The Liberal-National coalition government has a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives (the lower house of parliament) and will face reelection in 2016. It is likely to win that election and remain in power until 2019.
The government has been successful in its efforts to repeal significant legislation enacted by the previous Labor Party administration. However, policymaking will be slow under the coalition as it tries to legislate its agenda without a majority in the Senate (the upper house).

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