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| Peter Dutton says the ABC’s Q&A show is a waste of taxpayers’ money – politics live | Peter Dutton says the ABC’s Q&A show is a waste of taxpayers’ money – politics live |
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| Attorney general George Brandis has said he personally regrets the failure to pass on the Monis letter received by the department two months prior to the Lindt siege. | |
| Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce said, in regard to the Manchester bombing, that people who think they can change the world by murdering others are in every religion. Just treat people respectfully, he says. | |
| Immigration minister Peter Dutton says Q&A is a waste of taxpayers money and expressed delight that Yassmin Abdel-Magied was in Ray Hadley’s words “punted through the goalposts”. | |
| Estimates heard from the AFP that the PM has made no referral of the Ashby recordings to the AFP. Labor has referred the recordings and the AFP is evaluating. | |
| Question time is coming up. | |
| Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs will appear before the Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee at the same time - around 2pm-ish. | |
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| A certain former senator is trolling a certain current senator. | |
| @SenatorMRoberts and @SenatorBurston have called on me to give the banking enquiry teeth and help with submissions 👍 #auspol @AuSenate | |
| We agreed on no such thingAll I have done is to encourage you to make a submission after you said you weren’t going to #auspol @AuSenate https://t.co/CxK3GTO3iQ | |
| @SenatorMRoberts @SenatorBurston Are you calling that fake news too? Very disappointing for all those effected by the banks. #auspol | |
| Ok @SenatorMRoberts you win. Today we discussed climate change and how to fulfill that black hole in your office #auspol #fightingback | |
| LOLs from the side, via former One Nation party national president and treasurer: | |
| @SenatorCulleton @SenatorMRoberts Hahaha | |
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| Groundhog Day. | Groundhog Day. |
| Brilliant pic, Bowers. | Brilliant pic, Bowers. |
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| Disability commissioner Alastair McEwin says he has concerns about human rights implications of drug testing welfare recipients #estimates | Disability commissioner Alastair McEwin says he has concerns about human rights implications of drug testing welfare recipients #estimates |
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| Australia stands with Indonesia & condemns the murderous terrorist attack on civilians & police in Jakarta last night. | Australia stands with Indonesia & condemns the murderous terrorist attack on civilians & police in Jakarta last night. |
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| Decentralisation: Step 1. Announce. Step 2. Move. Step 3. Prepare detail. | Decentralisation: Step 1. Announce. Step 2. Move. Step 3. Prepare detail. |
| Tom McIlroy at Fairfax reports that the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, has made an admission overnight at a lack of deets around the government’s decentralisation policy. | Tom McIlroy at Fairfax reports that the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, has made an admission overnight at a lack of deets around the government’s decentralisation policy. |
| The federal government has conceded little policy development has been completed around forced moves of public service departments and agencies to the regions, but promised future plans will be ‘more structured’ than the pesticides authority’s controversial relocation. | The federal government has conceded little policy development has been completed around forced moves of public service departments and agencies to the regions, but promised future plans will be ‘more structured’ than the pesticides authority’s controversial relocation. |
| Cormann told a Senate budget estimates hearing on Wednesday night the only significant detail about the National party-led plans to move agencies and departments from cities including Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne to rural and regional centres was contained in a speech by the deputy leader, Fiona Nash, last month and a doorstop press conference by the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, a day later. | Cormann told a Senate budget estimates hearing on Wednesday night the only significant detail about the National party-led plans to move agencies and departments from cities including Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne to rural and regional centres was contained in a speech by the deputy leader, Fiona Nash, last month and a doorstop press conference by the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, a day later. |
| He said relocation of the Australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority to Joyce’s electorate of New England had been an election promise, but detail of a government-wide decentralisation push this year was being prepared. | He said relocation of the Australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority to Joyce’s electorate of New England had been an election promise, but detail of a government-wide decentralisation push this year was being prepared. |
