eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I didn’t see that coming. Wow.
I don’t know what this means as far as pragmatic effects like voting on legislation. Does that mean 9 Nationals go to the HoR crossbench?
It means the Liberals finally have the dead weight slackened from their necks. They have a chance now, and more clear air than they’ve had in years to develop some good policy.
If the Nationals really want Nuclear, then they’d make a long term argument for setting up a pathway toward a sustainable industry that inserts alongside the renewable rollout as the energy requirements of the nation expand. But i predict they won’t, because technology isn’t their goal, coal, is their goal.
Does that mean 9 Nationals go to the HoR crossbench?
Technically, yes.
I don’t know what this means as far as pragmatic effects like voting on legislation
I expect the vast majority of the time, the Liberals and Nationals will vote together. But this opens up the possibility that on a few bills, they might split.
They can probably get more stuff done that way than being the junior coalition partner of a party that routinely does things that will screw the voter base of the nationals.
Salvo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
My mate said “Huge news coming out of Canberra right now!”.
I guessed exactly what it was. The only bigger news would be if Russia or ‘Murica were performing a hostile takeover, which isn’t likely to happen while Labor is in power.