After the recent federal election, can the independents make a decisive difference in a hung parliament?At the time of writing, it appears that some combination of independent MPs, and possibly a Greens MP, will be needed in order for either Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott to be able to form a government over the coming weeks.Some commentators and federal politicians are furiously arguing that the independents will destabilise the two-party political dominance of the federal parliament. They argue …
