Originally Posted by
rjh01
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.
There won't be a new election for over 12 months, if at all. Turnbull has badly lost his "give me a big majority" appeal, and is no fool. He will lose worse if he calls an election soon.