Hello and welcome to another day of the 48th parliament.

It’s Tuesday, which means it is party room meeting day, and that means another awkward get together for the Coalition.

Pauline Hanson has seen the first opportunity she has had in years to find some political relevancy and after losing out on the ‘worst position on the Voice’ competition, she is NOT letting this net zero mess the Coalition has gotten itself into pass.

Hanson tried to put through her own motion in the senate to get ahead of Barnaby Joyce’s private members’ bill (which is also not going anywhere) and despite Sussan Ley asking her party room to abstain from the vote, Jane Hume and Andrew McLachlan (SA Liberal senator) voted against Hanson.

If you look up the Dynamic Red, you may see Alex Antic and Matt Canavan there both voting with Hanson. Earlier in the day, Canavan told the Seven network he was there to make laws, not participate in ‘stunts’:

We’re here to make laws, not make statements or do stunts. A motion in the Senate today is nothing but a stunt. It’s not going to do anything.

To be fair, Canavan’s vote was to bring the motion on for debate (it failed so it never got there) not the actual motion itself, but still.

Hanson is using all of this to try and once again position herself as the ‘real’ voice of the people the Coalition have been trying to reach with their shift to the right. And while it has worked for One Nation in terms of getting them a couple more senate seats (at least for now, who knows how long that lasts with One Nation) it has been at the Coalition’s expense. And yet, the Coalition continues to try and get into bed with One Nation.

So that’s fun.

On the other hand, UN climate change executive secretary Simon Stiell is in Australia and will meet with energy minister Chris Bowen today, where he will be pushing for the Albanese government to do more on climate. You know, more than the bare minimum?

In a speech in Sydney yesterday Stiell told the crowd:

Don’t settle for what’s easy. Bog standard is beneath you. Go for what’s smart by going big. Go for what will build lasting wealth and national security. Go for what will change the game and stand the test of time.”

This is ahead of Australia finalising its 2035 climate targets.

So as the Coalition continues to be a policy trash fire, Labor continues to look better in comparison.

So that’s fun.

We’ll cover all of that and more as the day unfolds. Mike Bowers is away on assignment, so it is just Amy Remeikis guiding you through today. It is another three-coffee morning at least, with probably what chocolate I can ferret out of the cupboard where I hid it from myself.

Ready? Let’s do this.