Albanese defends staffing allocations as former adviser flags need for review
Lead investigator Mathew Jose says questions over executive and parliamentary decisions on resourcing are a matter to be contended with
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his discretionary power to allocate higher-paid advisers to MPs, saying the system was not put in place by him but by the former government. The defence comes as one of his own former senior advisers, now a lead investigator of a government-ordered review, says the power must be examined.