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| Malcolm Turnbull: ‘one-liners’ have not helped Australia’s energy security – politics live | |
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| Question to Turnbull: What might happen this time if you miss the opportunity again because either on the left or on the right, in compromise is possible? What will happen to the energy system, the electricity system? And what will happen to the economy? | |
| I’m not interested in speculating about lack of success. Our job as a government is to deliver and to lead and I have provided decisive leadership on energy. | |
| 4.05am BST | |
| 04:05 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull: Australians need wise leadership, not glib leadership | |
| Malcolm Turnbull addresses the Finkel Farnarkling. | |
| He says the chief scientist’s report to all governments is good. | |
| We are in the process of considering it. | |
| Business as usual is no good for investment. | |
| Turnbull refuses to give a timeframe for policy which has got to get through the Council of Australian Governments. | |
| The aim is to get it right. Let me tell you, glib answers and one-liners have been of no assistance in keeping Australians energy secure and affordable. What Australians need is wise leadership, not glib leadership. | |
| What Australians need is economics and engineering, not ideological and politics. All that has done is drive electricity prices up and put reliability at risk. | |
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| Malcolm Turnbull says the logic applied by Julia Gillard and Bill Shorten in 2012 should apply today. | |
| We know that a majority of his shadow cabinet support it. And he should, too. | |
| Scott Morrison is asked if he took up the Labor party proposal and to allow the tax increase to hit those over $87,000 a year, how much of the $8bn in revenue would you lose? | |
| The answer to your question is, there’s a $55.7bn hole. | |
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| Malcolm Turnbull has former Labor NSW general secretary, former Labor minister John Della Bosca (now disability advocate) to urge parliament to support the increase to the Medicare levy for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. | |
| Della Bosca: | |
| We need to lock in the funding for the NDIS into the future. We can’t leave it to the whim of one parliament or another, one budget or another. No disrespect intended – one treasurer or another. It needs to be something that one government, this government, has said they’re prepared to. They’ve got in the budget to lock in the funding increase and keep it there so no future government can change those priorities and harm the NDIA’s [sic] mission. | |
| The social services minister, Christian Porter, is there, as is treasurer Scott Morrison. Both have spoken about the funding. | |
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| Immigration minister Peter Dutton has put out a statement on the Manus settlement. | |
| He says it is $90m. | |
| The settlement provides $70m for the plaintiffs while No Win-No-Fee law firm Slater and Gordon will pocket an estimated $20m in costs. | |
| 3.42am BST | |
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| Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison have media conference shortly. | |
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| A strange story by Gareth Hutchens. | |
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| Ed Husic might have his Malcolm playlist but the Nats have car karaoke. The world has gone mad. | Ed Husic might have his Malcolm playlist but the Nats have car karaoke. The world has gone mad. |
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| You can’t stop the Husic. | You can’t stop the Husic. |
| To help the PM unwind before tonight's Midwinter Ball, I put together this #Spotify playlist: using songs from 1 of the greatest bands ever pic.twitter.com/iYIgnOK8vs | To help the PM unwind before tonight's Midwinter Ball, I put together this #Spotify playlist: using songs from 1 of the greatest bands ever pic.twitter.com/iYIgnOK8vs |
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| So Labor and Coalition voted together to support Indigenous Land Use Agreements. Greens voting against. | So Labor and Coalition voted together to support Indigenous Land Use Agreements. Greens voting against. |
| That is done. | That is done. |
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| Ed Husic supports parliamentary inquiry into foreign donations | Ed Husic supports parliamentary inquiry into foreign donations |
| Labor’s Ed Husic has supported a Labor deputy of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security, Anthony Byrne, for an inquiry into Chinese-linked donations and foreign influence. | Labor’s Ed Husic has supported a Labor deputy of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security, Anthony Byrne, for an inquiry into Chinese-linked donations and foreign influence. |
| I think it’s important that people have confidence in the system. If there are questions that are being asked, get them answered. | I think it’s important that people have confidence in the system. If there are questions that are being asked, get them answered. |
