Safe schools program.
Wow.
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Werenât 13 of those 17 squibs who didnât actually vote?
Not that I disagree.
No, that was the breakdown of Yes to No wins in electoral seats.
The actual government votesâŚ
Who abstained from the same-sex marriage vote?
Barnaby Joyce (Nationals)
Tony Abbott (Liberals)
Andrew Hastie (Liberals)
Michael Sukkar (Liberals)
Kevin Andrews (Liberals)
Scott Morrison (Liberals)
George Christensen (LNP)
Rick Wilson (Liberals)
Stuart Robert (Liberals)
Bert van Manen (Liberals)
What about no votes?
Bob Katter (independent)
Russell Broadbent (Liberal)
Keith Pitt (Nationals)
David Littleproud (Nationals)
Senate:
There were 72 senators able to vote today but only 55 did so. At least one senator, Gavin Marshall, is overseas so 16 other senators were either granted leave or abstained from the vote.
Senators who have confirmed they abstained include Employment Minister Michaelia Cash, Assistant Minister for Social Services Zed Seselja, Liberal senator James McGrath, Nationalâs Bridget McKenzie, and One Nationâs Pauline Hanson.
Other senators who were missing include Laborâs Sam Dastyari, Don Farrell, Alex Gallacher, Katy Gallagher, Deb OâNeill, Glenn Sterle and Jacinta Collins (who was given a pair and so did not have to vote) as well as One Nationâs Peter Georgiou and Liberalâs David Fawcett.
Liberalâs Arthur Sinodinos and Laborâs Pat Dodson may have been on leave.
Surprised Jim Molan didnât go with 'My account was hacked. Call the AFP" routine.
Might be news to Australia and a few others engaged in Iraq when Moylan stated âWhen I ran the warâŚâ
Labor and Greens combined to defeat a proposed change by the federal government in environmental water flows in the Murrayâs Darling basin. The government wanted to take another 70 gigalitres out of the northern basin which is already so over-allocated the Darling river rarely flows through to the Murray these days.
Some people in Nationals seats, of which most of the basin is comprised of are having trouble wrapping their heads around Labor and the Greens coming to the rescue of the Darling River. There are people actually panicking and thinking this will mean less water for small scale irrigators and that it needs to be controlled by Nationals reps. How blind and brainwashed these poor people are. The Nationals have put their waterways in the dire situation theyâre in and want to make matters worse but they just donât see it and will keep voting for them.
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They need to get rid of Cubbie Station and not give the resultant gains away. That should resolve ALL the Murray-Darlingâs problem.
I assume they donât want to think that unless they fix the Darling, there wonât be ANY irrigation.
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Absolutely agree. The problem is largely with one particular place.
As for the Nationals voters in the seats in the basin theyâre either not aware of the problem or so hyper-partisan they canât bring themselves to consider the issue in any reasoned way. One farmer was so â â â â â â off about the proposed rules getting blocked he was sure that Labor and the Greens werenât going to stop until all water was allocated to environmental flows and no agriculture exists in the basin. These guys get this rubbish from their local Nats reps. Another guy was trying to tell me they are going after water in the Murray. When I mentioned it was only about blocking taking more out of the northern basin he just ignored that fact and kept rabbiting on about greenies. When I mentioned the problem with cotton (which they agree with) they couldnât allow themselves to draw the connections.
Turns out Barnaby has been having an affair with an underling on his staff,⌠but it seems everyone is saying thatâs his personal life,. No Comment.
Didnât a couple of AFL heads roll over something exactly like this?
Whoever thought the Upper Darling was a good place to grow cotton (or rice)? Or anywhere in Australia bar Ord River?
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Barnaby also escapes the Kevin Spacey Creeps Thread treatment.
Strong rumour is that he got her in the puddinâ club ! Poor little bugger
Probably because it was consensual?
Apparently thereâs enough kickbacks to enough politicians to make them believe itâs a good idea.
Didnât a president get impeached for less? #BarnabyOut
Must have been coercion involved no one would willingly get up close and personal with Barney. Carnt of the highest order.
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the sanctity of marriage
Nup Gill is still there in spite of his extra-marital affair. He even tried to shift blame for that onto Jimmy.
So thereâs proof gil had an affair?