Scott Morrison to address lower house to defend against censure; stand-off looms over cuts to real wages. Follow updates here.
House Leader Tony Burke is moving the censure motion saying,“Today is something which for any other circumstance, for any other former prime minister and certainly even for the member for Cook, had the disclosure not been made available about the multiple ministries, we would not be here now.
“The decision was made, and I read this, that he fell below the standards expected of a member of the house. It was not that he had acted unlawfully, it was that he had fallen below the standards expected of a member of the House. “And I ask all members to think back to the first moment they heard about the multiple ministries, what their reaction was. Some gave their reaction on the record, many more gave their reaction off the record. But nobody gave a reaction, with the exception for the member for Cook himself, no one else gave a reaction that said this was acceptable, or that it met the standards expected of this House.
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