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| Australia news live: Daniel Andrews in hospital for X-rays after fall; Oprah interview prompts renewed calls for republic | Australia news live: Daniel Andrews in hospital for X-rays after fall; Oprah interview prompts renewed calls for republic |
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| James Merlino holds press conference on ‘truth-telling’ commission in premier’s place | James Merlino holds press conference on ‘truth-telling’ commission in premier’s place |
| The Oprah interview with Meghan & Harry on Ten had 1.37m viewers last night making it the highest rating program on Monday night. | |
| The ABC’s Four Corners Bursting the Canberra Bubble, which went up against Oprah for an hour at 8.30pm, still managed 624,000 viewers, significantly up on previous weeks.Reality shows Married at First Sight on Nine had 804,000 and Ultimate Tag on Seven had 260,000. | |
| NSW has gone 51 days with a local Covid-19 case. | |
| At the tail end of the press conference, Scott Morrison was asked if he had sought the solicitor general’s advice about Christian Porter’s situation. | |
| This is quite a significant question – for a week now Morrison and senior ministers have been that setting up an independent inquiry into the sexual assault allegation (which Porter denies) would offend the rule of law. So it matters whether that view is based on legal advice or is just a construction to deflect questions. | |
| Asked if he had sought the SG’s advice, and if not why not, Morrison replied: | |
| Which is to say – Morrison answered a different question: will you set up a separate inquiry? That wasn’t what he was asked. | |
| The solicitor general would not be asked to inquire into the attorney general personally, he would be asked whether setting up such an inquiry offends the rule of law. | |
| Morrison has indicated his government will proceed with its industrial relations bill when parliament resumes next week, even without the industrial relations minister, Christian Porter, present. | |
| He touched on the topic at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney. | |
| The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, is acting industrial relations minister and attorney general. | |
| The parliamentary inquiry examining the Morrison government’s jobseeker bill is underway today. Reporter Luke Henriques-Gomes is keeping abreast of all developments and is tweeting updates this morning. | |
| If you want to get up today date on exactly what’s going on, can I recommend Luke’s story below: | |
| The prime minister says he wants Anzac Day celebration to go ahead this year but could leave it up to the states: | |
| Morrison has been asked about the interview given by Julie Bishop on ABC’s 7.30 late night where she made some colourful comments about the culture within parliament. | |
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| Morrison: | Morrison: |
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| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| Morrison says he still has not read the documents provided to his office which outline the details of the allegation made against Porter. | Morrison says he still has not read the documents provided to his office which outline the details of the allegation made against Porter. |
| More questions on Porter headed Morrison’s way: | More questions on Porter headed Morrison’s way: |
| Reporter: | Reporter: |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| The second question off the mark and the prime minister has been asked about Christian Porter. | The second question off the mark and the prime minister has been asked about Christian Porter. |
| Last week the mood from the Liberal party was that Porter’s press conference was meant to be the end of the matter. That well and truly has not happened. | Last week the mood from the Liberal party was that Porter’s press conference was meant to be the end of the matter. That well and truly has not happened. |
| Morrison was asked if he has spoken to the attorney general who is on stress leave following accusations levelled against him of historical rape, which he emphatically denies. | |
| Morrison is officially annoucing that the government will remove the cap on apprenticeship wage subsidies, an economic support package introduced during the pandemic. | Morrison is officially annoucing that the government will remove the cap on apprenticeship wage subsidies, an economic support package introduced during the pandemic. |
| The prime minister is speaking now. | The prime minister is speaking now. |
| I suspect this topic will be covered again at the press conference but Scott Morrison has again ruled out an independent inquiry into rape allegations against the attorney general, Christian Porter, while speaking at a business summit this morning. | I suspect this topic will be covered again at the press conference but Scott Morrison has again ruled out an independent inquiry into rape allegations against the attorney general, Christian Porter, while speaking at a business summit this morning. |
| Porter has categorically denied allegations that as a 17-year-old he raped a 16-year-old girl while in NSW for a debating competition. | Porter has categorically denied allegations that as a 17-year-old he raped a 16-year-old girl while in NSW for a debating competition. |
| We are just standing by for a press conference with the prime minister where he will discuss the expansion of the apprenticeship commencement wage subsidy. | We are just standing by for a press conference with the prime minister where he will discuss the expansion of the apprenticeship commencement wage subsidy. |
| The Queensland government will provide funding to help school students visit the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to revitalise the region’s tourism industry. | The Queensland government will provide funding to help school students visit the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to revitalise the region’s tourism industry. |
| Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the new funding will support operators and allow more than 6,500 Queensland students to learn about the reef, making the announcement ahead of the end of federal jobkeeper payments. | Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the new funding will support operators and allow more than 6,500 Queensland students to learn about the reef, making the announcement ahead of the end of federal jobkeeper payments. |
| The premier made the announcement on Twitter: | The premier made the announcement on Twitter: |
| Each eligible student from primary or high school will receive $150 from the start of term 3. | Each eligible student from primary or high school will receive $150 from the start of term 3. |
| More from Merlino: | More from Merlino: |
| For people just joining us, the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrew, was meant to be making this announcement today but had a fall while getting ready for work and has gone to the hospital for precautionary X-rays. | |
| Merlino says the “truth-telling” commission could take up to three years to deliver its final report into the ongoing impact of colonisation on Indigenous communities in the state: | Merlino says the “truth-telling” commission could take up to three years to deliver its final report into the ongoing impact of colonisation on Indigenous communities in the state: |