‘Slap in the face’: independents furious at PM’s decision to cut advisory staff from four to one

Anthony Albanese's move to reduce crossbench staffers to pre-Coalition levels met with outrage

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Furious independent MPs and senators have accused the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, of an attack on democracy" after he decided to slash their staff allocation in one of his first dealings with the newly expanded crossbench.

One Nation has threatened to reject all government legislation as their default position", while crucial Senate vote David Pocock called the decision extremely damaging" to the relationship with the crossbench. The Greens also claimed they have been given an effective staff cut, allocated the same number of staff as the last parliament despite their representatives growing from 10 to 16.