{"id":22963,"date":"2025-05-03T07:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T07:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/australia-election-2025-voters-focus-on-cost-of-living-concerns-amid-global-turmoil\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T07:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T07:43:23","slug":"australia-election-2025-voters-focus-on-cost-of-living-concerns-amid-global-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/australia-election-2025-voters-focus-on-cost-of-living-concerns-amid-global-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Election 2025: Voters Focus on Cost-of-Living Concerns Amid Global Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Voters in Australia were casting their ballots in a general election on Saturday, the third major U.S. ally after Germany and Canada to vote in a global economic and political landscape upended by the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two men vying to lead Australia \u2014 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, of the center-left Labor Party, and opposition leader Peter Dutton, of the conservative coalition \u2014 agree that the country finds itself in the most challenging environment in a generation. It is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/world\/australia\/us-trump-security-alliance.html\" title=\"\">heavily dependent<\/a> on the United States for its security, but derives much of its prosperity from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/trade\/agreements\/in-force\/chafta\/negotiations\/Pages\/background-paper-the-australia-china-trade-and-investment-relationship\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">trade with China<\/a>, which is exerting its military ambitions closer and closer to Australia\u2019s shores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">However, most pressing for voters is a persistent cost-of-living crisis and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/02\/us\/australia-election-housing.html\" title=\"\">worsening housing affordability<\/a> that has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/27\/world\/australia\/economy-cost-of-living.html\" title=\"\">further dampened<\/a> the long-held optimism that Australia is a recession-proof country blessed with rich resources, high wages and stable, functioning government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEverything costs so much,\u201d said Judy Pula, a registered nurse and mother of two who was voting in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool during a break in her shift. Ms. Pula, 29, said she had voted for Labor in the past but this time opted for the Australian Greens. \u201cI feel like a new leader would be beneficial for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, the most recent opinion polls have showed Mr. Albanese\u2019s party headed for a second term with a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, a turnaround from earlier in the year, when the opposition was in the lead. Australia has a Westminister-style parliamentary system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s what to know about the election:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-51c7be8f\">It\u2019s the economy, mate<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dutton has gone to no fewer than 15 gas stations \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/apr\/30\/australia-election-2025-live-housing-crisis-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-campaign-final-week-labor-coalition-cpi-inflation-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225#block-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian counted<\/a> \u2014 on the campaign trail, playing up his party\u2019s proposal to cut a tax to reduce payments at the pump. Mr. Albanese has again and again <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-04-23\/mediscare-medicare-health-policy-urgent-care-clinics\/105201480\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">flashed his card for Medicare<\/a>, Australia\u2019s universal health care system, highlighting a promise to lower out-of-pocket costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As much as the global turmoil originating from Washington has dominated news cycles here in recent months, voters say their top concerns are bread-and-butter (or bread, butter and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/12\/world\/australia\/vegemite-centennial-history-melbourne.html\" title=\"\">Vegemite<\/a> here) issues stretching average households. But both major parties have pledged only small-scale measures to alleviate economic pressures, rather than bold, ambitious ideas for the country\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Bilal Anwar, a naturalized citizen who was voting in his first Australian election, said the increase in prices in recent years had been staggering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEven a loaf of bread I buy, it used to cost a dollar-and-a-half or two, now it\u2019s four, five dollars,\u201d said Mr. Anwar, 39, referring to prices in Australian dollars. \u201cThis is not how much salaries have gone up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During a lightning round in their final debate, the two candidates were asked for the price of a dozen eggs, which sell for more than 8 Australian dollars, or nearly $6. Mr. Dutton was way off, putting the price at about half that. Mr. Albanese was closer but still low, with his answer of 7 Australian dollars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The price of eggs <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/economy\/price-indexes-and-inflation\/monthly-consumer-price-index-indicator\/mar-2025\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has jumped by 13.5 percent<\/a> in the year leading up to March 2025, after rising 6.8 percent the preceding year. Another staple, Vegemite, has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com.au\/news\/2023-vegemite-price-comparison-report\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">also become more expensive<\/a>, though at a slower pace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s the hip pocket nerve. Under which government would you be better off?\u201d said Shaun Ratcliff, a political scientist and pollster at Accent Research. Even though the economic dissatisfaction has dragged down Mr. Albanese\u2019s approval ratings and should have helped the conservative opposition, \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019ve convinced voters they would do much better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3a004096\">Culture wars<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A political low point for Mr. Albanese in his three-year term was the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/13\/world\/asia\/indigenous-voice-australia-referendum.html\" title=\"\">failure of a 2023 referendum<\/a> to enshrine the rights of representation for Aboriginal Australians in Parliament. It had been a major campaign pledge of his when he was elected the previous year. His Labor Party won control in 2022 after the center-right coalition had been in power for nine years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dutton, a former police officer from the state of Queensland, opposed the measure and continued to take a stance against other symbolic recognitions of Indigenous people. He has said he would not stand in front of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags and said giving acknowledgments of the first Australians at public events is \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/politics\/federal\/iran-port-explosion-injures-hundreds-20250427-p5luhc?post=p58kce\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">overdone<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">John Goodwin, a 72-year-old retiree wearing sandals and a T-shirt that read \u201cOld Guys Rule,\u201d said he didn\u2019t think Mr. Dutton had run a good campaign but was still voting for his party because he didn\u2019t want Labor in control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He criticized both major parties: \u201cI think the policies is just rhetoric, waffling on.\u201d He added, \u201cI can\u2019t wait for it to be over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Early in the campaign, the opposition leader had adopted some buzzwords or policies that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/02\/world\/asia\/australia-election-trump-china.html\" title=\"\">echoed President Trump<\/a> and a few of his pet causes, including denouncing \u201cwokeness\u201d and diversity initiatives. That strategy seemed aimed at riding the worldwide rightward, anti-incumbent currents that dominated last year. But as the first months of the Trump presidency have played out, the association began to cut against Mr. Dutton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cRight now, being seen to be Trumpian is, for the median voter, not a good thing,\u201d said Ben Raue, an independent election analyst who runs the political tracking site Tally Room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Grahame Don, 56, voted for the Liberal Party for decades but started backing Labor in the last election. Mr. Trump\u2019s tone of talking about issues was bleeding into Australian politics, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis country has only gained from things like migration and international students that they have tried to make divisive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-171b559c\">Shift from major parties<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Australia, one of the few places in the world with compulsory voting, fines people who fail to turn up at the polls. That means politicians do not have the option of catering to narrow, extreme bases to turn out the vote, making its politics much more centrist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in recent elections, Australian voters have been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/19\/world\/australia\/federal-election-independents.html\" title=\"\">moving away from<\/a> the two major parties that have long been dominant, instead turning to independent candidates and minor parties. That trend also makes the prospect of a minority government more likely, which would force whichever party wins the most seats to negotiate with smaller parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Garth Lotz, 35, a resident of Queensland, Mr. Dutton\u2019s home state, said he voted for an independent candidate, hoping it would lead to less party politicking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMaybe there\u2019ll be less of the sports team vibe that the whole thing gives off sometimes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Chris Wallace, a political historian at the University of Canberra, said the shift was a clear signal from the Australian public of dissatisfaction with the slate of proposals and candidates offered up by the two main players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe major parties are not listening to voter views desperate for deeper solutions to the deep problems of today, especially younger voters,\u201d she 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