Pauline Hanson wears black burqa in Senate chamber – politics live

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young suggests Barnaby Joyce unfit for office as government introduces bill to raise Medicare levy to fund NDIS. Follow the day live …

Brandis gets a standing ovation from Labor and the Greens.

Strangely, he doesn’t get the standing ovation from his own side.

George Brandis says:

No we will not be banning the burqa.

I am not going to ignore the stunt of arriving in this chamber...

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Alabama senator says he can’t criticize Trump’s press conference because he was too busy to watch it

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Trump agrees to pay key Obamacare subsidies, extending its lifeline

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