cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29061644
We’ve done it, we got rid of another soulless right wing politician!
Peter Dutton first made his party lose this election and now also lost his own seat much like Pierre Pullover
We’ve still got a government that green-lit new coal power plants in it’s last term, screwed over the Aboriginal community with a poorly run referendum, and still doesn’t give a shit about climate change, but baby steps hey.
In fairness, winning by like 2.4% in Canada is hardly “booting” anyone to the curb, in a country which does not have a blatant binary on their political processes, like the USA, or Australia.
Australia’s two-party system is consistently shrinking, possible in part due to the IRV ranked voting system removing the spoiler effect. They still get about a third each, so I don’t think you’re wrong that there’s a near-binary situation.
Canada would really benefit from IRV right now. Due to FPTP, there was a lot of strategic voting involved. At the cost of the three smaller parties.
That’s the problem, right? The people in power usually benefit from preserving the system that gives them power. Even the major Australian parties have been adding laws which make it harder for minor parties to receive as much funding.