What sort of Leninist govt have we got here???
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 5936185415
THERE was no room for Nick Xenophon on the government's multi-party climate change committee
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet made the statement yesterday, amid claims the independent senator had been blocked by the Greens.
Mr Combet said the committee, chaired by Julia Gillard, was "small and tightly focused" and there was no room for anyone else, even though the Coalition had refused to fill two seats set aside for it.
Liberal senator Nick Minchin last night said the government's position was ridiculous. "The Coalition is right not to take up the spots offered, but the government should give one of our two seats to Nick Xenophon."
Senator Xenophon said he was bitterly disappointed that despite writing and making representations to the Prime Minister and Mr Combet requesting a seat, he was excluded from the committee.
Sources close to Senator Xenophon said at least two Labor Party figures had told him "the Greens vetoed his presence".
"Christine Milne was fingered as the one who insisted Nick not be on the committee," a well-placed source said.
A spokesman for Senator Milne yesterday said the claim was "untrue". South Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said there was "no space available" for Senator Xenophon on the committee. "The committee decides that, and at this stage he's not on there."
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