Company tax debate stalls, Senate oversteps its authority again

By Mark Kenny, National Affairs Editor
Updated March 31 2017 - 4:03pm, first published 3:52pm
Wide shot of the Senate chamber during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 23 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Wide shot of the Senate chamber during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 23 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Ordinarily, if a Senate is obstructive or straight-out bloody-minded, the government can threaten a double dissolution to remind uppity legislators of just who it was that the voters had installed on the Treasury benches.

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