Politics Live: December 2, 2015

And that's it from me today. What happened?

• Coalition senator Cory Bernardi has become the first MP to question whether Special Minister of State Mal Brough should remain in the ministry;
• this comes after the opposition again exclusively focussed on the matter in question time;
• Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was back and the subject of an unsuccessful censure motion questioning his judgement in appointing Mr Brough to the ministry;
• Mr Brough has now changed his story and said he did not ask James Ashby to copy Peter Slipper's diary;
• there was positive economic news; and
• the government has released its changes to childcare.

My thanks to Andrew Meares and Alex Ellinghausen for their magnificent work and to you for keeping us company.

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Alex, Andrew and I will be back in the morning. Until then, good night.

To add to it all Coalition senator Cory Bernardi has suggested Mr Turnbull should consider whether or not Mr Brough remain in the ministry.

He is the first MP to say this, as political correspondent James Massola reports.

Well the Prime Minister's Christmas drinks function tomorrow night should be a cheery affair.

Special Minister of State Mal Brough on Wednesday.Credit: Andrew Meares

I'm now going to do my usual what-happened-while-we-were-in-question-time thing.

Health correspondent Jane Lee reports on the government's plan to introduce a national scheme to legalise medical cannabis.

And a majority of people in Mr Turnbull's electorate believe women, children and families be removed from immigration detention in Nauru and processed in Australia.

Political reporter Judith Ireland has read through the changes to childcare and has discovered that parents will be subjected to random "spot checks" from the government to make sure they are not lying about their work hours.

Not all parents mind you, just the ones the government thinks are dodgy.

Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese congratulated Mr Ruddock on his "sartorial excellence".

Liberal MP Philip Ruddock with Labor MP Anthony Albanese on Wednesday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

The move required special permission from Speaker Tony Smith who had to make a ruling about whether or not safari suits complied with the house's dress regulations.

Fortunately he said yes.

Liberal MP Philip Ruddock and Speaker Tony Smith on Wednesday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

You may be wondering why Philip Ruddock strutted into the chamber in a safari suit (see 1.56 pm post).

Those of you who follow Mr Ruddock on twitter will know his penchant for sharing photos of himself back in the day which happened to be when safari suits were all the rage.

Mr Ruddock wore one today to raise money for motor neurone disease.

Liberal MP Philip Ruddock Speaker Tony Smith on Wednesday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

MPs vote on the overall censure motion and vote not to censure Mr Turnbull.

Question time comes to an end.

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop is not one to waste time. This is what she tweeted during one of the votes on whether or not to censure Mr Turnbull.