Greens Senator Dorinda Cox has announced she is joining the Labor Party.
At a press conference on Monday evening, Cox said: “What you can’t do from the crossbench is make change and being in the Government... you are able to make change.”
Cox said she had considered the move “over a period of time,” but said she had been “committed” to the Greens during the recent election campaign.
She added that she had notified Greens leader Larissa Waters of her decision earlier on Monday afternoon.
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Cox became a Greens Senator for Western Australia in 2021, filling a vacancy left by a retiring Senator.
In the Greens, she served as First Nations spokesperson, as well as other party roles.
Prior to Parliament, she worked in the WA State Government, and as an Aboriginal Liaision Officer in WA Police.
Albanese told media today that Cox had been a member of the Labor Party in the past.
