Your Guide to the Revolving Door of Australian Prime Ministers
It’s hard to keep up with Australia’s political circus. I’m here to help!
Australia has had five different Prime Ministers in five years, with only two elections in that same period. Somehow, our country isn’t literally on fire — yet. But the ridiculousness of our situation has finally been brought to international attention at the recent G20 summit in Argentina.
How’d this happen? What the hell is going on!?
Don’t worry, you’re not alone, as world leaders at G20 have been asking the same questions! Our new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison — who only took up the post in August — had to explain who he was to Donald Trump, while Angela Merkel was caught brushing up on a cheat sheet with his picture on it while sitting right next to him. It really is hard to keep up, so allow me to explain.
In Australia, there’s two major parties, the Liberals (actually conservative) and Labor (centrists) who always compete against each other to win the most seats, very occasionally having to compromise with minor parties or independents in order to form a government. We vote for individual Members of Parliament (MPs), not for the Prime Minister (PM) — whichever party or coalition wins a majority of MPs…
