when will turnbull replace abbott, page-103

yes, but but but....
after reading the article how oakshott requested a cabinet seat from the nsw state labor party, I assumed he was a labor mp.....I wonder how many others have assumed this incorrectly.....
it seems absurb to me.....
I would have thought that as a national party member, or national state mp, why on earth would he ask the labor govnuts for a seat...??????
maybe there is more to the history of this person....that needs clarification....
I still find it astonishing.....lets say I am gobsmacked...