By recalling Federal Parliament on April 18 to debate two union-related bills and bringing forward the budget by a week to May 3, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has signalled that he intends to have the federal election on July 2, 2016. Bob Day If the two bills are defeated, Mr Turnbull has further signalled that he will request a double dissolution, taking the House of Representatives and the full Senate to the polls, in the hope of breaking the Senate deadlock, where the balance of po…
