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| Parliament dominated by sports rorts and coronavirus – as it happened | |
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| Scott Morrison has announced Australia’s emergency response plan to deal with coronavirus. This blog is now closed | |
| Sigh. | Sigh. |
| That brings us to the end of this week’s blog – but not the end of the sitting. The parliament will resume on Monday, when no doubt all of the same issues will be brought up again. | That brings us to the end of this week’s blog – but not the end of the sitting. The parliament will resume on Monday, when no doubt all of the same issues will be brought up again. |
| Make sure you stay up to date with the Guardian tomorrow, when we will bring you the next sports grants inquiry hearing, as well as the regional grants inquiry – plus everything else. | Make sure you stay up to date with the Guardian tomorrow, when we will bring you the next sports grants inquiry hearing, as well as the regional grants inquiry – plus everything else. |
| A very big thank you to Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin and Paul Karp, as well as everyone else in the Guardian brains trust. | A very big thank you to Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin and Paul Karp, as well as everyone else in the Guardian brains trust. |
| And to you, as always, for following along. It means the world and we couldn’t do it without you. Yes, you. Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend – and take care of you. | And to you, as always, for following along. It means the world and we couldn’t do it without you. Yes, you. Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend – and take care of you. |
| The day, as seen by Mike Bowers: | The day, as seen by Mike Bowers: |
| One is not impressed. | One is not impressed. |
| “ “ | “ “ |
| When the courtyard light is a gift to photographers | When the courtyard light is a gift to photographers |
| Waiting for a m8 | Waiting for a m8 |
| Just once again – we are talking about these sports rorts, because Georgina Downer presented a giant novelty cheque of taxpayer funds with her face on it, to a sports club, when she was merely a candidate for the seat of Mayo. | Just once again – we are talking about these sports rorts, because Georgina Downer presented a giant novelty cheque of taxpayer funds with her face on it, to a sports club, when she was merely a candidate for the seat of Mayo. |
| Whoever came up with that idea has to be in the biggest of dog houses. The inquiry will now go until June. That means it will have dragged on for six months by the time it reports back. Just drip, drip, dripping revelations. | Whoever came up with that idea has to be in the biggest of dog houses. The inquiry will now go until June. That means it will have dragged on for six months by the time it reports back. Just drip, drip, dripping revelations. |
| Fantastic. Great move. Well done. | Fantastic. Great move. Well done. |
| Anthony Albanese finishes with this on the sports grants affair: | Anthony Albanese finishes with this on the sports grants affair: |
| Is that stimulus more urgent now, Patricia Karvelas asks, than when it was first called for? | Is that stimulus more urgent now, Patricia Karvelas asks, than when it was first called for? |
| Anthony Albanese: | Anthony Albanese: |
| On whether Labor believes the economy needs to be stimulated, Anthony Albanese says: | On whether Labor believes the economy needs to be stimulated, Anthony Albanese says: |
| Anthony Albanese continues: | Anthony Albanese continues: |
| Patricia Karvelas just asked Anthony Albanese about the “playing politics” allegation: | Patricia Karvelas just asked Anthony Albanese about the “playing politics” allegation: |
| Just on the ‘where was Anthony Albanese’ question raised in the press conference there, we are told that the meeting wasn’t confirmed until the last minute. | Just on the ‘where was Anthony Albanese’ question raised in the press conference there, we are told that the meeting wasn’t confirmed until the last minute. |
| Albanese was with the prime minister at the time. | Albanese was with the prime minister at the time. |
| Chris Bowen went to the meeting in his place, as did some of Albanese’s staff, once the briefing was confirmed and received apologies for the late confirmation of the meeting. | Chris Bowen went to the meeting in his place, as did some of Albanese’s staff, once the briefing was confirmed and received apologies for the late confirmation of the meeting. |
| As for the advice the government has released, Labor says that is the same as was released publicly on 18 February. | As for the advice the government has released, Labor says that is the same as was released publicly on 18 February. |
| Scott Morrison finishes that press conference with this message: | Scott Morrison finishes that press conference with this message: |
| Greg Hunt: | Greg Hunt: |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| Q: Mr Albanese suggested you’re acting politically and without decency by not briefing the opposition before you made this announcement. How do you react to that? | Q: Mr Albanese suggested you’re acting politically and without decency by not briefing the opposition before you made this announcement. How do you react to that? |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| On the question of what the economic boost Scott Morrison was talking about actually means, the prime minister says: | On the question of what the economic boost Scott Morrison was talking about actually means, the prime minister says: |