Labor's plot to install rebel LNP MP Llew O'Brien as the deputy speaker had been planned since late last week, according to Sky News Chief News Anchor Kieran Gilbert.
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Josh Frydenberg had "what's been described as a bit of a spray at the rebel Nationals" at the Coalition party room meeting.
Suncorp CEO Steve Johnson has called on the government to take greater climate action after the insurance group's net profits fell almost four per cent with more than 42,000 claims made in recent months.
The High Court has ruled Aboriginal Australians are not "aliens" for the purpose of the constitution and cannot be deported even if they're not citizens.
Parents have removed their children from a school next to the Darwin workers' village where more than 250 Australians have been quarantined, evacuated from Wuhan over the coronavirus outbreak.
Damian Drum and David Gillespie both approached Nationals leader Michael McCormack last week to put their hands up for the deputy speaker position, according to Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
Mathias Cormann has told the Senate he does not agree with Nationals backbencher Matt Canavan, who yesterday dubbed renewables the "dole bludgers" of the energy system.
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