There is now a serious question as to whether the Prime Minister has led Parliament, said Greens Leader, Adam Bandt.
\nMr Bandt was today gagged by the Government while seeking to compel the Prime Minister to confirm Australia\u2019s attendance at the UN Climate Ambition Summit. Last week, Adam Bandt asked the PM in question time about Australia\u2019s attendance status and Scott Morrison told the Parliament that he would attend and speak, but reports emerged today that Australia is not invited to this weekend\u2019s UN Climate Ambition Summit.
\nLabor supported the Liberals\u2019 move to gag the Greens in the Senate when Greens Senate Leader, Larissa Waters, sought to compel an answer from the government.
\n\u201cFirst Scott Morrison lied about Kevin Rudd, and now he may have misled Parliament about climate action as well,\u201d Mr Bandt said.
\n\u201cLast week, the Prime Minister said that he was going to the Climate Ambition Summit and that he\u2019d have a lot to say. Now it looks like his attendance was never confirmed and that he may have misled Parliament.
\n\u201cYou\u2019re only invited to the Climate Ambition Summit if you\u2019re promising to do more and lift your climate ambition. It appears Scott Morrison\u2019s vow to not cheat by using \u2018carryover credits\u2019 isn\u2019t enough to earn him an invitation, especially when countries like the UK are bringing plans to reduce emissions by 68% by 2030.
\n\u201cToday, we moved in the House and the Senate to compel the Prime Minister to outline whether he will be attending, and table any documents he\u2019s received from the event organisers. The government gagged us in the House and Labor voted with the Liberals in the Senate.
\n\u201cThis is embarrassing. Everyone else is going to the party this weekend, Scott Morrison may have failed to score an invite, and instead of admitting it, it seems he\u2019s misleading parliament.
\n\u201cWe need the Prime Minister to fess up: are you speaking at the summit not?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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