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| Senate passes federal Icac bill after One Nation fails to show – politics live | Senate passes federal Icac bill after One Nation fails to show – politics live |
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| Mark Butler had a bit to say about the review Labor is currently undertaking, into what happened at the last election. As Katharine Murphy reports: | |
| The shadow climate change minister, Mark Butler, has declared that after a federal election where Labor had its “backside handed to [it] by Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog – it’s time for some serious reflection”. | |
| Butler, a senior Labor leftwinger and former federal party president, said on Monday the ALP should not attempt to sugarcoat the defeat in May, but instead ask itself hard questions. | |
| “We just lost our third election in a row and the only majority we’ve won in the past 25 years was the majority of eight seats in 2007,” he said. “We got our lowest primary vote in a century, against a government the prime minister himself described as the Muppet Show.” | |
| Butler used the opportunity of a book launch in Canberra to argue the current campaign review being spearheaded by Jay Weatherill and Craig Emerson “must be ruthless and unsparing” and include all policies, including in his portfolio area of climate change and energy. | |
| Question time will probably be shorter than usual today, because of condolence motions for Tim Fisher. | |
| A motion of coldolence for the death of Tim Fischer will be moved today prior to Questions on Notice. As Mr Fischer was not a former Prime Minister, the practice of the House is not to adjourn following such motions being moved. https://t.co/qOR3GJOijl | |
| David Littleproud’s office has released the transcript of his conversation with Hamish Macdonald this morning, on RN. Here is the bit that led up to the “irrelevant” quote in relation to whether climate change was manmade or not: | |
| HM: | |
| Can I read you a quote from Ken Thompson, the former deputy commissioner of New South Wales Fire and Rescue? He says, ‘We can’t say definitively that climate change is causing bushfires but we can say definitively it’s making them a lot worse than it used to be. They’re more severe, more intense, burning larger areas than before, posing greater threats to property and lives.’ Do you agree with that? | |
| DL: | |
| Well, we’ve been adapting to a changing climate since we first settled this country and we’ll have to continue to do that, and do that with the best science we’ve got available at the time to make sure we keep our Australians safe. That’s what we’ll continue to do. That’s what we’ve done. And the fact that we haven’t lost a life shows that we have a world-class emergency service system here in the country. We should be so proud of those men and women that are not only the professionals, but those that are volunteers, prepared to sacrifice themselves for their fellow Australians – says a lot about our country and we’ll continue to give them the equipment and the tools that they need to be able to keep us all safe. | |
| HM: | |
| With respect, Minister, I’m sure our listeners will have heard that you didn’t quite answer that question. I take your point about the longterm change in climate, but this is a question about whether the climate change we’re facing today, manmade or human-induced climate change, is making bushfires more intense? | |
| DL: | |
| Well, with respect, I did answer it. We’re adapting to it as the climate continues to change and we’ll continue to equip our service workers with that. Whether it’s manmade or not is irrelevant. The facts are that it’s a debate that has extremes from both sides come out – rather than …a discussion about do we want to breathe healthy air. Well I think everyone wants to breathe healthy air. The reality is my job is to make sure that those men and women that are prepared to put their lives on the line for you and me have the equipment they need, they are given the tools and resources they need, they have the science to understand that these events could become more severe. And how do we equip them to actually deal with that to not only keep up safe but keep them safe? | |
| HM: | |
| But you don’t want a conversation about the causes of that? | |
| DL: | |
| That’s, as I’ve said, the facts are everyone wants a healthier environment in which to live. I don’t think anyone’s talking about that. In fact, we’ve – I think even last week – we’re going to meet our renewable energy target of 33,000 gigawatts, and done that by next year. And that’s an accomplishment that we’ve done as a government, with subsidies, and now we’re saying that the marketplace can decide. And, as even the Clean Energy Commission said last week that they’re the cheapest form of energy. Well the market will decide that. And that’s what we’ve done; we’ve put an environment around that for that to take place. | |
