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| Labor targets Malcolm Turnbull over cut to penalty rates – as it happened | |
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| Night time politics | |
| All sides have sought to take political advantage from the penalty rate cuts from the Fair Work Commission last week. | |
| Labor and the Greens have introduced private members’ bills that would hold or address any cuts caused by the penalty rate decision for some workers in sectors including hospitality, community and retail. | |
| The prime minister has accused Bill Shorten of backflipping on his support for the FWC as an independent umpire. Malcolm Turnbull spent question time reading out Shorten quotes underlining the importance of an independent process. | |
| Also in question time, Labor called on Turnbull to disavow the decision, a point Turnbull studiously avoided doing. All Turnbull would say is he supported the independent umpire. | |
| The morning was taken up discussing a conservative group who call themselves the Deplorables, led by Tony Abbott and his loyal deputy Eric Abetz. It is a factionette originally thought to be pushing a conservative agenda, however it fell apart after some erstwhile members felt they were being used to push a leadership agenda. Or even an agenda to get Abbott, Abetz and Kevin Andrews back into cabinet. One member, Andrew Hastie, said he supported Turnbull as his prime minister under God. I’m not sure what God had to do with it. | |
| George Christensen has kindly posted an article from the American Conservative on his Facebook page that is a great help to people like me who are having trouble defining Deplorables and Elites. In it, C Bradley Thompson writes: | |
| The Ruling Elite are typically Ivy-educated. They have investments and disposable income and live in 5,000-square-foot homes in safe, leafy suburbs. They are high achievers who see their path to advancement through adherence to a system of perpetual virtue signaling. They have contempt for the Deplorables and their way of life, and they think that America is fundamentally racist, sexist, and homophobic. | |
| The Deplorables, by contrast, may or may not have graduated from high school. They have debt and live paycheck to paycheck, residing in 1,000-square-foot homes or double-wides in unsafe neighborhoods. Their communities have high rates of unemployment and broken families, closed manufacturing plants or mines, unaffordable health care, and meth addiction. | |
| Under that Deplorable definition, I’m not sure Abbott and his members fully fit the description. | |
| The other bit of news around was a Newspoll, which showed the Coalition trailing Labor on a two party preferred basis by 45-55%. The Coalition’s primary votes were bleeding to One Nation and Labor, with Pauline Hanson’s party up in the sample polled to 10% – on level pegging with the Greens. | |
| Malcolm Turnbull said the poll was as expected, given Abbott’s very strategic intervention critical of the government during the period the sample was taken. He lectured journalists to pay more attention to substantive issues and pay less attention to personality politics. | |
| That’s your lot for the evening, people. Herewith, some final pics from Bowers on this Monday. | |
| Goodnight. | |
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| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Labor’s penalty rate bill includes an extra provision that the Fair Work Commission’s penalty rate cut on 22 February would have “no effect” because it would be likely to reduce the take-home pay of workers in the four industries affected. | Labor’s penalty rate bill includes an extra provision that the Fair Work Commission’s penalty rate cut on 22 February would have “no effect” because it would be likely to reduce the take-home pay of workers in the four industries affected. |
| According to the explanatory memorandum, this will mean the bill has retrospective effect invalidating any determination the commission may make prior to the enactment of the bill. | According to the explanatory memorandum, this will mean the bill has retrospective effect invalidating any determination the commission may make prior to the enactment of the bill. |
| That’s important because it means if the cut starts to be phased in on 1 July, Labor can still go into the next election promising to restore up to 700,000 workers’ penalty rates. | That’s important because it means if the cut starts to be phased in on 1 July, Labor can still go into the next election promising to restore up to 700,000 workers’ penalty rates. |
| The Greens still have a query about whether annual wage increases could be used to argue that workers’ pay packets are still growing, providing room for the commission to cut penalty rates despite Labor’s bill, provided they’re phased in over a long enough period. They’re seeking advice from the parliamentary library on that point. | The Greens still have a query about whether annual wage increases could be used to argue that workers’ pay packets are still growing, providing room for the commission to cut penalty rates despite Labor’s bill, provided they’re phased in over a long enough period. They’re seeking advice from the parliamentary library on that point. |
