Richard Allen
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Post by Richard Allen on Apr 12, 2014 12:19:37 GMT
It increasingly looks like the outcome will be 3/1/1/1 which means from July the Senate make up will be
L/N: 33
ALP: 25
Grn: 10
PUP: 3
Other: 5
The 5 others are 1 each for Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Labour Party, Family First Party, Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party* and Nick Xenophon.
*Senator elect Ricky Muir of the AMEP has said that he will enter into an informal alliance with the PUP senators
On the face of it that looks like 41 votes to repeal the carbon tax with only the ALP and Green senators likely to oppose the move.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 12, 2014 18:54:05 GMT
It increasingly looks like the outcome will be 3/1/1/1 which means from July the Senate make up will be L/N: 33 ALP: 25 Grn: 10 PUP: 3 Other: 5 The 5 others are 1 each for Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Labour Party, Family First Party, Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party* and Nick Xenophon. *Senator elect Ricky Muir of the AMEP has said that he will enter into an informal alliance with the PUP senators On the face of it that looks like 41 votes to repeal the carbon tax with only the ALP and Green senators likely to oppose the move. I presume Xenophon will vote along Green lines. Will the ALP necessarily all vote for the carbon tax? I'd have imagined there are a few out there who would not be overly keen. I note that Bill Shorten is trying to weaken the union links. |
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Richard Allen
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Post by Richard Allen on Apr 12, 2014 19:03:45 GMT
It increasingly looks like the outcome will be 3/1/1/1 which means from July the Senate make up will be L/N: 33 ALP: 25 Grn: 10 PUP: 3 Other: 5 The 5 others are 1 each for Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Labour Party, Family First Party, Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party* and Nick Xenophon. *Senator elect Ricky Muir of the AMEP has said that he will enter into an informal alliance with the PUP senators On the face of it that looks like 41 votes to repeal the carbon tax with only the ALP and Green senators likely to oppose the move. I presume Xenophon will vote along Green lines. Will the ALP necessarily all vote for the carbon tax? I'd have imagined there are a few out there who would not be overly keen. I note that Bill Shorten is trying to weaken the union links. Xenophon is in favour of repealing the carbon tax. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 12, 2014 19:14:12 GMT
I presume Xenophon will vote along Green lines. Will the ALP necessarily all vote for the carbon tax? I'd have imagined there are a few out there who would not be overly keen. I note that Bill Shorten is trying to weaken the union links. Xenophon is in favour of repealing the carbon tax. Well I never. Although looking it up now, his alternative is very much of a pro-Green hue. And I always had him down as a pseudo-Green. |
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