Malcolm Turnbull enters the fray<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAustralian Watergate Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nMalcolm Turnbull enters the fray<\/h3>\n\n\n\nMalcolm Turnbull<\/a> has entered the campaign to defend the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) from becoming attributed solely to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Malcolm Turnbull says electricity prices will remain high without the National Energy Guarantee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Turnbull posted a series of seven Tweets explaining what the NEG was and what it was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@David_Speers<\/a> is referring to the National Energy Guarantee as \u201cMalcolm Turnbull\u2019s NEG\u201d. In fact the NEG had the support of the entire Cabinet, including and especially the current PM and Treasurer. It was approved by the Party Room on several occasions.<\/p>— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurnbullMalcolm\/status\/1119468310473560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<a name=\"AustralianWatergateUpdate\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Australian Watergate Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael West reported, “It is extraordinary that the profit from Barnaby Joyce\u2019s record payment for Australian water rights \u2014 a $80 million payment of taxpayers\u2019 money \u2014 found its way to a company in the Cayman Islands which had been set up by Angus Taylor, a company at which Taylor had been a director for six years.” <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelwest.com.au\/barnaby-joyce-angus-taylor-australia-and-the-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barnaby is a dang fine negotiator. Even the directors of EAA valued the water at $40m the year before he bobbed along and forked out $80m of taxpayers\u2019 finest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a><\/p>— ????Michael West (@MichaelWestBiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelWestBiz\/status\/1119800338532298758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce<\/a> has not been seen in public for many days. His staff had told journalists that he was out mobile phone range and couldn’t be reached. However, during the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Insiders (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsidersABC\" target=\"_blank\">ABC <em>Insiders<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>program this morning he texted panelist <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patricia Karvelas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia Karvelas<\/a> live on the show to say he was not involved in the negotiations around the water buy-back deal with Eastern Australia Irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here's <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatsKarvelas<\/a> getting the text from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Barnaby_Joyce<\/a>. Had permission to read it out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insiders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#insiders<\/a>. So he's definitely in telephony range. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNq35FYGQt\">pic.twitter.com\/fNq35FYGQt<\/a><\/p>— David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/1119789051458965504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Katharine Murphy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murpharoo\" target=\"_blank\">Katharine Murphy<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Anne Davies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> reported, “Labor has given Scott Morrison a deadline of Monday to address questions about the 2017 water buybacks, and has not ruled out establishing a royal commission probing the various transactions in the event Bill Shorten wins the 18 May contest.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/apr\/21\/calls-mount-for-royal-commission-into-controversial-murray-darling-water-buybacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks. (opens in a new tab)\">Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve written to Bill Shorten today, urging Labor to work with Greens to establish a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin. So much shonky stuff around Barnaby Joyce, water purchases & cash handouts to big irrigators. It\u2019s time for an independent investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARE4a8LB1e\">pic.twitter.com\/ARE4a8LB1e<\/a><\/p>— Sarah Hanson-Young???? (@sarahinthesen8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahinthesen8\/status\/1119746740255514624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> was also interviewed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Project (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Project<\/em><\/a>. Having reported on the Murray-Darling river system for a number of years, she felt that this latest saga did warrant a full inquiry into the entire system which spans four states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calls for a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan, following the story we brought you of Australia\u2019s biggest ever water purchase. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheProjectTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheProjectTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xxmgi7lU7\">pic.twitter.com\/2xxmgi7lU7<\/a><\/p>— The Project (@theprojecttv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\/status\/1119894179658838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce’s<\/a> office also released a statement to <em>The Project<\/em> criticising their report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn regard to the report on The Project by Hamish Macdonald on Thursday 18 April, 2019 the details conveyed, both in inference and fact, were reckless and may be deemed vexatious as the correct information could easily have been obtained by contacting the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.” More at their Watergate webpage, <a href=\"https:\/\/10daily.com.au\/shows\/theproject\/exclusive\/a190418jmb\/hamish-investigates-did-the-government-just-waste-80-million-buying-water-20190418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water? (opens in a new tab)\">Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a shame that Nixon could be more tolerant of communist than the ARU is of Israel Folau <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flShGhdO3k\">pic.twitter.com\/flShGhdO3k<\/a><\/p>— Barnaby Joyce (@Barnaby_Joyce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\/status\/1119911048704774145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, 2019 – Table of contents Malcolm Turnbull enters the fray Australian Watergate Update . 