Electoral Dynamics: Community Independents Rise in Australia

Well, that sure was something! In this post-election episode, Crikey politics editor Bernard Keane and readers editor Crystal Andrews discuss why this resounding Labor win by Anthony Albanese is so unique in Australian politics, review what the polls (and Electioncast!) got wrong, and speculate about what’s next for a dazed and confused Coalition. 

Then Anton Nilsson  shares the insights he gleaned from voters in Dickson and the deflated Liberal HQ party in Brisbane after witnessing Peter Dutton’s farewell speech, and Rachel Withers takes stock of how the new crossbench is shaping up.

Read more:

• It wasn’t just Trump: Albanese built this remarkable victory himself
• Liberals followed Dutton into unfamiliar territory. And he led them off a cliff
• The Liberals drowned their sorrows at the wake with a soaring rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. Dickson had sealed their fate.
• The crossbench has shifted. Our interactive table shows the state of play
• Forget the lower house, the game-changing shift could be Senate’s tilt to the left

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