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sentences that state something as happening or true
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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, offered the One Nation MP David Farley an additional staff member in what the party has called an “unsolicited” move, made in an attempt to win over the new politician using taxpayer funds.
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party → offer → funds
In a statement posted on social media, Pauline Hanson claimed the move, which would cost taxpayers as much as $200,000 in additional salary, was an attempt to “exert undue political influence” over politicians.
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which → post → politicians
She said the offer was received outside an existing request by One Nation for additional staffers.
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offer → say → staffers
“David did not request this allocation of staff.
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David → request → staff
No reason was provided by the prime minister for the provision of this staff,” Hanson said.
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Hanson → provide → staff
The pair had also met privately over the past few weeks in meetings initiated by the prime minister, the statement added.
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statement → meet → minister
A letter authorising the MP for the New South Wales electorate of Farrer to hire another staff member was hand-delivered to Farley’s Parliament House office in Canberra on Monday by a member of the prime minister’s team, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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Herald → authorise → team
Hanson said she was concerned Albanese was “seeking to use taxpayer funds to exert undue political influence over politicians”.
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Albanese → say → politicians
“We have decided to expose these grubby dealings because the public deserves to know what the Albanese Labor government is doing behind closed doors,” she said.
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she → decide → doors
“For months, One Nation has been fighting for fair, transparent and objective allocation of staffing for parliamentarians.
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Nation → fight → parliamentarians
The prime minister has refused to respond to these calls.”
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minister → refuse → calls
Farley, who rejected the “unsolicited” offer for an additional staffer, did not definitively rule out joining Labor.
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who → reject → Labor
“The attributes that I was looking for in a political party to represent Farrer is that I need political courage, I need political tenacity, and I made my decision to join One Nation,” he told News24 on Thursday.
“I know that I’ve still got that courage and tenacity in behind me.
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I → look → me
I have got a very, very clear and defined mandate.”
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I → get → mandate
Albanese was asked about staffing allocations on Thursday morning, including calls by the former Labor senator Fatima Payman for more funding.
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Albanese → ask → funding
He said Payman, who sits as an independent, had one more staff member than before she quit Labor to move to the crossbench.
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she → say → crossbench
Albanese did not answer questions about whether it was appropriate for the prime minister to be in charge of taxpayer-funded staffing allocations for MPs across parliament.
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minister → answer → parliament
Hanson stood alongside independents Dai Le and Payman last month to demand consistent staffing resources.
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Hanson → stand → resources
“The prime minister should not personally control the resources available to his political opponents,” the One Nation leader said.
“While this power has always been open to abuse, it has, in our view, been weaponised to an unprecedented extent under this Labor government and this prime minister.”
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it → control → government
The prime minister’s office was contacted for comment.
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office → contact → comment
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