Greens leader Adam Bandt will move to refer Scott Morrison to parliament’s powerful privileges committee after the House of Representatives censured the former prime minister | jamesmassola
Greens leader Adam Bandt will move to refer Scott Morrison to parliament’s powerful privileges committee on Thursday, a day after the House of Representatives censured the former prime minister.
Bandt will raise the issue under standing order 51, which allows precedence to be given for debate in the House where there is a claim that a contempt of parliament has been committed. He offered a qualified apology in his speech as he acknowledged the non-disclosure of his appointment had “caused unintentional offence and I extend an apology to those who were offended”.
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