The parliamentary year ended with a twinkling Christmas tree, but several thorny issues remain on the government's to-do list for 2020 | CanberraCamper
, demonstrate once again what an unwieldy and unforgiving place the Senate can be.
In the wake of the union bill debacle, one Liberal MP was critical that key crossbenchers Hanson and Jacqui Lambie had not been taken seriously enough - or shown sufficient "respect" - by the Coalition so far. Other Coalition MPs said as people got to know each other more in the new Parliament, which is still less than six months old, better relationships would develop.
The Attorney-General's Department received about 6000 public submissions on the first draft bill in the space of five weeks. Doctors, nurses, lawyers, human rights groups, business groups, LGBTIQ groups and church groups are among those who say the bill needs to change . The Uniting Church, for example,
Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells is a vocal critic of the government's efforts so far. The conservative NSW MP says there needs to be a sweeping religious freedom bill, rather than the current bill that provides protections against discrimination. Fierravanti-Wells has already submitted about 30,000 hard-copy signatures to Parliament as part of a petition she launched calling for religious freedom.
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