Sky News host James Morrow says there’s “a whole new energy” in Parliament House following the defection of Senator Lidia Thorpe to the crossbench.
“This now means that Peter Dutton has a lot more leverage to ask for things.
“But also, I think that Peter Dutton shouldn’t get too, you know, cocky with this because I think also Albanese thinks there’s a way in which a consolidated Greens Party will be easier for him to deal with down the track.”
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