In an extraordinary parallel to the recent Canadian election, Australia has seen a dramatic late turn-around in their general election too.
Just as with Canada, the Australian Liberals (right of centre, despite the name) were expected to roll over the incumbent Labour Party (left of centre, and the equivalent of Canada's Liberal Party - confusing, eh?)
On the day, though, after a short election campaign totally dominated by Donald Trump and who is best positioned to deal with him, just as in Canada, Australia's Labour Party came through with a comfortable majority, despite the Liberals' apparent dominance in the polls just two months earlier (just as in Canada). Liberal leader, Peter Dutton, lost his own seat, just like Pierre Poilievre did in Canada. Like Poilievre, the hard-line conservative Dutton was considered too close to Trump for comfort, the kiss of death in the current circumstances.
Quite a turn-around - just as in Canada. It seems like Donald Trump is doing a good job of scaring the world away from hard-right governments.
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