Australia General Discussion 4.0: It ain’t easy under Albanese

[brucejoel99]

Anthony Albanese is the Prime Minister-elect of Australia. he and his cabinet are due to be sworn in Monday.

As in Mon. the 23rd? Didn't Kevin '07 have to wait 'til 9 days after, the following Mon., & with more seats than Albo too?

[brucejoel99]

Coalition leadership has been sorted in party room. Libs as expected, Peter Dutton elected unopposed

History has been made, then, as I'm not sure if it's been pointed out 'til now, but interestingly enough, Peter Dutton is the 1st-ever Queenslander to be elected Lib leader: almost all of his predecessors have hailed from either NSW or Victoria, with the exception of SA, since Alexander Downer was leader for 8 months. It's very ironic that despite their lengthy QLD dominance, they've never had a leader from QLD 'til now. Hell, Labor beat them to it with Rudd, nearly 16 years ago now.

Sussan Ley elected as deputy unopposed after Karen Andrews, Jane Hume and Bridget Archer withdrew. Meanwhile in the Nationals David Littleproud has toppled Barnaby Joyce (they never release numbers but sounds like it was a solid margin) with Senate Whip Perin Davey unopposed as deputy (she’s completely anonymous prior to now, clearly chosen in the need of gender balance not called Bridget McKenzie.

Luckily, ol' Barnaby is a real team player & won't undermine Littleproud in order to regain the leadership, so there'll surely be no need for the Nats to dump [INSERT NON-BARNABY NATS LEADER] for Barnaby again, just like they did last time.

[brucejoel99]

Andrew Wilkie has announced that he's prepared to "have a conversation" with Albo about being the Speaker of the House in the event that Labor doesn't surpass its 76 with Gilmore & so wants to name a presiding officer from outside their ranks.

[brucejoel99]

Andrew Wilkie has announced that he's prepared to "have a conversation" with Albo about being the Speaker of the House in the event that Labor doesn't surpass its 76 with Gilmore & so wants to name a presiding officer from outside their ranks.

Sky reporting that while it's been confirmed to them that Albo would've approached an indy to be speaker had Labor only won 76 seats (likely Wilkie or Rebecca Sharkie, who'd since announced the same as Wilkie prior to Gilmore being called), the fact that they're now on 77 obviously renders it all moot, & that Milton Dick of QLD has the numbers to be named.

[brucejoel99]

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