– Ah, those Aussies are a sensitive lot, eh?
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Politicians in an Australian state could be breathalysed before voting after reports of bad behaviour by MPs.
In the latest incident, New South Wales MP Andrew Fraser resigned from his frontbench role after shoving a female MP after attending a Christmas party.
In September, state police minister Matt Brown resigned after allegedly dancing in his underpants at a drunken party in his parliamentary office.
Several MPs have now backed a proposal to supply breath test kits.
“Honestly, if you are going to have breathalysers for people driving cranes you should have breathalysers for people writing laws,” New South Wales Greens MP John Kaye told the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Barry O’Farrell, leader of the coalition opposition, said he would gladly submit to an alcohol test before entering parliament.
And the Speaker Richard Torbay said he would have no problem with the idea as long as tests were voluntary.
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