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New Government in Australia Currently pro Nuke Sub

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It's been a very interesting 24 hours in Australian politics.

1.  The Australian Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese, has wonthe May 21, 2022,Federal Election. The current Morrison Coalition government has already conceded defeat. 

On ongoing vote counting Labor has won 73 seats in the more important House of Representatives. 76 seats are needed for Labor to govern outright. Labor may well achieve  that 76 magic number.  

The most pro-Labor and powerful "minor party" crossbench grouping are the anti-nuclear Greens with 3 seats (so far). 

If Labor needs to form an alliance with the Greens to govern then things could get interesting. This is concerning Labor's current pro AUKUS nuclear submarine policy, contained here "We will also support new arrangements, such as AUKUS". 

If the Greens tried to block pro-nuclear submarine legislation in the House of Representatives, and/or in the Senate, then it is likely Coalition members would cross the floor to reinforce Labor's vote into an absolute majority. However such a Coalition action is not guaranteed. 

If Labor gets to the 76 seats majority by itself, then the possibility of Greens blocking the nuclear submarines policy is moot. 

On the changing vote/seats counts and with useful hyperlinks this one site 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election is pretty accurate and up to the minute.  

2.  Labor's view of relations with China, and Russia/Ukraine is the same as the Coalition's which is the same as the US/NATO policies. So Labor has a policy that China should abide be the international territorial laws (including China NOT invading Taiwan) and Russia should get out of Ukraine. Australia is supporting and enacting NATO's economic sanctions against Russia and Australia has been sending weapons to Ukraine's army.


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