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| Labor on the fence about support for climate emergency motion – politics live | |
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| Melisssa McIntosh, another class of 2019 alumnus as the new Liberal MP for Lindsay, has announced she will be delivering a speech ahead of question time in the chamber, talking about September 11 and the Australian flag that was found in World Trade Centre 3. | |
| McIntosh talked about how not being in the September 11 attack changed her life during her first speech. | |
| At 23, I entered the corporate world. Like many young people — like many young women — I was rushing to get ahead and achieve it all before kids. | |
| I was also the girl from Penrith, wanting to be the best and to take all the opportunities. People from western Sydney are really committed; if you have to commute three hours a day or more for your job, you have to be. | |
| But then an experience changed things. I was given a wonderful opportunity to travel to New York for work. | |
| A couple of days out from my departure, the trip was cancelled. I was disappointed. I was going to be staying at the famous Twin Towers. | |
| I would have been in one of those towers on September 11. | |
| I will never forget that day, sitting in an almost empty office in Sydney, about 20 storeys up, overlooking Hyde Park, wondering what would have happened if I had made it to New York. | |
| Rushing for a career wasn’t so important after that, so I put it on hold and I went travelling the world with Stuart and his sporting career. | |
| Terri Butler fronted up to doors this morning to have a chat about David Littleproud’s admission that he is unsure if climate change is manmade. | |
| But she wouldn’t say which way Labor would vote on the climate emergency proposal the crossbench is putting forward. Why? Because Labor doesn’t know yet: | |
| Journalist: Will you be supporting the motion from the crossbench re this climate emergency? | |
| TB: Well, it’s actually up to the government to decide whether there will be a declaration of a climate emergency, and frankly, I don’t have any confidence that they even believe in climate change. | |
| They’ve had their own minister out there saying that he’s not sure whether manmade climate change exists, he doesn’t know whether it’s even real. | |
| How can we be confident that this government will take any action on climate change, or take any serious action whatsoever, when they’ve got science-denying ministers in their own frontbench, which is threatening the prosperity of our country. | |
| Journalist: Will you be voting for the motion? | |
| TB: Well, as I say, it’s a matter for the government whether there is a climate emergency declaration. | |
| The question is, what will the prime minister do? What will his ministers do? We’ve got a senior frontbencher, someone who is the drought minister, the water minister, out saying he’s not sure if manmade climate change is really a thing. | |
| I don’t know whether we can be confident that the government will actually do anything at all. | |
| The latest independent health advice panel (the government-appointed panel for the medevac bill) has tabled its latest report. | |
| It has found that, in terms of ministerial refusal to transfer patients to the mainland for treatment, the panel agreed with the minister’s decision in nine of the 15 cases. | |
| Which means the panel of health officials appointed by the government overruled the minister in just six cases, because they judged the need for treatment in the mainland to be critical. | |
| That’s not exactly a “flood” of people. And as far as I know, our public hospitals have not fallen. Society stands. And some very ill people who are in our care are receiving the treatment doctors have judged them to need. | |
| Also in the report – the panel is planning a visit to the regional processing centres. | |
| And just a reminder that anyone transferred to Australia for treatment remains in detention and is escorted to appointments/remains under guard. They do not get free rein to run around the community. | |
| The medevac repeal bill is due to come back to parliament in November. Jacqui Lambie is the crucial vote. | |
| Linda Burney chatted to Sabra Lane this morning on ABC AM. She gave Labor’s positions on the upcoming welfare legislation the government is putting forward. | Linda Burney chatted to Sabra Lane this morning on ABC AM. She gave Labor’s positions on the upcoming welfare legislation the government is putting forward. |
| On drug testing: | On drug testing: |
| LB: Labor is not supporting that policy. This is the third time the government has dusted off this policy and I just heard on Radio National there is a group of experts meeting in Canberra today. They are saying this is punitive. It’s not going to work. And the biggest issue is that there is just not enough treatment centres or treatment available for people that want to come off drug addiction. And that is where the government needs to focus. | |
| SL: The cashless welfare card. The government wants to roll this out nationally. 80 per cent of money is quarantined in that for rent and food. The government says it works. Has the Labor party got a position on that yet? | |
