Liberal Jeers ‘Constructive Feedback’, said PM

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has admitted to using a private server hosted by a non-government provider for email communications including official government business, but denies it could negatively affect freedom of information requests.

“The Coalition is a business arrangement between two parties and within that certain requirements are there, and we support the Prime Minister and legislation and with that come other things”.

Concerns over Malcolm Turnbull using his own private email server have been rebuked by the Australian Prime Minister, who said that all parliamentarians use insecure communication methods all the time, most notably, SMS messaging.

When Tony Abbott last sat on the backbench, Paul Keating was prime minister, the Sydney Bulldogs were Australian Rugby League premiers, and Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise was number one on the ARIA charts.

Turnbull on Sunday dismissed jeering during his speech to the New South Wales Liberal Council on Saturday in response to his claim that the Liberal party room in Canberra was not run by factions.

Turnbull, in the 2005 paper co-authored with Australian National University demographer Jeromey Temple, examined nearly 300 different sets of tax changes, including varying rates and thresholds, and found that significant base broadening measures and simplifying of the tax structure was doable.

But Mr Turnbull, who will head a reshuffled frontbench when question time starts on Monday, leads Mr Shorten as the preferred prime minister by 57-19 per cent.

The forthcoming sitting fortnight represents the first major test for ministers in new roles.

This week Labor will put forward “complementary safeguards” on labour market arrangements in relation to the China-Australia free trade agreement. Labor is due to spell out its proposed changes to the Migration Act to “safeguard” domestic job opportunities after the implementation of the deal.

So we want to know: How do you think the new government is going so far? “There’s a lot of fresh faces in there”, she told ABC radio.

Parramatta police commander Superintendent Wayne Cox told reporters he did not expect any violence on Friday but said 75 additional officers had been deployed.