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| Murray Watt is asking AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin about Malcolm Turnbull’s comments on One Nation and whether the PM has referred it to the AFP. | Murray Watt is asking AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin about Malcolm Turnbull’s comments on One Nation and whether the PM has referred it to the AFP. |
| Turnbull said this a few days ago. | Turnbull said this a few days ago. |
| I will be getting advice from the federal police commissioner and the minister for justice and the attorney [general] as we review the media reports in the course of the next day. | I will be getting advice from the federal police commissioner and the minister for justice and the attorney [general] as we review the media reports in the course of the next day. |
| Yesterday George Brandis said this of the One Nation referral: | Yesterday George Brandis said this of the One Nation referral: |
| What I am requesting is a formal request to me which I have yet to receive. | What I am requesting is a formal request to me which I have yet to receive. |
| Andrew Colvin today says he has not received a referral. | Andrew Colvin today says he has not received a referral. |
| Murray Watt asks if there are any other One Nation investigations going on at the AFP. | Murray Watt asks if there are any other One Nation investigations going on at the AFP. |
| Colvin says he cannot confirm or deny. It is not AFP practice and nothing should be read into that. | Colvin says he cannot confirm or deny. It is not AFP practice and nothing should be read into that. |
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| Labor senator Murray Watt is questioning AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin on his own referral of One Nation’s James Ashby’s recordings in which Ashby suggests selling packages to ON candidates. | Labor senator Murray Watt is questioning AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin on his own referral of One Nation’s James Ashby’s recordings in which Ashby suggests selling packages to ON candidates. |
| Colvin says the referral is being evaluated. He says the government has not referred the matter. | Colvin says the referral is being evaluated. He says the government has not referred the matter. |
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| This happened last night but it is worth recording. | This happened last night but it is worth recording. |
| In which Pauline Hanson complains to the ABC that the party has been targeted by Four Corners, Greens senator Scott Ludlam calls it journalism and mayhem ensues. | In which Pauline Hanson complains to the ABC that the party has been targeted by Four Corners, Greens senator Scott Ludlam calls it journalism and mayhem ensues. |
| Here is @SenatorLudlam with that SLAMMER talk #estimates pic.twitter.com/9BrRT2VLrW | Here is @SenatorLudlam with that SLAMMER talk #estimates pic.twitter.com/9BrRT2VLrW |
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| Bilaterals occurring. | Bilaterals occurring. |
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| ASPI thinktank: In case you've missed it the world is going to hell | ASPI thinktank: In case you've missed it the world is going to hell |
| The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is a rather serious thinktank with deep defence experience based in Canberra. They don’t make rash statements lightly but overnight, ASPI has released a report. | The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is a rather serious thinktank with deep defence experience based in Canberra. They don’t make rash statements lightly but overnight, ASPI has released a report. |
| AAP: | AAP: |
| The world is going to hell, yet Australian politicians are in business-as-usual mode – squabbling over defence industry jobs being created in particular electorates – a new report warns.Australian Strategic Policy Institute analyst Mark Thomson says the road ahead is rocky just a year into implementation of the latest defence blueprint.In a review of the federal budget, Thomson questions whether plans and funding are adequate amid a deteriorating global security outlook.“In case you’ve missed it, the world is going to hell,” he said.“Yet we continue as if it’s business as usual, squabbling about whether defence industry jobs will be created in one electorate or another.” | The world is going to hell, yet Australian politicians are in business-as-usual mode – squabbling over defence industry jobs being created in particular electorates – a new report warns.Australian Strategic Policy Institute analyst Mark Thomson says the road ahead is rocky just a year into implementation of the latest defence blueprint.In a review of the federal budget, Thomson questions whether plans and funding are adequate amid a deteriorating global security outlook.“In case you’ve missed it, the world is going to hell,” he said.“Yet we continue as if it’s business as usual, squabbling about whether defence industry jobs will be created in one electorate or another.” |
| You can read the paper here. | You can read the paper here. |
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