With the strictest of intentions of avoiding all of the "he said, she said" nonsense, I was hoping to get a feel for the consensus or collective opinion of when the next Federal election might be.
What are you guys hearing over there in the eastern seaboard ??
With the Speaker having just been replaced by a Labor MP - reducing the Govt's votes by 1, we now have 7 MPs sitting on the crossbenches in the lower house, with apparently 5 of those 7 needed to pass any legislation whatsoever.
The unstable situation just got even more unstable.
A simple month and year would suffice....no point getting into a big argy-bargy, it'll just get shut down.
I'm reliably told the very latest date constitutionally for a Federal poll is 30th of November 2013.
My guess is the current Govt will drag it out as long as possible, but would like other people's opinions on a possible date.
What are you guys hearing over there in the eastern seaboard ??
With the Speaker having just been replaced by a Labor MP - reducing the Govt's votes by 1, we now have 7 MPs sitting on the crossbenches in the lower house, with apparently 5 of those 7 needed to pass any legislation whatsoever.
The unstable situation just got even more unstable.
A simple month and year would suffice....no point getting into a big argy-bargy, it'll just get shut down.
I'm reliably told the very latest date constitutionally for a Federal poll is 30th of November 2013.
My guess is the current Govt will drag it out as long as possible, but would like other people's opinions on a possible date.