Paul Keating has issued a statement labelling the AUKUS submarine purchase & build the "worst international decision" by Labor since Billy Hughes tried to introduce conscription @danielhurstbne @natasha__may #auspol This is a statement ahead of the National Press Club #npc conversation between Keating and Laura Tingle.

Calls Penny Wong and Richard Marles "two seriously unwise ministers"

Helen Haines: Fixing the loophole doesn’t prevent the need to stand up for the conventions and honour of this parliament, to move a censure motion when there has been such a substantial breach of trust.
#auspol Monique Ryan says if the Coalition members - "such that is actually present in the house - vote against the censure motion then they are "behaving politically rather than ethically".

Not illegal/a breach of constitution - "is that how low the bar is set?"
#auspol

Morrison: "I am proud of my achievements, I am proud of my govt. At a time of extreme trial - my govt stood up and faced the abyss of uncertainty we looked into, the coercion of a regional bully, and saw Australia thru the storm." Morrison: I have no intention of submitting to political intimidation of this govt who seeks to use its numbers in this place to impose its retribution on a political opponent.

Morrison arrives just in time for start of government censure motion re multiple ministries.

Tony Burke says speaking time limits shouldn't be enforced - Morrison has as much time as he wants.
#auspol Burke: "Today is not how any of us wanted to make history..."

"A censure, while rare, has its place."

Burke notes previous censure for a former minister was for falling below standards - not illegality.

#auspol

Morrison says he'll "assist any genuine process to learn the lessons from the pandemic" including role of states & territories.

That is NOT what Anthony Albanese announced (a targeted inquiry at his multi ministries).

So, Morrison is saying he WON'T cooperate. #auspol Morrison did this repeatedly in office, announcing a supposed intention to do something, which he then didn't do due to self-imposed conditions making it impossible:
* Voice to parliament
* National integrity commission
* Protect LGBT kids

According to the election day boat scare chronology, Morrison was asked and answered the question about the boat BEFORE it went live online.

Please enjoy details of Andrew's staff flipping their lid about this.

#auspol Some other fun details: Karen Andrews office gave officials just 15 minutes to whip this statement up - invoking the PM ("the PM wants a statement")
#auspol

Paul Erickson says it was "odd and then galling" that the Coalition engaged in "an all-out assault on state and territory Labor Governments" mid covid pandemic. #auspol #npc Erickson criticises:
* Morrison reducing press conferences
* Backing Clive Palmers WA border challenge
* Criticising Palaszczuk
* Undermining Vic health response.
#auspol #npc

The list of charities and eminent Australians who have withdrawn or clarified "endorsements" taken out of context to fluff up Liberal candidates is LONG!

A thread!

This has happened with:
* PCYC & Paul Fletcher
* Brisbane Archdiocese & Julian Simmonds

theguardian.com/australia-news… Former Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry and Liberal MP Fiona Martin:

abc.net.au/news/2022-05-1…

#auspol

Ch7: we have game-ified the shit out of this, with game show music. Can't wait for the Lanai Scarr round, where if Lanai can answer more pub trivia questions about Perth, then you lose all your WA seats.

#breaking Christian Porter has resigned from Morrison government ministry.

Morrison cites his inability to provide further information about donors to the trust.

#auspol #christianporter Morrison said he accepted the resignation. "It isn't just about actual conflicts, the standards have an obligation to avoid perceptions of conflict". #auspol #ChristianPorter

Morrison: "...whether it was the hesitancy around the AstraZeneca
vaccine, that many shared ... but this government didn't share, I can assure you"

FACT CHECK: between 8 April and 28 June adults aged 18-40 WERE NOT ELIGIBLE for vaccines, including AZ. #auspol #qt If the government wasn't hesitant about AstraZeneca- why didn't it use the ample wiggle room in the ATAGI advice to allow people to take it with informed consent?
theguardian.com/australia-news…

Mark McGowan was pretty clear this evening that he expects virus free WA, QLD, SA, Tas and the NT will maintain their border restrictions if they're covid-free when Australia reaches the 70% vaccination target. #auspol Earlier today, the Queensland deputy premier Steven Miles specifically credited the borders for eased restrictions eg dancing and standing at pubs.

#breaking Michaelia Cash to take attorney-general's portfolio from Christian Porter #auspol #auslaw Social services minister Anne Ruston joins leadership team of the govt, adding "minister for women's safety" to her title #auspol

Morrison wants you to criticise him for going to the football. It's a trap. It's the same reason he doubled down on the father of daughters, I love Jen stuff - he's trying to stop the rot with blokey blokes and forgiving sheilas

Oh wow PM staff indicated to Morrison to take a question from Chris Uhlmann - the only non PNG vaccination question - and it's about Nicolle Flints speech on her experience of sexism. Now PM has to go, so none on govt handling of rape allegations. #auspol The govt is determined to create a false equivalence between its fumbling the Brittany Higgins allegation, failure to investigate allegation against Porter (which he denies) and Flints complaints about GetUp. #auspol

Every US presidential election is "hotly contested" @BreakfastNews. What's different this time is the president doesn't want all the votes to be counted. That's the news. Where is that? So @davidlipson gives us a cross from the White House security fence, as if Trump needs protecting from us! Lots of focus on "violent protests on the street"...what about MAGA folks shooting people? Is that a concern?

Christian Porter rejects premise of my question that there is some form of urgency in getting Commonwealth Integrity Commission oversight of pollies. Says there are already 11 public sector anti corruption bodies.
#auspol Porter confirms that law enforcement can be investigated for corruption of any kind, but public servants and pollies only 4 crimes.
#auspol #auslaw

THREAD on income tax cuts - the govt will trumpet the green column which gives a rolled up figure, but what's really going on is the yellow column is a one-off boost in 2020-21, and pink is the permanent increase.
#auspol #Budget2021 Notice something? Green makes it look like everyone is about $2K better off. Yellow reveals middle income earners are getting a ONE-OFF boost in 2020-21; and PINK shows the RICH are getting the biggest cuts.
#auspol #Budget2021

So the ASD won't "collect" information but they will help AFP "identify" people (by accessing their information) Hmmmmmmmm...
Seems @annikasmethurst story was RIGHT ALL ALONG, not that it was ever in doubt.
#auspol @annikasmethurst Smethurst story said there was a push for ASD to get domestic powers. Dutton/Home Affairs denials were always nonsense, claiming that as long as their wasn't a mass information gathering power on all Australians, only on criminal suspects, that somehow made the story wrong.

Who needs facts? If you had the intuition that BLM protests would cause a spike in cases then there was a spike, QED.
If you hate multiculturalism, blame the Eid dinner. The world is not an objective reality external to me, the world is only my perception of it, so I can create my own subjective reality with my spidey sense, filter bubble and hostile media.

The #COVIDSafe app legislation has landed. It mainly creates offences for stuff govt said would be banned - eg the main offence of collection/use/disclosure by those not conducting contact tracing (pen: 5 years prison, 300 penalty units or both) #auspol #auslaw There seems to be a very small amount of leeway if the collection is "permitted under an Australian law" - provided info is deleted immediately.