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The big winner from Lidia Thorpe going to crossbench is ... Jacqui Lambie. Greens still have 11 votes, necessary but not sufficient to pass bills. If Thorpe makes unreasonable demands, suddenly Lambie is needed in addition to David Pocock.

— Paul Karp (@Paul_Karp) February 6, 2023

BEWARE, scammers are using letters like this to convince people to withdraw money and hand it over in person to someone that will collect it from their home. This is a scam. Warn your friends, family, and neighbours. https://t.co/ur4ZfOFENo

— Scamwatch_gov_au (@Scamwatch_gov) February 6, 2023

Team 🇦🇺 on deck in Cape Town! #T20WorldCup https://t.co/bWJildGKth

— Australian Women's Cricket Team 🏏 (@AusWomenCricket) February 5, 2023

Huge! Tomorrow in Parliament the @Greens will table the Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill which would compel the Australian Gov to transfer to Australia all persons seeking asylum remaining offshore in PNG/Nauru. @ASRC1 calls on ALP/LNP & Independents to support it https://t.co/1Vuw5N8k30

— Kon Karapanagiotidis (@Kon__K) February 6, 2023

Broadcasting adventures Phoenix for the Super Bowl Delhi for Test Cricket We’ll take you there on @1116sen @WhateleySEN https://t.co/gBKKEvXNL8

— Gerard Whateley (@GerardWhateley) February 6, 2023

The only way to end the ‘jobs for mates’ culture in politics is to legislate a transparent & independent merit-based public appointments process. This is exactly what the Private Members Bill I’ve been developing with @cpi_aus will do. Read more below 👇 https://t.co/T0ROjXiKEA https://t.co/4JG0VXbDoR

— Dr Sophie Scamps MP (@SophieScamps) February 6, 2023

Shane Watson's tip for Australia's batters: play with a straight bat https://t.co/QpwYVU6huw | #INDvAUS https://t.co/nYR2MpuMFS

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 6, 2023