Before the PM can begin answering, Labor MP Ash Ambihaipahar is kicked out of the chamber for interjecting too much.<\/p>\n
Anthony Albanese gets to a shouting volume pretty quickly, saying (as he did this morning) that it was one of three grants to his electorate and that the money was to stop sewage running from the course into the local Cooks River.<\/p>\n
He also claims he didn\u2019t know that he\u2019d received the honorary membership.<\/p>\n
double quotation markI\u2019m asked about honorary membership. In 2012, I\u2019d been advised that I got honorary membership, someone made a decision. I don\u2019t have a card. I don\u2019t go to the club.<\/p>\n
Frontbencher Aaron Violi then tries to table documents in the house \u201cclearly showing the prime minister\u2019s longstanding relationship with the Marrickville golf club including being a location where he injured himself and developed a black eye and broken rib\u201d but the government blocks the attempt.<\/p>\n
As that happens, Labor MP Alison Byrnes is also ejected from the chamber!<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.44 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Three-day manhunt ends as man charged over family axe attack<\/p>\n A man faces multiple charges after evading police for days after allegedly attacking his family with an axe, AAP reports.<\/p>\n Peter O\u2019Ryan was at his family\u2019s home in Tyers, in Victoria\u2019s east, on Saturday when an argument broke out just after midday, police allege. He then allegedly attacked his brother with an axe before turning on his elderly parents.<\/p>\n O\u2019Ryan\u2019s father, 77, and brother, 47, were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries and are now in a stable condition.<\/p>\n O\u2019Ryan was arrested on Tuesday night after police were called about a man suspiciously loitering around Tyers-Walhalla Road, near where the attack happened in the small Gippsland town of Tyers.<\/p>\n O\u2019Ryan was charged with three counts of intentionally causing serious injury, police said.<\/p>\n The 48-year-old refused to leave the cells when his case was called in La Trobe Valley magistrates court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n In his absence, the magistrate remanded O\u2019Ryan in custody and noted management issues including paranoid schizophrenia, panic and anxiety disorder, and depression.<\/p>\n The maximum penalty for the charges is 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n Photograph: Victoria PoliceShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.42 EDT<\/p>\n P-plater fined more than $1,000 for buttering bagel while driving<\/p>\n New South Wales police have fined a man $1,104 and revoked three demerit points after allegedly catching him driving with his knees while buttering a bagel.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old Glenvale man was pulled over by police in Sydney\u2019s Newtown about 3.50pm on Monday after officers saw him committing the act while driving along Tor Street. Police said the vehicle was also found to be unregistered.<\/p>\n The driver has been issued a traffic infringement notice for driving without due care and attention and driving an unregistered vehicle, police said.<\/p>\n Darling Downs district officer Acting Supt Kelly Hanlen warned drivers that \u201cif you\u2019re driving, keep your attention on the road\u201d. She said:<\/p>\n double quotation markTaking your hands and focus away from the task of driving, even for something as seemingly harmless like preparing food, can have serious consequences.<\/p>\n I want to remind motorists there is no meal, message or other distraction worth risking your safety or the safety of other road users.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.21 EDT<\/p>\n Australian woman linked to Islamic State denied bail<\/p>\n The Australian wife of an Islamic State fighter, who claims childbirth snapped her out of supporting the terrorist group, has been denied bail by a judge concerned she maintains extremist views, AAP reports.<\/p>\n After spending years in a Syrian refugee camp, Zeinab Ahmad was charged with slavery offences and taken into custody upon her return to Australia with other family members of former Islamic State fighters in May<\/p>\n She applied for release in the Victorian supreme court, arguing she did not pose a risk to the safety of others.<\/p>\n But the young mother, 31, could not convince Justice James Elliott she had demonstrated exceptional circumstances and had abandoned extremist beliefs.<\/p>\n double quotation mark[Her] extreme ideology in the past coupled with extreme brutality [of IS] means any related conduct, including indirectly influencing others is potentially catastrophic.<\/p>\n I accept the risk is low, however it is real.