By reaching majority
government — 76 seats out of 150 — the
Coalition will not have to rely on independent MPs to pass controversial
legislation.
It was a foregone conclusion, everyone said so. All the polls and the bookies said Labor was
going to win the election and we believed them.
That’s why it was a total shock to learn the following day that they
were all wrong.
Labor was so confident of winning, they partied on the eve of
the election and Chris Bowen - who would have been treasurer if
the ALP won - even posted a photo of key party figures as if they were already
in government.
'We're ready,' Mr.
Bowen captioned an image of himself with Mr Shorten and key advisers Tanya
Plibersek, Penny Wong, and Jim Chalmers.
So what happened? Some say it was Bowen’s franking credits
that did them in, others think Labor’s push for renewable energy turned people
off but there are many other theories and of course nobody really has a clue.
But for me, it was seeing the same old faces of
the Rudd/Gillard government, reminding me of the incompetent mess they made when
last in power.
A new face is needed and Jim Chalmers could be just the man to give the opposition a new look. He's served as Shadow Finance Minister since 2016 and unlike Mr Albanese, he's from the party's right faction.
Both men agree that Labor needs to reconsider its policy platform to restore trust with voters, including the contentious franking credits policy.
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