{"id":666501,"date":"2022-05-22T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2022-05-22T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:46:27","slug":"week-6-election-wrap-and-election-day-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/22\/week-6-election-wrap-and-election-day-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6 Election Wrap And Election Day Special!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img width=\"267\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albo-morrison-wp.png?fit=267%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albo-morrison-wp.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albo-morrison-wp.png?resize=267%2C150&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albo-morrison-wp.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/albo-morrison-wp.png?resize=678%2C381&amp;ssl=1 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1272281035&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/e105\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen on other podcast players here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, it has come to this. The day of the 2022 federal election. Week 6 of the campaign wasn\u2019t that different to the previous five weeks: an array of announcements from both sides of politics, a campaign launch from the Liberal\u2013National Coalition \u2013 held in the final week so they could maximise their funding from the public coffers before they had to start paying for the campaign themselves \u2013 and a clamour from the media about Labor Party policy costings, \u2018gotchas\u2019 and the screams of \u201chow ya gonna pay for that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/i\/t-shirt\/It-s-Time-For-Change-by-NewPolitics\/98831861.WFLAH\"  rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?resize=800%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?resize=800%2C200&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?resize=768%2C192&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?resize=1536%2C384&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?resize=2048%2C512&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/its-time-advert.png?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we can talk about winners and losers from this campaign, the biggest losers \u2013 by far \u2013 have been the mainstream media, and it\u2019s almost like their swansong as far as their influence in political affairs is concerned. Labor\u2019s additional costings were calculated at $7.4 billion \u2013 seemingly a small amount compared to the $1,000 billion of national government debt accumulated by the federal government \u2013 and while everyone wanted to know how on earth Labor was going to \u201cpay for this\u201d, no one seemed to be too concerned about a $5.5 billion fee for the cancelled French submarines project \u2013 for absolutely nothing in return. The media needs to be reformed in Australia, but how will this happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And many analysts are reluctant to announce who they believe will win the election \u2013 still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, after the 2019 election result proved everyone wrong, including opinion pollsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have no fear though, and our fearless prediction is Labor should win this election \u2013 or at least be in a position to form a minority government with key independents. The polls are all pointing to a Labor victory \u2013 as they did in 2019 \u2013but, aside from this, we need to look at the evidence. This has been a corrupt, inept and incompetent government, if not for the entire duration of Coalition rule since 2013, at least in this term of office (again, this is also what was said in 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if another Coalition victory does come to fruition, we may as well throw away the keys to democracy: if Labor cannot win an election after this display of corruption, mismanagement, division and disorganisation from the federal government, there\u2019s no point in holding elections any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s how important this election is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" id=\"block-3bc44166-3e34-4b1e-bb82-2844b2f93588\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"music-interludes\">Music interludes:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqG1oSjJiH8?controls=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6sWll2mqPD0?controls=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v3R3Cf6Olgo?controls=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" id=\"block-3bc44166-3e34-4b1e-bb82-2844b2f93588\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"block-e7c63c06-127e-425e-aaad-51ca8736627b\">Support independent journalism!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newpolitics.com.au\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?resize=800%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newpolitics.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Support-wp-advert.jpg?resize=768%2C192&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We don\u2019t plead, beseech, beg, guilt-trip, or gaslight you and claim the end of the world of journalism is coming soon. 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The day of the 2022 federal election. 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