I was watching the Insight programme the other night (on SBS, I think), and the topic for the night was the state of the future Federal Government.
Mr Michael Lavarch (former Attorney General and now Dean of Law at QUT)made a very interesting point that I haven't heard raised anywhere else yet, and it was this (in my words):
It's not only the independants that wield so much power in the new Government (regardless of which team wins the battle), but any single individual of the 150 member Parliament has the potential to create havoc.
All it will take is one single MP to have a dummy spit about his electorate not being looked after as much as the next person's electorate, and if he doesn't get what he wants for his electorate all he need do is pull the pin, and down comes the fragile house of cards.
Now more than ever, each team will require complete loyalty and discipline from their players.
Stability? My arse!
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