Adani protest echoes in void as parliament without a compass sets sail | Katharine Murphy

The only person who looked delighted to be back was Jacqui Lambie, who was passed from arm to arm like a newborn

It was a strange sort of opening to a strange sort of parliament. Our federal representatives are back, but nobody is quite sure what happens next, because perhaps only Scott Morrison believed the story would end the way it did on 18 May.

When the Senate reopened for business on Tuesday, Mathias Cormann kissed Penny Wong by way of greeting. This geniality is unsurprising. The two are good mates.