Greens senator Dorinda Cox announces shock defection to Labor party
by Tom McIlroy and Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6XP8Z)
WA senator says what you can't do from the crossbench is make change' as Anthony Albanese says Cox approached the government about move
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Greens senator Dorinda Cox has defected to the Labor party, in a move which shocked colleagues and boosts Anthony Albanese's numbers in federal parliament.
The Western Australian senator appeared alongside the prime minister in Perth on Monday, saying her views were more closely aligned with Labor than the Greens.
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