Just in: Labor (Australia) to govern in own right

[canetoad]

Counting continues, but Labor has reached the 76 seats in the House to govern in their own right

No link to story yet.

[malaise]

1. Sweet

Congrats

[canetoad]

2. Thank you!

It's such a relief to have Albo in the hot seat.

[malaise]

4. Wish we could get rid of several others across the planet

😀

[2naSalit]

3. Congrats!

It's good to see the public finally got it together and booted the criminal party out. I only hope we can do the same here in November.

[malaise]

5. OZ has mandatory voting

The people still have the last word

[2naSalit]

6. I know...

And I envy them for that, have for years.

[cilla4progress]

7. If they can do it

why can't we?

[Celerity]

8. A multiplicity of reasons, but a huge difference is that over the past almost 60 years, the Rethugs

have systematically, grindingly, methodically, and unrelentingly planned and executed an ever-more complete gaming (from local on up to regional, state and ultimately federal levels) of the long wave systemic flaws in the American superstructures of governance, especially the gaping maws and flaws in the Constitutionally-mandated template of the federal government itself and its interlocks with States via the American expression of federalism.

[ColinC]

9. Link via theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/30/labor-secures-majority-government-despite-record-non-major-party-vote-and-crossbench

[canetoad]

10. Thank you ColinC

It was still at the live blog stage when I posted.

[ColinC]

11. Welcome! I was kinda expecting them to just get a minority government

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Such great news on the majority!