Israel embassy and Indonesia free-trade deal separate discussions, PM says; Senate votes to extend My Health Record opt-out period to 31 January; and the Asean summit. All the dayīs events, live 5.00am GMT The terms of reference for that inquiry are as follows:1. That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power, be established on 28 November 2018 to inquire into and report on 30 June 2019, on the following matters: 5.00am GMT This is not as Orwellian as it seems at first glance. Instead, Sarah Hanson-Young and the Greens are using the governmentīs terminology against it, while seeking to find out what is actually happening: The Australian Greens will establish the Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power to inquire into the electricity market, power prices and energy generation methods to cut through the federal governmentīs meaningless and misleading energy policy.`The best thing about renewable energy is that it is good for the planet and good for the wallet. Itīs clean, reliable and getting cheaper every day. Now, thatīs fair dinkum power,ī Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said. 4.35am GMT From Mike Bowers to you:Richard Di Natale is a mood 4.26am GMT Wong continues:But this isnīt just about trade.Indonesia is a critical relationship to Australia but it is fair to say our bilateral ties struggle to reach their full potential. 4.25am GMT Penny Wong has had a few things to say in the Senate about some of our latest foreign policy missteps:On the Indonesian free trade agreement, can I say the prime ministerīs visit to Singapore has now exposed in full the utter debacle created by Mr Morrisonīs desperate decision to trash decades of considered bipartisan foreign policy to try to win a few votes in Wentworth. And didnīt that go well?We learnt in Senate estimates the decision to consider moving the Australian embassy in Israel wasnīt taken to cabinet, wasnīt based on any proposal from Dfat, the foreign minister, Senator Payne, was given ...
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