Severin, about 80%/90% or so of Federal legislation always gets through parliament with relative bipartisan support. It doesn't matter who's in government. That's always the case.

It's with the remaining approximately 10% where the trouble lies.

Thanks for the reassurance, Jockey.

I just can't fathom the claptrap that is coming out of some Libs mouths lately, I did hear Nick Minchin call Labor "the enemy" and I also heard Abbott declare he would destroy the NBN. However, now that Turnbull has that particular item on his plate - maybe the Libs will devise something for the future.

I can only hope.

Do you think Abbott will lead the Libs to the next election?

Rob Oakeshott would make a good speaker.

And Abbott would be concerned that an Oakeshott Speakership would reinforce the stability of the Alliance between Labor and the Independents and would dramatically reduce Abbott's capacity to make dirty tricks effective or to create conflict or instability or put pressure on the Independent's through their own back doors.

I'm for it.

I think Malcolm Turnbull will be re-elected as leader.

There's a slim chance Joe Hockey might get the job, but he's no better than Tony Abbott. They're like two naughty little boys spitting the dummy because they didn't get what they wanted. That "attack" mentality can only get them so far, and without properly devised and costed policy they will never regain government. I think that's what cost them the election. If they had put up an accurately costed policy platform, they would have probably got the extra few thousand votes they needed.

But that didn't happen because poor old Tony Abbott thought he could win with "battle" tactics. And what happened? Tony Abbott ended up snatching defeat from the claws of victory.

Jockey I to think Turnbull will return to the leadership roll.
But have a look at stalled bills in the last Parliament,know Abbott will stop far more this time.
LABOR won SM you however look forward to confrontation me too, it is a stick in the wheels of your lost tribe.
Have you considered a true opportunity to start a business?
Get your hands on those boats and sell passage to disgruntled conservatives you can double book, sending refugees back in them.

Jockey, the correct first preference votes are Liberals 39.58% and Labor 37.99%. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party, but for some reason is listed separately by the AEC. http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-15508-NAT.htm

The ALP just won the 2PP vote with 50.12% http://vtr.aec.gov.au/Default.htm.

And if anyone is really interested in debating the actions of Rob Oakeshott in wanting the position of speaker rather than slagging off your political opponents you might be interested in my blog post. http://bit.ly/a51CLa.

Oakeshott is totally unsuitable as speaker from both the Liberal and Labor points of view. He would be more conflicted than any speaker before him that I can think of. You can't be both speaker and active participant, but that's what he wants to be.

The bid for speaker would give him more power than anyone else in the parliament, including the PM.