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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Australian politics live: Scott Morrison challenges Labor on 2050 targets, Victoria opens border to NSW

Prime minister ramps up attack on Labor over climate and Sydney residents will be allowed to visit Melbourne. Follow updates live

What is the price of the National party support?

David Littleproud tries to pretend he doesn’t know what ABC host Michael Rowland is talking about, but by the third attempt Littleproud says:

Money makes the world go around, mate.

We are working through that to make sure there is not a huge price to this. Using the smarts of technology and reform in protecting regional Australia, we aren’t thinking about 30 pieces of silver.

We are thinking more about the policy settings to ensure we protect regional Australia and help grow it. That is the simple premise we have been tasked by the party room.

You have to put it into perspective. Our party room only saw this plan less than 36 hours ago. We are trying to move as quickly as we can and be respectful and pragmatic of the process. The vast majority of the party room want to move forward but they want to secure regional Australia’s future but also growing it. Making sure any impacts we can mitigate. We are running the lens over that now and doing that as quickly as we can, understanding there are time pressures on this. We appreciate we only saw this less than 36 hours ago.

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