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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nick Evershed

Will a hung parliament lead to ‘chaos’? What a Gillard v Morrison comparison reveals

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard’s government scores higher than Scott Morrison’s on the overall rate of legislation passed a day – the ‘productivity in parliament’ index. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, and his treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, have both said voting for independent candidates in the federal election could lead to the “chaos” of a hung parliament.

However, a Guardian Australia analysis of legislation passed and not passed under various governments shows the minority government led by Julia Gillard actually had a better success rate in passing legislation than the Morrison government.

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