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Will Australia have a double dissolution before the next election?
Background: Australia's Labor Government does not have a Senate majority, which means it must rely on either the Opposition or the minor parties to pass legislation. When an impasse is reached, the governement can either compromise or call a double dissolution to break the deadlock.
The last double dissolution was in 1987 and the most controversial was the Whitlam dismissal in 1975.
Double dissolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dissolution
The last double dissolution was in 1987 and the most controversial was the Whitlam dismissal in 1975.
Double dissolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dissolution
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Forecast history %
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| Double dissolution before the end of 2009 |
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| Double dissolution in 2010 |
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Question suspends in 37 weeks
- Activity: H$10,845 |
- Predictions: 26 |
Comments: 6
Suspend date: Wed 11th Aug 2010 5:59am PST (37 weeks to go)
Initial likelihoods: No double dissolution: 50%, Double dissolution before the end of 2009: 25%, Double dissolution in 2010: 25%
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Suspend date: Wed 11th Aug 2010 5:59am PST (37 weeks to go) details 
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predicted Double dissolution in 2010 (H$50 at 12%)Comments (6)
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Brisbane Times 27 weeks ago
Following Kevin Rudd's veiled threat on Wednesday to consider an early election should budget measures or other key pieces of legislation be blocked by the Senate, strategists from both sides said they would not be ready for some months yet. The Prime
score: 10
The Age 27 weeks ago
to form, the Opposition Leader's reply to the budget was a bold rejection of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's demand that all measures be passed or he would not rule out a double dissolution and an early election. Mr Turnbull has called Mr Rudd's bluff by
score: 10
Sydney Morning Herald 27 weeks ago
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says he's ready to fight an early election over the coalition's decision to block Labor's plan to slash private health insurance rebates. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has suggested he'd be prepared to call a double
score: 10
News.com.au 27 weeks ago
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score: 10
News.com.au 27 weeks ago
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Rudd is doing a good job but is being retard by the senate and i believe he he will call a double dissolution .while the opposition is on the slide, will happen after the budget has been adopted.
what did he say , may well he say ................. cause no one will save kerrs kerr or words to that effect.
THE Prime Minister has threatened an early election if the Opposition refuses to support his 2009-10 budget through the Senate, warning last night he would not tolerate "cherry-picking" and would preserve its financial integrity.
A day after Wayne Swan handed down the biggest deficit since World War II, the Opposition rounded on the Government's economic assumptions, which predict a swift recovery in government finances after the end of the global recession.
Family First senator Steve Fielding has called on the Government to immediately debate a new bill on its alcopops legislation, which was originally defeated in March.
Instead, the Government is giving itself until after June 18 to reintroduce the Bill, which could potentially make it a trigger for a double dissolution election if it fails again.
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