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| George Christensen resigns as National party whip – politics live | |
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| 1.11am GMT | |
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| Labor’s motion moved by Linda Burney: | |
| 1. Notes: | |
| a. The Government has released highly confidential personal information of Centrelink customers to the media as part of a vindictive political campaign to punish some of Australia’s most vulnerable people for speaking out against the Government’s robo-debt mess; and | |
| b. There are serious questions about the legality of the Government’s actions and whether they constitute breaches of the Privacy Act; | |
| 2. Calls on the Minister for Human Services to attend the House to provide a full account of: | |
| a. The specific provision of the Privacy Act or any other legislation that the Government claims gives it the legal right to release this highly confidential personal information to the media; and | |
| b. The involvement of himself, his office, his Department and Centrelink in releasing this highly confidential personal information to the media; and | |
| 3. Condemns the Minister for releasing the personal information of Australians for vindictive political purposes. | |
| Burney says the Coalition should apologise for their treatment of Centrelink clients. | |
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| George Christensen gone as whip. last day in the job is Thursday. Mutual agreement with Barnaby | |
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| It, being 12pm, the parliament has begun. | |
| Labor’s Linda Burney is up first to move a suspension of standing orders into the release of a Centrelink recipient’s personal information to counter her public criticism of the department. | |
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| Paul Karp | |
| In Labor caucus on Tuesday, shadow treasurer Chris Bowen was asked about the Buffett tax proposal. This is the suggestion by sharemeister Warren Buffett that people earning more than a million bucks should pay a minimum no-correspondence-entered-into 30% tax rate. | |
| According to a spokesman, Bowen said Labor had already taken the most progressive tax policy to the last election including changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax changes and superannuation concessions. | |
| He noted that no country has the Buffet rule and it would impact on charitable donations and innovation. | |
| Three questions and statements from Labor MPs acknowledged his response but objected to the debate having been comprehensively shut down. | |
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| Ahmed Fahour was due to appear just before 10am. Now he has been pushed back to 1.30pm, which has required quite some jiggling in the program. Methinks the government is hiding behind question time. | |
| 12.29am GMT | 12.29am GMT |
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| Party rooms will be breaking up for little lunch so we shall have some news shortly. | Party rooms will be breaking up for little lunch so we shall have some news shortly. |
| 12.26am GMT | 12.26am GMT |
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| Outraged by the rainbow flag flown in the foyer of the department of finance, Eric Abetz wants a marriage alliance flag flown. | Outraged by the rainbow flag flown in the foyer of the department of finance, Eric Abetz wants a marriage alliance flag flown. |
| 12.21am GMT | 12.21am GMT |
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| There is general argy bargy with the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, on local television content under questioning from Sarah Hanson-Young. | There is general argy bargy with the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, on local television content under questioning from Sarah Hanson-Young. |
| We learn: | We learn: |
| New Zealand content is counted as Australian for purposes of media content rules. | New Zealand content is counted as Australian for purposes of media content rules. |
| If parents are worried about children thinking New Zealand is part of Australia, parents should guide their children. | If parents are worried about children thinking New Zealand is part of Australia, parents should guide their children. |
| Sarah Hanson-Young has watched Married At First Sight but is not a regular viewer. | Sarah Hanson-Young has watched Married At First Sight but is not a regular viewer. |
| And, | And, |
| Fifield: The thing that should worry parents is the ever-changing ensemble of Hi-Five. #estimates | Fifield: The thing that should worry parents is the ever-changing ensemble of Hi-Five. #estimates |
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| at 12.24am GMT | at 12.24am GMT |
| 12.16am GMT | 12.16am GMT |
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| An answer today from October estimates on the day AGD is in #estimates, AGD says they don't know how much Brandis diary case has cost. pic.twitter.com/ewE0IejCNj | An answer today from October estimates on the day AGD is in #estimates, AGD says they don't know how much Brandis diary case has cost. pic.twitter.com/ewE0IejCNj |
| Last year, Brandis lost a landmark freedom-of-information case against the shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, and must continue to process a request for access to his diary records. | Last year, Brandis lost a landmark freedom-of-information case against the shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, and must continue to process a request for access to his diary records. |
| The case began more than two years ago when Dreyfus sought access under freedom-of-information laws to diary entries that showed Brandis’s government-related appointments. | The case began more than two years ago when Dreyfus sought access under freedom-of-information laws to diary entries that showed Brandis’s government-related appointments. |
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| at 12.26am GMT | at 12.26am GMT |
| 12.13am GMT | 12.13am GMT |
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| Meanwhile, over in finance estimates committee: | Meanwhile, over in finance estimates committee: |
