An investigation into claims that now-suspended Education Minister Alan Tudge was emotionally and physically abusive towards his former press secretary during a 2017 affair will be conducted by Dr Vivienne Thom. She’s the former Inspector-General of our intelligence and security agencies who led the probe into claims against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon. Rachelle Miller went public with claims against Tudge a year ago, and yesterday she went one step further to say she had literally been kicked out of bed by the Cabinet minister early one morning after a boozy night. Tudge “completely and utterly” rejects the claims, but PM Scott Morrison asked him to stand aside so the allegations could be “properly assessed”. So, yeah, it was a messy last day of federal parliamentary for 2021 as the government struggled to move ahead on key bills ahead of the election that’s due by 21 May next year. Note: Labor’s Anthony Albanese is set to reveal his climate policy today, reports this morning say.