The 47th Parliament opens on Tuesday, and MPs, senators, staffers, the media and lobbyists are already descending on Canberra for the Albanese government’s first sitting.

The new government has a big agenda.

It will take legislation to enshrine its 43 per cent emissions reduction target before Parliament; it is staring down a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia amid calls to shut the border; and ahead of legislation to disband the Australian Building and Construction Commission, the government will reduce its remit to a “bare legal minimum”.

Today on Please Explain, national affairs editor James Massola joins Bianca Hall to discuss the fortnight ahead in parliament.

The 47th Parliament opens on Tuesday, and MPs, senators, staffers, the media and lobbyists are already descending on Canberra for the Albanese government’s first sitting.
The new government has a big agenda.
It will take legislation to enshrine its 43 per cent emissions reduction target before Parliament; it is staring down a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia amid calls to shut the border; and ahead of legislation to disband the Australian Building and Construction Commission, the government will reduce its remit to a “bare legal minimum”.
Today on Please Explain, national affairs editor James Massola joins Bianca Hall to discuss the fortnight ahead in parliament.

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The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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