What went wrong? Are you among the disillusioned? Or among the many gloaters?
Millions of Australians are profoundly disappointed by the landslide result for the Labor Party
Australians opposed to socialism and governmental overeach had been looking forward to a New Year which seemed likely to bring Australians better Government. Those hopes were already fading when Prime Minister Albanese called an election for Saturday 3 May 2025, two weeks earlier than many predictions, and allowing only five weeks of campaigning.
The Labor Party has been re-elected in a landslide which has swept out of Parliament Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and other potential leaders.
Is the Prime Minister a political superstar? Or has there been something fundamentally wrong with all the efforts made by his opponents?
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Pretty simple. The Liberals died the day they knifed Tony Abbott. They look to have been told by their globalist controllers to run "dead" this election - no slogans, no hard hitting ads when they had so much ammunition, no costed policies, a leader with the charisma of a turnip. Oh, and showed that they were more interested in pleasing their real masters than looking after Australians by sticking with the wealth transfer fantasy that is net zero - an economic and environmental suicide note. The right could not vote for them, the left were never going to vote for them and many in the middle at least knew if you wanted Labor you may as well vote for the real thing not a mealy-mouthed imitation. As much as this was of course "free and fair" with polling booths not being asked for their results while the same were broadcast & the result was "known" before some booths had even closed, along with the senate vote that was not for the duopoly going to "informal". Even the illusion of democracy has been removed - and may not be a pretend reality by 2028, once the country is formally being run by the WEF/UN/WHO and CCP. Apparently Australia would prefer Communism to the insincerity of the party that locked us down, force mandated us and oversaw the largest wealth transfer in history - from the middle class to the corporations.
At this point, I would look to the Optus data breach. Optus has made many donations to the ALP. Did the data hack open the door for foreign interference?