@*kazumi* wrote:
The reason LNP got in was because they managed to scare voters with "ALP is going after your money". It was simple message. ALP actually had policies, which were needed; unfortunately real policies are complicated, they cannot be explained in 3 words slogans. Just like people voted to get rid of the CO2 tax because they were told power bills will be less. Yes, reducing our emissions would have cost us something, not as much as it is costing now, and this is just the start. The costs of not acting will be huge. Just look around the world; if there are no fires, there are floods, and 1/2 of the USA has been buffered by unprecedented storms for weeks now. The best Morrison can say is "I am not going to panic"
I suspect you are under rating the electorates combined intelligence. ( a regular problem for socialists who tend to think they know better than everyone else and treat the voting public in a condescending way ) John Howard took a complete revolution in new taxation ( the GST ) to the electorate and was voted in to implement it. It was a complicated policy of new taxation measures, but the LNP took the time to explain how it worked and why it would be in the countries long term interest and voters where willing to support the radical change.
The reason the ALP lost was because the policies they took to the election where too extreme left and socialist for the majority of the population. The silent majority of voters are not interested in the politics of envy. They understand that socialism in its purest form is a failed system of governance and are rejecting left wing parties in elections around the globe. Its not just an Australian issue.
Another problem for Australian Labor is that it has become too inbred. In the past it was represented by a range of people from academics, people with a science background, industrial leaders with socialist leanings as well as union representation. Unfortunately today the party has been completely overtaken by union hacks. This is occurring at a time when union membership is at its lowest level in decades. At the same time, these union leaders have abandoned their constituency of working class people in favor of their own business mates and corrupted deals. The party has also become beholden to inner city, noisy, left wing minority groups at the expense of its traditional core constituency of blue collar workers.
Add in a particularly shallow, weak leader with a questionable history of the way he treats woman ( Shorten was never cleared of rape allegations after being formally investigated by police for over 12 months ) and it was never going to quite as simple as the ABC predicted.
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