Well, Australia now has a government after today’s announcement by 2 independent members of parliament that they will support a minority government led by prime minister Julia Gillard, 17 days after the federal election. The decision by Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott gives Labor 76 seats to the opposition’s 74 in the House of Representatives.
Interesting times ahead. I wonder how long it will all last, and how long until we have a new election. Not the full 3 year term, I expect.
It will get very interesting indeed if a government MP resigns, or is forced to resign. I’m sure that the Liberals will not take long to get into a bit of dirt digging to try to bring a Labor MP undone, or find some sort of scandal or government incompetence that will cause the independents to reassess their support for the government.
