Originally Posted by Maurice Clark
In the federal election held yesterday, the liberals were decimated, losing around 20 seats. In my state of WA, the swing against the liberals was more than 11%, unprecedented in federal elections. WA was considered a liberal stronghold. Not any more. In the eastern states many seats held by the liberals were lost to independents. Again, totally unprecedented in federal elections. Never before have so many independents been elected.
The next few months and years could be interesting.
So, if my read from this CNN link is correct, the "liberals" in Australia are the conservatives in the states, and the independents who won are more like the liberals in America, correct? And one of the big loser, a guy named Palmer is an Aussie version of Trump, more or less, correct?
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/22/australia/australia-election-results-new-government-explainer-five-things-intl-hnk/index.html