Unfortunately, Narelle, we don't know that changes to the Constitution have been rejected. Turnbull is a weak, self-serving man who could still buckle to pressure; and the agitators might settle for something less. The best thing for Australia, if and when a referendum is called, is a NO vote.

"Deep anger" over Turnbull's reaction according to the ABC. The best they could come up with was a silly comment from the increasingly aggressive Noel Pearson who claimed that Tony Abbott had driven Turnbull "further and further to the right". Really? The last time I looked, Abbott was still a powerless back bencher, and the last person on Earth Turnbull would listen to; and Turnbull moves further and further to the left the more desperate he gets. Also, Abbott was one of the prime movers of the stupid idea of recognition. Pearson is off the planet, and another reason to vote NO, if the ridiculous referendum ever gets of the ground in any form. Following the High Court decision today, the government has much more to work on than recognition and SSM. Time to get back to reality.

With the High Court booting out Barnyard Joyce as a legitimate member of the House of Representatives, and with Turnbull having no majority, 'Its Time' for a general election. Turnballs likes to get the peoples opinion on recognition and SSM, why not ask their opinion on whom they would live to govern them.

Any Ministerial decisions that have been made by Barnyard can now be contested in court, as to their validity. Where is SM aka Rumpole of the Bailey, who was crowing that Barney had nothing to worry about. Wrong again.

Paul,

Agreed. An election is the only way to clear the air; the current situation is unacceptable, and the people really should be given a chance to decide. Lord knows what the result would, but Turnbull's imitation of a blowfly buzzing around in a bottle has gone on far too long.

Tony Windsor has announced that he will not be standing out of 'respect for his wife'. As if!

Paul,

It appears that you can't stop lying to the point that it is becoming pathological. I never said that Joyce had nothing to worry about, in fact, I said that his chances were slim, but that he had a case to make, unlike SL and LW. Your modus operandi appears to be to falsely claim that someone said something and then attack them for it, unfortunately for you I will call you out each time.

As ruled previously by the high court, decisions made by ministers prior to being disqualified by the high court stand, but this was discussed before and your comment to the contrary I guess you will ascribe to your selective amnesia.

As Tony Whinger has indicated that he won't run again, BJ seems to have a clear run, and while Labor promises to try and cause chaos, the coalition still has 75 MPs (74 votes with the speakers casting vote) with supply guarantees from 2 independents.

Sorry,

I posted this on the wrong thread.