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Good analysis and one could also view the Teals or indie candidates as a bridge between traditional parties as we undergo media, demographic and cultural change.

One observed how much good ALP policy 9f the '80 & '90s was inspired by Europe, also looking at our future in Asia as a now bona fide Eurasian nation.

However, Howard, Murdoch and US think tank influence arrived late 90s and persists to this day, to keep voters focused on the past.

Related is the Tanton Network's MAGA white Christian nationalism and 'great replacement' promoted by FoxNews; locally too via SusPopAus informing migration policy as an environmental factor ie. greenwashing bigotry to dog whistle 'Big Australia'.

We have an ageing permanent population evidenced by increasing old age dependency trends with 'skip' or Brit/Irish heritage down 54% ('22 Census) means significant minority in urban areas, but a clear majority in the regions, for targeting.

Now we have wall to wall RW media and online influencers, anodyne ABC standing back and news deserts to mislead ageing regional voters, but the Teals etc. have offered many centrists a choice.

If there is a ray of sunlight in Trump, it's forcing voters in the Anglsophere away, and back to the EU and Asia?

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