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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Karen Middleton

‘Getting things done’ a fitting mantra for the tidal wave of laws the government pushed through in one week

Anthony Albanese
With an eye on 2025 and a federal election, the prime minister Anthony Albanese ended 2024 by pushing through an avalanche of legislation through the Senate. Photograph: AAP Image/Lukas Coch/Reuters

A government spruiker was walking the parliamentary halls on Monday, building anticipation for what would become a deluge of deal-dependent legislation passing into law by week’s end.

Following some unwelcome commentary, including from this columnist, that the government lacked a clear message that could draw all of its activity towards a single purpose, there seemed a special emphasis on plain speaking as he summed up the plan for the coming week.

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