Budget bill an ‘end run’ around Parliament, says expert Franks

Opposition attacks heat up as massive omnibus budget bill is poised for third reading in the Commons.

As the government's 904-page sweeping omnibus budget bill attracts attack in the Senate, one of the country's leading Parliamentary experts and some opposition MPs say Parliament is becoming less relevant as fewer bills are passed, and as governments introduce more omnibus bills that don't receiv...

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