Basics of Australian Government Explained Part Five: The Prime Minister and Political Parties

[@slaterrox23]

"The prime minister is like a root vegetable" - Amazing. And oh lawd does it give a new understanding to Abbott

[@mthemstandsformilk1965]

He looks like more of a tomato tbh

[@--enyo--]

I always suspected Dutton was actually a boiled potato. I guess it’s the one (and only) thing in favour for him becoming prime minister.

[@rileymcgovern3177]

These videos are seriously so valuable, thanks for the hard work you put into them & making them entertaining as well!

[@MRWstacker]

I’m an American, but I love Australian politics, in America we have the Democratic (the liberal party) and the Republican party (the conservative party), so for me it’s a bit odd to see the Liberal Party the main conservative party, thanks for the info

[@someoneotherthananne8524]

Thanks so much for your work! I was just thinking about how complicated trying to understand politics is, and then I'm blessed with this video. You make these so accessible and entertaining and educational

[@adrianawainstok5659]

Thank you for these videos!!! Im a foreign living in australia and that helped me a lot!

[@TheIndiaRebecca]

This was a brilliant video that I found really helpful as an introduction to Australian political parties. Thank you. I really enjoyed the resources you mentioned to help form confidence on your own political view.

[@metalocalypse2011]

Mate this video is so well produced and very nicely articulated, you deserve much more views. Sub from me. Cheers

[@AuspolExplained]

Thank you!

[@tim-osullivan]

I just kind of wanted to tag onto this and extend about factions, namely in the Libs and Labor. So you are right, Labor has a left and right faction but it also has a third, the Old Guard. These are people who overwhelmingly only care about unions. They can be pretty socially conservative, or progressive, but they're do or die on the matter of unions. Labor Right are like "Yes unions, but in moderation. We need to treat the public like a startled deer and make no major movements less they think we're commies" and Labor Left are basically what the Greens are but functioning within the Labor party. Generally Old Guard align with Labor Left because Labor Left are also like "Fuck yeah, unions!" but if Labor spends too long out of government, Labor Right wins more power on the basis of popular politics being roughly in the centre. Now in the Libs, you have wets and dries (based on a Thatcher quote or something). The Wets are your inner city wealthy trust fund types. They tend to be pro-arts and culture, a bit mixed on social policy but very anti-taxes and government programs. The dries are old school conservatives, they tend to be devout Christians, they tend to be monarchists, they tend to be very socially conservative, anti-immigration, anti-big government and anti-science. Apparently in the Federal Liberals there is also a "Perth Faction" that is it's own beast but that's a more recent phenomenon and I think it's kind of collapsed.

[@skippymaster57]

I think that in relation to the Labor Party, the 'Old Guard' were those who originally were part of the 80's Federal Governments with Bob Hawke as leader. But there was a big falling out in the late 80's with Bob and Paul Keating and the policies Paul espoused of more right-leaning economic specifics, such as floating the dollar and deregulation of the Banks. This lead on to the beginning of the division and fire sale of Government owned entities such as Commonwealth Bank, Telecom Australia (now Telstra), Post Master General (Post Office - now Australia Post) and others. This was an intentional attempt to be more attractive to more of the voters who would normally have voted Liberal. The Liberals, in turn made the move further to the right (both Socially and Economically) over these next few years to the point that some of the Minor Parties began to fill the gaps between them and outside of them, some feeling the Libs and Labor both were too extreme, and some not extreme enough. Think One Nation and The Greens: both attacked by the Major parties

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

Wow. Food for thought, what a great description man. Thanks! 👏🏼👊🏼

[@deaconmacdonald2570]

tbh i think your assessment of the parties and some notable people was pretty fair

[@AuspolExplained]

Thank you

[@purpleturtle395]

great series great channel! thanks so much for your work

[@afropenguin]

I like that the Priminister can change on a dime, makes sure their accountable to their party. This is why I oppose becoming a republic just because I don't want us to have a president or a third branch of the top goverment

[@AuspolExplained]

Fun fact: A republic can still have a Prime Minister! The governor general can become the President and have a similar function while the actual governing remains with the PM and parliament.

[@ironsideeve2955]

Even though the left/right spectrum is pretty outdated now, labor has been considered centre right for some time now

[@77XTINA]

great video!

[@jacobmtaylor]

"We will get a president if we become a republic" Is that necessarily true? Wouldn't it depend on what model of republic we decided upon?

[@--enyo--]

That alone unfortunately would outweigh other considerations and make me against it.

[@jacobmtaylor]

Having a President? Or NOT having one?@@--enyo--

[@soursandwich]

surly do a vid on the three branches. judicial executive and legislative

[@AuspolExplained]

I recently realised it's a shame I haven't done so already. That's super important.

[@AuspolExplained]

As it'll be ages until I do a video on it, do you have questions about the 3 branches you'd like to know now?

[@soursandwich]

@@AuspolExplained I have many questions about it I find it tricky understanding most parts of it haha but I will get there I enjoy your videos heaps you are very good at making them informative and also funny

[@xamaqueen1010]

I want to start a new political party thanks for the info…..

[@AuspolExplained]

Best of luck!

[@DavidLockett-x4b]

The Australian political system sounds like total chaos to me, if I ran my household the way that government is run I would be bankrupt. What I don't understand is how come the communist Chinese are so economically successful, while Australia always appears to be going backwards. I always thought that communist economies were supposed to fail, or at least that is what I was always told by the media.

[@nevem5010]

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[@anguscos4506]

Step 1. As a liberal PM you must make sure you do full all

[@miloo2995]

rip the queen fr

[@coopsnz1]

Dan Andrew fucking up Vic Alp