Government backbenchers ride wave of independence: cabinet moves controversial private member’s bill into committee [Albina Guarnieri bill to end concurrent sentencing for serial killers and rapists]

Backbench Liberal MPs kept their winning streak alive last week in a last-minute vote that saw opposition and government MPs side with ministers to move a controversial private member's bill through the House that would keep serial killers locked up for longer sentences. The bill had been languis...

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