Wading through the confusing set of factors that may have led to the Haines incident, Anthony Albanese has put the spotlight on the modern media.
The health update came as anxious MPs were privately told the attack on their colleague was probably an opportunistic strike rather than a calculated plot.
After the attack on Helen Haines, Australia’s political class faces a test of its ability to respond maturely and act firmly.
Ed Husic adds to a growing array of messages from party-aligned figures critiquing the Albanese government’s economic strategy.
The federal independent MP is receiving treatment in The Alfred hospital in Melbourne after she was struck by a four-wheel drive outside her electorate office in Wangaratta.
Jacqui Lambie had her health condition mocked in One Nation’s most recent Please Explain cartoon, but Pauline Hanson told her to “have a laugh”.
The Wentworth MP is also backing new budget rules as spending and taxation rise to near-record levels under Labor.
Behind closed doors, Labor MPs are questioning whether Jim Chalmers’ relationship with Anthony Albanese has soured.
Jim Chalmers faces a nearly two-year campaign against the reforms despite insisting he wants to make taxation fairer and safeguard the entire system.
Albanese and Taylor met in Parliament House on Monday as the crossbench raises concerns about a possible Labor-Coalition deal on artificial intelligence.
