It’s time to civilise the inquisition of Senate estimates
Hearings that were meant to drill into policy detail have become a scattergun questioning of officials used to settle scores, or make cheap political points.
The small mining town of Denman, in the NSW Hunter Valley, was identified as the epicentre of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake felt across a large part of the state on Friday.
The town is about 40 kilometres by road from the Liddell power station, a spot nominated by the federal Coalition as a potential site for a nuclear power plant.
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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.
