The Senate, The Executive and Henry VIII

When a Liberal Senator breaks ranks to tell the government that they are undermining the proper function of the Parliament and are lacking in transparency…you know that something is seriously wrong. ‘Delegated Legislation' enables the Executive to make regulation outside the purview of the Senate – meaning that the government can utilise these powerful tools to make sweeping changes without scrutiny. The increased use of delegated legislation is eroding the proper democratic role of the house of review, and is a dangerous trend towards autocracy.