Xenophon shoots down Abbott's proposal on 18C with 'no, no and no' – as it happened

The Coalition prepares to bring registered organisations bill to crack down on unions while the windfarm commissioner will appear before Senate estimates. As it happened 8.05am BSTEstimates will continue into the evening, until 11pm. So let’s wrap for today: 8.00am BSTThe lively day in Canberra is powering right through to close of business. As we speak the Labor left is having a specially convened caucus meeting to deal with tensions that have boiled over since Bill Shorten last Friday ni