Labor and the Coalition can both see the biggest lesson from Trump’s victory: do not be distracted from the cost of living.
Australian political insiders can all see the lessons from Donald Trump’s powerful victory in America this week – and they are racing to use them against each other.
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese. Australian elections are won in the centre, not at the extremes.The big question Trump asked voters – Are you better off than you were four years ago? – can be just as powerful for Dutton at Australia’s election next year. Second, the Labor team is awake to the fact the Democrats did not convince voters they had a solution to the cost of living for the next four years. The Australian campaign will be shaped by the “forward offer” for voters, not arguments over the past.The third lesson is to be very careful about applying American outcomes to Australian elections.
Albanese signalled his attack plan in parliament on Thursday when he listed how he is trying to help with the cost of living: subsidies for energy bills, spending on housing, free TAFE courses, cheaper medicines with 60-day prescriptions and workplace laws to increase wages. The key point was that Dutton opposed each one.
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