With the Coalition rift ostensibly patched up, a strong week grilling the government could buy Sussan Ley more time. But Angus Taylor has yet to declare his hand

With the Coalition finally reunited, the opposition now needs to get on with the work of holding the government to account and interrogating its decisions. It won’t get many better chances than this week.

While government decisions are put under the microscope at Senate estimates hearings, the week-long visit by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog – clearly making some Labor members uneasy – will return attention to the Bondi terror attack. Meanwhile, the hangover from Tuesday’s interest rate hike lingers.

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