Senator Lambie wants concessions on national security in return for her vote on the contentious medevac repeal bill and says the government had not'shut anything off'.
The Morrison government is battling to save its agenda in the Senate after being blindsided by Pauline Hanson in a crucial vote on its workplace relations reforms.
The Ensuring Integrity Bill appears set to pass in the Senate with One Nation's support,but further union concessions may be pending.
Federal police have dropped their investigation into John Setka over allegations he criminally threatened crossbench senators in a bid to sway their vote.
Despite John Setka's departure from the ALP,the saga is far from over.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese refused to rule out accepting political donations from Mr Setka's branch of the CFMMEU.
The CFMMEU has been fined for preventing two workers from doing their jobs on a construction site because they were not members of the union.
Union boss John Setka says a Supreme Court judge who permitted his expulsion from the ALP failed to recognise the effect it would have on his reputation.
Controversial union boss John Setka has launched an appeal against the Victorian Supreme Court's refusal to block his expulsion from the Australian Labor Party.
Controversial union boss launches appeal against the Victorian Supreme Court's decision permitting his expulsion from the Australian Labor Party.
John Setka has published a full-page news advertisement accusing Senator Jacqui Lambie of trying to blackmail him,and spruiking the organisation's performance under his leadership.