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| New senator Fraser Anning says Hanson expelled him from One Nation – politics live | New senator Fraser Anning says Hanson expelled him from One Nation – politics live |
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| Hotels could freely refuse to host a same-sex marriage or reception under an alternative bill proposed by a Liberal MP, James Paterson. | |
| Paterson has just appeared on Sky to discuss his same-sex marriage bill, which he proposed today as an alternative to the private member’s bill of Dean Smith, a moderate. | |
| The bill gives a broader right to freely discriminate against same-sex weddings. | |
| Paterson said he has great respect for Smith, but said Smith’s bill’s religious freedom protections were “too narrow”. | |
| “It doesn’t extend to the congregation ... and it doesn’t extend to people who have the same views, but for secular reasons,” he said. | |
| Paterson, an agnostic, said religious freedom was one of the most important cornerstones of a democracy. | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is preparing to speak after his meeting with the US president, Donald Trump, and Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe. We’re expecting a press conference in 15 minutes. | |
| I thought this day couldn’t get much stranger. But with Trump involved, who knows? | |
| John Alexander, who resigned from parliament on Saturday, has revealed he wasn’t aware that a date had been set for the byelection in Bennelong. | |
| Alexander is attempting to win back the safe Liberal seat. | Alexander is attempting to win back the safe Liberal seat. |
| The date was set this morning for 16 December. | |
| That gives Alexander very little time to get formal advice on his citizenship status from the British home office, and renounce any foreign citizenship before he formally nominates. | |
| Alexander, speaking in Sydney, said he remained confident he could renounce any British citizenship in time. | Alexander, speaking in Sydney, said he remained confident he could renounce any British citizenship in time. |
| “We hope to hear back from the Home Office within a week. It’s been only a matter of days for others who have gone through this process,” he said. | |
| Asked whether he was aware the date for the Bennelong poll had been announced, he said: “I wasn’t aware of that. I think that’s good, I think the Australian public are really tired of this entire episode.” | |
| Alexander, a former tennis champion, said it was absurd for a person who represented his country in sport to be deemed ineligible for parliament over citizenship. | Alexander, a former tennis champion, said it was absurd for a person who represented his country in sport to be deemed ineligible for parliament over citizenship. |
| “It is an absurdity. It defies common sense. as every ounce of my body tells me it defies common sense,” he said. | |
| “But it is the law. We might disagree with the law. The law might need to be changed, I think there’s a general agreement to that.” | |
| He said he resigned once he got to the point “where I couldn’t be certain enough”. | He said he resigned once he got to the point “where I couldn’t be certain enough”. |
| The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, is refusing to answer questions on her office’s media tip-off about the raid on the AWU offices, which landed her in hot water in October. | The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, is refusing to answer questions on her office’s media tip-off about the raid on the AWU offices, which landed her in hot water in October. |
| Labor’s Kimberley Kitching has picked up the attack in question time. Kitching asks whether anyone in the prime minister’s office had knowledge of the raid. | Labor’s Kimberley Kitching has picked up the attack in question time. Kitching asks whether anyone in the prime minister’s office had knowledge of the raid. |
| “I refer to my previous answer: this is now the subject of an AFP investigation, and given it is an ongoing investigation, it would be inappropriate for me to comment any further,” Cash said. | “I refer to my previous answer: this is now the subject of an AFP investigation, and given it is an ongoing investigation, it would be inappropriate for me to comment any further,” Cash said. |
| Scott Ryan getting a brisk work over in his first #qt | Scott Ryan getting a brisk work over in his first #qt |
| Senate #qt just rolling points of orders today. Please have some courtesy, says the new president #auspol | Senate #qt just rolling points of orders today. Please have some courtesy, says the new president #auspol |
| An update on Malcolm Turnbull’s movement in the Philippines. It now looks as though Turnbull will have a private dinner with the US president, Donald Trump, tonight. | An update on Malcolm Turnbull’s movement in the Philippines. It now looks as though Turnbull will have a private dinner with the US president, Donald Trump, tonight. |
| The White House’s press office has just issued an update on Trump’s schedule at the Asean summit in Manila. | The White House’s press office has just issued an update on Trump’s schedule at the Asean summit in Manila. |
| It suggests Turnbull and Trump will also have a bilateral meeting this morning, despite earlier suggestions it had been replaced with a trilateral meeting which would include Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe. | It suggests Turnbull and Trump will also have a bilateral meeting this morning, despite earlier suggestions it had been replaced with a trilateral meeting which would include Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe. |
