The Australian Labor government's legislative agenda hinges on securing support from the Coalition in the Senate. While seeking Coalition backing appears to be Labor's most reliable route, the unpredictable nature of politics, particularly with Peter Dutton leading the Coalition, adds an element of uncertainty. The article delves into the government's recent legislative endeavors, highlighting the potential pitfalls and opportunities presented by the Coalition's stance.
Labor’s surest path through the Senate is to seek the Coalition ’s support for its bills – but you never can be too sure. If Peter Dutton senses an opportunity in blocking bills in the lead-up to an election, he might just take it. That odour you’re smelling is drip filter coffee to fuel late-night Senate votes and the faint whiff of desperation to pass as much of the government’s legislative agenda as possible.
Barring something spectacular, like a surprise extra week in December, MPs and senators won’t be back until February, and possibly not until the other side of an election if to pass its electoral spending and donation cap bill. Rejecting any push for an inquiry into the bill, and not correcting the record when Labor talked up its chances of bipartisan support, point to a likely government win here. The government’s bill on processing people released from immigration detention and to authorise payments to third countries to take non-citizens, and the other to give it If you think those sound like things Peter Dutton would do, you’re right. And so it came as no surprise when the Coalition It’s understood the Coalition are seeking amendments to toughen things further, legislate unfinished recommendations from the Nixon review as well as reviving. If Dutton senses there is more advantage in adding to the government’s problems rather than being part of the solution, he might just grab the opportunity. That episode called to mind The Albanese government’s other potential Senate pathway is the Greens’ 11 votes and then three more crossbench senators
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