Politics

Government passes more laws under urgency than any term since 2008

The current government has used urgency powers to pass more legislation than any three-year parliamentary term since 2008.

Skinny McBuntu

The government has passed more laws using urgency procedures than in any parliamentary term since 2008. Urgency is a parliamentary mechanism that allows the government to fast-track legislation, bypassing normal scrutiny processes.

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