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The parliament has approved a new fit-out for leased premises for the ATO in Barton.
The Department of Defence is also getting a refresh, as is some infrastructure around Canberra which the National Capital Authority controls.
Updated at 18.55 EST18m ago18.41 EST
Well, that makes two Greens MPs suspended from different Labor state parliaments in the last 24 hours.
19m ago18.40 ESTAndrew Messenger
Greens’ Amy MacMahon suspended from Queensland parliament
Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon has been booted out of the state’s parliament for 36 hours after it found she had breached ethics rules.
Parliamentary security escorted the South Brisbane MP out of the building last night.
Leader of the house Yvette D’Ath introduced the motion at 6.30 last night, during ordinary government business, with little notice.
Despite a finding by the ethics committee, MacMahon has consistently refused to apologise for introducing bills to parliament without an accompanying message from the governor.
She said last night:
I will not be apologising for fighting for Queenslanders. I will not be apologising for fighting to put more money in the pockets of Queenslanders than in the pockets of the gas corporations, the property developers and the big banks.
Greens MP Amy MacMahon. Photograph: Darren England/AAP
D’Ath also moved that Greens leader Michael Berkman also be found in contempt of parliament for refusing to apologise for accusing the government of “proudly locking up children” during debate over a bill which overruled the state’s human rights act.
Instead he was again referred to the ethics committee to determine a penalty.
MacMahon appears to be the first MP excluded from parliament since Annastacia Paluszczuk took over as premier in 2015.
She plans to spend the day volunteering with the local food bank and holding a…
2023-11-14 18:38:34
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