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FattyLumpkin said:
Wouldn't it be better if the govt of the day could go right ahead with it's policies without having to massage them significantly to appease so minority party or independent. In this way they have no excuses. If the government of the day "run hard, do good" - they get rewarded with another term by the voting punter. If they stuff up, they stuff up because of their policies & have no excuses - they are then shown the door by said punters.
The only thing comparable to having one major party having control over both houses is one major party having a majority in the Lower House and the other major party in the Upper House (as was traditional in Western Australia under previous Labor Governments). This leads a frustrated Government to do stupid things in an attempt to enforce its agenda against a very hostile upper house thus creating fertile grounds for the likes of WA Inc.

