Australia news live update: Albanese on way to Madrid for Nato summit; crossbench fury at staff cut
The prime minister isn’t trying to put anyone offside… Boosting the parliamentary library is a fairer way to deal with this resource allocation. We’re open to constructive discussion with the cross bench … but we also need to be sustainable.
Patricia Karvelas puts it to her that they are in a very different situation to the major parties, which have significantly more collective resources, and “the machinery of government” behind them.We are having ongoing and constructive engagement with [the crossbenchers] and we will continue that. People of Australia have voted for this parliament it’s up to this parliament to make that work ... Everyone is taking a hit here because we’re trying to make it fairer and more sustainable across the parliament.
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