Former Liberal leader points to worsening polls for Coalition and says double-dissolution election on 2 July would be closeMalcolm Turnbull will be taking “a enormous risk” if he uses the Senate’s rejection of construction union watchdog legislation as a trigger for a double-dissolution election,the former Liberal leader John Hewson has said on ABC’s Q&A program.
An audience member opened the program by asking the panelists whether the prime minister would be taking a risk by calling a double dissolution for 2 July, given the electorate seemed to support the Labor party’s proposal for a royal commission into the banks more strongly than the government’s case for re-establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) . Related: Australia set for 2 July election after Senate rejects ABCC bill Related: Malcolm Turnbull says banking royal commission just a Labor 'thought bubble' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com