Shorten would need non-Green crossbench to pass bills in Senate: Australia Institute
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A Labor government would likely have to rely on at least one Senate crossbencher besides the Greens to pass contested legislation, according to an analysis from The Australia Institute, a progressive think tank.
The analysis, based in part on polling but also on historical data, suggests that, at best, after next year’s half-Senate election...
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