On Sat, 25 May 2013 00:37:57 -0700 (PDT) Wolfgang Wildeblood stated:-
>I think this is starting to become a possibility, and it concerns me.
>Could the country survive anther three years of Juliarism? Please re-
>assure me that the bitch has no chance whatsoever.
Easy peasy.
Here you go.
>
"Labor will lose Senators in every state and the Coalition or a
right-of-centre cross bench will control the Senate after the September
14 elections, a Nielsen poll of the lower house seats indicates.
Labor could be left with 27 Senators, picking up just 14 seats at the
Senate election, according to an analysis of the poll by the Australian
Financial Review.
The average of the House of Representatives primary vote in Nielsen
survey shows swings away from Labor compared to the 2010 election in
every state.
In South Australia the swing is 11.9% with a 5% margin of error. The
next biggest swing was in NSW with 7%, according to the analysis.
"Labor will be demolished in both houses" said Nick Economou, a senior
lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash
University.
The Coalition looks set to pick up 21 Senate seats, taking its total to
37, two shy of a Senate majority.
"The most likely scenario is a right- leaning cross bench; the second
most likely scenario is a Coalition gaining control" Dr. Economou said.
(snip)
This could leave Labor's Senate representation from July at 22 or 23,
with the Coalition with as many as 39, 12 Greens and three
cross-benches - a new Katter Australia Party plus South Australia
independent Nick Xenephon and Democratic Labor Party Senator John
Madigan."
ROFLMAO!
(Australian Financial Review - 21 May 2013, pp5)