Australian General election.

[ishtat]

The election was held today and less than 2 hours after polls closed it is evident that the Labor party in government has crushed the Liberals (who are Conservative) with an increased majority. It appears that, as in Canada the leader of the Conservative faction has lost his own seat. The Labor party in Australia is middle of the road social democrat, rather less extreme on either wing than US Democrats.. A labor win was anticipated but not the walloping the Liberals(Conservatives) got.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Fair dinkum big result for Labor (center-left).

(Apologies for attempting to use “fair dinkum”.)

 

[YDB95]

Watching the results now. Better than I'd dared hope for!

 

[MajorRewrite]

The little I know about Australian government comes from Juice Media. Always funny.

 

[HisArpy]

Great, they cut off their noses to spite their faces.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Great, they cut off their noses to spite their faces.

And what makes you think that?

 

[MajorRewrite]

Apparently the Liberal (conservative) Party in Australia was tainted by the stench of association with Trump.

"It's not the campaign either party thought they would be having," says Amy Remeikis, chief political analyst at the Australia Institute think tank. "The looming figure of Trump is overshadowing the domestic campaign but also forcing Australia's leaders to do something they haven't had to do in a long time - examine Australia's links to the US."

Considering the election results in Canada and Australia, you could say Trump has caused the downfall of conservative politicians worldwide. So much winning.

 

[Escierto]

Everything Trump touches turns to shit.

 

[HisArpy]

Everything Trump touches turns to shit.

Lol. In a thread about Australian election results, someone has to toss in an Orange Man Bad complaint.

The TDS is running rampant in that one.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Lol. In a thread about Australian election results, someone has to toss in an Orange Man Bad complaint.

The TDS is running rampant in that one.

The Liberal (conservative) Party was leading in polls before Trump’s moronic tariffs:

Ahead in the polls just months ago, the Coalition suffered a collapse in support amid policy confusion, damaging comparisons with the US president, Donald Trump, and Labor’s attacks on its proposed nuclear reactors and supposed plan to gut Medicare.

Tainted by association with Trump, just like in Canada. So much losing!

 

[UncleWayne]

Two great wins one for Labor and the other for the AFL Geelong Cats.

 

[Politruk]

What are the issues in Australian politics?

 

[ishtat]

Apparently the Liberal (conservative) Party in Australia was tainted by the stench of association with Trump.



Considering the election results in Canada and Australia, you could say Trump has caused the downfall of conservative politicians worldwide. So much winning.

I do not think that was the main issue. The main issue was cost of living, The Labor government in fact ran a quite conservative economic programme. Normally Australians like Americans as people, but do not trust their politicians of either party, though it has to be conceded that the Trump Tariff policy blew the remaining trust to pieces. Our Liberal (conservative party) were awful enough on their own, advocating nuclear power in the worlds sunniest country and being anti migrant in a country where 30% of families have at least one migrant in the last generation.

 

[Politruk]

and being anti migrant in a country where 30% of families have at least one migrant in the last generation.

Could be worse. Wasn't there a time when "Keep Australia white!" was a winning slogan? (That had to do with fear of Chinese immigration.)

 

[YDB95]

Could be worse. Wasn't there a time when "Keep Australia white!" was a winning slogan? (That had to do with fear of Chinese immigration.)

That has morphed into, "It's your country, you don't need to be welcomed into it." But the party that used that slogan didn't get more than 5% or so of the vote in any place I'm aware of.