Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed off on a letter providing 15 advisers to the Greens three days before the minor party voted against a Senate inquiry into his power to allocate staff to federal politicians, as crossbench anger over the discretionary system intensifies. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and independent senators have stepped up demands for a mandatory minimum staffing guarantee after Labor, the Coalition and the Greens combined to block a motion to establish the principle.
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Australian political party