Are coalitions the way of the future?

Tong Blair in an interview with Fran Kelly on Radio National this morning made reference to the changing scene in governments both in the UK and in Australia whereby both now govern in coalitions that were not of their choosing prior to the election.  This he referred to as the adaptive challenge facing the previous two party domination of Parliament.  Despite the reaction of Chris Pyne, Leader of Opposition Business, on the same program this morning that his coalition claimed the most votes, and that Rob Oakshott and Tony Windsor made the wrong decision, when Parliament returns, the Coalition will again be occupying the opposition benches. As President Kennedy said "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."