The reshaping of Australia’s cultural and political map has left the political parties unmoored from the electorate, and that’s a huge concern for the future.
Parties now struggle to win convincing majorities or claim mandates to do the heavy policy-lifting needed to sustain the prosperity that the great bulk of people still aspire to. For a decade, the parties could hardly keep a leader in place – never mind explain to voters how everyone will eventually benefit if there are reforms to taxation or workplace regulations even if some lose out at first.
For all their complexities, most Australians would fall under the banner of an aspirational society based on the opportunity to prosper. That includes Indigenous Australians living in the parts of the country where disadvantage is most severe.
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