Gillard will form government with support of two of the three rural independents

News from the independent rural MPs just broke out. They have made their decisions, two supporting Gillard government and one the coalition.

That means Gillard will form the next government with the support of 76 MPs and the coalition will be still in opposition with the support of 74 MPs.

It is very disappointing decisions and unnecessarily prolongs the life of a government that has lost its ways and made many disastrous mistakes.

What it also means is:
the current Labor government's poor management of taxpayers' money in the past 3 years.
the government's NBN will continue to be rolled out, meaning very high costs and likely huge wastes.
the combination of Labor, the Greens and the three independents MPs are likely to result in even larger government and more excessive government expending and wastes.

It is not a good sign for the nation and taxpayers will pay a dear price.

One question is how long the next Gillard government will be lasting.

If any of the MPs from the 76 who support Labor resign or has to resign, then there would be a by-election. there is no guarantee that the same party candidate will be returned. The stability that Windsor and Oakeshott have used as one of the main reasons may dissipate very quickly.

One serious possibility is that Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister may not necessarily stay for too long in politics.