Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is on his way to Europe, as he prepares for critical talks with world leaders in Spain. lizziedaniels 9News DETAILS:
summit in Spain as the world confronts the fallout from the war in Ukraine and its impacts on the global economy.Aside from discussing rising fuel and food costs caused in part by the war between Russia and Ukraine, Albanese is expected to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron.Australia has had strained relations with France since it pulled out of a $90 billion deal submarine deal.
Meanwhile, the prime minister looks set to come back to a storm of his own making after angering crossbenchers by cutting staff allocations to members of parliament. Two crossbenchers, ACT Senator David Pocock and Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie, have threatened to vote against Labor government legislation over the move, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Lambie said the staff cuts would mean she would struggle to get across the detail of proposed Labor bills."If we can't go through the legislation [with advisers] how can we vote on it? I'm not voting for something that I can't go through."Albanese has said the number of advisers allocated to MPs will be cut from four per MP to one.
" doesn't need them in the Lower House because he has the numbers there. He does need them in the Senate. Labor needs to get all the Greens on board, plus one, so he needs one more senator in the Upper House," Uhlmann said.
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