Michael McLaren has called out the Prime Minister for dismissing the intelligence of the Australian public.

He says Anthony Albanese’s excuses of going to a lot of dinners and relying on the rules to dismiss genuine concern prove the rules are a joke.

“With young people’s trust in democracy, in particular, on the slide, it’d be in everyone’s best interests to close those holes and restore as much of the Australian egalitarian spirit to the heart of power as is possible.

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