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Bambul
Guest
[Basic info - skip to important bit if you want]
Just a little bit of info for those not 100% on parliment proceedings. The House of Reps and Senate sit for 4 days a week (Mon-Thu) on sitting weeks. It usually starts at about 10:00AM or 12:00PM and goes on until 6:00PM or 8:00PM. Sometimes on the Thursday it goes on for a few extra hours in order to squeeze in a few extra things if they are not comming back the next week (as it sits for 2 weeks and then not for 2 weeks, sits for 2 weeks, etc). If it is before a holiday then they might stay until Friday morning, and this is quite common.
[Important bit]
But the House and Senate are still sitting as I write this (10:00AM Saturday morning). That is the Thursday session that has continued through Thursday night, through Friday, through Friday night and is still there. This has only ever happened 4 times.
Why is this significant? It would only be done if the governent wants to pass as much legislation as possible. Before they take a break.
And why is that significant? The earliest date an election can be held is August 7. If it is held on that date parliment will not sit until after the election, which will be a Labor government if the Liberals lose. This would be very unlikely to happen if there was not going to be an election in 6 weeks.
There has been a lot of hints and suggestions towards an August 7 election. But this is the best evidence so far.
So sometime between this comming Thursday and the Monday after it is very probable that an election will be called (my guess in Sunday afternoon).
Just a little bit of info for those not 100% on parliment proceedings. The House of Reps and Senate sit for 4 days a week (Mon-Thu) on sitting weeks. It usually starts at about 10:00AM or 12:00PM and goes on until 6:00PM or 8:00PM. Sometimes on the Thursday it goes on for a few extra hours in order to squeeze in a few extra things if they are not comming back the next week (as it sits for 2 weeks and then not for 2 weeks, sits for 2 weeks, etc). If it is before a holiday then they might stay until Friday morning, and this is quite common.
[Important bit]
But the House and Senate are still sitting as I write this (10:00AM Saturday morning). That is the Thursday session that has continued through Thursday night, through Friday, through Friday night and is still there. This has only ever happened 4 times.
Why is this significant? It would only be done if the governent wants to pass as much legislation as possible. Before they take a break.
And why is that significant? The earliest date an election can be held is August 7. If it is held on that date parliment will not sit until after the election, which will be a Labor government if the Liberals lose. This would be very unlikely to happen if there was not going to be an election in 6 weeks.
There has been a lot of hints and suggestions towards an August 7 election. But this is the best evidence so far.
So sometime between this comming Thursday and the Monday after it is very probable that an election will be called (my guess in Sunday afternoon).
