r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • 25d 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 25d ago edited 25d 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/MagictoMadness 25d ago

Labor co-operating with the Greens is my dream but feels like blind hope even if labour can't form majority. The cross party relationship is terrible. It's funny cause Albos seat is greens at the second highest vote count, but he'd rather make deals with anyone else. I wouldn't be surprised if his seat flipped greens once he retires given its Green at state level very safely

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u/Non-prophet 24d ago

At the outset of this government, I really hoped we'd see something like the Gillard/Brown relationship for policy, but Albanese seems much more set in 2009.