Published: May 22, 2019
The prime minister has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, but to keep his election promises he’ll need a second miracle
Australia has roiled for three years, only to end up back where it started when the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull won the 2016 election by one seat. The Liberal National Coalition is back in power in Canberra, with a new leader, Scott Morrison. Morrison could govern with a two-seat majority. Perhaps three.
Normally this sort of election performance – holding office with a national swing of under 1% – would be considered pretty underwhelming. Turnbull scraping back into power in 2016 was considered a disaster large enough to trigger a comprehensive internal party review.
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