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| Australia politics live update: new Covid variant Omicron detected in Sydney and NT as government asks for review of booster shot timings; NSW floods worsen | Australia politics live update: new Covid variant Omicron detected in Sydney and NT as government asks for review of booster shot timings; NSW floods worsen |
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| Follow all the news live | Follow all the news live |
| Scott Morrison is going on about ‘technology not taxes’ again, as well as non-existent mandates in regards to Labor’s (still to be announced) climate policy (there was never an electric vehicle mandate). | |
| Putting aside the government’s ‘plan’ relies on yet to be developed technologies, there are those who have looked at the modelling released by the government on its net zero by 2050 plan and found the government has embedded...a carbon price. | |
| Don’t believe me? Here is the AFR on that exact point earlier this month: | |
| Anthony Albanese will be the interview guest on ABC 7.30 tonight. | |
| Tanya Plibersek to Scott Morrison: | |
| What impact will the government’s proposed controls on social media have on the reported activities of the Member for Bowman? | |
| Morrison: | |
| There is now an argument about whether or not the prime minister’s answer is relevant or whether the question is asking for a legal opinion. | |
| We don’t really resolve that, but Morrison is brought back to the question. | |
| Morrison: | |
| Just wondering how many young people and women have the resources to begin defamation actions? | |
| There is no bill – it is meant to be coming very soon, but right now, no one knows what is in it, beyond what the government says is in it. Social media platforms are already counted as publishers. State laws cover a lot of what the government says this bill will be able to do. It does not ban ‘anonymous’ accounts, and it does not make it any easier to unmask an anonymous account. We don’t know what will happen if the account in question has an international IP address. Plus, the laws will give you, best case scenario, an email address. That’s about it. | |
| Catherine King to Scott Morrison: | |
| Does the prime minister’s model of a national anti-corruption commission have the power to investigate the purchase of land in the Leppington Triangle for 10 times its actual value? | |
| Morrison sends this one to Paul Fletcher: | |
| So apparently, the government can’t bring on its bill, in the chamber where it has a majority, because the opposition won’t support it. | |
| The opposition does not support the voter ID legislation (among countless others) and that has been introduced, so it doesn’t really seem to make sense. | |
| Peter Dutton finishes with this (which is becoming one of the pseudo election slogans): | |
| Peter Dutton is doing his now daily “How safe are you, defence edition” dixer. | |
| Richard Marles to Scott Morrison: | |
| Does the prime minister’s model of an anti-corruption commission have the power to investigate the energy minister meeting the environment department about an investigation into illegal poisoning of endangered grasslands on land on which he had a financial interest? | |
| Morrison: | |
| “Mr Frivolous,” yells someone from the government benches, which many on the government side find HILARIOUS. | |
| The minister representing the attorney general does not take the question. | |
| Anthony Albanese to Scott Morrison: | |
| I note it has now been more than 1,000 days since the prime minister announced a national anti-corruption commission. It is the last week of parliament for the year. Isn’t the prime minister delaying the legislation to make sure a national anti-corruption commission won’t be established this term? | |
| Morrison: | |
| Again, there is no bill from the government – there is an exposure draft. | |
| So Albanese asks Morrison to table the legislation. Peter Dutton denies leave. | |
| (So the government just refused leave to table its own ‘legislation’ that the prime minister was just talking about – because it is not actually legislation, it is an exposure draft.) | |
| In case you missed this in the Senate. | |
| Jim Chalmers to Josh Frydenberg: | Jim Chalmers to Josh Frydenberg: |
| If he doesn’t know how many funds in his budget are allocated at the discretion of the minister and the total value, we provide this answer at the end of today’s Question Time. Shouldn’t the Treasurer know how much of his trillion dollars in debt he has borrowed to spray around marginal seats? | If he doesn’t know how many funds in his budget are allocated at the discretion of the minister and the total value, we provide this answer at the end of today’s Question Time. Shouldn’t the Treasurer know how much of his trillion dollars in debt he has borrowed to spray around marginal seats? |
| Frydenberg (who now has a document to read from) | Frydenberg (who now has a document to read from) |
| Frydenberg decides he has said enough and sits down. | Frydenberg decides he has said enough and sits down. |
| Chalmers asks him to table the document. | Chalmers asks him to table the document. |
| Andrew Wallace asks Frydenberg if it is a confidential document, and Frydenberg says no, it’s publicly available. Tony Burke enters the fray and says in that case, he needs to table it, because Wallace didn’t ask if it was publicly available, he asked if it was confidential. Wallace seems lost. Peter Dutton gives him an out. | Andrew Wallace asks Frydenberg if it is a confidential document, and Frydenberg says no, it’s publicly available. Tony Burke enters the fray and says in that case, he needs to table it, because Wallace didn’t ask if it was publicly available, he asked if it was confidential. Wallace seems lost. Peter Dutton gives him an out. |
| We move on. | We move on. |
| Jim Chalmers to Josh Frydenberg: | Jim Chalmers to Josh Frydenberg: |
| How many funds in his budget are allocated at the discretion of the minister and what is the total value? | How many funds in his budget are allocated at the discretion of the minister and what is the total value? |
| That’s related to this story from Murph: | That’s related to this story from Murph: |
| Frydenberg (who does not seem at all prepared for this question) | Frydenberg (who does not seem at all prepared for this question) |
| Greg Hunt is using his statesman voice again for dixers. | Greg Hunt is using his statesman voice again for dixers. |
| That’s how you know the government is back in your life. | That’s how you know the government is back in your life. |
| He keeps pointing out Australia’s low fatality rate from Covid – which is true, thanks to the border closure. But where did most of the fatalities occur? Aged care homes. Which are a federal government responsibility. | He keeps pointing out Australia’s low fatality rate from Covid – which is true, thanks to the border closure. But where did most of the fatalities occur? Aged care homes. Which are a federal government responsibility. |
| Andrew Wallace is still struggling in the Speaker’s chair. | Andrew Wallace is still struggling in the Speaker’s chair. |
| He is now saying he is “not in a position to determine whether the treasurer should allocate a certain percentage of his answer” to a particular topic. That’s after Josh Frydenberg spent almost his entire answer speaking about “alternative approaches” of the opposition – which is just an excuse to sledge Labor on the floor of the parliament. | He is now saying he is “not in a position to determine whether the treasurer should allocate a certain percentage of his answer” to a particular topic. That’s after Josh Frydenberg spent almost his entire answer speaking about “alternative approaches” of the opposition – which is just an excuse to sledge Labor on the floor of the parliament. |
| Tony Burke points out that determining how much of an answer can be dedicated to something is kinda the Speaker’s job: | Tony Burke points out that determining how much of an answer can be dedicated to something is kinda the Speaker’s job: |
| Wallace says the treasurer is relevant. | Wallace says the treasurer is relevant. |
| All is going really well with the new Speaker. He is totally nailing the bipartisan thing (upside down head emoji). | All is going really well with the new Speaker. He is totally nailing the bipartisan thing (upside down head emoji). |
| Scott Morrison ends his answer to Bob Katter with this attack on Labor – which takes Peter Dutton’s commentary and steps it up: | Scott Morrison ends his answer to Bob Katter with this attack on Labor – which takes Peter Dutton’s commentary and steps it up: |