"And if one party is more able to work with the crossbench they may find themselves in a better position to form government, even if they don’t win as many seats."
Julia Gillard achieved exactly that in 2010, when she got the Greens onside by promising a carbon tax, She also wooed two independent former Coalition MPs to vote against their former parties - and the then Opposition leader Tony Abbott - and support hers. They did this primarily to ensure proper broadband services to regional areas. Well one of them managed to get that; the other was lost in the rush to destroy FTTP and implement Turnbull's 'mess' after the following election. I'm hoping Albo will do the same in 2025. And that climate will be the main clincher, finally forcing Labor to act to reduce emissions.
Shaun Carney in 9Enterainment opining today is below. Apart from confusing cause and effect, it's very much the insider view that we auspol journos know what voters *really* want. Spare me the insidersplaining, and election not even scheduled.
"I suspect most voters would find a minority government difficult to accept. Yes, there’s an irony here, given that the people get the parliament they have elected. But our highly combative political culture is not conducive to governments made up of shifting multi-party alliances in the style of European and Scandinavian democracies."
Interesting that in the upcoming Brisbane City Council election Labor is recommending preferences to the Greens ( they don't have to, as it's optional preferential).
Although making the usual noises about aiming for a Labor majority council, Labor has also avoided the sort of harsh criticism of the Greens that has happened previously. The current leader of Labor in the Council ( who is not the mayoral candidate) has implied publicly that they will have to deal with the result the voters come up with.
Perhaps there is a bit of an experiment going on here.
“The work that you do at the Australia Institute and similar NGOs is crucial because let’s face it, our democratic system is no longer.
Our two party system, whether we are in Australia or the United States or the United Kingdom or Germany or Greece, wherever we are, it has been completely usurped and co-opted by vested interests that are pushing humanity very, very quickly… quick-marching humanity to climate catastrophe and to social decay, which in the end only benefits the, I will call them simply neofascists because I have no time for concocting different ways of describing them. Whether it’s Trump, Le Pen, Advance Australia or whatever.”'
After Labor's AUKUS and Gaza policies I'll be putting them at the bottom of the list.
The Klaxon did a couple of stories on "Advance", a US style astroturfing outfit that successfully undermined "The Voice" vote. Apparently they were caught with false advertising in the Dunkley poll, but we may be seeing the rise of this kind of dark money in future elections. Read the Voice story at https://theklaxon.com.au/the-1m-secret-behind-the-voice-no-campaign/
The LNP and Labor have mastered the electoral system to build majorities off the basis of relatively low primary votes (2022 Federal and 2018 SA State Election). The old rule book of primary votes in the 40s is out the window. When a party can get a majority when almost two thirds of the population voted against it suggests the capture of the country by parties beholden by special interests and a narrow membership.
Both will collude to reduce the influence of democracy on their neat little arrangement. Rebecca White of Tasmania Labor stating she will not negotiate looks laughable from the polling that shows Labor in around 25% territory. For all his many faults, at least Perrottet was able to say that minority government was good for democracy, although I’m sure he would have preferred the majority. The fear card is always played when the idea of power sharing is proposed
The independents movement is our best hope of getting a parliament that might give us a chance at protecting the population from the domination of increasingly unpopular major parties. However, some form of mixed member proportional representation like in New Zealand would be more likely to help and ensure parties like the Greens get representation that reflects their vote share.
Racist disinformation group “Advance” — which claims it opposed the Indigenous Voice because it was “divisive” — is explicitly seeking to divide the public and claims Australia is comprised of an “us” versus “them.”
The US-style “false-flag” operation, which claims to be a “grassroots” movement of “ordinary Aussies” but is in fact bankrolled by a handful of the super-rich, has also claimed full credit for the failure of the Voice referendum.
Australia has no truth in political advertising laws, which Advance aggressively exploits.
"And if one party is more able to work with the crossbench they may find themselves in a better position to form government, even if they don’t win as many seats."
