of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Huawei’s involvement in the 5G network; and for Russia, in undermining faith in institutions generally. | |
| Today is going really, really well for everyone. | |
| Michael McCormack continues his attempts at a personality. Here he was this morning. | |
| Honestly. Four day-old oats have more appeal: | |
| But we also get a sportsball (that’s what the people like, right? Sportsball) reference, when asked if the surplus is sunk. | |
| So, obviously, Hawthorn is now cancelled. And I don’t just say that as a Collingwood supporter. | |
| Anyways, Matt Canavan then turned up and the Curb Your Enthusiasm music began playing in all our heads: | |
| (apologies Melbournite’s for the extra e. I am tired. And now obviously hate Hawthorn) | |
| I can’t imagine that the extradition of Malka Leifer won’t come up in some way today. | |
| Josh Burns and Dave Shama are on a bipartisan unity ticket when it comes to this, pushing for Leifer’s return in order to face the abuse allegations levelled agains her. | |
| Everyone is allowed to be aspirational apparently, except for the National Farmers’ Federation, when it comes to looking at carbon neutrality, says the man who is somehow the nation’s deputy prime minister and supposed advocate for farmers. | |
| Here he is this morning, as reported by AAP: | Here he is this morning, as reported by AAP: |
| Unless of course, we need water for irrigators. Or if a mine needs to go in a food bowl. | Unless of course, we need water for irrigators. Or if a mine needs to go in a food bowl. |
| It’s so difficult being a Nat these days. | It’s so difficult being a Nat these days. |
| In case you haven’t seen it yet, Anne Davies has this story this morning: | In case you haven’t seen it yet, Anne Davies has this story this morning: |
| Secret Nationals business, as captured by Mike Bowers. | |
| Here is what Zali Steggall was seeing when she tweeted asking where the government MPs were. | |
| Keith Pitt on ABC Breakfast this morning, once again talking about the government’s technology roadmap. | Keith Pitt on ABC Breakfast this morning, once again talking about the government’s technology roadmap. |
| No one is really clear on what that actually means just yet, but it’s something to do with the technology the government is looking at for energy security moving forward. | No one is really clear on what that actually means just yet, but it’s something to do with the technology the government is looking at for energy security moving forward. |
| Anyways, Pitt has discovered the word commitment and he’s not afraid to use it. | Anyways, Pitt has discovered the word commitment and he’s not afraid to use it. |
| The Greens senator Janet Rice is up in the Senate, chasing the Phil Gaetjens report into the sports rort affair. | The Greens senator Janet Rice is up in the Senate, chasing the Phil Gaetjens report into the sports rort affair. |
| The government once again came back with a public interest immunity claim to avoid having to bring in the report (they have declared it cabinet in-confidence, despite previous reports like this being made public) so non-government senators are now taking up the government’s business time this morning. | The government once again came back with a public interest immunity claim to avoid having to bring in the report (they have declared it cabinet in-confidence, despite previous reports like this being made public) so non-government senators are now taking up the government’s business time this morning. |
| Depending on how many senators join in, the government could lose a couple of hours of business time here. | Depending on how many senators join in, the government could lose a couple of hours of business time here. |
| Rice’s motion: | Rice’s motion: |
| Mr PresidentI give notice that on the next day of sitting, I shall move: | Mr PresidentI give notice that on the next day of sitting, I shall move: |
| (1) That there be laid on the table by the minister representing the prime minister, by no later than 7:20pm on Tuesday 25 February 2020, the final report provided by the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Mr Phillip Gaetjens, to the prime minister in relation to the application of the statement of ministerial standards to the former minister for sport’s award of funding under the CommunitySport Infrastructure Program. | (1) That there be laid on the table by the minister representing the prime minister, by no later than 7:20pm on Tuesday 25 February 2020, the final report provided by the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Mr Phillip Gaetjens, to the prime minister in relation to the application of the statement of ministerial standards to the former minister for sport’s award of funding under the CommunitySport Infrastructure Program. |
| 2) In the event the minister fails to table the report, the Senate requires the minister representing the prime minister to attend the Senate on Wednesday 26 February 2020, prior to government business being called on, to provide an explanation, of no more than 10 minutes, of the government’s failure to table the report. | 2) In the event the minister fails to table the report, the Senate requires the minister representing the prime minister to attend the Senate on Wednesday 26 February 2020, prior to government business being called on, to provide an explanation, of no more than 10 minutes, of the government’s failure to table the report. |
| (3) Any senator may move to take note of the explanation required byparagraph (2). | (3) Any senator may move to take note of the explanation required byparagraph (2). |
| (4) Any motion under paragraph (3) shall have precedence over all government business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 10 minutes each. | (4) Any motion under paragraph (3) shall have precedence over all government business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 10 minutes each. |
| ....SQUIRREL! | ....SQUIRREL! |
| This issue has come off the boiler – but will no doubt start ticking away again when a distraction is needed. | This issue has come off the boiler – but will no doubt start ticking away again when a distraction is needed. |
