Canberra: the week in review 7 December 2018

Bill Shorten, (kushoto), na Scott Morrison (kulia) waenda kupiga kura ndani ya bunge

Source: AAP

It was a chaotic end to the final parliamentary sitting week of the year, after a series of delays eventually led to the passage of new encryption laws.


While the government was able to secure an 11th hour victory, not everyone is happy with how the week wrapped up.

There are just six parliamentary sitting days scheduled for 2019 before the federal election is due in May.

If this year is anything to go by, Canberra is in for a whirlwind 2019.


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