Senator Ian Macdonald trying to kick @NickMcKim out of #estimates is amazing, but not as amazing as his realisation that he can't. #auspol pic.twitter.com/p1weKP6ANQ— David Sharaz (@DavidSharaz) May 25, 2017
Tuesday 30 May 2017
Liberal National Party Senator for Queensland, Ian Macdonald, acting badly in Senate Estimates
The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 2017:
3:26pm
Senator Macdonald tried to order Greens senator Nick McKim to leave the committee, which he doesn't have the power to do.
"I will not be leaving," Senator McKim says.
"You can't make me leave, mate. I'm not going. What are you going to do?...You are a tyrant and a dictator."
Senator Macdonald said he would then refuse to recognise Senator McKim for the rest of the hearing which means he won't let him ask any questions. This is the political equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and singing "la la la la la la" until the other person just goes away.
3:31pm
Senator Macdonald threatens to evict Senator Wong and Senator Murray.
Again - he can't do this.
He takes some advice and offers the muttered, cross "sorry" a thwarted toddler sometimes offers: "I've been advised by the clerk that I do not have the power to evict anyone or prevent them from asking questions."
Labels:
#TurnbullGovernmentFAIL,
right wing politics,
Senate
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