| LB: The Labor party does have a position. We’ve had a position for some time on the cashless welfare card. And that is that if a community has proper consultation and proper consent, and the community wants the card, then Labor would not stand in the way. But we do not support a national rollout of this card. It goes to whether or not it’s effective. And I have to say Sabra, just in closing, that the evaluations so far have been quite inadequate and there needs to be proper evaluation, and Labor has a very strong view and a very persistent view on this particular card. | |
| We are still waiting on the statement. | We are still waiting on the statement. |
| Massive clean out of Gladys Liu’s office planned. Victoria’s Liberals believe she is unsupported and therefore unprepared #auspol | Massive clean out of Gladys Liu’s office planned. Victoria’s Liberals believe she is unsupported and therefore unprepared #auspol |
| So @GladysLiuMP office says there’s a statement coming - but not to Parliament where she faces penalties for misleading the House - and referring all questions to the Prime Minister’s office! So that’s unusual. | So @GladysLiuMP office says there’s a statement coming - but not to Parliament where she faces penalties for misleading the House - and referring all questions to the Prime Minister’s office! So that’s unusual. |
| Zed Seselja, who has obviously taken his shitstirrer tablet this morning, says he is unclear if Kim Carr is supporting the bill or not, because it has been “19 minutes” of talking the bill down. | Zed Seselja, who has obviously taken his shitstirrer tablet this morning, says he is unclear if Kim Carr is supporting the bill or not, because it has been “19 minutes” of talking the bill down. |
| Carr is having none of it. He says the government is ignoring the big issues and using things like this bill as a distraction. | Carr is having none of it. He says the government is ignoring the big issues and using things like this bill as a distraction. |
| He really, really, really doesn’t like Labor’s position on this one. | He really, really, really doesn’t like Labor’s position on this one. |
| Kim Carr, who spoke up during yesterday’s caucus meeting about Labor’s intention to vote for what has become known as the “vegan terrorist” bill, is forcibly listing his concerns about the bill in the Senate. | Kim Carr, who spoke up during yesterday’s caucus meeting about Labor’s intention to vote for what has become known as the “vegan terrorist” bill, is forcibly listing his concerns about the bill in the Senate. |
| He’ll vote for it, because that is the caucus position, and to go against the caucus position in Labor is grounds for getting kicked out of the party. | He’ll vote for it, because that is the caucus position, and to go against the caucus position in Labor is grounds for getting kicked out of the party. |
| But he is not happy about it. At all. | But he is not happy about it. At all. |
| It being Wednesday, means it is National Press Club day. | It being Wednesday, means it is National Press Club day. |
| Mark Dreyfus will be delivering today’s speech. It’s on the need for a national integrity commission. | Mark Dreyfus will be delivering today’s speech. It’s on the need for a national integrity commission. |
| Seems the seat of Chisholm comes with a side of “hanging the MP out to dry”. | Seems the seat of Chisholm comes with a side of “hanging the MP out to dry”. |
| Julia Banks held the seat before Liu. | Julia Banks held the seat before Liu. |
| Govt confident there’s no “smoking gun” with Liu but she was told not to do the interview with Bolt, but did. Govt believes her office is out of ifs depth #auspol | Govt confident there’s no “smoking gun” with Liu but she was told not to do the interview with Bolt, but did. Govt believes her office is out of ifs depth #auspol |
| We saw the home affairs minister briefly yesterday, during a failed lickspittle attempt (when you want to talk about how terrible the opposition is, you kinda have to add the “alternative approaches” kicker to the question, which wasn’t there yesterday) but Peter Dutton has kept relatively quiet, for him, this sitting week. | We saw the home affairs minister briefly yesterday, during a failed lickspittle attempt (when you want to talk about how terrible the opposition is, you kinda have to add the “alternative approaches” kicker to the question, which wasn’t there yesterday) but Peter Dutton has kept relatively quiet, for him, this sitting week. |
| We aren’t hearing from him anywhere near as much as we usually do. | We aren’t hearing from him anywhere near as much as we usually do. |
| Just making a note. | Just making a note. |
| Don’t think the Biloela community have forgotten. | Don’t think the Biloela community have forgotten. |
| The former Liberal party leader John Hewson says his party membership has lapsed but he remains motivated by liberal values which “got me into the parliament in the first place”. | The former Liberal party leader John Hewson says his party membership has lapsed but he remains motivated by liberal values which “got me into the parliament in the first place”. |
