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2 Dec 2024

Saturday 30th November, 2024: George Megalogenis-Are we heading for a Minority Federal Government?

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Saturday 30th November, 2024: George Megalogenis-Are we heading for a Minority Federal Government?

Nevena and Macca are joined live on air by legendary Australian political journalist, George Megalogenis.

The sword of minority government hangs over the major parties. It has threatened their viability ever since the shock of the 2010 federal election, when the Australian people cut down a first-term Labor government but stopped short of returning the Coalition to office.

Neither side commands an electoral base broad enough in the 21st century to guarantee that power, once secured, can be sustained for more than a single three-year term. That recognition had destabilised our democracy in the decade just past, as Labor and Coalition governments sacrificed four prime ministers between them to appease the impatient gods of opinion polling, writes Megalogenis;

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/25/i-used-to-think-australia-was-best-served-by-a-majority-government-now-im-not-so-sure

George Megalogenis has thirty years’ experience in the media, including over a decade in the federal parliamentary press gallery. His book The Australian Moment won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction. He is also author of Faultlines, The Longest Decade, Australia’s Second Chance, The Football Solution and three Quarterly Essays.

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