Clean Energy Finance Corporation could also survive new Senate, which begins on 1 July
The Abbott government has its first double dissolution trigger and is being dared to call an election after the Senate rejected its legislation to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation for a second time.
And the $10bn green bank could possibly also survive the new Senate, which begins on 1 July, because the government cannot be sure it will secure the necessary six out of eight crossbench votes to get rid of it.