<\/p>\n A court sketch depicting Zeinab Ahmad in court. Photograph: Anita Lester\/AAP Image\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.14 EDT<\/p>\n Thank you all so much for following along on the blog today!<\/p>\n I\u2019ll leave you in the very capable hands of Achol Arok and see you here bright and early tomorrow.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TL,DR: Here\u2019s what happened in question time<\/p>\n The Coalition had a broad base of questions today, including taxes on trusts, the $6m grant to the Marrickville golf club, the cheaper home battery scheme and tobacco excise.<\/p>\n Anthony Albanese defended the grant \u2013 which was invite only \u2013 and said he didn\u2019t know he was an honorary member<\/a>.<\/p>\n Independent Monique Ryan tried her luck to get a more fruitful answer out of the PM on merit-based and transparent grants but her chamber buddy Sophie Scamps ended up getting kicked out<\/a> for shouting at the PM during his answer.<\/p>\n Chris Bowen was asked about reports of a cheaper home battery scheme being rorted and some households getting unsafe installations but he dismissed the claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scamps and two Labor MPs were kicked out<\/a> in the first 25 or so minutes of question time, but everyone seemed to settle just a little after that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.39 EDT<\/p>\n Joyce denies calling Hastie a traitor<\/p>\n Barnaby Joyce says he has never called Andrew Hastie a traitor and never said \u201ca bad word about him\u201d.<\/p>\n Hastie, a Liberal MP and SAS veteran, accused Joyce and Pauline Hanson of being \u201clying cowards\u201d on News24 earlier today after both had previously denied making the insult.<\/p>\n Hanson posted a One Nation<\/a> cartoon video on social media which called Hastie a \u201ctraitor\u201d multiple times.<\/p>\n Hanson told The Nightly newspaper that she didn\u2019t call Hastie a traitor but would call him a \u201cwanker\u201d.<\/p>\n Joyce told Guardian Australia he was not aware of the One Nation video.<\/p>\n double quotation markI have never called Mr Hastie a traitor nor ventured anywhere close to any such narrative about him. In fact I have never said a bad word about him. This morning in a press conference at Canberra I spoke in support of Mr Hastie and his family. When asked, I noted the fact that Ms Hanson stated she had never called Mr Hastie a traitor. This is now apparent as a fact. There has come to my attention now a satirical cartoon that made the claim. I had not seen it nor was aware of it.<\/p>\n Andrew Hastie holds up a document showing extracts from a cartoon he says was posted on Pauline Hanson\u2019s X account. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.27 EDT<\/p>\n Question time ends<\/p>\n After a final dixer to Mark Butler, the PM stands up to call time on QT.<\/p>\n Nationals MP Michael McCormack walks up to the dispatch box to try his luck with an extra question before QT ends.<\/p>\n Anthony Albanese says that he\u2019d give the opposition an extra question if it is about the golf club funding and then jokes:<\/p>\n double quotation markTell my electorate what a good local member they have, Mr Speaker.<\/p>\n The opposition aren\u2019t impressed and protest, but then QT ends.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.27 EDT<\/p>\n Attorney general says automated decision making will have \u2018robust safeguards\u2019<\/p>\n Back to the crossbench, Kate Chaney asks the attorney general when the government will legislate a framework for automated decision making that includes safeguards, human oversight and transparency. She says it\u2019s been three years since the robodebt royal commission which recommended legislated guardrails around automation in government.<\/p>\n Michelle Rowland says the government is working on a whole-of-government framework for automated decision-making.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe framework will include robust safeguards that ensure transparency, human oversight and review rights. The design and operation of these safeguards has been and will continue to be informed by extensive consultations.<\/p>\n I can assure the member it is working at pace. The Albanese government\u2019s approach is focused on delivery in the future, enabling Australians to adopt new technologies responsibly, deliver high quality services more efficiently and prevent the systemic failures identified in the robodebt royal commission.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.12 EDT<\/p>\n Coalition \u2018led by the nose\u2019 by One Nation<\/a> on tobacco excise: Butler<\/p>\n Liberal MP Mary Aldred is up next and asks the prime minister if he\u2019ll cut the tobacco excise \u2013 yes or no \u2013 pointing out that he\u2019s refused to rule out doing so when recently asked.