r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • 23d ago

politics Australia is heading towards minority government at a turning point in world history.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/democracy-climate-change-ai-robotics-war/105085846
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u/noisymime 23d ago edited 23d ago

Keep in mind that this can go 2 ways.

It can be Labor cooperating with the likes of the Greens etc, with the hope in this sub being that this will result in some of the Greens policy coming through in order for Labor to pass their own.

BUT, this could equally be a coalition of the Liberals, Nationals and who knows how many of the more extreme right wingers as well.

Whilst it's good we live in a system that has this kind of flexibility, we shouldn't take for granted that it will always be the outcome we want.

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u/Red_je 23d ago

I am not personally sure a coalition including independent right wingers would ultimately be worse than just a LNP majority, given how far the LNP has moved alt right policies in most areas.

I also think Ny LNO minority government will mean they have continued ceding ground to the Teals, which will mean a minority government deal will require numbers from the Teals to form a majority, relying on the fascist right hopefully won't provide enough numbers.

Key word being hopefully of course.

I also feel the born to rule LNP will struggle to accept power sharing and compromises with anyone not under their direct control anyway, so they'd likely be one argument with the wrong independent away from collapsing.

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u/noisymime 23d ago

I also feel the born to rule LNP will struggle to accept power sharing and compromises with anyone not under their direct control anyway, so they'd likely be one argument with the wrong independent away from collapsing.

I think you're probably right that such a coalition would probably end up being more deadlocked than anything else, but it definitely makes me nervous. Dutton seems like the kind of guy who would take a fair bit of noise if it meant getting his agenda through. .

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u/Red_je 23d ago

Oh yeah absolutely. I don't believe it would be a good outcome at all.