The comparisons with Trump played a bad joke on the opposition in Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won a historic second term on Saturday, interrupting conservatives ‘rise and supported by voters’ fears about US President Donald Trump’s influence.
Peter Dutton, the leader of the Conservative Liberal Party, acknowledged the defeat and loss of his own deputy place, repeating the fate of Canadian conservatives, who were also swept away by the negative reaction against Trump.
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Labor will be able to form an independent government. And Albanese will be the first Australian prime minister to win another term in two decades.
| « Our government will choose the Australian road because we are proud of who we are and with everything we have built together in this country. We do not seek our inspiration from abroad. We find it right here, in our values and in our people, » Albanese told our supporters. |
The Australian Election Commission website predicts that the Labor Party will win 81 of 150 seats in the House of Representatives, increasing its majority in parliament, with 68% of the votes counting.
Dutton – whose liberals led in sociological studies until February, until they started comparing it to Trump, he said he called Albanes to greet him.
| « We didn’t do well enough during this campaign. It’s obvious tonight and I take full responsibility for it, » Dutton said. |
The former police officer who expresses firm positions on the fight against crime and immigration has also called the MP who defeated him in his constituency. Dutton has been taking the place for two decades.
Comparisons with Trump
The growing cost of living and concerns about Trump’s unstable policy were among the main problems that voters excited.
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« If you throw enough mud, it will stick, » commented, « the liberal senator for the northern territory of Jacinta Price, whose party is organizing his campaign around the Slogan that he will » make Australia again the great « , feeding comparisons with Trump, who promises to » make America again the great « .
« You did everything around Trump, » she said on ABC. Dutton had said he would appoint Price to the Ministry of Government Effectiveness, one of the few ehas of Trump’s policy.
Opposition Liberal Party spokesman, Senator James Patterson, defended the conservative campaign, which he said was negatively influenced by the Trump factor.
Earlier, Labor Finance Minister Jim Chalmers acknowledged that the government had been able to return to the race because of the strong performance of Albanese in the campaign, dealing with fears surrounding the cost of living, as well as the Trump effect.
He described his party’s victory as « Victory for Centuries » and said that Albanese « has achieved one of the great political victories since the federation. »
