The University of Canberra’s deputy vice-chancellor and vice-president (academic), professor Nicholas Klomp, and professorial fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics – including the Finkel review, three federal ministers hauled before a court for criticising terror sentencing, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s changes to citizenship laws, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s parody speech of US President Donald Trump, and the vote on the government’s schools package.

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