Law-and-order Sen. Runciman predicts less ‘obstruction’ in Senate

Conservatives now have a majority on all 17 Senate committees, although they still can't win votes on their own.

For the first time in 20 years there are more Tories than Liberals in the Senate, and while the opposition side has expressed fears the Upper House is becoming a carbon copy of the House of Commons, new Conservative Senator Bob Runciman says it will still be the Chamber of sober second thought, j...

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