Published: November 27, 2018
Banks announces move to crossbench as prime minister says he will deliver ‘surplus budget’ in April
Labor is working to build the numbers to refer the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, to the high court before parliament rises for Christmas, with the government also meeting crossbenchers in an attempt to frustrate the sortie.
Kerryn Phelps, who is yet to declare a position on the referral, met with the attorney general, Christian Porter, and the shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, on Tuesday as part of settling her stance, and Cathy McGowan has signalled to colleagues she’s reassessing in the light of Tuesday’s events.
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