I'm now sure that the vote on Senator Xenophon's motion will be put off until next year.

It is now 6:30pm Canberra time on the last scheduled day of sitting for this year. The Senate have just adjourned for an hour. They are in the thick of debate on the Carbon Reduction Pollution Scheme. For about the last hour they have been stuck on how to account for the effects of bushfires and wildfires in the proposed scheme. Yes, truly... that's what they're debating. My secret crush, Barnaby Joyce, much as I like him, is being a pain in the arse. Just vote "YES" and be done with it FFS.


"Scientology is evil; its techniques are evil; its practice is a serious threat to the community, medically, morally, and socially; and its adherents are sadly deluded and often mentally ill... (Scientology is) the world's largest organization of unqualified persons engaged in the practice of dangerous techniques which masquerade as mental therapy."

Justice Anderson, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia