Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want
- Written by Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
Signing off his 26-year parliamentary career three years ago, the retiring Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon lamented a power imbalance that allowed the majority party routinely to railroad the national legislature.
In a refreshingly frank valedictory speech, the former minister claimed the House of Representatives had become nothing more than a rubber...
