The Seven Network paid a reported $150,000 for the interview which Joyce and Campion are putting into a trust fund for Sebastian, who was born in April.
It has not been a happy week for One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.
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It’s been another colourful week in federal politics, highlighted by Greg Hunt’s swearing, the Barnaby Joyce saga taking yet another turn, and One Nation falling apart at the seams.
Pauline Hanson has had a spectacular meltdown on live television.
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In an extraordinary Thursday night interview on Sky Hanson, who accused Burston of trying to defect to the Shooters party, said it was not the first time he had stabbed her in the back.
But attention will be on whether Sussan Ley votes for the Labor amendment.
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Cash has been subpoenaed to appear in the AWU’s case against the ROC as well as to produce documents earlier. But she told a news conference she had instructed lawyers to have the subpoena set aside.
The Sept. 11 attacks and subsequent “war on terror” had a transformative impact on the handling of secrecy and surveillance activities in government programs.
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Some Australian Christians claim to be persecuted – this is not only wrong, it is an insult to thousands around the world who are at risk because of their religion.
Joyce looked visibly under strain during the day and sources said he was not in a good head space.
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Joyce sought leave from the Nationals whip, Michelle Landry, and he has been granted a parliamentary pair by Labor – which means the numbers in the House of Representatives will not be affected.
Currently, the employer nominates a fund which people are defaulted into if they don’t make a choice.
Within Coalition ranks there are doubts about persisting with the company tax measure if it can’t be legislated.
The government leader in the Senate, Mathias Cormann, congratulates Steven Martin after his maiden speech. Now Martin has joined the Coalition team.
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The Nationals now have their first Tasmanian senator since the Tasmanian tiger was last sighted, but that does not greatly reduce the challenges the government faces in passing legislation.
Smith told parliament the date – which means a nine-week campaign - had been advised by the AEC.
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The byelections, which span four states, are especially crucial for opposition leader Bill Shorten, because four are in ALP seats and two of those are on wafer thin margins.
Joyce said that as an accountant, he understood the issues with audit process.
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The audit has been underway since early this year, sparked by the controversy around his affair with his former staffer and now partner Vikki Campion.
Victorian Russell Broadbent said he had recently been with a group of very conservative women from farming families, among whom the topic was white hot.
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Liberal backbench senator Dean Smith will challenge on Saturday his party’s decision not to field a candidate in the byelection for the federal seat of Perth.
Falinski said it was more efficient to have the sheep processed in Australia.
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It was the week that saw a parliamentary committee recommend a referendum to end the dual citizenship debacle- but the idea was immediately shut down by the government.
The live sheep trade has the potential to become a potent issue at the next federal election.
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Outlining the fiscal parameters the opposition will take to the election, Bowen will repeat that the ALP would achieve budget balance in the same year as the government – 2019-20.
Labor’s primary vote was up three points in the Fairfax-ipsos poll. The Coalition’s was unchanged.
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A busy week in politics saw the government’s third budget handed down, a reply from the opposition, a tax cuts battle and more byelections triggered by the citizenship crisis.
Shorten pledged to give bigger income tax cuts for 10 million taxpayers.
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The Labor alternative almost doubles the budget’s relief for these taxpayers, incorporating the early part of the government’s plan and then building on it.
Gallagher was ineligible to sit because she had not completed the renunciation of her dual British citizenship when she nominated for the 2016 election.
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