A new Ipsos poll puts the Coalition ahead of Labor at 53-47 on a two-party preferred basis as the former Senate leader Eric Abetz unleashes on the Canberra press gallery. Parliament sits and Senate estimates hearings are under way. All the developments from Canberra,live 1.54am BSTPenny Wong wants to know how often DPS staff are denied access to suites in the building when they seek access. The officials propose it is not unusual to delay in order to reach a suitable inspection time.
Wong asks what reason they were given for the lack of access in this specific instance?As far as I am aware there was no reason given. 1.47am BSTLabor’s Penny Wong is now back into the fate of the marble table. The evidence being given now suggests Parliament House cleaners first discovered remnants of a marble table in the PMO. Officials then sought access to the prime ministerial suite. We believe there had been a table damaged but we had no access to the area, the Department of Parliamentary Services official tells the committee. We were not allowed access until the Friday.
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Source: theguardian.com