| As for the other votes that were passed by the Greens, I have just been told it was these: | |
| 1. Territories Self-Government Legislation Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment of Laws) bill 2011 [previously Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010] | |
| Senate: Introduced by Senator Bob Brown 29/9/10; passed with amendments and read a third time 18/8/11. | |
| HoR: Introduced 22/8/11; read a third time 1/11/11. | |
| Assent: 4/12/11; Act no. 166 of 2011. | |
| 2. Low Aromatic Fuel bill 2012 | |
| Purpose: To mitigate the negative impacts of petrol sniffing in areas designated as low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas. | |
| Senate: Introduced by Senator Siewert 1/3/12; passed with amendments and read a third time 27/11/12. | |
| HoR: Introduced 28/11/12; read a third time 6/2/13. | |
| Assent: 14/2/13; Act no. 1 of 2013 (Act cited as Low Aromatic Fuel Act 2013). | |
| 3. Medicinal Cannabis Legislation Amendment (Securing Patient Access) bill 2017 | |
| Introduced by: Senator Di Natale | |
| Date passed by Senate: 19 October 2017 | |
| 4. Treasury Laws Amendment (Axe the Tampon Tax) bill 2018 | |
| Introduced by: Senator Rice | |
| Date passed by Senate: 18 June 2018 | |
| It doesn’t look like Mitch Fifield (who is off to the UN and has been replaced by Sarah Henderson, although the Victorian parliament still needs to confirm that, officially) had a pair. | |
| Scott Morrison will be the 7.30 guest tonight. | Scott Morrison will be the 7.30 guest tonight. |
| Just a reminder that the government controls the House of Reps agenda, and does not have to bring on the vote there until it wants to. | Just a reminder that the government controls the House of Reps agenda, and does not have to bring on the vote there until it wants to. |
| That doesn’t mean that Adam Bandt, Rebehka Sharkie and Labor can’t attempt to force it on, and force the government to vote down even that attempt, but don’t expect a vote on any of this too soon. | That doesn’t mean that Adam Bandt, Rebehka Sharkie and Labor can’t attempt to force it on, and force the government to vote down even that attempt, but don’t expect a vote on any of this too soon. |
| Pauline Hanson has called in to Sydney radio station 2GB to explain why One Nation abstained – apparently Jacqui Lambie is “wishy-washy”. | Pauline Hanson has called in to Sydney radio station 2GB to explain why One Nation abstained – apparently Jacqui Lambie is “wishy-washy”. |
| Hanson is also saying Richard Di Natale is ridiculous for blaming the Queensland fires on climate change before we know what caused them, as she blames the Queensland government for its land-clearing laws for those exact fires. | Hanson is also saying Richard Di Natale is ridiculous for blaming the Queensland fires on climate change before we know what caused them, as she blames the Queensland government for its land-clearing laws for those exact fires. |
| Mike Bowers has been going since very early this morning. His week is going to look a lot like this. | Mike Bowers has been going since very early this morning. His week is going to look a lot like this. |
| Adding to the weight of what just happened in the Senate, I’m told this is just the fourth Greens bill to pass that chamber. | Adding to the weight of what just happened in the Senate, I’m told this is just the fourth Greens bill to pass that chamber. |
| Larissa Waters on that victory: | Larissa Waters on that victory: |
| After 10 years of attempts by the Greens to clean up politics, the Senate has just passed a Greens bill to set up a federal corruption watchdog with real teeth. | After 10 years of attempts by the Greens to clean up politics, the Senate has just passed a Greens bill to set up a federal corruption watchdog with real teeth. |
| Now the pressure is on the government to back this bill in the House, where the crossbench and opposition also want a strong corruption body, not the weak, toothless government proposal, which hasn’t moved an inch for almost a year. | Now the pressure is on the government to back this bill in the House, where the crossbench and opposition also want a strong corruption body, not the weak, toothless government proposal, which hasn’t moved an inch for almost a year. |
| For those asking, Centre Alliance and Jacqui Lambie voted for the bill, along with Labor and the Greens (who put it forward). | For those asking, Centre Alliance and Jacqui Lambie voted for the bill, along with Labor and the Greens (who put it forward). |
| That shouldn’t be a surprise – Centre Alliance has been calling for a federal Icac for some time, while Lambie stood up with the crossbench last sitting and said she wanted one with “more teeth than Jaws”. | That shouldn’t be a surprise – Centre Alliance has been calling for a federal Icac for some time, while Lambie stood up with the crossbench last sitting and said she wanted one with “more teeth than Jaws”. |