More than two months after Labor’s election victory, the Prime Minister faced off with Peter Dutton in parliament for the first time on Wednesday.
came to power promising to change the tone of the nation’s political debate. As a 25-year veteran of federal parliament, he should have known question time would be too hard to tame.
Mr Albanese moved quickly to congratulate Mr Dutton on his election to the Liberal Party leadership, in the wake of the Coalition’s drubbing on May 21. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s son Nathan, partner Jodie Haydon and childhood friend Mick Godfrey during question time.Labor moved quickly to change the standing orders, the rules governing parliament’s operations, limiting late night debates and giving more questions to members of the expanded crossbench.
Crossbench Sophie Scamps, Kylea Tink, Kate Chaney, Monique Ryan, Zoe Daniel, Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender during debate on Wednesday.Manager of Opposition Business Paul Fletcher is unimpressed with the plan, likening Labor’s moves to accountability in Russia’s state Duma.
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