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Bloody hell we've got an interesting election on our hands. The Liberals and Abbott will triumph in the House of Reps and probably the Senate depending on prefe
by thomasfoster96 13y ago
Bloody hell we've got an interesting election on our hands. The Liberals and Abbott will triumph in the House of Reps and probably the Senate depending on preferences it seems. After that though, it's very interesting.
- mehwoot 13y agoand probably the Senate depending on preferences it seem Actually it's going to be an uphill battle for them in the senate. It is pretty hard to take outright control of the senate, especially with the good showing by Labor/Greens last election (since only half of the senate is up for reelection).
- tomflack 13y ago"good showing"? I don't follow the actual makeup too much but labor have 31, the coalition 34 and the crossbench 11 with momentum swinging away from labor (and greens?) it seems like it's an uphill battle for labor to hold on to the current numbers.
- mehwoot 13y agoThat crossbench is made up of 9 greens, Xenophone and a DLP senator. Certainly Labor won't control the senate, but it's still a long way off the Liberals controlling it. If Labor + the Greens have 38 seats (which would be a loss of 2, which is well within projections currently as it is very hard to pick up senate seats and only 36/76 are up for reelection currently anyway) then they wouldn't be able to pass any legislation without either the Greens or Labor agreeing. If they pick up 3, they would need Xenophon or the DLP to agree.