(MENAFN - The Conversation)

Michelle Grattan speaks with the University of Canberra's Mark Evans, Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis.

They discuss Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's backflip on the , the impact of Barnaby Joyce stepping down as Nationals leader while he fights a byelection in the seat of New England, what might happen when the same-sex marriage bill reaches the lower house next week, and the continued pressure on Labor Senator Sam Dastyari to resign from Parliament after of his 2016 remarks to a local Chinese media news conference supporting China's position in relation to the South China Sea and contradicting Labor policy.

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