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Katter at odds with fellow independents

Posted by: 3AW Radio | 1 September, 2010 - 10:31 AM
Bob Katter

UPDATE: The Opposition says Labor and the Greens have effectively formed a Coalition.

The Greens have formally pledged their support for Labor to form the next federal government with the Prime Minister agreeing to a series of demands.

But Labor still requires the support of the three independents to form government.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott says Labor should have been more upfront before the election.

EARLIER: Queensland MP Bob Katter is at odds with his fellow independents about the importance of the preference vote count.

Labor and the Coalition claim that whoever has the largest two-party count has a mandate to form the next federal government.

But Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott believe the count is just a distraction and the party that can offer "stable" government will win their support.

Mr Katter says the preference vote can't be discounted.

Meanwhile, the Greens - as expected when Bandt let the cat out of the bag the day after the election - have sided with Labor in the hopes of forming a minority government.

Adam Badt has signed an agreement with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her Parliament House office this morning.

They were joined by Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan, Greens leader Bob Brown and his deputy Christine Milne.

Senator Brown says the agreement is aimed at providing stability in government.

Julia Gillard backs Tony Abbott: Neil

The lead again goes back to Labor in 2-party preferred UPDATE: Labor has regained a slender lead in the national two-party preferred vote, one of the key elements Prime Minister Julia Gillard has relied on to argue her party has the better right to form a minority government. Read and hear more by clicking the 'photo finish' image on the right.

Blog comments Your Say

  • Yes. We should have these pansies BBrowntongue and the huggers in govt. Welcome to increase GST to even 30-40%. All taxes should be increased and miners must pay too. Its ours Bob says, so? No more gas guzzlers as cars. Only minis and hybrid. Then stick a windmill in your backyard. I'll put a bigger one for myself. Close all power stations. Yes.
    Same animal marriage. I'am all for it. Its exotic. More insulation to save energy. Insulate everything.
    Anyway its all these four wheel owners and their Mckers kids who will pay for all that. Fine. Private schools ? What private schools ? Close them if they don't teach for half their huge wages, except the ones the Greens parliamentarians went.
    Mobile phone ? Greens don't use them. They use telepathy. What else. Ban the UK and the USA from Australia. We will adopt Indonesia as our mentor and protector. No more coal manganese etc to China. Bad human rights. What we need is love as that...whats' the name..says.

    Danny Boy. Wednesday 1 September, 2010 - 4:03 PM

  • The fate of the nation relises on REDNECKS

    Nick Wednesday 1 September, 2010 - 3:36 PM

  • God help us if the Labor & Greens get into Government. I do not trust either of these parties. What with all the disastrous bungles that Labor has done costing us taxpayers millions & millions of wasted money, Insulation DEATHS, House Fires, plus++ Then the Greens if only the area where all the fires on Black Saturday were allowed to burn the fuel deduction around their properties, maybe more houses & lives could have been saved, but the Greens & Local Council were against fuel deduction.

    Pam of Frankston Wednesday 1 September, 2010 - 3:19 PM

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