Political Blog
Friday, January 19, 2007
Silly election rumours
I hear there are silly rumours around about a Federal election in May. While technically possible, under the Australian Consitution the election would either have to be just a House of Reps election (with a separate Senate only poll a year later) or double dissolution election which would result in the Howard Government losing it's Senate control and guarantee the Greens 7 Senate seats (with 7% instead of 14% being enough to win a seat in any state).For a full explanation of exactly what the possible dates are for the next federal election see this good parliamentary library paper. In summary the first possible date is 4th August 2007.
It seems in each election year these rumours start. Either it’s a case of ‘chinese whispers’ or a deliberate strategy from Howard to keep everyone on their toes, spook the Labor party and put politics at the high octane level he enjoys.
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