Mr Turnbull was handed the trigger for Australia’s first double-dissolution election in nearly three decades when the Senate again voted down the government’s legislation to re-instate the the ABCC.
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Turnbull said delivering the annual budget on May 3rd was his priority.
NEW England voters look set to head to the polls in July, with the scene set for a double-dissolution election on July 2, following a fiery first day back in parliament.
He said said calling the double dissolution was about “giving the people their say”.
The government will centre its campaign on economic management credentials. While presented as a measure directed against the construction trade unions, the bill is aimed squarely at building workers themselves.
The selection of the ABCC bill as a double dissolution trigger is a warning of the government’s underlying agenda.
Keen to neutralise Mr Turnbull’s clear lead in personal popularity, Mr Shorten said popularity was all the Coalition had.
But hey. July 2nd election (more than bloody likely).
This could change the entire complexion of Australian politics, with anything from a hung parliament to a Labor or Coalition victory on the cards.
Senators will be elected under new rules approved by parliament in March.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends a meeting at a hotel in Shanghai, China, April 14, 2016.
MPs and senators were recalled to Canberra on Monday by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove at Mr Turnbull’s request, in a constitutional move not used for 40 years, to consider the industrial reform bills.
For electoral purposes, Labor, which began the slashing of health, education and welfare under the 2007-13 governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, is attempting to capitalise on the popular discontent by making an anti-austerity pitch.
Its plans to announce a boost to the powers and resources of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as a foil to Labor’s call for a royal commission into the banks were put off a day and will be unveiled on Wednesday.
Sky News says it’s seen the key statements of a script for the government’s taxpayer-funded television and radio advertisements, which have already been filmed.
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Once the Governor-General issues writs for an election, the government is in caretaker mode meaning it can’t make decisions without the acquiescence of the opposition.
