Election-weary Australians promised a new government
September 6, 2010
Sydney – Australians should know Tuesday whether Julia Gillard’s Labor or Tony Abbott’s conservatives will form a government, breaking a 17-day logjam that built up behind the inconclusive August 21 parliamentary election. The three independents are expected to declare their support for either Gillard, who already commands 74 seats in the 150-member assembly, or Abbott, who has one fewer and so would need all three independents to get the 76-seat majority needed to form a government. After 17 days of bargaining,…
