George Christensen in backbench revolt against payday lending crackdown

Nationals MP says he relied on small credit lending in his 20s, asking: ‘Where will people in desperate need then go to access finance?’George Christensen has put his name to a reported backbench revolt against the Turnbull government’s proposed crackdown on payday lending, just a day after Scott Morrison denied he had been enlisted to water down the reform.The Nationals MP told Guardian Australia he turned to small credit lending in his 20s to pay for household goods and unexp