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Crossbench move to push Senate changes beyond double dissolution date

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Family First senator Bob Day is set to propose an amendment to the legislation changing the Senate voting system that would prevent the government using the new rules in a double dissolution.

Under the amendment, the changes would not come into effect until August. The latest a double dissolution can be held is the first half of July.

In a double...

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Morrison ticks off sale of Australia's biggest dairy to Chinese buyer

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imageChinese entrepreneur Lu Xianfeng has purchased Van Dieman's Land Company through his business Moon Lake Investments

Treasurer Scott Morrison has approved the $280 million sale of Australia’s largest dairy farming business to the Chinese-owned Moon Lake Investments.

Morrison announced he had agreed to the acquisition of the land and assets of...

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