This country needs to keep a monarchy for exactly situations like this. That is exactly what it is there for. Although most people don't really think so, or see this in the total perspective for what it is, Australia is a new country and a new experiment. It has always had a very strong undercurrent of extreme leftism. This situation has been evolving now since Federation in 1901, and this situation is just another step and result in the process. Australia is an experiment. If there was no monarchy of this country now, as you can see to "take the heat off" just by virtue of being able to consider that "Quentin Bryce is seeking advice", then in other countries, situations like this can descend very quickly into civil and military conflict. That won't happen here in all likelihood, because there is a monarch was has the legal right to appoint a government. It may come to that, and I hope it does, because this country at present is vulnerable. Any country in this sort of governmental stalemate is. We may need an interim military Commonwealth Guard if this cannot be resolved and resolved functionally.  We have absolutely top class and sensible military commanders more than capable of seeing to the job, and more capable than most of the civil politicians actually.

Australians are not like that and those things would not happen here. Our military is excellent as are the Australian Chiefs of Staff, and they are responsible to the Monarch as well.
If this continues, especially if there is a global meltdown on the political and economic front, and we are left with this mess, we will be viewed as vulnerable.
We need to be able to show a cogent government, even a military administration in the face of a situation like that.
If democracy has failed in this country, you still need a government.
The only other option is a military protectorate in the interim.
I hope Quentin Bryce obtains advice on this. Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston and the joint Chiefs of Staff would be excellent interim leaders. They are gentlemen of the highest calibre.

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Actually it does Vanessa, if they are very, very close that is.
The cut off for postal votes is not until next Tuesday, so some seats may not be decided until after that date.

It is noteworthy to see all the coalition supporters who just assumed the independents would side with Abbot, and claimed victory, on election night,, in as undignified and ungracious way as could be imagined, now bleating about intervention by the Queen, and/or The Army, and that is truly pathetic.
We have constitutional laws that define the procedure from here in, and they will be followed, as they should be, irrespective of the appalling bad will and lack of grace displayed by so many Coalition supporters.

Nup. I'm still not worried.

Give it a few days, a week, two weeks.... things will sort themselves out. While we wait we have a caretaker government.

Whoever ends up in the top job... Liberals, Labor.... and a few independents.... suck it and see how it works out for while...

No matter what happens..... life goes on.