Does anyone really believe that if he is elected as the MP for Maitland, then Philip Penfold will be able to fulfil the promises of whichever major party forms government (Mercury, March 24)?
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His only hope for that is if there is a hung parliament, otherwise history shows that both major parties regard independents as opposition.
A hung parliament is highly unlikely because polls have been increasingly accurate in recent years, and last Sunday, March 22, both the Ipsos and Galaxy polls continued the long-term trend which had the government leading by the large margin of 54 per cent to 46 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.
- Bob Geoghegan
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