Albanese’s right to set crossbenchers’ personal staffing numbers faces scrutiny
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Independent Senator David Pocock is seeking to remove the discretion of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to decide the number of extra staff crossbenchers receive.
His case is being reinforced by the delay in the government informing Senator Fatima Payman – who defected from the Labor party in July – of her personal staff allocation.
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