Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

Former Labor senator Graham Richardson described the Prime Minister's first attempt at punishment of Senator Payman like this: 'I thought it was very weak. I think Albo's made a mistake on this.' Hasn't this critique been proven right—that Mr Albanese's response was weak and has been proven to be a giant mistake? Given the Prime Minister hasn't been able to convince his own party to take his authority seriously and has been so comprehensively outplayed by Senator Payman, how can anyone else be expected to take him seriously?