The former PM resurfaces as Bill Shorten prepares his budget-in-reply address. All the developments from Canberra 3.42am BSTDown in the House,the former speaker Anna Burke has bid farewell to politics with a side swipe to Labor on asylum policy. She’s said something needs to be done approximately offshore detention, and the public wants something done approximately it. Her colleague Laurie Ferguson is taking his turn now.
In estimates I can hear the Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan roaring at the attorney-general George Brandis in a committee. My colleague Gabi Chan is watching that, or whether there’s something we need to know,she’ll bring us up to speed. 3.30am BSTThis morning has hasten like a careening bus, so let’s stop for a minute and take stock, and even though the bus continues to swerve around us.nowadays,Thursday:Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com