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Australasian federal election, 2017
So I've realised that all my talking about Australasian politics means very little without context. So here's some context: the last Australasian federal election. I've got a new computer, which uses a different default font, including for Wikipedia, so my apologies for the very thin font. I hope it's still readable.
The Australasian federal election of 11 March 2017 was held to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australasia. The incumbent, centre-left, Labour Party of Australasia, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, won a second term against the opposition centre-right Australasian National Party led by Opposition Leader Gladys Berejiklian, after Labour formed a minority government, with the support of the Australian Democrats and independent MP Cathy McGowan.
Labour won 95 seats in the 192-seat House of Assembly, two short of the number needed for majority government, resulting in a hung parliament. The balance of power was held by ten crossbench MPs, six from the Australian Democrats, two from the Rural Alliance, one from the First Nations Party, and one independent. After weeks of negotiation, both independent member for Waveroo Cathy McGowan and the Australian Democrats declared they would support the government on votes of confidence and supply. The resulting 102-seat margin allowed Labour to form a minority government and win a second term. One year in, however, the Australian Democrats withdrew their support for Labour, citing "gross mismanagement", "corruption on a record scale" and a "disregard for the Australasian people" as reasons for their decision. In response, Democrats MP for Klemzig, Tim Storer defected from the party, becoming an independent pledging confidence and supply to the Government.
Elections for seats in the Senate were held simultaneously in the Australasian Integrated Territories, in for 4 members of the 96-member chamber. However, as elections to the Senate do not carry constitutional force, Senators were appointed by the incoming House of Assembly in its first session. More than 16 million Australasians were enrolled to vote at the time of the election, as a result of Australasia's mandatory voting policy, turnout for the election was 93%. Preferential ballots were used for elections to the single-member seats of the House of Assembly, with varying methods used in Senatorial elections. The Lower House election and elections in the AITs were conducted by the Federal Electoral Commission of Australasia (FECA). The next election must be held before 4 April 2020.
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(I know, I'm getting to it. I really need to stop promising things though.)
So I've realised that all my talking about Australasian politics means very little without context. So here's some context: the last Australasian federal election. I've got a new computer, which uses a different default font, including for Wikipedia, so my apologies for the very thin font. I hope it's still readable.
The Australasian federal election of 11 March 2017 was held to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australasia. The incumbent, centre-left, Labour Party of Australasia, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, won a second term against the opposition centre-right Australasian National Party led by Opposition Leader Gladys Berejiklian, after Labour formed a minority government, with the support of the Australian Democrats and independent MP Cathy McGowan.
Labour won 95 seats in the 192-seat House of Assembly, two short of the number needed for majority government, resulting in a hung parliament. The balance of power was held by ten crossbench MPs, six from the Australian Democrats, two from the Rural Alliance, one from the First Nations Party, and one independent. After weeks of negotiation, both independent member for Waveroo Cathy McGowan and the Australian Democrats declared they would support the government on votes of confidence and supply. The resulting 102-seat margin allowed Labour to form a minority government and win a second term. One year in, however, the Australian Democrats withdrew their support for Labour, citing "gross mismanagement", "corruption on a record scale" and a "disregard for the Australasian people" as reasons for their decision. In response, Democrats MP for Klemzig, Tim Storer defected from the party, becoming an independent pledging confidence and supply to the Government.
Elections for seats in the Senate were held simultaneously in the Australasian Integrated Territories, in for 4 members of the 96-member chamber. However, as elections to the Senate do not carry constitutional force, Senators were appointed by the incoming House of Assembly in its first session. More than 16 million Australasians were enrolled to vote at the time of the election, as a result of Australasia's mandatory voting policy, turnout for the election was 93%. Preferential ballots were used for elections to the single-member seats of the House of Assembly, with varying methods used in Senatorial elections. The Lower House election and elections in the AITs were conducted by the Federal Electoral Commission of Australasia (FECA). The next election must be held before 4 April 2020.
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Questions? Comments? I-hate-its? Where's-that-thing-on-Russia-you-promised-s?
(I know, I'm getting to it. I really need to stop promising things though.)
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