💧DUKE Clyde (HANSARD)CFW9 (Biden-Harris ELECT)💧 · @nobby15
3rd Dec 2019 from TwitLonger
Today's Goings On Under The Clown Big Top - Eventful day in parliament ends
That’s where we’ll leave the day for now. Thanks again for following along with the day’s events. It’s been another frantic day, so let’s recap:
the government has met with former fire chiefs, including Greg Mullins, about the climate and bushfires. Mullins says he hopes the Coalition can look past politics and act seriously on climate change. The prime minister was not in the meeting, leaving it up to Angus Taylor and David Littleproud.
Labor called for a royal commission into veterans suicides. The government said it was open to the idea, but would need more time to consider it. The RSL national president Greg Melick said there had been enough inquiries, and that the problems and solutions were known and needed to be acted upon.
the day began with reports that Ken Wyatt, minister for Indigenous Australians, had handed a contract to a company linked to a Liberal donor and former candidate without an open tender.
Labor used question time to attack Angus Taylor again on multiple fronts, accusing him of misleading parliament in his first ever speech, and attempting to draw Scott Morrison and Christian Porter further into the City of Sydney forged documents scandal. Taylor revealed he had not yet been interviewed by police.
The government failed to produce a transcript of the phone call between Mick Fuller and Scott Morrison about the police investigation into Taylor, despite a Senate order, which prompted criticism from Labor and the Greens.
Question time got fiery when Michael McCormack and Joel Fitzgibbon clashed in question time. Fitzgibbon was ejected. McCormack became animated about his interactions with farmer protesters out the front of parliament. Those protesters had told McCormack he lacked passion and that the Nationals would not exist unless it took a bolder stand on water and the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
speaking of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, the government announced a review of its water management policies to ensure they are not inhibiting access.
Anthony Albanese addressed the Labor caucus, rallying the troops, and promising more pressure on what he called Scott Morrison’s “Angus Horribilis”
See you tomorrow for another round.