At the 2022 election, the trajectories of change differed from each other along almost every conceivable parameter that was not old white male.
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With just three more seats to be finalised in the House of Representatives, Labor will be hoping to pick up at least one of those to obtain a majority. Meanwhile, the Senate is looking promising too.
News Corp has its path on relentless right-wing championing, and it’s unlikely to change its ways now.
Australia’s prime ministers in recent years have not stayed in office for long. If the Australian public can be patient, Albanese’s style may offer greater longevity.
Two regional seats that straddle the NSW/Victorian border, Eden-Monaro and Gippsland, are geographically close. But these seats repeatedly return very different election results.
Who started the culture war on climate change? And are we nearing its demise? Our new research provides some clues.
The major parties have come to control the way the media can cover election campaigns – leading to dress-up stunts and gotcha questions instead of meaningful journalism.
It may feel like a subplot for now, but this could end up being just be as significant as the teal revolution.
To repair our relationship with the Pacific, the new government must make swift decisions addressing the climate emergency. But that’s just the starting point.
While Labor winning with a small primary vote might seem confusing, the answer is in the flow of preferences in the Australian electoral system.
Does the success of this single issue minor party mean that Australians are finally ready to ‘legalise it’?
Judging by the campaign, and a bit of recent history, we can expect to see a Labor government pay more attention than their predecessors did to Indonesia – and Southeast Asia in general.
Now that Labor has won and the Liberal Party has been severely wounded, its enemies will be baying for blood, so a first order of business will be to make Australian voters glad they elected them.
Menzies’ party has been delivered a massive blow - complete with loud messages - from its traditional base. The question now is whether it will listen.
This election seems to indicate a major division opening up between the city and the bush.
Once referred to as its ‘jewel in the crown’, Victoria has turned its back on the Liberal Party, taking with it some of its key MPs.
Beijing has form in using the arrival of a new government as an opportunity to undertake a face-saving adjustment.
It’s projected over one-third of voters chose not to vote for the major parties.
Explore the seats that changed hands, the make-up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the two party preferred vote in our 2022 federal election at-a-glance graphic.
The Morrison government has been resoundingly defeated, with Labor headed for office, although whether in a minority or majority was unclear late Saturday night.
Top contributors
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
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Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
