The principled approach of Helen Haines, David Pocock and Bridget Archer, among others, helped mould the agenda during a busy legislative week.
Alex EllingausenBut the human drama, and the dynamics of the week, were shaped by individuals as much as the parliament as a whole.
Archer’s position was not just principled but reasoned, unlike the perplexing toadying of the rest of the Coalition revealed in the censure. His actions were driven by the fact, he said, that “as prime minister my awareness of issues regarding national security at this time, and the national interest, was broader than known to individual ministers and any third party”.
“It’s not in the Constitution. It’s not required. It is a convention on which our system of government hangs the concept that the parliament knows who has which job is essential to responsible government.”
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