These three Independents are Australia's King- (or Queen-) Makers: (from left to right) Tony Windsor, Bob Katter and Rob Oakeshott.
The negotiating has begun!
To paraphrase Gordon Gecko, "Gridlock is good." Gridlocked governments have to govern from the centre, and they usually don't get very much done. About the only certain result from a grid-locked government is no major legislation will be passed. That's generally a positive result for everyone. If no news is good news, no new laws are good laws. In fact, I'd be willing to offer politicians a raise if they promised to do nothing. Put them on the dole!
