Grattan on Friday: A kinder, gentler Senate
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
This first week of the new parliament has been bitter sweet for Senate leader Mathias Cormann.
With journalist Niki Savva’s book Plots and Prayers out on Monday, Cormann that morning faced yet another barrage of questioning over his role in last year’s coup against Malcolm Turnbull.
His spectacular desertion of the then prime minister...
