Premium Insights and analysis What does it mean when the prime minister wants to cut back on crossbench staffing? Editors' Picks When a new prime minister comes up with an idea of cutting back expenditure on advisers working in the office of crossbench parliamentarians, it produces
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Plan to ‘kill’ proposal that will give national cabinet immunity from scrutiny September 27, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Senator Rex Patrick has proposed an amendment that will challenge what he calls the federal government’s ‘oversight obstruction efforts’ to keep the deliberations of the