{"id":4418,"date":"2019-11-27T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2019-11-27T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:36:09","slug":"defence-of-taylor-shows-integrity-has-been-thrown-overboard-greens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/defence-of-taylor-shows-integrity-has-been-thrown-overboard-greens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence of Taylor shows integrity has been thrown overboard: Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Greens have responded to Scott Morrison\u2019s appalling decision to allow Minister Angus Taylor to continue serving in his role while under active police investigation, saying that it shows the Prime Minister is deep in denial.<br \/>\n<strong>Greens spokesperson for the climate crisis and energy, Adam Bandt MP said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cScott Morrison is deep in denial.<br \/>\n\u201cThe PM has thrown integrity overboard to hang on to a 1 seat majority on the floor of Parliament.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government says unions need special \u2018integrity\u2019 legislation because they can\u2019t manage their own affairs, then the Liberals keep a Minister under police investigation on the front bench.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a blue collar the Liberals throw the book at you, but if you\u2019ve got a white collar they turn a blind eye.<br \/>\n\u201cNot only is Scott Morrison refusing to accept that burning coal makes bushfires worse, he\u2019s backing a Minister being investigated by police for using forged documents in a climate-related attack.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Greens leader, Senator Richard Di Natale said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s appalling that the Prime Minister has allowed one of his ministers to sit on the front bench while under active police investigation,\u201d Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale said today.<br \/>\n\u201cFrom this document saga, Taylor\u2019s climate change denial, and allegations he intervened as Minister to help out his family farm, there\u2019s been a stench around Angus Taylor\u2019s conduct for months.<br \/>\n\u201cAt every turn, Angus Taylor has been protected from scrutiny from a government clearly more concerned about its numbers in the House than its integrity.<br \/>\n\u201cIf the Prime Minister was serious about improving faith in his government he would suspend Angus Taylor until this NSW Police investigation is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Greens have responded to Scott Morrison\u2019s appalling decision to allow Minister Angus Taylor to continue serving in his role while under active police investigation, saying that it shows the Prime Minister is deep in denial. Greens spokesperson for the climate crisis and energy, Adam Bandt MP said: \u201cScott Morrison is deep in denial. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/defence-of-taylor-shows-integrity-has-been-thrown-overboard-greens-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Defence of Taylor shows integrity has been thrown overboard: Greens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}