"Paul i think you're forgetting that hung parliaments and...

"Paul i think you're forgetting that hung parliaments and minority governmnets AREN'T the norm and that the Westminster system in most cases is works quite well in Australia."

It was certainly the norm in the past, but is it now.

Even the Priminister of england himself only holds power because of a deal done after the election.

You dont have to look far in western democracies to see governments that are ruling due to deals done after the election.

Maybe we have been the abnormal occurence over the last decade.