Julia Gillard achieved exactly that in 2010, when she got the Greens onside by promising a carbon tax, She also wooed two independent former Coalition MPs to vote against their former parties - and the then Opposition leader Tony Abbott - and support hers. They did this primarily to ensure proper broadband services to regional areas. Well one of them managed to get that; the other was lost in the rush to destroy FTTP and implement Turnbull's 'mess' after the following election. I'm hoping Albo will do the same in 2025. And that climate will be the main clincher, finally forcing Labor to act to reduce emissions.
Shaun Carney in 9Enterainment opining today is below. Apart from confusing cause and effect, it's very much the insider view that we auspol journos know what voters *really* want. Spare me the insidersplaining, and election not even scheduled.
"I suspect most voters would find a minority government difficult to accept. Yes, there’s an irony here, given that the people get the parliament they have elected. But our highly combative political culture is not conducive to governments made up of shifting multi-party alliances in the style of European and Scandinavian democracies."
Interesting that in the upcoming Brisbane City Council election Labor is recommending preferences to the Greens ( they don't have to, as it's optional preferential).
Although making the usual noises about aiming for a Labor majority council, Labor has also avoided the sort of harsh criticism of the Greens that has happened previously. The current leader of Labor in the Council ( who is not the mayoral candidate) has implied publicly that they will have to deal with the result the voters come up with.
Perhaps there is a bit of an experiment going on here.
Cracking article TD. Uplifting and positive. We 've got to capitalise on articles like yours & people like:
'Five Highlights from Technofeudalism with Yanis Varoufakis' which appears at TAI :https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/five-highlights-from-technofeudalism-with-yanis-varoufakis/
On the Impact on Australian Democracy
“The work that you do at the Australia Institute and similar NGOs is crucial because let’s face it, our democratic system is no longer.
Our two party system, whether we are in Australia or the United States or the United Kingdom or Germany or Greece, wherever we are, it has been completely usurped and co-opted by vested interests that are pushing humanity very, very quickly… quick-marching humanity to climate catastrophe and to social decay, which in the end only benefits the, I will call them simply neofascists because I have no time for concocting different ways of describing them. Whether it’s Trump, Le Pen, Advance Australia or whatever.”'
After Labor's AUKUS and Gaza policies I'll be putting them at the bottom of the list.
The Klaxon did a couple of stories on "Advance", a US style astroturfing outfit that successfully undermined "The Voice" vote. Apparently they were caught with false advertising in the Dunkley poll, but we may be seeing the rise of this kind of dark money in future elections. Read the Voice story at https://theklaxon.com.au/the-1m-secret-behind-the-voice-no-campaign/
I just saw Anthony Klan (The Klaxon) ran a story on the Dunkley poll here https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/advance-is-a-billionaire-backed-racist-disinformation-factory-undermining-democracy/
The LNP and Labor have mastered the electoral system to build majorities off the basis of relatively low primary votes (2022 Federal and 2018 SA State Election). The old rule book of primary votes in the 40s is out the window. When a party can get a majority when almost two thirds of the population voted against it suggests the capture of the country by parties beholden by special interests and a narrow membership.
Both will collude to reduce the influence of democracy on their neat little arrangement. Rebecca White of Tasmania Labor stating she will not negotiate looks laughable from the polling that shows Labor in around 25% territory. For all his many faults, at least Perrottet was able to say that minority government was good for democracy, although I’m sure he would have preferred the majority. The fear card is always played when the idea of power sharing is proposed
The independents movement is our best hope of getting a parliament that might give us a chance at protecting the population from the domination of increasingly unpopular major parties. However, some form of mixed member proportional representation like in New Zealand would be more likely to help and ensure parties like the Greens get representation that reflects their vote share.
Racist disinformation group “Advance” — which claims it opposed the Indigenous Voice because it was “divisive” — is explicitly seeking to divide the public and claims Australia is comprised of an “us” versus “them.”
The US-style “false-flag” operation, which claims to be a “grassroots” movement of “ordinary Aussies” but is in fact bankrolled by a handful of the super-rich, has also claimed full credit for the failure of the Voice referendum.
Australia has no truth in political advertising laws, which Advance aggressively exploits.
https://theklaxon.com.au/racist-hate-group-advance-caught-in-act/