Michelle Grattan about the week in politics, including the implementation of an emergency plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, climate change policy, national security and Bettina Arndt
A motion passed in the Senate today, with the support of the government, places pressure on the Council of the Order of Australia to strip Bettina Arndt of her Order of Australia award.
Given the intensity of public feeling, the Council of the Order of Australia may find itself damned whatever its decision concerning Bettina Arndt’s recently-bestowed Order of Australia