Dutton is already testing Trump's campaign slogans. Will they work in Australia?
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The success of Donald Trump's election campaign in the US has Australia's leaders watching closely but there are risks to importing debates from other countries.

I hope the Australian public is better than to fall for this. Though I fear we collectively are no better than the USA… somehow Abbot and Morrison were both elected after all.

  • NathA
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    3 days ago

    I wonder whether the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, and the connection between Aboriginal and Palestinian causes, did quantifiable damage to the referendum results.

    I don’t think the crazy in Israel and Palestine had any bearing at all. In 2023, it was just more of the same back-and-forth the region has been under since the 1940s. Things escalated this year, but that’s a different story.

    The polls were pretty clearly pointing to a “No” vote well before October 2023. No surprises happened on the day.