The Constitutional Crisis we have to have Gillard's precarious grip on power is doing immense harm to Australian governance. Whilst I'm sure most of us are sick to the teeth of following the Thomson and Slipper saga, the real harm being done is to our confidence in governance. We face a constitutional crisis, not unlike that which ousted Gogh Whitlam from power in 1974. The governor general has at her disposal the ability to enact her constitutional obligation to intervene and install a caretaker government until an election is called, and from where a political party is soundly elected to govern in its own right. Back in 1974 Whitlam asserted the primacy of the House of Representatives and his right to govern so long as he retained a majority there, whereas Fraser claimed that a government denied Supply by the Senate should resign. Neither Abbott nor Gillard and their respective political parties can claim to that they can govern in their own right. I believe the Governor General is now obliged to intervene and set in place a caretaker government that provides in the short term, much more confidence in how we are currently governed, but in the longer term, substantive confidence that our federal system being able to right itself. Posted by Rainier , Thursday, 24 May 2012 9:54:57 PM I am so extremely glad it will never happen, and too that it has no need to. A closer and honester look will see nothing new in the Thomson