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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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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
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
Parliament House in Canberra. The number of people employed by government departments has risen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Butting out: Parliament House crackdown on political puffers

New changes to federal parliament’s smoking policy have some hacks up in arms. But no pollie will admit to smoking any more.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant
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
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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
Senator Dorinda Cox.

‘All dealt with’: Albanese defends Greens defector after bullying allegations

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Senator Dorinda Cox’s values were “perfectly consistent with the… Labor Party”.

  • Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Greens MP Amy MacMahon’s car after the collision at Kangaroo Point.

Woman spared jail time over crash that injured MP

A woman will not spend any time behind bars after she sped through a red light while drunk before crashing into then-Greens MP Amy MacMahon.

  • Savannah Meacham
Health Minister Mark Butler.

Surge in voting errors in aged care and hospitals under scrutiny

Peak industry groups and the government are calling for the Australian Electoral Commission to review the cause of increased informal votes in hospitals and aged care homes.

  • Olivia Ireland and Shane Wright

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