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With the wheels of legislation turning and the carbon tax at half-peal, we leave you for this Monday evening.
But before that, what did we learn today?
- Angelina Jolie is harder to pin down than Scott Morrison when it comes to Nauru;
- David Leyonhjelm - a straight man who has never married his partner - is Parliament's new champion for same-sex marriage;
- Clive Palmer suddenly has heaps of mates in Parliament; and
- Who knows if the tail is wagging the dog, but the PUPs are sure contributing to the overall wiggle.
Many thanks for tuning in today. Alex Ellinghausen and special guest photographer Andrew Taylor and I will see you tomorrow.
Adam Bandt says this:
Greg Hunt has this to say about things.
The carbon tax repeal bills now head to the Senate.
It has three days to clear the upper house before the five week winter break.
Not that these will be needed, now that PUP and Co. are on board ...
The carbon tax repeal has passed the House of Representatives.
83 ayes to 54 noes.
The bells have rung. The final vote on the carbon tax repeal is almost here.
The House votes on whether the "question be now put" on the Coalition-PUP amendments to the carbon tax repeal, as moved by Greg Hunt.
The result is: 83 ayes, 53 noes.
After that, Hunt's amendment was "accordingly put and passed" on the voices.
The bells are now ringing to vote on Labor's amendments to the carbon tax, which seek to replace the tax with an emissions trading scheme now.
And the result flips: 53 ayes, 83 noes.
Are the amendments agreed to?
Labor's environment spokesman Mark Butler says Labor has only been able to look at the government's amendment "in the last hour or two".
He says that the obligation to pass on savings to consumers only applies to a "limited" number of businesses.
And that it does not reflect Tony Abbott's "hysterical" claims about the impact of the carbon tax.
The carbon tax repeal sails through the second reading stage of the vote, 85 ayes to 54 noes.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt then moves amendments to ensure power savings are passed on to consumers.
(These are the changes that PUP has pushed for.)
Electricity and gas providers "must" pass on all savings to consumers.
"The amendments will ensure there is no doubt [as to] who is covered by the obligations," Hunt says.
He calls them a "light touch approach".