The Prime Minister may or may not have ignited fires in the bellies of Labor MPs and senators with his promise to increase his majority at the next election.
Nick Cater: Nothing on the horizon can prevent Labor from losing seats at the next federal election, save for an unexpected own goal by the Coalition
Anthony Albanese may draw comfort from the fact that none of the seven incoming governments in the last 75 years have been thrown out after one term, not even John Howard, who survived a 4.6 per cent two-party swing and the loss of 14 seats in 1998.Labor's first-preference share of 32.6 per cent at the 2022 election was the lowest the party has ever received.
Peacock needed to cling on for just 21 months before Bob Hawke called an early election in December 1984. For a man who talks so much about his humble origins, Albanese has displayed precious little humility as Prime Minister. Albanese and most of the Labor leadership were in sympathy with the views of the inner metropolitan elite and at odds with suburban and regional voters where “woke” was fast becoming a dirty word.It should have been Labor’s cue to pivot and spend the second half of its first term focused exclusively on the issues at the top of voters' minds, principally the economy and the punishing combination of high interest rates and inflation.
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