Governments usually win a second term. But could the new Labor government be an exception?
- Written by Murray Goot, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
Addressing the first meeting of Labor’s new caucus, Anthony Albanese held out the prospect of “back-to-back premierships”. But a second-term in government isn’t a given, he implied – it is something Labor will have to earn. Does he really believe Labor might not be re-elected?
Not since 1931 has any government failed...