James Massola
Chief Political Commentator at Sydney Morning Herald
Chief Political Commentator at The Age
Dad. Husband. Chief Political Commentator, @smh @theage. Author, the Great Cave Rescue. Demons. LFC. Juve. 🇦🇺 🇮🇹. Previously SE Asia corro, Jakarta.
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watoday.com.au | Paul Sakkal |James Massola
Albanese appeared chuffed with the rare defection and said Cox approached Labor and had not asked for anything in return. “[What] struck me as we were sitting down having a discussion about this, that the reason why Dorinda has made this decision is the same reason why all those years ago, as a very young man, I made a decision to join the Labor Party,” he said.
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brisbanetimes.com.au | Paul Sakkal |James Massola
By Paul Sakkal and James MassolaUpdated June 2, 2025 — 6.07pmfirst published at 5.26pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Western Australia senator Dorinda Cox has joined Labor in a shock defection from the Greens, dealing another blow to the minor party that had already lost its leader in the federal election.
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smh.com.au | Paul Sakkal |James Massola
Western Australia senator Dorinda Cox has joined Labor in a shock defection from the Greens. “I am very, very grateful for this opportunity and I want to thank the Labor team for welcoming me,” Cox said at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Perth on Monday afternoon. More to comeCut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter.
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watoday.com.au | James Massola
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smh.com.au | James Massola
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sussan Ley has finally stamped her authority on a much-diminished federal opposition, naming nine new members to her shadow cabinet and rewarding supporters and fellow moderates with roles on her frontbench.
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Adam Bandt releases a statement confirming he has lost his seat of Melbourne and noting he lost because of preference flows to Labor from the Liberals and One Nation. His statement does not note that he wa elected because of Liberal Party preferences in 2010. https://t.co/uKMRqHBZsL
RT @CroweDM: Factional Friday: caucus to meet in Canberra to decide who moves into ministry — and who misses out. Me and @jamesmassola…
It was brave, as Sir Humphrey Appleby would say, to adopt a strategy of targeting outer suburban seats and then tell public servants (and scare private sector workers) living in those outer suburban seats they had to go to the office five days per week.
Finally - anyone still doubting how decisively and rapidly self-destructive was the Coalition's opposition to Work From Home for families esp in capital cities & Teal seats - please watch 2025's most accurate pollster with @Kieran_Gilbert & @aclennell ⬇️ https://t.co/WDhlTlIb5p