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Review: Earthquake: The Election that Shook Australia/ – Niki Savva (Scribe)
As federal polling day neared on May 3 2025, the ground was silent but the
people of Australia stirred, some restless with fear, others hankering for a
change of government. History favoured the incumbent. There had been no
single-term governments nationally since the interwar years.
Deep in the bedrock of Australia’s political establishment, forces were
building.
In 2022, despite his poor campaign, Anthony Albanese had been preferred,
narrowly, by voters desperate to see the back of a dishonest Coalition
government. He secured a very low primary vote (32.6%) and a majority of just
two seats. A repeat of that uncertainty, as a sitting prime minister, might be
politically fatal.
On paper, it could be close again, given the variables: a tremulous government
out-argued in its 2023 Voice referendum; polling inaccuracies in several recent
elections, which had under-measured outsider resentment; and a hard-charging
opponent in Peter Dutton, leading a united team energised by his referendum
success.
In the end, this would be an election like no other and it would deliver a
result like no other.
As the days counted down, it became clear that “Team Dutton” was running on
little more than bloke-energy, a risky and unaffordable nuclear power policy
and, crazily, higher taxes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
