It’s the first federal government I’ve seen that has sought to build most of its political and policy mandate after winning office rather than before it.
Probably few would attach the word “experimental” to the Albanese government, but that’s what it is. Traditionally, first-term federal governments in Australia sweep into office with a change agenda, talking up their ideas and asserting their power in big fights from the get-go.
Anthony Albanese has long been unshakeable in his belief that sustained support would come from slow and steady progress on a wide range of policies underpinned by orderly processes. This was always a heroic expectation not just because it differed from past practice but because it assumed that maintaining a basic consensus was possible in today’s increasingly fractured polity.
The two-party system is breaking down. It started to crumble after Labor took office under Kevin Rudd in 2007. First the Greens established themselves as a permanent feature in the lower house, and gradually under the Coalition between 2013 and 2022, the teal movement took hold. Significantly, erosion of the big parties took place on both the left and the right.
One consequence of this is that when it comes to politics, an ever-larger proportion of Australians are theatregoers rather than participants. The result is that it’s harder to get people to buy into what is being sold.
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