'No plans': Morrison rules out sending Australia to the polls twice in 2019

Australians have not voted in a House-only or Senate-only election since the early 1970s, but some Coalition MPs would reportedly welcome more time for the Morrison government to improve its position in the polls

Could Australia head to the polls twice next year? Source: AAP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has dismissed reports that some within his party see merit in holding two separate elections in 2019 for the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

The speculation was triggered by a Fairfax Media report, citing Coalition sources, that said some MPs were open to holding a Senate election early in 2019 and a separate election for the Reps several months later, to give Scott Morrison more time to reverse his disadvantage in the opinion polls. 

But the move would be a radical departure from more than four decades of Australian political convention.

 

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