Upcoming Election to Set Australia’s Political Landscape for a Generation

We have reached a pivotal moment in history

Top left to right: Leader of the Australian Greens Richard Di Natale, leader of the United Australia Party Clive Palmer, leader of One Nation Pauline Hanson, and bottom left to right: Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party Scott Morrison, leader of the National Party of Australia Michael McCormack, leader of the Australian Labor Party Bill Shorten. Getty Images/AAP/Reuters

Graeme Wishart

The forthcoming Australian Federal Government election on 18th May 2019 represents a pivotal moment in the nation’s cultural and political history. The outcome will establish the political landscape for a generation or more and may turn out to be a reflection of the Whitlam 1972 Labor election which began a chain of political events whose fruits we are still suffering today.