Former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is running for the Senate again,more than four years after he left federal politics.
Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman will cross the floor over the draft law as the opposition demands gay and transgender students be protected immediately.
A bill to make voters show some form of identification before casting their ballot will fail if Pauline Hanson maintains One Nation’s boycott on government legislation.
Greens senator Nick McKim will move a motion on Monday to get the federal government’s planned changes to lending laws knocked off the notice paper unless it is taken to a vote by the end of the week.
Two Nationals MPs almost voted against the government’s superannuation laws,showing they are prepared to flex some muscle in a tight Parliament.
An overhaul of the $3.2 trillion superannuation system will begin in a fortnight after a messy passage through the Senate.
The Senate has passed just one section of the Morrison government’s industrial relations overhaul after it failed to win support for the reform package.
One Nation has proposed a modest set of amendments,putting the government closer to a major win after being politically battered for a month.
Lobbyists swarmed the corridors of Parliament on Tuesday,trying to convince three key crossbenchers to pick their side on industrial relations.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has warned crossbenchers of political retribution if they back the government’s bill without modification.
One Nation will demand casual staff get a choice to become permanent sooner among changes it wants to the Morrison government’s industrial relations bill in exchange for its support.