By Amy Remeikis
Scott Morrison has told the Coalition party room that ‘difficult decisions’ loom. Follow live updates
11.42pm BST
Jobkeeper really is the topic of the day, at least at this early hour of the parliament’s return.
Jim Chalmers stopped by the Mural Hall to declare that the wage subsidy was a “very good idea being very badly implemented”.
It wasn’t that long ago that Scott Morrison was saying ‘if you have a go, you get a go’. Well, now he’s saying to so many workers, you’ve had a go, now off you go, to Centrelink.”
11.37pm BST
Let’s see if the parliament is still as passionate for change as it was before the pandemic.
Today I’m introducing a Private Member’s Bill to make the family law system safer. With 16 women murdered since Hannah Clarke & her children this amendment removes the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility & has been urgently called for by experts for many years.
