ANALYSIS: At 2pm, the new PM walked into his first Question Time. By 2:06pm, Dutton had taken the gloves off
Anthony Albanese, the nation’s newly installed Prime Minister, was among the last to arrive in the House of Representatives for his first grilling in Question Time.
"What he's not entitled to do is to engage in that kind of smear tactic which is what that question represents." By 2:19, and after another question about the CFMEU, this time from deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley, the PM’s volume hit a new level as he took aim at those opposite him.Dutton, the ex-cop turned immigration, home affairs and defence minister, has long promoted himself as a strongman. Tough on the border and tough on China, he’s made a business out of having a spine of steel.
There were, however, kinder moments in the first question time, including the new Nationals leader David Littleproud crossing the chamber to speak with Albanese's partner and son.After a decade of Coalition-rule, all sides are using these first days of the parliament to posture and set a path that the next three years will follow.
Zali Steggall is proving a mentor for the teal indepedents who have followed her into the parliament.
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