| He is asked if it could be a little painful for Labor, given the revelations of the past few weeks regarding Sam Dastyari and others? | He is asked if it could be a little painful for Labor, given the revelations of the past few weeks regarding Sam Dastyari and others? |
| We just have to get through it. We just – I think there’s no point – the longer you delay the worse it gets in the sense that you might as well get the job done of reforming the system now. | We just have to get through it. We just – I think there’s no point – the longer you delay the worse it gets in the sense that you might as well get the job done of reforming the system now. |
| FYI Labor has supported a ban on foreign donations since 2009-ish. | FYI Labor has supported a ban on foreign donations since 2009-ish. |
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| The senate is voting on the native title legislation now. | The senate is voting on the native title legislation now. |
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| Anthony Albanese also addressed British Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn’s good showing in the British election. Parallels were drawn by the compere between Corbyn and Albanese, given they both have strong support amongst grass roots Labour/Labor members. Pyne describes Albo as the “poor man’s Corbyn” because he is not as left wing as Corbyn. | Anthony Albanese also addressed British Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn’s good showing in the British election. Parallels were drawn by the compere between Corbyn and Albanese, given they both have strong support amongst grass roots Labour/Labor members. Pyne describes Albo as the “poor man’s Corbyn” because he is not as left wing as Corbyn. |
| Albo says bollocks. | Albo says bollocks. |
| I like Australian Labor because we have our own history and quite often I think people, whether it be people in the Labor Party or people on the conservative side who tug their forelock to the UK do us a disservice. It was Hawke and Keating who modernised Labor here well before the British Labour party was modernised but Jeremy Corbyn, I’ve met Jeremy, he is a very likeable fellow. He’s someone who has strong convictions and I think his authenticity shone through in the election campaign. I wasn’t surprised that he did well. | I like Australian Labor because we have our own history and quite often I think people, whether it be people in the Labor Party or people on the conservative side who tug their forelock to the UK do us a disservice. It was Hawke and Keating who modernised Labor here well before the British Labour party was modernised but Jeremy Corbyn, I’ve met Jeremy, he is a very likeable fellow. He’s someone who has strong convictions and I think his authenticity shone through in the election campaign. I wasn’t surprised that he did well. |
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| Albo on Finkel: if you get to the same destination in a different way, it's a good thing | Albo on Finkel: if you get to the same destination in a different way, it's a good thing |
| Defence industry minister Christopher Pyne and Anthony Albanese – the odd couple of Australian politics - have appeared on 5AA radio. Pyne says the media reports of a backlash in the Coalition party room over Finkel are nonsense. | Defence industry minister Christopher Pyne and Anthony Albanese – the odd couple of Australian politics - have appeared on 5AA radio. Pyne says the media reports of a backlash in the Coalition party room over Finkel are nonsense. |
| I was there and there weren’t robust exchanges. | I was there and there weren’t robust exchanges. |
| Albo is conciliatory. | Albo is conciliatory. |
| I think it is reasonable what Christopher says about his party room having a mature debate about it. I don’t think they should be expected to come out with an immediate response. There is obviously push back from some of the more conservative elements of the Liberal party and the National party about this but they have a responsibility. They can’t continue to blame someone else and what we’ve said is that Finkel provides a framework. It’s not our ideal position; we think it should be an emissions intensity scheme, but nonetheless if you get to the same destination in a different way then that’s a good thing. And that destination is lower emissions, lower prices, and more stability. | I think it is reasonable what Christopher says about his party room having a mature debate about it. I don’t think they should be expected to come out with an immediate response. There is obviously push back from some of the more conservative elements of the Liberal party and the National party about this but they have a responsibility. They can’t continue to blame someone else and what we’ve said is that Finkel provides a framework. It’s not our ideal position; we think it should be an emissions intensity scheme, but nonetheless if you get to the same destination in a different way then that’s a good thing. And that destination is lower emissions, lower prices, and more stability. |
| Pyne is clearly disappointed. | Pyne is clearly disappointed. |
| He’s become a statesman and he is no fun anymore. | He’s become a statesman and he is no fun anymore. |
| Albo: | Albo: |
| I chose not to smash you up, Christopher. | I chose not to smash you up, Christopher. |
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