View from The Hill: How the government's plan to oppose Hanson's motion became a vote to support it
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
For Mathias Cormann, 2018 has been the annus horribilis. After emerging badly bruised from the leadership crisis, on Tuesday he took responsibility for the disastrous snafu over Pauline Hanson’s “It is OK to be white” motion.
The government blames its voting on Monday in support of the motion on an “administrative”...