POLITICIANS – AUSTRALIA

Coalition MP on brink

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Original article by James Campbell
Herald Sun – Page: 1 & 6 : 2-Nov-18

Liberal MP Chris Crewther could be referred to the High Court over concerns that his investment in pharmaceutical company Gretals Australia may breach Section 44 of the Constitution. Gretals has received direct grants from the federal government, as well as linkage grants. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has also been under scrutiny over claims that his pecuniary interest in a childcare centre may breach the Constitution. The federal government would have 74 seats in the lower house if Crewther is disqualified.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, GRETALS AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

McGowan threat to unruly Nationals

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 23-Oct-18

Independent MP Cathy McGowan has signalled that she may not continue to support the federal government on confidence and supply if there is a change of leadership at the National Party. McGowan has warned that her constituents in rural Victoria would not welcome more leadership turmoil in Canberra. The future of Nationals leader Michael McCormack has been under scrutiny, amid speculation that he may face a challenge from predecessor Barnaby Joyce.

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NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Labor urges Senate censure of Dutton

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Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 5 : 20-Sep-18

Greens MP Adam Bandt will push for a no-confidence motion against Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton over his intervention in the issuance of visas to two au pairs. This follows a Senate committee’s recommendation that the upper house should consider a censure motion against Dutton over his role in the scandal. Labor and Greens members of the committee have alleged that Dutton deliberately misled parliament regarding the controversy, a view that has been rejected by Coalition members of the committee.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Dutton accuses Quaedvlieg of grooming young woman

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 12-Sep-18

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said on 11 September that Labor should not rely on Roman Quaedvlieg as it continues to pursue Dutton over the issuing of visas to two au pairs. Dutton claimed that Quaedvlieg, who is a former Australian Border Force commissioner and who Dutton has accused of trying to smear him over the au pair case, had "groomed" a young woman 30 years his junior. Dutton also continued to deny he had any personal link to the people involved in the two au pair cases.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Turnbull ally caught in political crossfire

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Original article by John Ferguson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 7-Sep-18

Federal Liberal MP Julia Banks has rejected claims she mistreated party volunteers during the 2016 election campaign for the seat of Chisholm. The allegations were made in a report by a Liberal adviser after the election, with Banks winning the seat from Labor. Banks says the allegations in the leaked report are "false". Banks has recently threatened to quit her seat, claiming she was bullied and intimidated during the recent federal Liberal leadership turmoil that saw Malcolm Turnbull ousted.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Border wars: Dutton hits back

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Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 7-Sep-18

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has accused his one-time Queensland Police Force colleague Roman Quaedvlieg of providing false evidence to a Senate inquiry. The Labor-led inquiry is investigating Dutton’s role in the granting of visas to two au pairs. Dutton appointed Quaedvlieg as Australia’s first ever Border Force Commissioner, but Quaedvlieg was dismissed from that role in March for misbehaviour. Quaedvlieg is being investigated about his misconduct, and Dutton suggested it might partly be the pressure of this investigation that caused him to give false evidence to the inquiry.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Bishop condemns culture of bullying

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 5 : 6-Sep-18

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop said on 5 September that she has witnessed some appalling behaviour in federal parliament. Bishop, who was speaking at the "Australian Women’s Weekly" Women of the Future awards lunch, said that parliament’s workplace culture, which includes bullying and intimidation, would not be tolerated in any other Australian workplace. She says that parliament’s adversarial nature impacts on the political process, while she urged the Liberal Party to take steps to lift the number of its MPs who are women.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

Shorten: extend Hayne probe

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 5-Sep-18

Labor leader Bill Shorten has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to extend the banking royal commission’s current reporting deadline. The commission, which is headed by former High Court Judge Kenneth Hayne, is due to present an interim report in October, and to present its final report by 1 February 2019. Shorten, who was speaking on 4 September, says the victims of banking misconduct must be given more opportunity to have their grievances heard, and that as well as giving the commission more time, it should also travel to regional centres.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO MISCONDUCT IN THE BANKING, SUPERANNUATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Dutton’s au pair drama shows hypocrisy of immigration policy

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Original article by Waleed Aly
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 31-Aug-18

Peter Dutton has sought to create an image of being someone who believes in the importance of applying rules rigidly and in law and order. Humanitarian causes seemingly do not move him. However, in letting an au pair into Australia on a tourist visa when he was immigration minister, Dutton showed he was prepared to go against the principles on which he has earned his tough reputation. He was told the au pair had previously broken Australia’s visa rules and was likely to do so again, but he ignored the advice of Immigration staff. It would appear Dutton is happy to let some people into Australia illegally if they are "the right kind of people".

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS

‘I was not in breach’: Peter Dutton releases new legal advice on eligibility to be MP

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Original article by Latika Bourke
The Age – Page: Online : 24-Aug-18

Former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has used social media to publish legal advice which suggests that his beneficial interest in several child care centres is not in breach of the Constitution. Dutton said he was advised by former solicitor-general David Bennett that he is eligible to be in parliament, and noted that Guy Reynolds SC has also previously advised that he is not in breach of section 44 of Constitution. Bennett has also provided Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with advice regarding section 44 in the past.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, ONE NATION PARTY