Australia politics live: Sussan Ley takes aim at ‘part-time minister, full-time president’ Chris Bowen over Cop deal as question time returns

Follow today’s news live‘Culture cringe’: experts dismiss Coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading Cop31 negotiationsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJumping back to Murray Watt: the environment minister was asked on ABC News Breakfast a little earlier about the extreme price hike on the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign.The environment minister says he’s looking forward to more transparency and cultural change in the bureau.We have had a new CEO of the BoM start only a fortnight ago. I met with him on his very first day to outline my concerns and my request for him to get on top of this. I’ve met with him again – twice in his first two weeks – so I’m looking forward to a bit of a change in the culture and the approach of the BoM.It’s a matter for them why they chose to provide that figure rather than a broader figure. But there’s no doubt that there have been increases in the cost of this website as it’s been developed. One of...