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Two Way Governance: Presentation 9
The party with the most seats
(the majority) in the House of
Representatives wins Government.
The Leader of that party becomes
Prime Minister.
The party in Government in 2013 is the Australian Labor Party. It doesn’t have a majority. It is in Government because
it has the support of three independent Members of Parliament and one member representing the Greens Party. The
government initially gained power with the support of three independents (Windsor, Oakeshott and Wilkie) and one
Greens Party member (Bandt). Another Independent (Katter) did not support the govt. Two others have become
independent : Slipper (ex Liberal) and Thompson (ex Labor).