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Bills, banks and promises: here's what you can expect as 'government business' starts again

  • Written by Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University

If the first week of the 46th Parliament was heavily ceremonial – dominated by the new governor-general, a raft of first-time MPs and Bob Hawke condolence speeches – the next two weeks will mark a return to normal programming.

And where the opening week allowed just one proper sitting day to thrash out the modestly titled, A$158 billion...

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