Politicians have a whinge at their new state parliament digs

THE $45 million “Taj Mahal”, built at the back of state parliament to house our MPs, has got some of them hot under the collar.

Mary Wooldridge says her new office digs do not fit her needs.

THE $45 million “Taj Mahal”, built at the back of state parliament to house our MPs, has got some of them hot under the collar.

There are no office kettles to boil the water for their cups of tea.

Liberal MP David Morris says members are forced to get up to open the door when visitors arrive.

Oh, the humanity! At least backbenchers don’t have to rub shoulders with pesky journalists.

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Liberal leader in the Legislative Council, Mary Wooldridge, is resisting moving into the building. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

The access passes given to members of the Fourth Estate don’t work in the new offices.

Liberal leader in the Legislative Council, Mary Wooldridge, is resisting moving into the building.

Other offices inside the old parliamentary building were made available, but they were deemed not suitable — she demanded something more befitting her status.

Staff suggested the plush Knight Kerr room, which had been used for meetings and functions.

An email was sent out advising MPs with an existing booking that an alternative space would be found.

Mary Wooldridge has refused to move into the building at the back of state parliament.

Wooldridge said arrangements were made for her to move into the office of Labor’s deputy leader in the Legislative Council Jaala Pulford, but Pulford “refused to move”.

Spring St sources say it would be a strange move for an Opposition MP to pinch the office of the deputy leader of the government.

“Any suggestion other than trying to find a temporary solution to significant building works at parliament is wrong,” Wooldridge said. Copy that.