Senator Tammy Tyrrell, who started her parliamentary career as part of the Jacqui Lambie Network before turning independent, has now joined Labor.

“I’m very proud to be a Labor girl,” she declared at a news conference with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

While this gives the government an improved buffer it does not change the basic situation in the Senate – Labor will still need either the Greens or the opposition to pass legislation.

Albanese heaped praise on his new recruit, saying she had been “a good-faith negotiator, making a........

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