As things currently stand, the Albanese government possesses the largest majority achieved by any postwar federal Labor government at the ballot box, holding 94 out of the lower house’s 150 seats.
Meanwhile, unlike other governments of the recent past that were heavily reliant on a broad range of Senate crossbenchers, Labor needs only the support of the Greens to pass whatever legislation it chooses through the Senate.
Yet despite the Albanese government’s giant victory at the ballot box, this is not reflected in the attitudes of the Australian people toward the government’s running of the country or its management of the economy.
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