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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Karp

The closer you looked at Canberra this week, the uglier it got – especially MPs’ behaviour

Coalition MP Andrew Hastie apologises to the house for his part in injuring an attendant when exiting the chamber on Tuesday.
Coalition MP Andrew Hastie apologises to the house for his part in injuring an attendant when exiting the chamber on Tuesday. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

It was one of those sitting weeks in Canberra where the further out you zoomed, the better it looked.

On big picture issues, the Albanese government had much to cheer: a deal with the Greens securing passage of important climate legislation; inflation turning a corner; and the introduction of the referendum bill to enshrine an Indigenous voice into the constitution.

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