| Eric Abetz asking Finance about its "flag protocols". He's upset that the rainbow "activist flag" was displayed in the deptartment's lobby | Eric Abetz asking Finance about its "flag protocols". He's upset that the rainbow "activist flag" was displayed in the deptartment's lobby |
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| Cartoonist Bill Leak could have ended 18C complaint earlier, says Gillian Triggs | Cartoonist Bill Leak could have ended 18C complaint earlier, says Gillian Triggs |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Derryn Hinch has been quizzing the Australian Human Rights Commission about why it didn’t terminate the 18C complaint against Bill Leak because of the defences in 18D, which include that the publication was in good faith. | Derryn Hinch has been quizzing the Australian Human Rights Commission about why it didn’t terminate the 18C complaint against Bill Leak because of the defences in 18D, which include that the publication was in good faith. |
| Triggs reveals that the AHRC gave Bill Leak two opportunities to assert that he had drawn the cartoon in good faith. | Triggs reveals that the AHRC gave Bill Leak two opportunities to assert that he had drawn the cartoon in good faith. |
| Had he responded by making that point, [the commission] would almost certainly have ended that matter precisely at that moment. | Had he responded by making that point, [the commission] would almost certainly have ended that matter precisely at that moment. |
| This is significant testimony because it shows – far from being a systemic failing of AHRC to consider the defences in 18D to protect free speech – the case could demonstrate that Bill Leak refused to defend himself in order to campaign against the prohibition on speech that offends, insults, vilifies or humiliates a person based on race. | This is significant testimony because it shows – far from being a systemic failing of AHRC to consider the defences in 18D to protect free speech – the case could demonstrate that Bill Leak refused to defend himself in order to campaign against the prohibition on speech that offends, insults, vilifies or humiliates a person based on race. |
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| Under Labor questioning, the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, says Ahmed Fahour was appointed under a Labor government, with a contract negotiated under a Labor government and his most substantial pay increases occurred under a Labor government. | Under Labor questioning, the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, says Ahmed Fahour was appointed under a Labor government, with a contract negotiated under a Labor government and his most substantial pay increases occurred under a Labor government. |
| He says the Coalition is the one who has brought in changes that will mean the Australia Post salary will be governed by the remuneration tribunal. | He says the Coalition is the one who has brought in changes that will mean the Australia Post salary will be governed by the remuneration tribunal. |
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| 11.57pm GMT | 11.57pm GMT |
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| George Brandis accuses Gillian Triggs of hiding on QUT case | George Brandis accuses Gillian Triggs of hiding on QUT case |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| The attorney general, George Brandis, has had an exchange with the HRC president, Gillian Triggs. It comes after Triggs repeats her evidence given to another committee that the reason the AHRC didn’t contact the students earlier because the complaint appeared to be substantially against the university and both the complainant and uni did not want the students informed until the case had a chance to settle. | The attorney general, George Brandis, has had an exchange with the HRC president, Gillian Triggs. It comes after Triggs repeats her evidence given to another committee that the reason the AHRC didn’t contact the students earlier because the complaint appeared to be substantially against the university and both the complainant and uni did not want the students informed until the case had a chance to settle. |
| In his evidence, Brandis said that was not good enough: | In his evidence, Brandis said that was not good enough: |
| The complaint against the university relied as one of its key material grounds upon statements allegedly made by the students. | The complaint against the university relied as one of its key material grounds upon statements allegedly made by the students. |
| So in progressing the complaint against the university, [the complainant] was materially accusing these students of making racist statements – that’s a serious thing to allege. | So in progressing the complaint against the university, [the complainant] was materially accusing these students of making racist statements – that’s a serious thing to allege. |
| I would’ve thought that the principles of natural justice require that they be made aware of that allegation. | I would’ve thought that the principles of natural justice require that they be made aware of that allegation. |
| Brandis said it was “artificial to hide behind the form” of the complaint as being one against the university. He said that for an “unacceptably long period of time” AHRC failed to inform the students of the complaint against them. | Brandis said it was “artificial to hide behind the form” of the complaint as being one against the university. He said that for an “unacceptably long period of time” AHRC failed to inform the students of the complaint against them. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.30am GMT | at 12.30am GMT |
| 11.49pm GMT | 11.49pm GMT |
| 23:49 | 23:49 |
| In George Brandis’ committee, they are going over chapter and verse on the Human Rights Commission and the QUT case. | In George Brandis’ committee, they are going over chapter and verse on the Human Rights Commission and the QUT case. |
| Delay, delay, delay. | Delay, delay, delay. |
| At this rate, there will be no grilling of Brandis on the Bell matter before the dinner break either. | At this rate, there will be no grilling of Brandis on the Bell matter before the dinner break either. |