What has happened is that the Liberal's lawyers have come back with the recommendation to the Coalition that in order for Rudd to do what he wants to do with the Clean Feed, Legislation will need to be enacted. They had previously resolved to vote against any such legislation in the Senate anyway, but this advice now indicates to them that non-legislative avenues are not available to the Government. The Greens were always against it, and most recently, Independent Nick Xenophon has come out saying that he has changed his mind regarding the clean feed and decided that he cannot support it. This means there is a majority of Senators in the Upper house against the Clean Feed.
Thus, it appears that all possible avenues available to Rudd and his government to put the Clean Feed into action are now closed to them. Rudd can continue to go through the motions, but so long as the Parliament retains it's current consistency, it cannot pass into law.
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What has happened is that the Liberal's lawyers have come back with the recommendation to the Coalition that in order for Rudd to do what he wants to do with the Clean Feed, Legislation will need to be enacted. They had previously resolved to vote against any such legislation in the Senate anyway, but this advice now indicates to them that non-legislative avenues are not available to the Government. The Greens were always against it, and most recently, Independent Nick Xenophon has come out saying that he has changed his mind regarding the clean feed and decided that he cannot support it. This means there is a majority of Senators in the Upper house against the Clean Feed.
Thus, it appears that all possible avenues available to Rudd and his government to put the Clean Feed into action are now closed to them. Rudd can continue to go through the motions, but so long as the Parliament retains it's current consistency, it cannot pass into law.