The government has given a concession to independent David Pocock and the Coalition over its failure to release the Briggs review into public service jobs for mates which was handed to the government two years ago, in order to end the senate procedural stand-off that has dominated much of the last sitting days.

In exchange for ending the tit-for-tat senate procedural changes, including the ones that have extended question time, the government has allowed for a private, in-camera briefing of the report to the finance and public affairs committee. Pocock is a member of the committee and so will be able to be part of the briefing.

But if the government doesn’t release the report eventually, or fails to give a proper briefing on the report to the committee, all bets will be off.