When the ABC’s Antony Green called the election for Labor’s Peter Malinauskas at 8.07pm SA time – signalling the defeat of Steven Marshall’s first term Liberal government – incumbent governments across the country took a deep breath.Just two hours after polling booths closed Mr Marshall, who had been governing in minority after three MPs had to move to the crossbench following the 2018 election, the government is headed to the opposition benches.
But like state governments across the country, the moderate Mr Marshall was generally thought to have done a good job in handling COVID-19. So too did the performance of the “I agree” opposition leader in Mr Malinauskas, who has set the template for opposition leaders across the country during these COVID times.It’s no accident that NSW Labor opposition leader Chris Minns, federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese, and even the revived Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy –Australians want constructive opposition leaders rather than opposition for its own sake during a global pandemic.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will face voters next, in May, and he’s well behind in all the published polls. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will go to the polls in November, then NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet in March 2023.
jamesmassola Not 'incumbent governments'. Morrison and Perrottet's mobs. The others are fine.
jamesmassola 'the government is headed to the opposition benches'. Duh. The liberal party is headed for the opposition benches. If you're on the Opposition benches you're not the government any more
jamesmassola I genuinely don’t think The WA, QLD, NT, ACT, Vic or even Tas incumbent gov’s took a deep breath - they’re all pretty comfortably elected
jamesmassola Just unbelievable propaganda from the Peter Costello Channel 9 Sydney Morning Herald The South Australian election showed a massive swing TO Labor AGAINST the Liberals The SMH: 'Andrews needs to be worried' Hahahaha auspol savotes
jamesmassola Coast to Coast Labor
jamesmassola Oh well, back to the 'gutters' for the SMH for the upcoming May election, if you can't find any 'dirt' on Albanese and the ALP just make it up as you do.
jamesmassola You may be right on most , of you wrote He is the 1st to fall , other 8 will fall too I , still need a visa to go to WA , THAT is the biggest grind with every Australian , getting a visa in your own country That why ,they will fall , the internal borders
jamesmassola Dump Costello’s SMH auspol
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