The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Bookies have Coalition firming to 1.70 and Labor easing to $2.10.
They usually get it right.
http://www.sportingbetdecider.com.au/
It still looks like they will end up with 73seats each. There is the first Green MP. Seems to have an agenda for gay marriage. Bambi is bound to vote with Labor.
They are still counting, but it looks like one Tasmanian sitting Labor MP will be beaten by an independent, Andrew Wilkie. He is ex military intellegence, was part of the Coalition govt, but quit when the then prime minister Howard sent SAS troops for the Iraq war. He then ran against Howard in his own seat as a Green candidate. Now running as an independent and its a guess how he votes. Howard has retired.
If the coalition takes Brisbane and Hasluck in WA, and Labor stays ahead in Victoria's Corangamite, the count will come down to 73 coalition, 72 Labor, four independents and one Australian Greens MP. They are still counting.
The three country independents are negotiating as a block, they all come from staunch conservative electorates, but insist they will go with whoever gives them the best deal and will guarantee the full three year term. They are getting off message a little now demanding a more conciliatary style of govt and may be overplaying their hand.
A Labor party advisor who came in to advise the three turns out to be a cousin of one of them. Not disclosed.
The Govenor General is taking legal advise as a precaution as one of the Labor power brokers who helped Julia to knife Kevin is her son in law.
Polls are showing about 50% of Australians already want another vote.
There is still talk of the mining tax and many in the eastern non mining states like the idea. Even if Labor wins, I think they will have to fight the WA state govt in the high court to get the royalties off WA. Abbott is still saying no mining tax and I think he will win. Just my opinion, but I have been wrong before.