The senator said she will become an independent after Lambie told her she should leave the party.
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.
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.
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.
Six teal MPs and fellow independent MP Andrew Wilkie have united to express disappointment about Labor’s commitment to transparency.
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.
In court documents filed in her case against Monique Ryan,Sally Rugg has directly blamed the PM’s decision to slash crossbench staff numbers for her allegedly unreasonable work hours.
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The government has just three parliamentary sitting weeks left to legislate its climate policy to achieve its 43 per cent emissions reduction target by the end of the decade.
The $368 billion nuclear submarine deal has prompted fresh calls for tax changes,including the stage three cuts,to pay for the boats.
The independent MP mocked the opposition leader about his prospect of becoming prime minister as she and other independents renewed calls for more staffers.