Politics Australian Federal Election called for early May

[Jethro]

Well this should be interesting with politics in Australia hitting fundamental changes due to the rise of the youth vote that doesn't overly align with party preferences, the Trump factor, and shifting allegiances amongst the minor parties.

Current state of play (Lower House)

Labor 77

Coalition (Liberal and National) 53

Greens 4

Alliance 1

Katter's Australian Party 1

Independents, including TEALS 13

Current polls have Labor ahead on two party preference, we have proportional representation in Australia. However not being taken into consideration is Green preferences are not necessarily going to flow to Labor after the fiasco in the Victorian state election that saw Labor preferences going to the Liberals.

 

[Kevin]

Is Trump having an influence on how elections are shaping up locally in AUS? I know it was being felt in the EU & UK but news over here hasn't covered much if there's been an impact in your part of the world.

Come to think of it, other than a few tidbits about China doing military exercises near Taiwan, there's been little news coming out of Japan & Asia other than Trump's tariff war with China.

Hhmmmmm 🤔

 

[Jethro]

Hard to gauge the impact Trump is going to have at this stage. Dutton, opposition leader, went full Trump mode, and his party declined in the next opinion poll. Though like the U.S opinion polls seem to be a complete waste of time currently, they need a new approach.

Did run across this video that explained the various political parties, though not sure if they covered the TEALs, which admittedly is a loose coalition of former Liberal supporters.

 

[Kevin]

Did run across this video that explained the various political parties, though not sure if they covered the TEALs, which admittedly is a loose coalition of former Liberal supporters.

Thanks, that was a good way to get a quick overview. 👍 With the way the US political parties are set up it's easy to forget that not all democratic countries are forced to reduce everything down to two parties with no realistic way of allowing a third party.