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| Coronavirus Australia live news: Anthony Albanese unveils Labor childcare and energy plans in budget 2020 reply speech | |
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| Anthony Albanese’s budget reply set to also contain ‘significant’ energy announcement, while new Sydney locations linked to Covid and Victoria reports no deaths. Follow all today’s news | Anthony Albanese’s budget reply set to also contain ‘significant’ energy announcement, while new Sydney locations linked to Covid and Victoria reports no deaths. Follow all today’s news |
| Anthony Albanese: | |
| Anthony Albanese: | |
| Anthony Albanese: | |
| Anthony Albanese has begun his speech: | |
| Meanwhile ... | |
| The bells are ringing for the resumption of the parliament sitting. | |
| Just re-reading through previous transcripts from this morning when I was off, and I am still caught on this exchange between Scott Morrison and Sydney radio 2GB host Ben Fordham: | |
| Fordham: Quick one. I know you don’t often get asked about bikinis, and probably for good reason, but we shared this story yesterday, that’s now on the front page of the paper today, about a girl called Christy who was in an apartment block swimming pool that she lives in and she’s having a swim. A security guard said no, sorry, you can’t go wearing that kind of swimwear. Here was a normal bikini. Now, are we going to head back to the days of the 1950s where inspectors are walking around with measuring tapes? Should Aussie women be allowed to wear what they want within reason when they’re having a swim? | |
| Morrison: | |
| *Laughs nervously in patriarchy. | |
| The image of Jean Shrimpton causing Australia-wide outrage by wearing a miniskirt to the Melbourne Cup is one of the most famous photos of the modern era. Women literally used to have their swimsuits and hems measured. I had a “fingertips” rule at school, where my skirt had to be longer than where the tips of my fingers ended, with my hands down my sides, and had to fight – literally campaign and protest – to change school policy and allow girls to wear the same tracksuit pants the boys were allowed in winter (we were meant to wear stockings under our skirts), and shorts instead of netball skirts for sports. And I went to a STATE school. | |
| Meanwhile, my mentions and emails after any TV appearance usually carry some policing about my boobs, or my hair, or my outfit, or some combination of the three. But sure – women have always been cool to wear whatever. | |
| “The only reason to have a border is health grounds,” says Scott Morrison. | |
| Obviously he is talking about state borders. | |
| Scott Morrison says Western Australia has been able to deliver a surplus in its state budget because of the GST deal his government gave it, as well as “other elements” like iron ore prices. | |
| Scott Morrison is speaking to Perth radio 6PR in the next couple of minutes. | Scott Morrison is speaking to Perth radio 6PR in the next couple of minutes. |
| It is still just past 4pm there. | It is still just past 4pm there. |
| OK – it is an half an hour until Anthony Albanese’s budget-in-reply speech. | OK – it is an half an hour until Anthony Albanese’s budget-in-reply speech. |
| You can watch it on ABC 24, or on the parliament website. | You can watch it on ABC 24, or on the parliament website. |
| We will also be covering it off here. | We will also be covering it off here. |
| And yes, the official press release will be released when the university bill passes the Reps (it was altered slightly so bounces back there). But given the numbers in the House, there is as much chance of this not passing as there is of me not eating the last Haigh’s coconut square (diddly-squat). | And yes, the official press release will be released when the university bill passes the Reps (it was altered slightly so bounces back there). But given the numbers in the House, there is as much chance of this not passing as there is of me not eating the last Haigh’s coconut square (diddly-squat). |
| Education minister Dan Tehan has responded to the passing of the university bill, not with a press release, but a quick statement: | Education minister Dan Tehan has responded to the passing of the university bill, not with a press release, but a quick statement: |
| Also ticking away in this building: | Also ticking away in this building: |
| WA’s budget assumes its border won’t open until June next year. At least. | WA’s budget assumes its border won’t open until June next year. At least. |
| I mean, is anyone making cuts at the moment? | I mean, is anyone making cuts at the moment? |
| We can’t have old-school thinking for new problems. The country is headed towards a trillion dollars’ worth of debt if everything goes RIGHT (which is how much wealth Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is on track to earn by 2026). | We can’t have old-school thinking for new problems. The country is headed towards a trillion dollars’ worth of debt if everything goes RIGHT (which is how much wealth Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is on track to earn by 2026). |
| It is now social-media official: | It is now social-media official: |
| In my experience, most people actually want to see their kids. And there are penalties which can be put in place to monitor that sort of thing. | In my experience, most people actually want to see their kids. And there are penalties which can be put in place to monitor that sort of thing. |
| Ummmmmm. | Ummmmmm. |