Tuesday, January 28, 2025



Drawn

A ballot for two member's bills was held today, and the following bills were drawn:

  • Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Injury or Death) Amendment Bill (Paulo Garcia)
  • Juries (Age of Excusal) Amendment Bill (Carl Bates)

So a harmless bill and some "tough on crime" bullshit.

There were 75 bills in the ballot today, including another one to ban prisoner voting. This is a law which has been found to be inconsistent with the BORA by the Supreme Court, and yet some national backbencher - with the approval of the National caucus - is trying to push it through again. Which is another data-point on the anti-constitutional anti-human rights radicalism of the current National Party. Maybe some journalists should be asking pointy questions about this?