This win for Anthony Albanese is the most transformative election you can imagine
ABCThere may have been lots of swirling currents but the results of the federal election overwhelmingly showed that 2022 was, finally, the climate election. There was a swing of more than 6 per cent against Scott Morrison in his own seat and seats that the Coalition targeted — like Blair in Queensland and Lingiari — also stubbornly resisted the PM's visits and overtures and swung further to Labor. The downfall of the government — and the destruction of so much of what has been the old Liberal Party — and the story of the independents also make the story of the night — that we have a new Labor government — seem almost a postscript when of course it is the most important story for the future. It seemed to remain a possibility that Labor might be able to form a government in its own right on Saturday night — but whether it can or not, the fact it is set for majority or minority government after having won on just 30 per cent of the primary vote says much about the way Australian politics has profoundly changed at this election. A coalition builder One of the most important things to note about the nature of the new Labor government is that it will be an Albanese Labor government — it was Albanese, as leader of the house, who more than any other person made the last Labor minority government work.
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