Nick Xenophon water backdown clears the way to ABCC win for Turnbull

By James Massola, Tom McIlroy
Updated November 30 2016 - 3:08pm, first published November 29 2016 - 6:16pm
NXT senators Skye Kakoschke-Moore, Nick Xenophon and Stirling Griff address the media on the party's deal with the Prime Minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
NXT senators Skye Kakoschke-Moore, Nick Xenophon and Stirling Griff address the media on the party's deal with the Prime Minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A stunning backdown by the Nick Xenophon Team senators over water policy has cleared the way for the Turnbull government to claim a year-ending Senate victory that would see the construction watchdog reinstated.

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