<\/p>\n The health minister, Mark Butler, takes the question instead (which attracts jeers from the opposition).<\/p>\n Butler claims under the previous government the excise was raised 215%, but no money was spent on law enforcement or public health campaigns.<\/p>\n He uses similar lines to Anthony Albanese this morning that enforcement and border control are the focus, and then decides to take a stab at the Coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n double quotation markOf course we are open to other sensible ideas about how we can fight organised crime while not prejudicing our most important public health campaign. But this is the problem I have with the announcements that One Nation first made and then, sure enough led by the nose, the Coalition followed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.04 EDT<\/p>\n Labor considering calls for nationally consistent definition of affordable housing<\/p>\n Will the government back a nationally consistent definition of affordable housing, so it can be delivered and made available to nurses, teachers and other key workers asks independent MP, Nicolette Boele. She says more than 12,000 Australians have signed a petition calling for a national approach.<\/p>\n The treasurer, Jim Chalmers (answering questions for Clare O\u2019Neil today, who\u2019s away) acknowledges that the states and territories do all have different definitions.<\/p>\n Chalmers says the government is aware and looking at the issue.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe Housing Australia Future Fund requires rents for affordable tenancies to be set at a 25% discount to market rents. That\u2019s how the Haff goes about this but it\u2019s different across different states and programs \u2026 [O\u2019Neil] has asked Treasury to do work on affordable housing definitions including looking at the different definitions and frameworks that currently operate across Australia and to see what our options are for more consistency. We do think that\u2019s an important objective.<\/p>\n Jim Chalmers during question time. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.03 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018I don\u2019t play golf\u2019: Albanese dismisses questions about honorary membership<\/p>\n And we\u2019re back to the $6m Marrickville golf club grant with deputy Nationals leader, Darren Chester, asking if the prime minister should update his register of interests with the honorary membership because a full membership costs $1,100 a year.<\/p>\n Anthony Albanese repeats that he was just told that \u201capparently\u201d he received the honorary membership in 2012 unbeknownst to him.<\/p>\n He then jokes that he doesn\u2019t play golf, and he\u2019ll leave the sport to the deputy prime minister, Richard Marles. This is kind of funny because Marles has previously faced some sticky questions about whether he ever used taxpayer-funded VIP RAAF flights to travel to golf courses.<\/p>\n Albanese says he doesn\u2019t even go to the golf course, except walking his dog through it and once attending a dog\u2019s birthday there.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe fact is that in 2012, they said \u2018You\u2019re an honorary member\u2019. I don\u2019t have a card, I never got anything, I don\u2019t use the facilities, I don\u2019t do anything whatsoever for it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.07 EDT<\/p>\n Systematic fraud claims in home battery scheme \u2018a lie\u2019, says Bowen<\/p>\n Nationals MP Alison Penfold takes the baton from Tehan and asks Chris Bowen more explicitly the date he was \u201cfirst made aware of allegations impacting the government\u2019s cheaper home batteries program?<\/p>\n Bowen says there is a committee that regularly provides feedback on the scheme, which includes the Clean Energy<\/a> Regulator.<\/p>\n He says the number of complaints as a proportion of installations for cheaper home batteries have halved since the program.<\/p>\n The opposition quickly moves in to make a point of order because they want Bowen to provide a date on when he knew about the allegations of rorts and safety issues. Speaker Milton Dick agrees and says the question was very specific.<\/p>\n Bowen says allegations of systemic issues are false:<\/p>\n double quotation markI started receiving updates on the \u2026 program on 1 July 2025 and have received them regularly. Those updates have shown they the manager of Opposition\u2019s claims of systemic fraud are not true, are a lie.<\/p>\n![\"Krishani](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788936611_443_Krishani_Dhanji.png\")
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