Catholic Schools CEO asked at inquiry about subsequent messages referring to Angus Taylor Returning to the NSW Icac, Dallas McInerney has been asked about subsequent messages exchanged between the Reformers about the now-federal opposition leader Angus Taylor. Reformers associate Dylan Whitelaw wrote to other members in the days after the “shake down Angus” message: Dallas has told me he got the commitment from Angus, the 15k injection plus a 3k monthly donation!
McInerney, who has repeatedly denied that he asked Taylor for money for conservative factional group the Reformers, says of the message: The only explanation I can venture, noting this is not my exchange of correspondence, is that I did emerge from that meeting with an in-principle support that the internal elections for the conservative faction, which are upcoming, would be supported in addition to our candidates in the key election seats. How many first home buyers are now trapped in negative equity, asks Liberal MP Melissa Price.
It takes 23 seconds for Dan Tehan to get up and make a point of order because Anthony Albanese immediately starts talking about Andrew Bragg’s “ripper” day yesterday, and quotes his press club address where he said as a “backbencher in the Morrison government I’m sorry I didn’t do more to stop the mad answer.” Tehan, Tony Burke and Milton Dick quote previous rulings of former Speaker Tony Smith that I’ll spare you from, and ultimately Albanese is told to continue. The latest RBA shows less than 1 per cent of all mortgage holders are in negative equity.
Okay? Point one.
Point two. Guess what?