“He’s cunning. A little Machiavellian. And not to be underestimated.”GoodWeekendMag ScottMorrisonMP
when she entered federal politics as a senator from Tasmania in 2014 for the Palmer United Party. Five years later, she’s become a politician who matters: in some cases, the senator who matters.
She lost her Senate seat in 2017 because of dual citizenship with Britain, and many observers thought that would be the end of her federal political career. But against the odds, she returned as a senator after the 2019 election, this time on her own terms, as leader of her own party, the Jacqui Lambie Network. The time away from politics gave her a chance to reflect about its gravity. “This term, she appears reborn as a serious politician,” says Wright.
This week she demonstrated as much, first blindsiding the government by voting with Hanson and Roberts to sink the union-busting Ensuring Integrity Bill, then issuing an ultimatum to the Coalition on its controversial “medevac” legislation.
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