Julie Bishop heads for the exit as Pyne's final bow adds to parliamentary tragicomedy | Katharine Murphy

There was oversized laughter in the chamber, and it was impossible to tell whether the guffaws spoke to relief or pure delirium

It was the final House of Representatives question time of the final day of the 45th parliament, and the atmosphere was mildly unhinged.

The Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman paused, at one point, mid-Dorothy Dixer, to report he was being “molested by the member for Leichhardt”. As the chamber absorbed this unexpected oversharing, Zimmerman speculated that Warren Entsch, the accused, had “turned after he saw the photos of the treasurer this morning”.

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