The AEC is shifting electorate boundaries, but should parliament be adding seats?

Does Australia need more politicians? The joint standing committee on electoral matters has raised the thorny question of the size of parliament. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Anthony Albanese. Tony Burke. Jason Clare. Paul Fletcher. Kylea Tink. Andrew Gee. Jenny Ware.

Depending who you ask, these are the MPs whose seats should be abolished in the upcoming New South Wales redistribution. The changes could shorten the career or relocate the heartland of two independents, two frontbenchers, the manager of opposition business or … the prime minister.