The One Nation senator claims she was contacted by a concerned member of the public after he found a document in Canberra left behind by a group from the National Indigenous Australians Agency.
A new-look Victorian parliament has opened after Labor's sweeping state election win, with a controversial federal senator watching on as MPs were sworn in.
Some crossbench members are set to be allocated an extra staff member amid growing calls for more help after parliamentary staffers were cut last month.
Michael Towke has been forced to double down on his claims Scott Morrison tried to use his Lebanese background against him while they were rivals vying for preselection for the seat of Cook in 2007.
Scott Morrison has emphatically denied malicious claims he tried to use his political rival s Lebanese background against him during a preselection battle in 2007.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of labelling a rival candidate s Lebanese background as risky when he first ran for parliament in Sydney s south back in 2007.
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