tag:theconversation.com,2011:/id/topics/skye-kakoschke-moore-32342/articlesSkye Kakoschke-Moore – The Conversation2017-11-24T04:30:50Ztag:theconversation.com,2011:article/880772017-11-24T04:30:50Z2017-11-24T04:30:50ZVIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull cancelling the House of Representatives’ sitting<figure>
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<p>Michelle Grattan speaks with the University of Canberra’s Nicholas Klomp about the week in Australian politics.</p>
<p>They discuss Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s surprise decision to cancel next week’s sitting of the House of Representatives, whether there’s more more dual citizens to be revealed in parliament, Philip Ruddock’s review into religious freedoms, the Bennelong byelection heating up, and take a look back on the Queensland election campaign.</p><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/88077/count.gif" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" />
<p class="fine-print"><em><span>The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.</span></em></p>Michelle Grattan speaks with Nicholas Klomp about the week in Australian politics.Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of CanberraNicholas Klomp, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, University of CanberraLicensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.tag:theconversation.com,2011:article/672322016-10-18T05:42:47Z2016-10-18T05:42:47ZPolitics podcast: Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore on life in the Senate<p>Nick Xenophon’s two new Senate colleagues, Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore, are no strangers to the political process, having both worked with Xenophon behind the scenes.</p>
<p>In a joint interview, they tell Michelle Grattan about their contrasting experiences in becoming politicians. Kakoschke-Moore says she has had the benefit of being around Xenophon for nearly six years. “So I understand the way he operates,” she says. </p>
<p>Working as a Xenophon adviser, she learnt the ropes of the Senate. “It is so rule-driven and so procedure-driven that I have a great deal of sympathy for people coming into this who have had no exposure at all to the inner workings of Senate procedure.”</p>
<p>Stirling Griff, on the other hand, has had a “huge learning curve”. </p>
<p>“I’m following behind Skye like she’s the mother hen and I imagine I’ll be doing that really for another few more weeks,” he says. </p>
<p>With the government’s industrial relations legislation before the parliament, the Nick Xenophon Team is looking for some amendments. </p>
<p>“Particularly in relation to the building code and requiring building projects, to the greatest extent possible, to use Australian goods and services. So we’ll be looking at the bills closely but we’ll also be keeping an open mind to amendments,” Kakoschke-Moore says. </p>
<p>The pair are dismissive of any move by senator David Leyonhjelm to push for concessions on gun laws in exchange for passage of the industrial relations bills.</p>
<p>“They’re not related and we don’t want to play those games,” Griff says.</p><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/67232/count.gif" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" />
<p class="fine-print"><em><span>Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.</span></em></p>Nick Xenophon's two new Senate colleagues, Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore, are no strangers to the political process.Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of CanberraLicensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.