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Tony Burke is also being quite conciliatory about David Pocock’s concerns about the bill.
Asked by Patricia Karvelas if he is prepared to make more amendments to the IR bill, Tony Burke says that is standard after a senate inquiry process.
I suspect there’ll be more to come.