Posted by sigismund on September 21, 2018, at 15:30:03
In reply to Scott Morrison, posted by beckett2 on September 20, 2018, at 19:48:07
I guess you understand that in the Westminster System (is it?) the equivalent of the President and all the ministers are members of either the House of Representatives or the Senate. The PM must come from the House.
The government will fall if the budget cannot be passed or if a motion of no confidence in the PM or government is passed. The Senate has limited powers in this regard.
NZ ditched its upper house and introduced proportional representation. Like Germany? We have compulsory voting, preferential for the House and proportional for the Senate.
I don't know about Canada.
The election will be in May next year at the latest, or as soon as the government loses an important vote in the House.
Scott was described as looking like a man who walked out of an 80s lawn mower advertisement. I thought that was kind.
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