The Australians seized opinion polls on Saturday (2), in a national election campaign dominated by concerns about the cost of living, which are closely noticed abroad in search of signs of change inspired by Donald Trump against conservative candidates.
S. Prime Minister Anthony AlbanizFrom the Labor Party, the Liberal Party faces Peter Datton, which promises to give the country “again on the right track” three years after the opposition.
Opinion polls pre -elections on itself in favor of the Labor Party, but the preferred voting system in Australia and the decreasing field between the two main parties are difficult to predict who will compose 150 members of the House of Representatives.
Observers will examine the results in search of signs of negative reactions against the conservative Australian candidates after 100 days of the government of US President Trump, after comparisons between the political proposals of Dowoun and the messages of the American leader.
last Left Prime Minister Mark Karnary, from Canada Which, like Australia, is the state of G20 and the Commonwealth State, in addition to an American ally, which won an electoral victory that is widely attributed to the anti -Trump’s anti -Trump feelings.
In Australia, nearly half of 18 million voters voted registered before the election day, and the rest must attend the voting centers to comply with the compulsory voting laws, under the threat of fines in the event of not attending.
Voting centers on election day are usually similar to a series of small societal exhibitions, taking advantage of the guaranteed flow to customers to sell what is known as “democratic sausage” – sausage, sauce and possibly onions in a slice of white bread.
Tradition began decades ago, but in recent years it has become more organized with an online map created by volunteers who explain where the voters can find the barbecue ballot box.
“Everyone needs to come to vote. Since you are already attending, why do you not communicate with society through a fair atmosphere with the sausage session and the activities of collecting other donations available in the day?” Alex Dawson of the DMS.
International influence
In the past five weeks, the two main parties have formed a battle of voting, using the promise of tax cuts, discounts and other relief measures to alleviate the cost of the living crisis.
Australian elections tend to focus on national issues – housing, health and economics – but were affected by international events.
Albaniz summoned the elections in late March, shortly before Trump announces your definitions From “Liberation Day”, global markets make the nail.
Like almost all of the United States allies, Australia has not been devoted to the definitions, which criticized Albaniz as “”Against the spirit of friendship It lasts between our country. “
During the election campaign, the government presented itself as a husband of the fixed hands, as the initial influence on procedures was expanded to fears of the imminent global recession. Now, the Labor Party states that the Australian economy is recovering, noting a recent decrease in inflation to 2.9 %, which is the youngest since December 2021.
Datton attributed the blaming of inflationary pressure to the work government, and routinely wondering whether the voters feel “better than three years.”
Both parties say they will facilitate the purchase of a house by buyers in a timely manner, either by reducing the minimum deposit value or providing tax discounts in the mortgage parts – both procedures, according to analysts, is likely to raise real estate prices.
Young voters ’approach
This year, for the first time, younger voters will exceed the voter, and analysts expect to expand the decline of the two -party regime with more votes for the smaller and independent parties.
Fear competition was conducted by young voters on social media, which made these elections “completely different” from that previous, Andrea Carson, a political communication professor at the University of La Trop, in Melbourne.
“Instagram and Tiktok are really participating in the space occupied by Facebook,” said Carson.
However, the absence of any list requires the truth in political propaganda that allowed political parties, as well as third parties that campaign, to say what they want about their competitors.
In eastern Sydney, many voters, such as Winoworth, have witnessed a flood of publications and posters with personal attacks against the candidates. The Australian Electoral Commission stated in April that “it cannot, and it was never able to organize the truth.”
Commentators will realize this year to see if more seats will be granted to SO’s TEAL candidates, and independent of the money collected by the Climate 200 campaign group.
Teals was the subject of the last elections three years ago, when the Australians expelled the liberal national alliance after nine years of government, in a vote called “climatic elections” in Australia. This year, 35 is competing as independent with the common goal of enhancing integrity and gender equality and increasing climate work.
By 2022, the new Labor Party government pledged emissions and immediately began to reduce carbon emissions in a country that gets a large part of its richness of fossil fuels.
However, despite the intensification of the implementation of new renewable projects, the country has also been criticized for approval of new coal and gas projects.
The liberal party’s response to the country’s energy demands was a proposal to change nuclear energy, with a plan to build seven nuclear stations in the coming decades, with funding from taxpayers.
This time, there was no promise to do bolder than the climate by the Labor Party, even with the presence of activists who suffered from ambush leaders during the election campaign.
“When will you hear young people?” A April 8 protester shouted at a press conference to announce more funding for mental medical care.
For candidates who worked for weeks to take their message through the noise of competing electoral campaigns, it can turn on Saturday to a long and tense night.
The last polls will be closed at 6 pm on the West Coast (6 am, east of the United States), and the result is expected to be within a few hours if one of the main parties receives enough voices to win the desired majority.
Voters also elect 40 out of 76 chairs in the Senate (Senate), to replace the members of the Senate who are at the end of their six conditions.
