Tag: Hung Parliament

Julia Gillard has become the first elected female PM after independent MP’s Rob Oakeshot and Tony Windsor threw their support behind Labor in a press conference in Canberra today.

Whatever minority government is formed after Saturday’s election and hung Parliament, tax and superannuation need to be a priority to give business certainty about the future.

Australia’s hung Parliament after Saturday’s election has Australian businesses fearful that any compromise struck by either major party to take power will result in uncertainty and a focus on short term outcomes, not reform.