It’s the centre, stupid!

Labor's landslide shows there's no realignment happening in Australia

Australia’s centre-right, a Coalition of Liberal and National MPs, suffered its most devastating loss in the May 3 election. That was after suffering its worst-ever defeat in 2022. To paraphrase D:Ream, it was a case of, ‘things can only get worse.’

Despite riding high in the polls and facing a weak and underperforming prime minister in Anthony Albanese…