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From a high of 16 MPs after the 22 election, the party has lost its leader and a handful of MPs to have just 11 in the new parliament.

Betrayal over breakfast: How Dorinda Cox’s shock defection was a year in the making

Hours before Dorinda Cox put herself forward to be deputy leader of the Greens, she was spotted having breakfast with unusual dining companions.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and James Massola

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Alan Stockdale and Richard Alston

Liberal dinosaurs expose party’s chauvinism once again

Why would any self-respecting woman entering politics consider joining a party that sees them as inferior?

Dorinda Cox said she had lost confidence in the Greens and felt her values aligned with Labor.

Greens call on defector to do ‘honourable thing’ and resign

The comment is an escalation of the party’s criticism of its former senator, Dorinda Cox, who it had previously wished well.

  • Paul Sakkal
Alan Stockdale raised eyebrows at the NSW Liberal Women’s Council meeting.

‘Nobody cares about the Liberals’: Party elder’s message to women

Alan Stockdale, one of a trio of external administrators running the NSW Liberals, angered female members during a four-hour Zoom briefing on Tuesday night.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Dorinda Cox.

Parties should act to stop the Senate being a launch pad for deserters

Voters must wonder about wasting their votes as another senator has jumped ship.

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Dorinda Cox was highly critical Labor in her application to join the Greens.

Defecting senator torched ‘patronising’ Labor in leaked Greens application

A leaked document from Dorinda Cox’s application to become a senator for the Greens shows she was highly critical of Labor, which she has now rejoined.

  • James Massola
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Anthony Albanese and Greens defector Dorinda Cox.

Albanese is riding high. Why did he take on a senator with so much baggage?

Dorinda Cox’s move to the government benches is a big risk for Anthony Albanese and Labor, and it could go very wrong.

  • James Massola
Greens-turned Labor senator Dorinda Cox and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Greens defector’s use of slur against fellow senator exposed in text leak

The leak from a party source comes as Greens leader Larissa Waters also wrote of Cox’s “betrayal” in an email to members, in a sign of escalating tensions between the minor party and the government.

  • Paul Sakkal, James Massola and Olivia Ireland
Anthony Albanese, alongside Dorinda Cox, at the press conference in Perth on Monday.

Political defectors are thumbing their noses at the electorate

The system must be changed to stop elected officials switching parties for their own interests, writes Bob Konig.

Australia has a long, and frequently unhappy, history of political defections.

Call that a political defection? Here are the deserters for the ages

Political defections are in the news – Jacinta Price and Dorinda Cox the most recent examples – but the recent crop pale in comparison to the grand champions of political absconding.

  • Tony Wright

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