Posted on 05/18/2019 6:36:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If projections hold for Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister, it would confound expectations that the country’s voters were ready for a change in course after six years of tumultuous conservative leadership.
Australia’s national broadcaster has projected a stunning victory for the conservative coalition government.
Scott Morrison, Australia’s conservative prime minister, won his first full term in office on Saturday, according to projections from Australia’s national broadcaster.
If the results hold, they would confound expectations that the country’s voters were ready for a change in course after six years of tumultuous leadership under his party. The polls had pointed to a loss for Mr. Morrison’s right-leaning coalition for months.
With a handful of seats still looking too close to call, it remained possible that Mr. Morrison would have to lead a minority government, rather than retaining outright control.
But whatever the eventual margin of victory, his coalition’s performance amounted to another swell in the wave of populist fervor that swept President Trump into office and set Britain on a path out of the European Union.
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Here is a link to the actual quote (in the second paragraph of the New Yorker article. It’s actually more damning that the purportedly inaccurate one:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/my-oscar-picks#ixzz1FCt1d1Mw
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