We have two more days of this to get through, with an announcement that a deal has been made on the environment laws expected tomorrow morning. No one is saying anything concrete, but the Greens have been back in the driving seat because Sussan Ley does not have the authority to get anything contentious through her party room. We hear there is no climate trigger although there might be a couple of other surprises (we swore we wouldn’t report it as it’s not done yet) but this isn’t a bill about climate – so don’t think it is going to have anything in there about improving Australia’s climate position – Labor doesn’t want that. So if this deal gets done, it is not going to do anything for climate and it will be the bare minimum for the environment.

Just remember there has been a lot of PASS THIS from the mining industry and business council which tells you everything you need to know about these laws.

But it could be worse – the Coalition could have come to the table (although listening to Murray Watt talk about those negotiations, it seems the Coalition brought along a cast of thousands which is no way to run a negotiation.

Which makes sense because the Coalition is currently trying to get Chris Bowen to swear in parliament that he will be attending every single sitting of parliament next year, so it can be ‘mandated’ because they are maybe the stupidest opposition to ever stupid.

This will get the SAD crowd excited but does nothing except make them a joke. A bad one. Circuses don’t work when there are too many clowns.

So until tomorrow – take care of you. We are all going to need a very big Bex and a lie down after this.