Only 4 per cent of voters in the Resolve Political Monitor said it was “fine” for politicians to drink at work,while 68 per cent said they should not drink at all when working.
A report was released in November 2021 which was supposed to draw a line under the boozy culture on the hill. Some MPs are dragging their heels.
Perin Davey,who was caught on camera slurring her words at Senate estimates last week,is a key member of the group tasked with writing federal parliament’s tough new alcohol and drugs policy.
Perin Davey says she didn’t think she was drunk after stumbling in her speech during a parliamentary hearing,days after Barnaby Joyce was filmed lying on a Canberra footpath.
Nationals senator Perin Davey's appearance at estimates has caused controversy.
The water minister has just two weeks to save the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. She must cut a deal with the Greens or Coalition,who are demanding concessions.
Australian soldiers are now responding to natural disasters so often that an entirely new branch of the Defence Force may be needed,Senator Jacqui Lambie says.
A report predicts rule changes championed by the Nationals spell failure for an environmental initiative the Albanese government promised to deliver.
Peter Dutton has made a direct pitch to the “forgotten people” in the outer suburbs on his first day as opposition leader after a devastating election loss.
She’s rubbed shoulders with Keanu Reeves and Heath Ledger,but on Monday Perin Davey stood beside David Littleproud as the National Party’s new deputy leader.
David Littleproud has replaced Barnaby Joyce as Nationals leader with Perin Davey deputy leader. He says the Nationals will go back to the sensible centre,to try win back government in 2025.