‘I’m pumped’: New senators assemble for an upper house boot camp | LisaVisentin
They are the new kids on the block in a Senate that is tipped to steal the show in both dynamics and theatrics in the 47th Parliament.
Queensland Senator Penny Allman-Payne, one of three new Greens joining the crossbench, said her three decades of experience as a primary school teacher stood her in good stead for getting up to speed on Senate processes. The two-day boot camp, affectionately called Senate school, is designed to give the new arrivals a swift education in the operation of the house of review, covering everything from the legislative process to the role of committees and senate estimates, as well as etiquette in the chamber.The new Senate is poised to set a high watermark in diversity.
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