| Even though it seems like 600 days ago, it was only yesterday that Peter Dutton defined “leftwing terrorism” as Islamic terrorism, for reasons only he can explain – but won’t. | Even though it seems like 600 days ago, it was only yesterday that Peter Dutton defined “leftwing terrorism” as Islamic terrorism, for reasons only he can explain – but won’t. |
| In the midst of that word vomit, you may have missed this from Katharine Murphy: | In the midst of that word vomit, you may have missed this from Katharine Murphy: |
| Parliament starts at 9.30am this morning. | Parliament starts at 9.30am this morning. |
| Just in case anyone was wondering. | Just in case anyone was wondering. |
| Resources minister Keith Pitt was asked what the problem with a net zero 2050 target was, while speaking to ABC TV this morning. | Resources minister Keith Pitt was asked what the problem with a net zero 2050 target was, while speaking to ABC TV this morning. |
| The fact that he didn’t outright slam it, is very telling. | The fact that he didn’t outright slam it, is very telling. |
| It’s not just Malcolm Turnbull – facing the reality of climate change is something more and more of Australia’s sectors are turning their mind to. | It’s not just Malcolm Turnbull – facing the reality of climate change is something more and more of Australia’s sectors are turning their mind to. |
| Someone who is enjoying the treasurer’s discomfort though, is his shadow counterpart and former adviser to Wayne Swan, Jim Chalmers. | Someone who is enjoying the treasurer’s discomfort though, is his shadow counterpart and former adviser to Wayne Swan, Jim Chalmers. |
| Speaking about Josh Frydenberg’s Fran Kelly interview this morning, Chalmers could barely contain his glee: “Josh Frydenberg’s interview on radio this morning had all of the coherence of a Sydney baboon rampage.” | Speaking about Josh Frydenberg’s Fran Kelly interview this morning, Chalmers could barely contain his glee: “Josh Frydenberg’s interview on radio this morning had all of the coherence of a Sydney baboon rampage.” |
| Josh Frydenberg’s “managing expectations” tour has continued. He has been on Sky News, ABC radio and Sydney radio 2GB today. | Josh Frydenberg’s “managing expectations” tour has continued. He has been on Sky News, ABC radio and Sydney radio 2GB today. |
| After spending the better part of the last eight years smashing up Wayne Swan for promising a series of surpluses and then failing deliver (because of that little thing called the global financial crisis), the Morrison government is attempting to get out ahead of it’s own potential failure by reminding everyone they can find that the world economy is under quite a bit of pressure. | After spending the better part of the last eight years smashing up Wayne Swan for promising a series of surpluses and then failing deliver (because of that little thing called the global financial crisis), the Morrison government is attempting to get out ahead of it’s own potential failure by reminding everyone they can find that the world economy is under quite a bit of pressure. |
| If the surplus disappears, which, Frydenberg and Scott Morrison’s language makes clear is a real possibility, given the bushfires, drought and now coronavirus impacts, it’s a little more embarrassing given there was an entire advertising campaign dedicated to moody, slightly smug, black and white portraits of the government’s leaders declaring the budget was BACK IN BLACK. There are coffee mugs. MUGS. There was the “I said we brought the budget back to surplus next year.” | If the surplus disappears, which, Frydenberg and Scott Morrison’s language makes clear is a real possibility, given the bushfires, drought and now coronavirus impacts, it’s a little more embarrassing given there was an entire advertising campaign dedicated to moody, slightly smug, black and white portraits of the government’s leaders declaring the budget was BACK IN BLACK. There are coffee mugs. MUGS. There was the “I said we brought the budget back to surplus next year.” |
| So what does Frydenberg say to that? | So what does Frydenberg say to that? |
| “We’re back in balance and no one can ever take that away from us,” the treasurer told ABC’s Fran Kelly. | “We’re back in balance and no one can ever take that away from us,” the treasurer told ABC’s Fran Kelly. |
| “I made a very clear statement based on the best advice available to us knowing that Australia is now living within its means.” | “I made a very clear statement based on the best advice available to us knowing that Australia is now living within its means.” |
| That’s Malcolm Turnbull there, as reported by David Crowe in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, speaking to an energy executive conference in Sydney yesterday. | That’s Malcolm Turnbull there, as reported by David Crowe in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, speaking to an energy executive conference in Sydney yesterday. |
| The former PM, who was dumped by his party over energy and climate policy, is now leaving it all on the floor. After a tweet storm on Sunday during Insiders: | The former PM, who was dumped by his party over energy and climate policy, is now leaving it all on the floor. After a tweet storm on Sunday during Insiders: |
| Turnbull is now taking every opportunity to remind people of what the cost of inaction is. As Crowe reports: | Turnbull is now taking every opportunity to remind people of what the cost of inaction is. As Crowe reports: |
| Meanwhile, Josh Frydenberg is having to explain how he is not embarrassed about the government getting so excited about the possibility of a surplus it launched a “back in black” advertising campaign – and $35 souvenir mug – when it is looking increasingly likely the surplus is gone, and avoiding negative growth will be lineball. | Meanwhile, Josh Frydenberg is having to explain how he is not embarrassed about the government getting so excited about the possibility of a surplus it launched a “back in black” advertising campaign – and $35 souvenir mug – when it is looking increasingly likely the surplus is gone, and avoiding negative growth will be lineball. |
| We’ll bring you that, and everything else as it happens. You have Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin and Paul Karp as well as a one coffee me. | We’ll bring you that, and everything else as it happens. You have Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin and Paul Karp as well as a one coffee me. |
| Ready? | Ready? |
| Let’s get into it. | Let’s get into it. |