Jacqui Lambie has flown off the handle at a Greens Senator during a Sky News Australia panel debate.
The stoush began during a conversation about the government’s $10 billion Housing Affordability Future Fund, which is due to be voted on in the Senate this week.
Greens Senator Barbara Pocock had just finished describing the fund as “inadequate” when Ms Lambie interjected to attack the minor party’s refusal to pass the bill. But Senator Lambie wasn’t letting the Greens Senator get a word in, quickly interrupting her to rebuke the minor party over their balance of power.Greens Senator Barbara Pocock had just finished describing the fund as “inadequate” when Ms Lambie interjected to attack the minor party’s refusal to pass the bill. Picture: Supplied
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