Member for Fraser Andrew Leigh has blogged about the decision by the Labor caucus in Parliament to remove ministerial veto of Territory legislation:
As Simon Crean has put it, the bill strips the commonwealth’s right to veto “at the stroke of a ministerial pen”. Vetoing an ACT law should be only undertaken in extreme circumstances, and it’s appropriate that all federal parliamentarians should have the chance to speak on such a debate.
Now we just need the Greens and independents (or heaven forfend the Liberals) to support the proposed Bill.
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