| There are some serious fireworks going off in the Senate at the moment over Manus Island, where hundreds of asylum seekers are left stranded in the closed detention centre. | There are some serious fireworks going off in the Senate at the moment over Manus Island, where hundreds of asylum seekers are left stranded in the closed detention centre. |
| The Greens senator Nick McKim, who was in Manus last week, has launched a ferocious criticism of the attorney-general, George Brandis, and government senators. He’s asked when the government will intervene on Manus, restore the “essentials of life” like water, and bring the men to Australia or a safe third country. When will the government accept New Zealand’s offer to take the men, McKim asked. | The Greens senator Nick McKim, who was in Manus last week, has launched a ferocious criticism of the attorney-general, George Brandis, and government senators. He’s asked when the government will intervene on Manus, restore the “essentials of life” like water, and bring the men to Australia or a safe third country. When will the government accept New Zealand’s offer to take the men, McKim asked. |
| “Doesn’t your government’s refusal to accept this offer categorically give the lie to your claims that the detainees are not your responsibility?” | “Doesn’t your government’s refusal to accept this offer categorically give the lie to your claims that the detainees are not your responsibility?” |
| Brandis described McKim’s actions on Manus as “despicable and contemptible”. Brandis said McKim went to Manus with television cameras in tow with the “explicit purpose of fomenting violence”. | Brandis described McKim’s actions on Manus as “despicable and contemptible”. Brandis said McKim went to Manus with television cameras in tow with the “explicit purpose of fomenting violence”. |
| That prompted requests from McKim and the Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, for Brandis to withdraw the accusation. | That prompted requests from McKim and the Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, for Brandis to withdraw the accusation. |
| The resources minister, Matt Canavan, after being saved by the high court, is on his feet in the Senate. He’s asked a dixer on Adani and the Queensland government’s decision to dump its support for a $1bn federal loan for a railway for its Carmichael coalmine. | The resources minister, Matt Canavan, after being saved by the high court, is on his feet in the Senate. He’s asked a dixer on Adani and the Queensland government’s decision to dump its support for a $1bn federal loan for a railway for its Carmichael coalmine. |
| Canavan is scathing of the decision. | Canavan is scathing of the decision. |
| “It was an act of betrayal, Mr President, to the people of Queensland,” he said. | “It was an act of betrayal, Mr President, to the people of Queensland,” he said. |
| The former Senate president, Stephen Parry, may have left the building, but his presence is still being felt in the chamber. Labor is using question time to press the government on what it knew of Parry’s dual citizenship woes, and when. | The former Senate president, Stephen Parry, may have left the building, but his presence is still being felt in the chamber. Labor is using question time to press the government on what it knew of Parry’s dual citizenship woes, and when. |
| The communications minister, Mitch Fifield, is their main target. Fifield has previously admitted he knew weeks before the high court decision that Parry faced an issue. Fifield made a short speech on the matter earlier today, and is now refusing to offer any further detail. | The communications minister, Mitch Fifield, is their main target. Fifield has previously admitted he knew weeks before the high court decision that Parry faced an issue. Fifield made a short speech on the matter earlier today, and is now refusing to offer any further detail. |
| The attorney-general, George Brandis, returned fire, using a dorothy dixer to attack Labor’s Justine Keay and Susan Lamb, both of whom have citizenship doubts. | The attorney-general, George Brandis, returned fire, using a dorothy dixer to attack Labor’s Justine Keay and Susan Lamb, both of whom have citizenship doubts. |
| Monty Python is writing the script for Australian politics today. | Monty Python is writing the script for Australian politics today. |
| Officials in Canberra, when updating the Parliament House website to include the office details of new senator Fraser Anning (who only hours ago parted ways with One Nation) have listed the wrong phone number for him. | Officials in Canberra, when updating the Parliament House website to include the office details of new senator Fraser Anning (who only hours ago parted ways with One Nation) have listed the wrong phone number for him. |
| In the place of where they should have listed the phone number for Fraser’s Queensland electorate office, they’ve put the phone number for new Greens senator Andrew Bartlett. | In the place of where they should have listed the phone number for Fraser’s Queensland electorate office, they’ve put the phone number for new Greens senator Andrew Bartlett. |
| It means Greens staff working in Bartlett’s Queensland electorate office have been fielding calls all afternoon from journalists wanting to speak to Anning. | It means Greens staff working in Bartlett’s Queensland electorate office have been fielding calls all afternoon from journalists wanting to speak to Anning. |
| “It’s hilarious. That’s one way of putting it,” a Greens staff member said. | “It’s hilarious. That’s one way of putting it,” a Greens staff member said. |
| My colleague Nick Evershed has prepared this rather, ah, illuminating graphic on One Nation after the Fraser Anning fiasco. | My colleague Nick Evershed has prepared this rather, ah, illuminating graphic on One Nation after the Fraser Anning fiasco. |
| I’ll leave it here for your viewing pleasure. | I’ll leave it here for your viewing pleasure. |