The shock announcement on Tuesday cuts the Coalition's numbers to 73 out of 149 on the floor of the House of Representatives, excluding Speaker Tony Smith and following the loss of Malcolm Turnbull's former seat of Wentworth to independent Kerryn Phelps.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