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Australian Watergate Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nMalcolm Turnbull enters the fray<\/h3>\n\n\n\nMalcolm Turnbull<\/a> has entered the campaign to defend the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) from becoming attributed solely to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Malcolm Turnbull says electricity prices will remain high without the National Energy Guarantee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Turnbull posted a series of seven Tweets explaining what the NEG was and what it was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@David_Speers<\/a> is referring to the National Energy Guarantee as \u201cMalcolm Turnbull\u2019s NEG\u201d. In fact the NEG had the support of the entire Cabinet, including and especially the current PM and Treasurer. It was approved by the Party Room on several occasions.<\/p>— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurnbullMalcolm\/status\/1119468310473560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<a name=\"AustralianWatergateUpdate\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Australian Watergate Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael West reported, “It is extraordinary that the profit from Barnaby Joyce\u2019s record payment for Australian water rights \u2014 a $80 million payment of taxpayers\u2019 money \u2014 found its way to a company in the Cayman Islands which had been set up by Angus Taylor, a company at which Taylor had been a director for six years.” <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelwest.com.au\/barnaby-joyce-angus-taylor-australia-and-the-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barnaby is a dang fine negotiator. Even the directors of EAA valued the water at $40m the year before he bobbed along and forked out $80m of taxpayers\u2019 finest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a><\/p>— ????Michael West (@MichaelWestBiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelWestBiz\/status\/1119800338532298758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce<\/a> has not been seen in public for many days. His staff had told journalists that he was out mobile phone range and couldn’t be reached. However, during the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Insiders (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsidersABC\" target=\"_blank\">ABC <em>Insiders<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>program this morning he texted panelist <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patricia Karvelas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia Karvelas<\/a> live on the show to say he was not involved in the negotiations around the water buy-back deal with Eastern Australia Irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here's <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatsKarvelas<\/a> getting the text from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Barnaby_Joyce<\/a>. Had permission to read it out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insiders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#insiders<\/a>. So he's definitely in telephony range. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNq35FYGQt\">pic.twitter.com\/fNq35FYGQt<\/a><\/p>— David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/1119789051458965504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Katharine Murphy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murpharoo\" target=\"_blank\">Katharine Murphy<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Anne Davies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> reported, “Labor has given Scott Morrison a deadline of Monday to address questions about the 2017 water buybacks, and has not ruled out establishing a royal commission probing the various transactions in the event Bill Shorten wins the 18 May contest.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/apr\/21\/calls-mount-for-royal-commission-into-controversial-murray-darling-water-buybacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks. (opens in a new tab)\">Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve written to Bill Shorten today, urging Labor to work with Greens to establish a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin. So much shonky stuff around Barnaby Joyce, water purchases & cash handouts to big irrigators. It\u2019s time for an independent investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARE4a8LB1e\">pic.twitter.com\/ARE4a8LB1e<\/a><\/p>— Sarah Hanson-Young???? (@sarahinthesen8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahinthesen8\/status\/1119746740255514624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> was also interviewed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Project (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Project<\/em><\/a>. Having reported on the Murray-Darling river system for a number of years, she felt that this latest saga did warrant a full inquiry into the entire system which spans four states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calls for a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan, following the story we brought you of Australia\u2019s biggest ever water purchase. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheProjectTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheProjectTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xxmgi7lU7\">pic.twitter.com\/2xxmgi7lU7<\/a><\/p>— The Project (@theprojecttv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\/status\/1119894179658838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce’s<\/a> office also released a statement to <em>The Project<\/em> criticising their report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn regard to the report on The Project by Hamish Macdonald on Thursday 18 April, 2019 the details conveyed, both in inference and fact, were reckless and may be deemed vexatious as the correct information could easily have been obtained by contacting the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.” More at their Watergate webpage, <a href=\"https:\/\/10daily.com.au\/shows\/theproject\/exclusive\/a190418jmb\/hamish-investigates-did-the-government-just-waste-80-million-buying-water-20190418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water? (opens in a new tab)\">Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a shame that Nixon could be more tolerant of communist than the ARU is of Israel Folau <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flShGhdO3k\">pic.twitter.com\/flShGhdO3k<\/a><\/p>— Barnaby Joyce (@Barnaby_Joyce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\/status\/1119911048704774145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, 2019 – Table of contents Malcolm Turnbull enters the fray Australian Watergate Update . Malcolm Turnbull enters the fray Malcolm Turnbull has entered the campaign to defend the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) from becoming attributed solely to him. 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.