Labor and the Greens are accusing the Federal Government of "running scared" after cancelling the penultimate sitting week of the House of Representatives.

This comes as with major issues pending, such as legalizing same sex marriage and the citizenship crisis, the latter reducing the government's majority.  Now, some backbenchers are threatening a revolt over a royal commission into the banks, threatening to cross the floor and join the opposition in establishing a banking commission.  The opposition believes it has 74 votes, once you figure in the crossbench and that beats the Government's 73.

Labor leader Bill Shorten tweeted, "Turnbull is running scared from the Parliament. If you can't run the Parliament, you can't run the country."  MP Adam Bandt of The Greens said, "Government is terrified it has lost control of Parliament. King Charles cancelled Parliaments and he lost his head. At this rate, Turnbull is not far from the metaphorical chopping block either."

If the government puts same Sex Marriage and the Citizenship Issue at the top of its priorities list, it could delay the banking commission decision until 2018 - at which time, Barnaby Joyce and John Alexander might have won their seats back.

The government's new scheduled means the all politicians have a few more days to disclose their citizenship status in Parliament, with the deadline to submit the paperwork now pushed back to 8:00 PM on 5 December.  That leaves only two days for any referrals to the High Court.