| 4.49am GMT | 4.49am GMT |
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| Party no birthday bash without balloons, says Coalition | Party no birthday bash without balloons, says Coalition |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| In Senate estimates, senator Jenny Mcallister has been asking about what she called a “birthday party” for Julie Bishop, Josh Frydenberg and David Bushby on 17 July. | In Senate estimates, senator Jenny Mcallister has been asking about what she called a “birthday party” for Julie Bishop, Josh Frydenberg and David Bushby on 17 July. |
| James Paterson and the attorney general, George Brandis, dispute that it was a birthday party. | James Paterson and the attorney general, George Brandis, dispute that it was a birthday party. |
| There were no balloons and you can’t have a party without balloons, Paterson says. | There were no balloons and you can’t have a party without balloons, Paterson says. |
| Brandis said it was an event for about 100 Coalition parliamentarians and the trio’s birthdays were “acknowledged”. | Brandis said it was an event for about 100 Coalition parliamentarians and the trio’s birthdays were “acknowledged”. |
| A witness from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet said that birthday cakes were made in-house and sweets are usually served at such events so it was not out of the ordinary. | A witness from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet said that birthday cakes were made in-house and sweets are usually served at such events so it was not out of the ordinary. |
| Mcallister moves on to a separate event at Kirribilli House, of which Brandis quips that the $2,000 odd price tag for booze amounted to $12 a head, making it “a rather Presbyterian event” rather than a knees-up. | Mcallister moves on to a separate event at Kirribilli House, of which Brandis quips that the $2,000 odd price tag for booze amounted to $12 a head, making it “a rather Presbyterian event” rather than a knees-up. |
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| CAARP! | CAARP! |
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| Question time ended with an unusual condolence for the five people killed in the plane crash in Melbourne last week. | Question time ended with an unusual condolence for the five people killed in the plane crash in Melbourne last week. |
| The PM spoke, recognising the experience of the pilot Max Quartermain and the victims and thanked the rescue/safety crew in very sombre tones. Then Bill Shorten spoke, underlining the serious effect of air crashes on communities and said he thought of Malcolm Turnbull. I assume that is a reference to Turnbull’s dad, who died in a plane crash, but I am not entirely sure. | The PM spoke, recognising the experience of the pilot Max Quartermain and the victims and thanked the rescue/safety crew in very sombre tones. Then Bill Shorten spoke, underlining the serious effect of air crashes on communities and said he thought of Malcolm Turnbull. I assume that is a reference to Turnbull’s dad, who died in a plane crash, but I am not entirely sure. |
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| Next government question to PDuddy, otherwise known as Peter Dutton immigration minister. It is about 457 visas and leads to ... Bill Shorten. | Next government question to PDuddy, otherwise known as Peter Dutton immigration minister. It is about 457 visas and leads to ... Bill Shorten. |
| He calls Shorten a fraud and immediately is ordered to withdraw by speaker Smith. | He calls Shorten a fraud and immediately is ordered to withdraw by speaker Smith. |
| He presided over an arrangement in relation to Cleanevent where those workers were entitled to $50.17 per hour under the award, the deal he brokered, as the union leader, pretending to be representing the interests of those workers. It ended in those workers being paid $18.14 an hour. Now, this man – this man, Mr Speaker, is the great – the great false pretender of Australian politics. | He presided over an arrangement in relation to Cleanevent where those workers were entitled to $50.17 per hour under the award, the deal he brokered, as the union leader, pretending to be representing the interests of those workers. It ended in those workers being paid $18.14 an hour. Now, this man – this man, Mr Speaker, is the great – the great false pretender of Australian politics. |
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| Labor to Turnbull: My question is to the prime minister. Given the assistant minister to the treasurer has stated young Australians should get a high-paying job to buy their first home, why is the government now standing by and doing nothing while the wages of young Australians are being cut? | Labor to Turnbull: My question is to the prime minister. Given the assistant minister to the treasurer has stated young Australians should get a high-paying job to buy their first home, why is the government now standing by and doing nothing while the wages of young Australians are being cut? |
| Turnbull flicks the question to Christopher Pyne, representing the employment minister, Michaelia Cash. | Turnbull flicks the question to Christopher Pyne, representing the employment minister, Michaelia Cash. |
