Labor struggled to contain their glee with the new-look opposition reduced to the similar size as the crossbench
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Amid the silliness and schoolyard taunts of Tuesday’s parliament, crossbencher Andrew Wilkie asked a sensible question.
“Seeing as the crossbench is now as big as the Liberal party and likely to soon exceed them with more defections, on what basis are the Liberals still regarded as the opposition?”