Time for me to wrap up. What happened?

for a few hours today looked as if things might be a little quieter than the rest of the week;

the government introduced legislation to increase the Medicare levy into the House of Representatives;

into the House of Representatives; negotiations between the government and crossbenchers about media industry changes continued;

continued; citizenship was discussed but it wasn't as smoking hot as it was;

was discussed but it wasn't as smoking hot as it was; but then One Nation senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa into Senate question time ;

wore a into ; Attorney-General George Brandis said her stunt was offensive and ignorant; and

said her stunt was offensive and ignorant; and Senator Brandis was given a standing ovation by Labor and Greens senators.

What can I say? It's been a truly weird week - and fortnight.

My thanks to Alex Ellinghausen and Andrew Meares to their superb work today and to you for reading and commenting.

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Alex, Andrew and I will be back - with Parliament - on September 4. Until we meet again - go well.