Explainer: what happens now to the bills that triggered the double-dissolution election?
- Written by Yee-Fui Ng, Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
Joint sittings of federal parliament are rare, usually only taking place for addresses by foreign leaders.AAP/Alan PorrittAustralia has just had a double-dissolution election. The election was called after two industrial relations bills twice failed to pass the Senate. This triggered the deadlock provisions in the Constitution.
Section 57 of the...







