Parliamentary photographers have long railed against rules that prevent them from photographing the Senate, with no real explanation for why the rules are in place. This morning the Senate’s own Twitter account tweeted a photo of Finance Minister Mathias Cormann tabling the budget papers in the upper house, before being berated by The Guardian‘s Mike Bowers and admitting that they had broken their own rules. Smooth.
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