A New Labor Government

Posted on by Kathy
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Finally, after nine long years of the ‘revolving doors’ of the Turnbull/Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison government, Australians decided enough was enough.

With a stream of seats changing hands, Australians ushered in a new Labor government led by a remarkable, genuine and compassionate man, Anthony Albanese or Albo as he has been known most of his life. With the years of service and the hard work that Albo has done for our country, it’s only fitting that he be bestowed with the honour of serving as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia.

This election result was an enormous wake-up call for not only the Liberal-National party (if they listen) but I would say, also for every party and politician around the country. Good governance is what people want to see. We are entrusted with a social contract that when we go about our lives, we obey the laws and be decent citizens. In turn, that expectation is required of all those who choose to represent us.

The Liberal Party of Australia has been decimated with the treasurer Josh Frydenburg losing his seat to independent Dr Monique Ryan and 14 other Liberals losing theirs. The Teal Independents who gained seats from the Liberals, a movement coming from the grassroots level overwhelmingly voted for climate, women and integrity in politics and the media. It was a bit of a revolution.

Craig Kelly is gone. Jumping ship to run as a UAP candidate, he lost his seat which was gained by the Liberal Candidate Jenny Ware. Clive Palmer’s 100 million dollars or more spent over 2 elections managed to gain not one seat for the United Australia Party.

On Saturday, 21 May 2022, many voting Australians chose something different for our country. They ended the madness we’ve been experiencing for the past nine years. There was an enormous shift in the political landscape and a positive change had come to Australia once again.

Scott Morrison has stepped down as Leader of the Liberal Party but at this stage is still a member of parliament. Whether he stays or resigns in the near future is yet to be seen, but out of our Parliament, he should definitely be.

Now since Josh Frydenberg lost his seat and he was tipped to be the next leader, it’s left a big hole in the party as to who will be their next leader. There’s speculation that Peter Dutton (yukkk) will be seeking the leadership position, who I believe has been seeking the top position in the party for a very long time and has ambitions to be a Prime Minister of Australia. This man is even more dangerous than Scott Morrison, and I hate to think of what kind of a crueller country Australia would be with a PM like Peter Dutton. To make him the Leader of the Liberals would definitely not be a popular move for the Liberal Party.

Then there’s also speculation that either Darren Chester or David Littleproud, will be challenging Barnaby Joyce for the leadership of the National Party at their meeting this week coming.

There was also an unusual rush to swear in Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles, Penny Wong and Katie Gallagher as there was an important Quad meeting that our PM needed to attend. As the past week has seen, Albo was amazing as PM at the Quad meeting and quite a lot has already been achieved, as displayed below and especially a very important issue of returning the Murugappan family back to Biloela.

As this week begins and as the vote-counting is completed, in the few close seats, we will find out if Labor will pick up that one more necessary seat to form majority government. At this stage, there’s a possibility that the seat of Macnamara in Victoria, held by Josh Burns will be the 76th seat needed. We will also find out if Peter Dutton will indeed become the leader of the Liberals (shudder) and if either Darren Chester or David Littleproud will be successful in taking the leadership from Barnaby Joyce.