Labor and Greens fail in first attempt to disallow Coalition's marine park plans

Parties have the option of redrafting the disallowance and resubmitting it as soon as WednesdayA first attempt by Labor and the Greens to disallow controversial new marine park management plans proposed by the Turnbull government last week has failed in the Senate after the government flipped the order of business and brought on the chamber debate.The Turnbull government on Tuesday night pulled its proposal to lower the tax rate for big business to 25% and abruptly changed the order of business in the Senate to force consideration of Labor's disallowance motion on the marine parks. Continue reading...