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nMalcolm Turnbull enters the fray<\/h3>\n\n\n\nMalcolm Turnbull<\/a> has entered the campaign to defend the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) from becoming attributed solely to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Malcolm Turnbull says electricity prices will remain high without the National Energy Guarantee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Turnbull posted a series of seven Tweets explaining what the NEG was and what it was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@David_Speers<\/a> is referring to the National Energy Guarantee as \u201cMalcolm Turnbull\u2019s NEG\u201d. In fact the NEG had the support of the entire Cabinet, including and especially the current PM and Treasurer. It was approved by the Party Room on several occasions.<\/p>— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurnbullMalcolm\/status\/1119468310473560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<a name=\"AustralianWatergateUpdate\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Australian Watergate Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael West reported, “It is extraordinary that the profit from Barnaby Joyce\u2019s record payment for Australian water rights \u2014 a $80 million payment of taxpayers\u2019 money \u2014 found its way to a company in the Cayman Islands which had been set up by Angus Taylor, a company at which Taylor had been a director for six years.” <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelwest.com.au\/barnaby-joyce-angus-taylor-australia-and-the-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barnaby is a dang fine negotiator. Even the directors of EAA valued the water at $40m the year before he bobbed along and forked out $80m of taxpayers\u2019 finest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a><\/p>— ????Michael West (@MichaelWestBiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelWestBiz\/status\/1119800338532298758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce<\/a> has not been seen in public for many days. His staff had told journalists that he was out mobile phone range and couldn’t be reached. However, during the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Insiders (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsidersABC\" target=\"_blank\">ABC <em>Insiders<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>program this morning he texted panelist <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patricia Karvelas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia Karvelas<\/a> live on the show to say he was not involved in the negotiations around the water buy-back deal with Eastern Australia Irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here's <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatsKarvelas<\/a> getting the text from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Barnaby_Joyce<\/a>. Had permission to read it out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insiders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#insiders<\/a>. So he's definitely in telephony range. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNq35FYGQt\">pic.twitter.com\/fNq35FYGQt<\/a><\/p>— David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/1119789051458965504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Katharine Murphy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murpharoo\" target=\"_blank\">Katharine Murphy<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Anne Davies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> reported, “Labor has given Scott Morrison a deadline of Monday to address questions about the 2017 water buybacks, and has not ruled out establishing a royal commission probing the various transactions in the event Bill Shorten wins the 18 May contest.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/apr\/21\/calls-mount-for-royal-commission-into-controversial-murray-darling-water-buybacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks. (opens in a new tab)\">Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve written to Bill Shorten today, urging Labor to work with Greens to establish a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin. So much shonky stuff around Barnaby Joyce, water purchases & cash handouts to big irrigators. It\u2019s time for an independent investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARE4a8LB1e\">pic.twitter.com\/ARE4a8LB1e<\/a><\/p>— Sarah Hanson-Young???? (@sarahinthesen8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahinthesen8\/status\/1119746740255514624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> was also interviewed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Project (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Project<\/em><\/a>. Having reported on the Murray-Darling river system for a number of years, she felt that this latest saga did warrant a full inquiry into the entire system which spans four states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calls for a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan, following the story we brought you of Australia\u2019s biggest ever water purchase. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheProjectTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheProjectTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xxmgi7lU7\">pic.twitter.com\/2xxmgi7lU7<\/a><\/p>— The Project (@theprojecttv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\/status\/1119894179658838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce’s<\/a> office also released a statement to <em>The Project<\/em> criticising their report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn regard to the report on The Project by Hamish Macdonald on Thursday 18 April, 2019 the details conveyed, both in inference and fact, were reckless and may be deemed vexatious as the correct information could easily have been obtained by contacting the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.” More at their Watergate webpage, <a href=\"https:\/\/10daily.com.au\/shows\/theproject\/exclusive\/a190418jmb\/hamish-investigates-did-the-government-just-waste-80-million-buying-water-20190418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water? (opens in a new tab)\">Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a shame that Nixon could be more tolerant of communist than the ARU is of Israel Folau <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flShGhdO3k\">pic.twitter.com\/flShGhdO3k<\/a><\/p>— Barnaby Joyce (@Barnaby_Joyce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\/status\/1119911048704774145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, 2019 – Table of contents Malcolm Turnbull enters the fray Australian Watergate Update . 