Political parties can recover after a devastating election loss. But the Liberals will need to think differently
- Written by Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Australia has just had its second landslide election in a row.
In 2022, there was a landslide against the Liberals, but not to Labor, which fell over the line (as a majority government) by three seats and with just over 32% of the primary vote. But the Coalition – actually Liberal – loss of seats, at 19, was the kind of result usually...