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

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In this episode I'll discuss a brief overview of who the Prime Minister is and their responsibilities as well as the different political parties. Who are the major parties of Australia, who are the bigger minor parties, and some information on how to find out who you'd like to vote for.

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.
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These videos are seriously so valuable, thanks for the hard work you put into them & making them entertaining as well!

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

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

adrianawainstok
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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

MRWstacker
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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

someoneotherthananne
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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.

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

metalocalypse
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great series great channel! thanks so much for your work

purpleturtle
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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.

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

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

soursandwich
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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

afropenguin
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"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?

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

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

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

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