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| Coalition wants to keep senators in their seats to clear bills backlog | Coalition wants to keep senators in their seats to clear bills backlog |
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| A government plan to keep the Senate sitting until it deals with 17 pieces of legislation is being resisted by opposition parties and has now held up consideration of the carbon tax repeal bills. | A government plan to keep the Senate sitting until it deals with 17 pieces of legislation is being resisted by opposition parties and has now held up consideration of the carbon tax repeal bills. |
| Early on Tuesday the government proposed that the Senate continue sitting into its scheduled winter break until it had voted on 17 bills, but the upper house gets to vote on whether it is “kept in". | |
| Labor, the Greens and the minor parties –who have the numbers in the Senate to defeat the plan – objected to the number of bills on the list. | Labor, the Greens and the minor parties –who have the numbers in the Senate to defeat the plan – objected to the number of bills on the list. |
| The deputy prime minister, Warren Truss, told the Coalition joint party meeting the government was still "learning how to deal with the crossbenchers to achieve our agenda". | The deputy prime minister, Warren Truss, told the Coalition joint party meeting the government was still "learning how to deal with the crossbenchers to achieve our agenda". |
| It is understood the Palmer United party wants to leave discussion of the Climate Change Authority repeal bill until August while it finalises an amendment to try to insert some kind of dormant emissions trading scheme, and Labor and some crossbenchers object to the inclusion of the Qantas sale amendment bill. | It is understood the Palmer United party wants to leave discussion of the Climate Change Authority repeal bill until August while it finalises an amendment to try to insert some kind of dormant emissions trading scheme, and Labor and some crossbenchers object to the inclusion of the Qantas sale amendment bill. |
| A procedural motion circulated by the government on Tuesday morning says “the question for the adjournment of the Senate” shall be proposed after the Senate has finally considered the bills. | A procedural motion circulated by the government on Tuesday morning says “the question for the adjournment of the Senate” shall be proposed after the Senate has finally considered the bills. |
| It also requires passage of the mining tax repeal bills, which include the abolition of several policies “paid for” from the tax, including the schoolkids bonu, which the Senate appears set to vote to retain. | It also requires passage of the mining tax repeal bills, which include the abolition of several policies “paid for” from the tax, including the schoolkids bonu, which the Senate appears set to vote to retain. |
| The Qantas sale amendment bill removes foreign ownership and other restrictions from Qantas. Also on the list are bills setting up the government’s “asset recycling fund’ and bills to abolish Health Workforce Australia and the Australian National Preventive Health Agency. | The Qantas sale amendment bill removes foreign ownership and other restrictions from Qantas. Also on the list are bills setting up the government’s “asset recycling fund’ and bills to abolish Health Workforce Australia and the Australian National Preventive Health Agency. |
| But the list does not include bills to implement several budget policies which were due to take effect from 1 July. | But the list does not include bills to implement several budget policies which were due to take effect from 1 July. |
| A government bill to implement numerous budget-related welfare measures is in limbo with a Senate committee not due to report until September. | A government bill to implement numerous budget-related welfare measures is in limbo with a Senate committee not due to report until September. |
| The social services measures include the axing of the senior supplement for holders of the Commonwealth seniors health card or the veterans' affairs gold card from 20 June; ceasing indexation of the clean energy supplement from 1 July; pausing indexation on certain income and assets test free areas and thresholds for three years from 1 July; and reviewing young disability support pension recipients against revised impairment tables from 1 July. | The social services measures include the axing of the senior supplement for holders of the Commonwealth seniors health card or the veterans' affairs gold card from 20 June; ceasing indexation of the clean energy supplement from 1 July; pausing indexation on certain income and assets test free areas and thresholds for three years from 1 July; and reviewing young disability support pension recipients against revised impairment tables from 1 July. |
| Other budget measures that were due to take effect on 1 July include the abolition of the Dependent Spouse Tax Offset and the Mature Age Worker Tax Offset. | Other budget measures that were due to take effect on 1 July include the abolition of the Dependent Spouse Tax Offset and the Mature Age Worker Tax Offset. |
| The government has secured passage of legislation to collect an extra 2% income tax on annual income over $180,000 for three years, but is yet to obtain Senate approval to resume fuel excise indexation on 1 August. | The government has secured passage of legislation to collect an extra 2% income tax on annual income over $180,000 for three years, but is yet to obtain Senate approval to resume fuel excise indexation on 1 August. |
| The Senate is due to rise on Thursday for a five-week break and is scheduled to sit again on 26 August. | The Senate is due to rise on Thursday for a five-week break and is scheduled to sit again on 26 August. |