Anthony Albanese Australian Labor Party won the legislative elections on Saturday, obtaining a reinforced majority in the House of Representatives against the Conservatives of Peter Dutton. The ballot was marked by the concerns of voters concerning the cost of living and the growing influence of Donald Trump on foreign policy.
What to remember
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Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party won the legislative elections in Australia, beating the conservatives and obtaining a reinforced majority in the House of Representatives.
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The conservative chief Peter Dutton loses his seat and recognizes his defeat, weighed down by his ideological proximity to Donald Trump, deemed disturbing by the electorate.
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The cost of living and American foreign policy dominated the campaign; Albanese promises a second term focused on housing and health.
The Labor Party of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won the legislative elections on Saturday against the Conservatives, after a ballot marked by the concerns linked to the foreign policy of the American president Donald Trump.
The leader of the Liberal Party (Conservative), Peter Dutton, recognized his defeat and the loss of his own siege while the workers’ militants gathered in Sydney let their joy burst when Anthony Albanese claimed the victory and declared that the Labor Party would form a majority government.
-“Our government will choose the Australian way, because we are proud of what we are and everything we have built together in this country”the Prime Minister told his supporters. “We do not need to go to the begging, borrow or copy what is done elsewhere. We are not looking for our inspiration abroad. We find it here, in our values and in our people”he added.
According to the website of the Australian electoral commission, after counting of 68 % of the bulletins, the Labor Party should win 81 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, thus reinforcing its majority in the Parliament. Peter Dutton said he called Anthony Albanese to congratulate him. “”We did not do well enough during this campaign. It’s obvious this evening and I accept full responsibility “he said during a television speech.
The cost of living and concerns related to Donald Trump’s foreign policy was at the heart of the concerns of voters during the campaign. The polls had gradually given the advantage to Anthony Albanese on Peter Dutton, targeted for his supposed ideological proximity to Donald Trump throughout the campaign.
“The Trump factor” weighed the Conservatives
The words of the senator from the Northern Territory, Jacinta Price, according to which her party “would give Australia its greatness”notably fueled the comparisons with the slogan “Make America Great Again” of the American president. The spokesperson for the Liberal Party, Senator James Paterson, defended the conservative campaign, who, according to him, was negatively affected by “The Trump postman”. “It was devastating in Canada for the Conservatives […]. I think it was a factor here, but the importance of this factor will be determined in a few hours “he told ABC.
Australia, a close ally of the United States, has not been spared by the US president’s commercial offensive, which imposed customs duties of 10 %. The Liberal Party was at the top of opinion polls until February, while the voters reproached the government of high life and housing costs.
Anthony Albanese had argued before Saturday’s election that his government had “established very solid bases” And that he needed a second mandate to pursue key policies such as improving accessibility to housing and the strengthening of Medicare, the country’s universal health care system.
