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| Parliament pays tribute to Malcolm Fraser – politics live | Parliament pays tribute to Malcolm Fraser – politics live |
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| 9.36am AEST22:36 | |
| Look at me. Pretty please. | |
| Some people really go to extraordinary lengths to get noticed. LDP senator David Leyonhjelm in an interview with Fairfax Media. | |
| We have an awful lot of work to do and we lose a whole day for condolence motions? It might be okay to stop for a few hours but losing a whole day I think is over the top. I hope Hawkey doesn’t die otherwise we’ll never get any work done. | |
| It’s been quite jarring watching some of the right’s churlishness around Fraser since Friday. Fraser won three elections for the Liberal party. Repeat that, three elections, for the Liberal party. | |
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| The first I learned of that was in Greg Sheridan's column .. | |
| Just a quick catch up on some of the non-Fraser events of the morning. | |
| 8.51am AEST21:51 | 8.51am AEST21:51 |
| Good morning everyone and welcome to Monday. We are a bit late with our kick-off this morning because federal parliament will shortly suspend routine business to allow a condolence debate noting the death of Australia’s 22nd prime minister Malcolm Fraser last Friday after a short illness. | Good morning everyone and welcome to Monday. We are a bit late with our kick-off this morning because federal parliament will shortly suspend routine business to allow a condolence debate noting the death of Australia’s 22nd prime minister Malcolm Fraser last Friday after a short illness. |
| The debate marking the life and times of Fraser will kick off at 10am this morning in both chambers. Both places will then adjourn for the remainder of the day. | The debate marking the life and times of Fraser will kick off at 10am this morning in both chambers. Both places will then adjourn for the remainder of the day. |
| Lots of terrific pieces have been written about Fraser’s prime ministership since news of his death broke last Friday morning. Our coverage – which includes reflections from Fred Chaney, Julian Burnside, Robert Manne, Margaret Simons – and analysis from Lenore Taylor and myself – can be found here. | Lots of terrific pieces have been written about Fraser’s prime ministership since news of his death broke last Friday morning. Our coverage – which includes reflections from Fred Chaney, Julian Burnside, Robert Manne, Margaret Simons – and analysis from Lenore Taylor and myself – can be found here. |
| The ABC also turned around a Fraser tribute which aired last night, which contained one of his last major interviews with journalist George Megalogenis. It’s well worth a watch and can be found on iview here. | The ABC also turned around a Fraser tribute which aired last night, which contained one of his last major interviews with journalist George Megalogenis. It’s well worth a watch and can be found on iview here. |
| I’ll be covering the chamber debate live, as well as the normal run of politics throughout the day. The comments thread is open for your business and you can find us on Twitter @murpharoo and @mpbowers | I’ll be covering the chamber debate live, as well as the normal run of politics throughout the day. The comments thread is open for your business and you can find us on Twitter @murpharoo and @mpbowers |
| Updated at 8.52am AEST | Updated at 8.52am AEST |