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Teal MP Sophie Scamps.

‘Serious policy on the table’: Teal MP names her terms for support in a hung parliament

The Sydney doctor turned MP says she will support the party that avoids “sugar-hit” policies, even as she faces a battle with the Liberals to retain her seat.

  • David Crowe

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Gerard Rennick is an outspoken member of the Queensland Liberal National Party.

Queensland senator Gerard Rennick quits LNP for crossbench

The move reduces the number of Coalition senators to 30 and increases the crossbench to 10 members.

  • Shane Wright
“I take my job seriously. I’m not here to just have a cruisy ride for the next four years,” Fatima Payman says.

‘Payman is correct’: Senators call for parliament staff overhaul

Crossbench senators who would not usually agree on anything are united. They want the prime minister stripped of the power to decide MPs’ staffing levels.

  • Matthew Knott
Jim Chalmers is being urged to make amendments to the Future made in Australia Act.

Crossbench demands Labor pork-barrel-proof $22 billion policy

Future Made in Australia is in limbo unless the Albanese government provides assurances the centrepiece policy will not be used to buy votes.

  • David Crowe
Senators Jacqui Lambie and Tammy Tyrrell have parted ways.

Senator Tammy Tyrrell quits the Jacqui Lambie Network

The senator said she will become an independent after Lambie told her she should leave the party.

  • Rachel Clun
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces tricky talks with crossbenchers over the campaign finance rules.

‘Banning big money, just not theirs’: Teal MPs accused of seeking to protect wealthy donors

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and senior minister Don Farrell have turned their sights on a group of crossbenchers in a debate over big money in politics.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Liberal MP Russell Broadbent.

Veteran Liberal Party MP Russell Broadbent quits party, moves to crossbench

The 72-year-old told Coalition MPs in a private party room meeting on Tuesday that he had quit the party straight after he lost his preselection over the weekend.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
Senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie split off parts of the government’s contentious industrial relations bill unopposed.

Pocock and Lambie outflank Labor as they split IR reforms

David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie teamed up with the Coalition to pass some of Labor’s proposed reforms, daring the government to vote against its own legislation.

  • Angus Thompson and Olivia Ireland
Marles on Monday.

Teals condemn Labor on transparency as Marles faces questions over VIP flights

Six teal MPs and fellow independent MP Andrew Wilkie have united to express disappointment about Labor’s commitment to transparency.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
The Health Department will on Friday register the policy making a first tranche of about 100 medicines eligible for 60-day scripts from September 1.

‘They’re scared’: Crossbenchers raise concerns about 60-day medicine scripts

A popular budget measure to double the length of common medicine scripts is facing an unexpected hurdle, with crossbench senators joining the Coalition in pushing the government to go back to the negotiating table with pharmacists.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/crossbench-6fo1