Don’t be distracted!
If you tune into any form of media this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the rest of the world stops at budget time. While tax-talk will dominate the front pages of the nation’s newspapers, the government will be hoping that much of Parliament’s other activity this week will receive a lot less attention. James Fletcher decided to find out why, and sought out some of the Bills being discussed this week: the Veterans Entitlement Bill, Parliamentary Superannuation, Higher Education Bill dealing with upfront fees and the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Bill dealing with electoral integrity. He spoke to Labour Member for Franklin and the Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives, Harry Quick, Greens Senator, Kerry Nettle, and Democrats Senator, John Cherry.