| Pyne flicks the switch to vaudeville, referring to previous workplace agreements negotiated by Bill Shorten. | Pyne flicks the switch to vaudeville, referring to previous workplace agreements negotiated by Bill Shorten. |
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| Ben Doherty | Ben Doherty |
| The legislative and constitutional affairs committee has before it the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Fractious and frustrating as ever. Just before the lunch break, Greens senator Nick McKim asked department secretary Mike Pezzullo about the escape from Lorengau prison (for the second time) of Joseph Kaluvia last weekend. Kaluvia is one of two men convicted of murdering Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati inside the Manus Island detention centre in 2014. | The legislative and constitutional affairs committee has before it the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Fractious and frustrating as ever. Just before the lunch break, Greens senator Nick McKim asked department secretary Mike Pezzullo about the escape from Lorengau prison (for the second time) of Joseph Kaluvia last weekend. Kaluvia is one of two men convicted of murdering Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati inside the Manus Island detention centre in 2014. |
| PNG police commander David Yapu has said Kaluvia was a “high-risk” escapee and that he held concerns for the safety of the community and, in particular, two witnesses who gave evidence at his trial. Those two witnesses, Iranian asylum seekers, remain in the Manus Island detention centre. McKim wants to know why those witnesses weren’t informed by the detention centre operators that Kaluvia had escaped again. | PNG police commander David Yapu has said Kaluvia was a “high-risk” escapee and that he held concerns for the safety of the community and, in particular, two witnesses who gave evidence at his trial. Those two witnesses, Iranian asylum seekers, remain in the Manus Island detention centre. McKim wants to know why those witnesses weren’t informed by the detention centre operators that Kaluvia had escaped again. |
| It was taken on notice by Pezzullo, who says he doesn’t immediately see how that’s a contractual matter for the detention centre operators. | It was taken on notice by Pezzullo, who says he doesn’t immediately see how that’s a contractual matter for the detention centre operators. |
| Earlier, there was much back and forth about the US refugee deal and whether Australia’s agreement to take central American refugees from Costa Rican refugee camps was a “people swap”. | Earlier, there was much back and forth about the US refugee deal and whether Australia’s agreement to take central American refugees from Costa Rican refugee camps was a “people swap”. |
| It categorically is not, according to the assistant minister, Michaelia Cash, despite comments from minister Peter Dutton last week that Australia would not take any from the American camps until refugees had been resettled from Australia’s camps on Manus and Nauru. | It categorically is not, according to the assistant minister, Michaelia Cash, despite comments from minister Peter Dutton last week that Australia would not take any from the American camps until refugees had been resettled from Australia’s camps on Manus and Nauru. |
| Pezzullo said the two deals were “not linked”. He told estimates he expected refugees in the Australian-run camps to be resettled in America “in the foreseeable future”, an answer of such spectacular banality that even the committee’s curmudgeon-in-chief, Ian Macdonald, couldn’t hold back a smirk. Pezzullo later refined this timeframe to “movement within the next few, several months, indeed”. Crystal. | Pezzullo said the two deals were “not linked”. He told estimates he expected refugees in the Australian-run camps to be resettled in America “in the foreseeable future”, an answer of such spectacular banality that even the committee’s curmudgeon-in-chief, Ian Macdonald, couldn’t hold back a smirk. Pezzullo later refined this timeframe to “movement within the next few, several months, indeed”. Crystal. |
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| Labor to Turnbull: The premier of Western Australia has said, “What I would like to see is reduce those excessive Sunday penalty rates”. Does the prime minister support the premier’s statement? Doesn’t the prime minister’s refusal to take action show that cutting penalty rates is now his government’s policy? | Labor to Turnbull: The premier of Western Australia has said, “What I would like to see is reduce those excessive Sunday penalty rates”. Does the prime minister support the premier’s statement? Doesn’t the prime minister’s refusal to take action show that cutting penalty rates is now his government’s policy? |
| Turnbull is again careful to say he supports the independent umpire without explicitly supporting the cut to penalty rates. | Turnbull is again careful to say he supports the independent umpire without explicitly supporting the cut to penalty rates. |
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| Kevin Andrew lines up Rudy Giuliani’s wisdom. | Kevin Andrew lines up Rudy Giuliani’s wisdom. |
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