Okay - end of the day for me. What happened?

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called the Senate's bluff;

called the bluff; the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove , accepted the government's advice and recalled Parliament for three weeks from April 18 ;

, accepted the government's advice and for three weeks from ; to debate the government's building watchdog legislation ;

; if it is not passed Mr Turnbull will call a double dissolution election for July 2 ;

will call a ; this seems likely with many of the members of the Senate crossbench interpreting Mr Turnbull's move as a threat ;

interpreting ; the budget will be held on May 3 ;

will be held on ; Labor says it is ready for the election.

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Andrew, Alex and I will be back on April 18. We hope to see you then. Go well.