Dunne sought advice of two speakers in refusing Burch a job as assistant speaker

By Kirsten Lawson
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:04pm, first published February 11 2016 - 6:35pm

ACT Speaker Vicki Dunne sought the advice of speakers in two other parliaments before refusing embattled Labor backbencher Joy Burch a slot on her panel of assistant speakers.

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