Opinion

Refugee bill will help erode trust in democracy

Simon Cowan
Updated October 13 2019 - 2:37pm, first published February 16 2019 - 12:00am

Although it has been nearly 100 years since a government last lost a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, in some ways the passing of a bill like the crossbench Medivac one has been coming for some time.

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Simon Cowan

Simon Cowan

Canberra Times columnist

Simon Cowan is research director at the Centre for Independent Studies and a regular columnist for The Canberra Times.

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