Australia-Indonesia free trade deal signing delayed as Senate votes to extend My Health Record opt-out period to 31 January, and Morrisonīs first summit season as PM begins with Asean summit. All the dayīs events, live 3.02am GMT Penny Wong is up first with a question for Mathias Cormann: whatīs the deal with the free trade agreement?(Obviously the question is a lot more serious, but thatīs the spirit of it) 2.41am GMT Itīs almost Senate question time.My sanity has already scattered in a quaquaversal array today. 2.38am GMT Scott Morrison has put a time period on the embassy discussion - in `the next little while` - which he wouldnīt expand on but basically said soon.There is an internal process that is done within cabinet, and with any matter, not all the processes followed the external review, external consultation, there is consultation done on pretty much every submission that comes to cabinet. 2.27am GMT Morrison also (gently) takes Eric Abetz to task for his tweet this morningIf Indonesia really wants to dictate Aus foreign policy on the middle east, should we rethink the $360 million each year we give them in aid? Instead, how about we calmly finalise this FTA which will lift many Indonesians out of poverty and assist Australian farmers and jobs.Australia has always been there for Indonesia. And that is respected and appreciated by Indonesia. And today, we talked about ... because I was following upon how things were in Sulawesi. There was also the recent air disaster. We have always been there to support Indonesiaīs development and to be there for them in times of great crisis and distress. 2.24am GMT Scott Morrison says he spoke to Joko Widodo about the embassy issue, as well as about the free trade agreement, but that they were two separate discussions within the conversation;Let me make a couple of points. The first point is that, as always, it was a friendly and respectful conversation. 2.16am GMT No doubt Scott Morrison will be asked about this; ...
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