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| Labor attacks government's wages record – politics live | Labor attacks government's wages record – politics live |
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| Asked if he had watched the Andrew Bolt interview with Gladys Liu, Barnaby Joyce told Patricia Karvelas he had. | |
| His verdict? | |
| Everyone has a bad day in the office and that was one. | |
| I mean, he would know. | |
| Thousands of mature-age students – including Newstart recipients, single parents and the disabled – would have their welfare payments slashed under a revived Morrison government plan. | |
| On Thursday, the Coalition re-introduced legislation to parliament that would effectively reduce two top-up welfare payments received by older students who do not study full-time. | |
| The changes, which would save the budget $80 million, mean a person studying part-time would get half the annual $208 education entry payment rather than the full amount. The $62.40 a week pensioner education supplement will also be tightened. | |
| It comes as the Coalition pushes ahead with plans to drug-test welfare recipients and expand the cashless debit card to the North Territory, and as it refuses to heed calls to lift the rate of Newstart allowance. | |
| The Australian Council of Social Service (Acoss), which opposes the bill, says 56,100 people – mostly disability support pensioners and people receiving parenting payment single and carer payments – would be impacted by the cuts to the education entry payment. | |
| Changes to the pensioner education supplement would impact about 39,700 people who would no longer receive this payment during university semester breaks, Acoss says, while about 30,000 would have these fortnightly payments cut in half because they study part-time. | |
| The Department of Social Services previously told 9,629 Newstart recipients also received one or both of these two supplementary payments. The government consistently points to supplementary payments as a reason why Newstart does not need to be raised. | |
| The bill, which also bars students studying overseas from receiving the Relocation Scholarship, to save a further $1.9 million, was rejected by the Senate in the previous parliament. | |
| You may notice here the lack of reaction from Scott Morrison to his deputy having a complete and utter meltdown at the despatch box. | You may notice here the lack of reaction from Scott Morrison to his deputy having a complete and utter meltdown at the despatch box. |
| I mean, a cynic would think that some sort of distraction was ... almost ... planned. | I mean, a cynic would think that some sort of distraction was ... almost ... planned. |
| Very angry exchange between Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon. #qt pic.twitter.com/ReWW8aiGo5 | Very angry exchange between Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon. #qt pic.twitter.com/ReWW8aiGo5 |
| .@AngusTaylorMP just gave a 10-minute speech in Parliament on climate change WITHOUT mentioning the term "climate change" once! Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus. | .@AngusTaylorMP just gave a 10-minute speech in Parliament on climate change WITHOUT mentioning the term "climate change" once! Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus. |
| In all seriousness though, what was that hour? | In all seriousness though, what was that hour? |
| Well, if one of your MPs has done a trainwreck interview, against advice, which has made them the story, at a time when you are attempting to play as beige as possible, and you know question time is coming up, what do you do? | Well, if one of your MPs has done a trainwreck interview, against advice, which has made them the story, at a time when you are attempting to play as beige as possible, and you know question time is coming up, what do you do? |
| Attempt to divert attention. | Attempt to divert attention. |
| Michael McCormack just McCormacked his bit, but you had Peter Dutton twice, giving his best Dutton, Christian Porter doing his Porter, and Josh Frydenberg ramping up both the yelling and class clown act. | Michael McCormack just McCormacked his bit, but you had Peter Dutton twice, giving his best Dutton, Christian Porter doing his Porter, and Josh Frydenberg ramping up both the yelling and class clown act. |
| The problem is, it doesn’t seem like the government QT strategists considered that most of the questions would be ruled out of order. | The problem is, it doesn’t seem like the government QT strategists considered that most of the questions would be ruled out of order. |
| So the distraction became the main show. | So the distraction became the main show. |
| And, well, you saw the result. | And, well, you saw the result. |
| How Mike Bowers saw the rest of the Michael McCormack snaps hour: | How Mike Bowers saw the rest of the Michael McCormack snaps hour: |
| When you ask for meat and three veg, and get onion. | When you ask for meat and three veg, and get onion. |
| Question time ends. | Question time ends. |
| As does my will to keep typing. | As does my will to keep typing. |
| But Oma didn’t raise no quitter, so we keep on. | But Oma didn’t raise no quitter, so we keep on. |
| For a visual of what is not happening in question time today | For a visual of what is not happening in question time today |
| PM Scott Morrison is asked about the member for Chisholm Gladys Liu after reports about her ties to bodies linked to the Communist party #qt pic.twitter.com/Xw1C8yT6gk | PM Scott Morrison is asked about the member for Chisholm Gladys Liu after reports about her ties to bodies linked to the Communist party #qt pic.twitter.com/Xw1C8yT6gk |
| All of this | All of this |
| Just to cut a long story short. No one wants to get to the bottom of anything today, (apart from the chum bucket) #qt | Just to cut a long story short. No one wants to get to the bottom of anything today, (apart from the chum bucket) #qt |
| Mark Dreyfus to Scott Morrison: | Mark Dreyfus to Scott Morrison: |
| Doesn’t matter, it is ruled out of order. | Doesn’t matter, it is ruled out of order. |
| Someone is feeling a bit more comfortable | Someone is feeling a bit more comfortable |