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Malcolm Turnbull<\/a> has entered the campaign to defend the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) from becoming attributed solely to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Malcolm Turnbull says electricity prices will remain high without the National Energy Guarantee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Turnbull posted a series of seven Tweets explaining what the NEG was and what it was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@David_Speers<\/a> is referring to the National Energy Guarantee as \u201cMalcolm Turnbull\u2019s NEG\u201d. In fact the NEG had the support of the entire Cabinet, including and especially the current PM and Treasurer. It was approved by the Party Room on several occasions.<\/p>— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurnbullMalcolm\/status\/1119468310473560064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<a name=\"AustralianWatergateUpdate\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Australian Watergate Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael West reported, “It is extraordinary that the profit from Barnaby Joyce\u2019s record payment for Australian water rights \u2014 a $80 million payment of taxpayers\u2019 money \u2014 found its way to a company in the Cayman Islands which had been set up by Angus Taylor, a company at which Taylor had been a director for six years.” <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelwest.com.au\/barnaby-joyce-angus-taylor-australia-and-the-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barnaby is a dang fine negotiator. Even the directors of EAA valued the water at $40m the year before he bobbed along and forked out $80m of taxpayers\u2019 finest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a><\/p>— ????Michael West (@MichaelWestBiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelWestBiz\/status\/1119800338532298758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce<\/a> has not been seen in public for many days. His staff had told journalists that he was out mobile phone range and couldn’t be reached. However, during the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Insiders (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsidersABC\" target=\"_blank\">ABC <em>Insiders<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>program this morning he texted panelist <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patricia Karvelas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia Karvelas<\/a> live on the show to say he was not involved in the negotiations around the water buy-back deal with Eastern Australia Irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here's <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatsKarvelas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatsKarvelas<\/a> getting the text from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Barnaby_Joyce<\/a>. Had permission to read it out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insiders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#insiders<\/a>. So he's definitely in telephony range. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNq35FYGQt\">pic.twitter.com\/fNq35FYGQt<\/a><\/p>— David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/1119789051458965504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Katharine Murphy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murpharoo\" target=\"_blank\">Katharine Murphy<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Anne Davies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> reported, “Labor has given Scott Morrison a deadline of Monday to address questions about the 2017 water buybacks, and has not ruled out establishing a royal commission probing the various transactions in the event Bill Shorten wins the 18 May contest.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/apr\/21\/calls-mount-for-royal-commission-into-controversial-murray-darling-water-buybacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks. (opens in a new tab)\">Calls mount for royal commission into controversial Murray-Darling water buybacks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve written to Bill Shorten today, urging Labor to work with Greens to establish a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin. So much shonky stuff around Barnaby Joyce, water purchases & cash handouts to big irrigators. It\u2019s time for an independent investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#watergate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARE4a8LB1e\">pic.twitter.com\/ARE4a8LB1e<\/a><\/p>— Sarah Hanson-Young???? (@sarahinthesen8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahinthesen8\/status\/1119746740255514624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annefdavies\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Davies<\/a> was also interviewed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Project (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Project<\/em><\/a>. Having reported on the Murray-Darling river system for a number of years, she felt that this latest saga did warrant a full inquiry into the entire system which spans four states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calls for a Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan, following the story we brought you of Australia\u2019s biggest ever water purchase. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheProjectTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheProjectTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xxmgi7lU7\">pic.twitter.com\/2xxmgi7lU7<\/a><\/p>— The Project (@theprojecttv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\/status\/1119894179658838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnaby Joyce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Joyce’s<\/a> office also released a statement to <em>The Project<\/em> criticising their report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn regard to the report on The Project by Hamish Macdonald on Thursday 18 April, 2019 the details conveyed, both in inference and fact, were reckless and may be deemed vexatious as the correct information could easily have been obtained by contacting the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.” More at their Watergate webpage, <a href=\"https:\/\/10daily.com.au\/shows\/theproject\/exclusive\/a190418jmb\/hamish-investigates-did-the-government-just-waste-80-million-buying-water-20190418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water? (opens in a new tab)\">Hamish Investigates: Did the Government Just Waste $80-Million Buying Water?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a shame that Nixon could be more tolerant of communist than the ARU is of Israel Folau <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flShGhdO3k\">pic.twitter.com\/flShGhdO3k<\/a><\/p>— Barnaby Joyce (@Barnaby_Joyce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barnaby_Joyce\/status\/1119911048704774145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, 2019 – Table of contents Malcolm Turnbull enters the fray Australian Watergate Update . 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