Lucy Tassell

From The Daily Aus, I'm Lucy Tassel.

I'm Zara Seidler.

It's Thursday the 14th of May.

Here's what's making headlines this evening.

Former Jackie Lambie Network Senator Tammy Tyrrell has announced she is joining the Labor Party.

The Tasmanian won a seat for Lambie's party in 2022 after serving as her staffer for several years.

In 2024, Lambie told Tyrrell she was not happy with how she was representing the party, leading to Tyrrell sitting as an independent.

At a press conference on Thursday, Tyrrell said, quote, I want to have a seat at the table where I can make the most change and bring back good stuff to Tasmania.

I'm not going to apologise to anybody for joining Labor.

Tyrrell is the second senator to join Labor since it won the 2025 election following former Green Senator Dorinda Cox.

Labor still needs nine more votes from the crossbench or the coalition to pass bills through the upper house.

And today's good news.

A Spanish cyclist has won a stage of one of the world's biggest races despite taking an accidental detour and crashing his bike.

Igor Arrieta won stage five of the Giro d'Italia in Potenza on Wednesday after one of the most chaotic finishes the race has ever seen.

The 24-year-old crashed on a wet descent with 14 kilometres left, then took a wrong turn at a road split inside the final two kilometres, but still made it across the finish line first.

It was his first win ever in a professional race.

Meanwhile, Jay Hindley is the best-placed Australian in the Giro, sitting six minutes behind the leaders in the overall standings.

The Giro d'Italia is one of the three major cycling races alongside the Tour de France and the Vuelta de España.

We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive.

Until then, have a good one.