Politics Live: June 24, 2015

Right, what a day. What happened?

• the government introduced its changes to citizenship into Parliament;
• the government also needed to do some emergency legislating after a loophole in offshore processing legislation was discovered;
• the opposition agreed to help the government out on that front;
• the Senate has been very busy passing legislation to cut the renewable energy target, agreeing to an inquiry into payments to people smugglers and knocking back increased advertising on the SBS; and
• Opposition leader Bill Shorten has been caught out over his role in the removal of former prime minister Julia Gillard.

Can't we just all be friends?

Small Business Minister Bruce Bilson and Treasurer Joe Hockey depart question time on Wednesday.Credit: Andrew Meares

"We will vote for this bill because people's safety comes first," Mr Shorten says.

"We will vote for this bill because we are guided by our compassion."

Opposition leader Bill Shorten is speaking on the government's funding amendment.

He is not wasting the opportunity to give the government a lecture on manners.

"The very people you attack are the people you need to turn to," Mr Shorten says.

He is also unhappy at the lateness of the request. Or that the request needed to be made at all.

Immigration correspondent Sarah Whyte reports:

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is introducing into the House of Representatives the necessary paperwork to make sure the Commonwealth can fund offshore processing centres.

The government wants this through ASAP.

Since it has the opposition's support this shouldn't be a problem.

Phew.

Today's question time gallery has now been completed.

And in more Senate news.

Government legislation that would have allowed more advertising on the SBS has been defeated.

The opposition, Greens and some crossbench MPs saw it off.

But what does Mr Hunt think of the visual appeal, or otherwise, of wind farms?

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I'm less fussy than some," Mr Hunt told Sky News.

"Some people like Picasso, I like Dali."

Last night the government's bid to cut the renewable energy target passed the Senate.

This includes the establishment of a wind farm commissioner which was a condition of the crossbench's support.

Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus wanted to know why there couldn't also be one for coal seam gas mining.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt says that is because there is already an independent scientific committee for that particular issue.