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Labor and Albanese recover in Newspoll as Dutton falls, but the Voice's slump continues

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Lunedì, Settembre 25, 2023
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A national Newspoll, conducted September 18–22 from a sample of 1,239, gave Labor a 54–46 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago.

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  • A national Newspoll, conducted September 18–22 from a sample of 1,239, gave Labor a 54–46 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago.
  • While Labor’s primary vote improved at the Coalition’s expense, the drop for the Greens should have cost Labor preferences.
  • He returns to net positive approval after falling into net negative for the first time this term in the previous Newspoll.
  • While Labor and Albanese improved and Dutton fell, the Voice’s slump continued, with “no” now ahead by 56–36, out from a 53–38 “no” lead in early September.

Grattan on Friday: Labor's 'Godfather' seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates

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Giovedì, Giugno 22, 2023
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He turned his hand to establishing a vineyard, before being returned at the 2016 election and becoming deputy opposition leader in the Senate.

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  • He turned his hand to establishing a vineyard, before being returned at the 2016 election and becoming deputy opposition leader in the Senate.
  • Then he had to cede that position to Kristina Keneally after the 2019 election.
  • With the thaw in China-Australia relations, it’s a very good time to be trade minister.
  • Now Farrell is set to wrangle sweeping changes to the donation and spending rules for federal elections.
  • The recommendations were made in the committee’s majority report, with the Coalition members dissenting on key issues.
  • Unsurprisingly, the recommendations from the Labor-dominated committee are in line with Labor’s policy, and Farrell is already off and running.
  • He’ll have negotiations with the players over the next few months, although legislation would wait until after the final report.

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of Australia's main centre-right party. Could the Voice campaign hasten a sixth?

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Lunedì, Maggio 1, 2023
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Party stability on the progressive side of politics, and repeated party reconfiguration on the conservative side of politics, is a marked contrast in the history of Australia’s two-party political system.

Key Points: 
  • Party stability on the progressive side of politics, and repeated party reconfiguration on the conservative side of politics, is a marked contrast in the history of Australia’s two-party political system.
  • That history is relevant now, as the Liberals find themselves in the electoral wilderness, and as a schism emerges over its stance on the referendum for an Indigenous Voice to the Australian parliament.

A party of many iterations


    In contrast to the Australian Labor Party, which predates Federation in 1901 and has existed continuously since, the Liberal Party was formed in 1944 and formally launched in 1945. It is the fifth iteration of the main vehicles through which the centre-right has sought federal parliamentary representation. Federally, the Liberal Party’s genealogy is:
    • They were the Deakin-led Protectionist Party, the Free Trade Party (later renamed the Anti-Socialist Party) and the Labor Party.
    • In 1909 the Protectionist Party and Anti-Socialist Party united to create the Commonwealth Liberal Party to compete with Labor, ushering in the “two party” era.
    • The next two iterations saw the main anti-Labor party unite, from opposition, with Labor breakaways to form a new party.
    • In 1931, the Nationalist Party opposition and Labor defector Joseph Lyons and his allies joined to form the United Australia Party (UAP).

Could the Liberal Party be reborn again?

    • Holding the Liberal Party together has since become established as the benchmark for Dutton’s success or failure as opposition leader.
    • This is either a low bar or it’s a sign that the Liberal Party is indeed at risk of breaking apart.
    • Howard and conservative Liberal leadership successors since demanded the selling out of principled centrist policy positions as the price of moderates’ inclusion in cabinet and shadow cabinet.
    • The party become less and less reflective of mainstream Australia even as some visible moderates survived and rose through the ministerial ranks.
    • Former prime minister Scott Morrison’s misogynistic handling of sexual violence allegations concerning Liberal Party figures followed.
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      Will a preoccupation with party unity destroy the Liberal Party?