25 August 2008
New Senate prepares to convene in Canberra
A new era will unfold in Canberra this week as the new Senate convenes for the first time since last year's election. Fourteen new Senators will be sworn in tomorrow. But most of the focus will be on the cross-benchers who will hold the balance of power -- and possibly the fate of the Rudd government's first term agenda in their hands.
Guests
Bob Brown
Greens Leader, Senator
Steve Fielding
Family First Senator
Nick Xenophon
Independent Senator
Doug Cameron
Labor Senator
Helen Kroger
Liberal Senator
Reporter
Elizabeth Byrne
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