Extract from The Guardian
PM joins ministers Dutton and Keenan to say
Abbott’s office knew about deal with Leyonhjelm; same-sex marriage
plebiscite bill clears lower house; jobless rate falls to 5.6% and
part-time jobs’ share of employment grows; Dfat heads of mission
knew of Wyatt Roy’s Iraq trip; NSW deputy premier offers support
for Adler ban until gun is reclassified; Leyonhjelm hits back at
Abbott claim on gun-ban deal. As it happened
Updated 5h ago
Malcolm Turnbull (right) listens to Tony Abbott
delivering a personal explanation at the end of the House of
Representatives’ question time. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
Thursday 20 October 2016 16.30 AEDT
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- Malcolm Turnbull, immigration minister Peter Dutton and justice minister Michael Keenan all contradicted their former PM’s statement that there was no deal with David Leyonhjelm to trade a sunset clause on the Adler shotgun in return for his vote on a migration bill.
- Tony Abbott then rose and claimed to have been misrepresented by Labor questioning, but repeated his assertion there was no deal and that his ban was acting on security advice that the Adler shotguns were flooding the country. While he aimed the barbs at Labor, it was obviously really aimed at his former cabinet colleagues.
- During Abbott’s statement, Turnbull and four of his senior ministers stayed to hear the answer.
- The day marks a new low for the split in the Coalition MPs from Abbott, since he started freelancing on the issue of gun control.
- His actions will now set him apart from many conservative colleagues such as National party MPs who were hoping for a less emotive debate on the Adler, not to mention many of his Liberal colleagues, who will not thank him for throwing guns on the table in a week when the unions and the CFMEU were supposed to be the issue.
- Also today, we learned that the government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and trade knew of plans by former Liberal MP Wyatt Roy in Iraq because they were told he was interested in any “meetings” while he was there. Dfat told him there was a no travel order on the country but it contradicts a statement from Julie Bishop that the government knew nothing of it.
- The government’s plebiscite bill passed the lower house but is expected to be blocked in the senate by Labor, the Greens, the Xenophons and Derryn Hinch.
That’s enough for tonight. Here is a string of
magnificence from Michael Bowers to give you a
flavour of the day. Thanks to Paul Karp, Gareth Hutchens,
Ben Doherty and Katharine Murphy for their input.
See you in two weeks time when parliament resumes
on 7 November.
Go well.
Tony Abbott makes a
personal explanation. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian
Deputy PM Barnaby
Joyce talks to the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, during question
time. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian
Kate Ellis during a
division in question time. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian
Anthony Albanese
during question time in the House of Representatives this afternoon.
Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian
Labor’s Julie Owens uses Auslan, Australian
sign language, during a member’s statement. Photograph: Mike
Bowers for the Guardian
Updated at 4.43pm AEDT
Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
Tony Abbott makes a personal explanation after
question time. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian
Most egregiously Mr Speaker.
The in crowd: Malcolm Turnbull, foreign minister
Julie Bishop, environment energy minister Josh Frydenberg, financial
services minister Kelly O’Dwyer and treasurer Scott Morrison.
Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian
Julie Bishop trains her death
stare at Tony Abbott.
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