Politics Australia votes 2022

[TheKiwi]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-australia-61532469

Election 2022 results LIVE: Anthony Albanese to become next Australian prime minister; Scott Morrison concedes defeat; Peter Dutton holds on to Dickson

On the final day of the election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison are both campaigning in Melbourne before returning to Sydney to cast their votes.

www.smh.com.au

Can the ScoMo pull off another miracle or will it be an Albancheesy night?

 

[Jake84]

We were talking NZ politics just a few days ago.

One thing I know well is Scott is hardly any popular in Australia, though could still very much go for another round.

We know better here, Macron vs Le Pen was basically just a S**t sandwich. Same playbook anywhere really.

 

[Redav]

Who Will be the Next secretary-general of the party?

 

[Jake84]

Seems like Albanese is your new PM, Aussies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-australia-61532469

Scott is finally removed from power.

 

[primer]

Used the think greens would wreck Aussie but with them exporting electricity to Singapore maybe that's not entirely true. Having said that, this and other green power was already in the pipeline while Morrison was the boss.
Greens banning back burns and tree clearing caused many deaths during fires in Aussie. They are as nuts as their teal colour.

 

[TheKiwi]

No more ScoMo.

Australia election: Anthony Albanese vows unity after Labor seizes power

Anthony Albanese will lead Australia's first Labor government in almost a decade.

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[primer]

BBC discussion started describing Taxcindy as being cozy with China and half expects Albanese, the life long politician with a flexible back bone to kowtow.
Rudd a well known sinophile campaigned for him.

 

[muck]

In all fairness, this result became practically inevitable after Morrison's great many gaffes.

 

[gafkiwi]

For anyone in the know, Will this have any effect on the big-ticket buys the ADF has in the pipeline?

 

[muck]

For funsies I looked into their manifesto. Most stuff is rather non-committal and uses the now all-too-common ploy to bunch together defence policy with subjects like climate change. The only paragraph that seems to hint at their intentions for the defence budget is this:

Labor will ensure that Defence has the resources it needs to defend Australia and deter potential aggressors. Labor supported the Strategic Update 2020, including $270 billion of capability acquisition, and we support for the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. (Source)

Sounds as if they're not overly hostile to the status quo, for what's that worth.

 

[bobthe3rd]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-australia-61532469

Election 2022 results LIVE: Anthony Albanese to become next Australian prime minister; Scott Morrison concedes defeat; Peter Dutton holds on to Dickson

On the final day of the election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison are both campaigning in Melbourne before returning to Sydney to cast their votes.

www.smh.com.au

Can the ScoMo pull off another miracle or will it be an Albancheesy night?

Nope. The swing against the Liberals in WA was ~10%. We can thank Mark McGowan and his decisive action against COVID for that. It made him hugely popular. Albancheesy is the new PM.

Multiple senior Liberals lost their seats including the treasurer. They lost to either the Greens or conservative independents* who want to take action on climate change.

*known as the teal independents.

 

[bobthe3rd]

It looks likely that Labor will form a majority by one seat but we shall see.

 

[bobthe3rd]

Although if I am being honest the projected tax cuts that the Liberals were offering would have benefited me.

In reality though. New boss same as the old boss.......

My accountant same as the old accountant. I don't know what I am going on about. Other than the system is just that.

 

[bobthe3rd]

BBC discussion started describing Taxcindy as being cozy with China and half expects Albanese, the life long politician with a flexible back bone to kowtow.
Rudd a well known sinophile campaigned for him.

I can tell that you know a lot about Australian politics.

 

[primer]

Compulsory vote automatically helps the New Teal greens. Have to vote for someone.

 

[Telmar]

French subs back on the table ?

 

[primer]

Reason for the tarrifs was Aussie asking for a proper investigation into covid.
...Dealing with a totalitarian sytem that is infaliable even when it causes millions of deaths.

 

[bobthe3rd]

It's looking likely that Labor will form a majority government. In the house of reps.

Labor needs just two more seats to form majority government. These are the seats still in doubt

As vote counting continues after Saturday's election, six seats remain in doubt. With Labor needing two more seats to form a majority government, there's a lot riding on them. This is the current situation.

www.abc.net.au

It also looks likely that the Greens and independents will hold the balance of power in the senate.

Greens and Lambie set to determine Labor agenda with Senate balance of power

The future of Labor's parliamentary agenda may rest in the hands of the Greens and independent Jacqui Lambie, who look set to hold the balance of power in the Senate.

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The Australian electorate has rejected the liberals. Power has been handed to the Greens and Jacqui Lambie a legendary independent and ex member of the ADF.

Jacqui Lambie - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bobthe3rd]

The Quad will be looking for signs Australia is serious about resetting. Can Albanese and Wong deliver?

At this week's Quad meetings, Japan and India will be looking for signs Australia is serious about Asia, while the US will be reviewing its expectations about its AUKUS partner, writes Greg Barton.

www.abc.net.au

Our new foreign minister Penny Wong is openly gay and a practicing Christian.

"Wong is a practising Christian, attending Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide"

Penny Wong - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bobthe3rd]

The new PM is about to make a big downpayment for Australia

The Quad meeting becomes Labor's first opportunity to assess, first-hand, how China has changed geopolitics since the ALP was last in power. That was in 2013, the same year Xi Jinping became President.

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"This was a message to Australia's allies but also to Beijing: The other bloke is gone but Australia's commitment to rules-based order and resistance to Chinese aggression remains firm."

That is what I require from my PM. I do not care which party they represent. As long as they do what is required to push back against China. I am happy.

It's about the national interest and not internal politics. Or personal gain (Clive). Glad to see that Albancheesy is on the same page.