A damaging split within the Greens has made Senate negotiations harder for the Albanese government, with the expanded crossbench requiring Labor to secure an extra vote for contentious legislation.
Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe quit the Greens on Monday, moving to the crossbench over her opposition to the Indigenous Voice to parliament.
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