Seems that there are four greens in the House of Reps, along with a block of environmentally-minded independents whom the Labor Party will need on side; and a surge towards Green representation in the Senate. The stupidity of the previous ten years will be reversed. — Banno
votes for One Nation and UAP. — Banno
SO the next question is, might the Liberal Party see Dutton as a liability? — Banno
I'm sure Dutton would be an electoral disaster. I can't understand how anyone in their right mind could see him as viable candidate for PM. — Wayfarer
Meanwhile, France's outgoing foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, took the opportunity to have a swipe at Mr Morrison following the relationship turning sour over the AUKUS trilateral security pact.
Mr Morrison scrapped the $90 billion conventional submarine deal with France and opted to secure a new arrangement in September with the United States and United Kingdom to secure nuclear-powered submarines.
"I can't stop myself from saying the defeat of Morrison suits me very well," Mr Le Drian said in a ceremony where he handed over his duties to successor Catherine Colonna.
He added he hopes Australia and France "can resume frank and constructive dialogue" and claimed the deal was axed with "brutality and cynicism, and I would even be tempted to say of unequivocal incompetence”. — Sky news
Armed with only a small band of volunteers and a Queensland war chest considerably south of $20,000, the Legalise Cannabis Australia party – headquartered at Nimbin’s Hemp Embassy – is not without hope of a spectacular Senate upset.
The upstart micro-party is seeking to snatch the sixth and final Queensland vacancy from right-wing warrior Pauline Hanson, whose One Nation party (PHON) has bled votes in its traditional Queensland heartland and suffered an upper-house swing against it of 2.5 percentage points.
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