| Speaking to Annelise Nielsen on Sky, he says that he is part of the push for the parliament to declare a climate emergency because not enough is being done. | Speaking to Annelise Nielsen on Sky, he says that he is part of the push for the parliament to declare a climate emergency because not enough is being done. |
| “Rather than be a laggard in the climate debate, we should be a leader,” he said. | “Rather than be a laggard in the climate debate, we should be a leader,” he said. |
| “We have tremendous sun and wind and other resources, there is a capacity to lead in the world in the response to climate change and we just squandered that opportunity over the last couple of decades.” | “We have tremendous sun and wind and other resources, there is a capacity to lead in the world in the response to climate change and we just squandered that opportunity over the last couple of decades.” |
| Asked if he still considers himself a Liberal, Hewson says: “I have predominately liberal values, in terms of the significance of the individual and the significance of market forces and low levels of government and government regulation, but what I see in the Liberal party today, is if you were a true conservative and you did believe in small government and you did believe in low levels of regulation, you did believe in market forces, you would immediately put a price on carbon. | Asked if he still considers himself a Liberal, Hewson says: “I have predominately liberal values, in terms of the significance of the individual and the significance of market forces and low levels of government and government regulation, but what I see in the Liberal party today, is if you were a true conservative and you did believe in small government and you did believe in low levels of regulation, you did believe in market forces, you would immediately put a price on carbon. |
| “That is the obvious Liberal solution to this problem and fundamental to the transition that has got to be made. | “That is the obvious Liberal solution to this problem and fundamental to the transition that has got to be made. |
| “So, I just think they’ve lost their roots, quite frankly.” | “So, I just think they’ve lost their roots, quite frankly.” |
| AAP has written about the latest banking royal commission move from the government. | AAP has written about the latest banking royal commission move from the government. |
| Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released draft legislation on Wednesday for consultation to strengthen the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s enforcement and supervision powers. | Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released draft legislation on Wednesday for consultation to strengthen the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s enforcement and supervision powers. |
| It includes strengthening Asic’s licensing powers by increasing the standards required of an Australian Financial Services entity, both at the time of application and on an ongoing basis. | It includes strengthening Asic’s licensing powers by increasing the standards required of an Australian Financial Services entity, both at the time of application and on an ongoing basis. |
| It also extends the watchdog’s powers to ban a person from performing functions in a financial services or credit business while harmonising Asic’s search warrant powers to bring them into line with the search warrant powers of the Crimes Act. | It also extends the watchdog’s powers to ban a person from performing functions in a financial services or credit business while harmonising Asic’s search warrant powers to bring them into line with the search warrant powers of the Crimes Act. |
| “The exposure draft legislation is further evidence of the government’s commitment to strengthening financial regulators like Asic and restoring trust in the financial system as part of our plan to build a stronger economy,” Frydenberg said in a statement. | “The exposure draft legislation is further evidence of the government’s commitment to strengthening financial regulators like Asic and restoring trust in the financial system as part of our plan to build a stronger economy,” Frydenberg said in a statement. |
| Consultations close on 9 October. | Consultations close on 9 October. |
| Over in the portrait hall, the outgoing head of Asio, Duncan Lewis, has called for a public service college and referred to the apolitical public service as a “precious jewel”. | Over in the portrait hall, the outgoing head of Asio, Duncan Lewis, has called for a public service college and referred to the apolitical public service as a “precious jewel”. |
| And the bells have tolled for the beginning of the parliamentary session. | And the bells have tolled for the beginning of the parliamentary session. |
| Duncan Lewis is doing his valedictory speech to the Institute of Public Administration Australia. | Duncan Lewis is doing his valedictory speech to the Institute of Public Administration Australia. |
| That’s in the portrait gallery, if anyone is interested. | That’s in the portrait gallery, if anyone is interested. |