Fresh start for Parliament after suspended animation
There are high hopes that the new year will bring a sense of normality back to the federal parliamentary system, with all sides of politics viewing 2020 to have been a “write-off” for much of everyday policy decisions. A host of important issues facing the country were placed on the backburner while governments both state and federal dealt primarily with the all-consuming covid19 crisis. But at some point the nation’s policy and lawmakers will have to deal with them.
