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Old 2nd July 2016, 02:40 PM   #340
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Originally Posted by Wildy View Post
It'll be interesting. But I think it's clear that Turnbull won't be able to pass the legislation he called this double dissolution for. It's quite amazing to see someone who was considered rather popular to lose so much.

Also I think Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb have lost it.
Even if Turnbull gets his majority in the lower house you could be right. The legislation gets passed in the lower house, rejected in the upper, so a joint sitting is held. He may not have a majority in that joint sitting to pass the legislation, so the bills are dead.
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