By Denis Hay
Labor’s 2025 victory demands urgent reform. Can bipartisanship, AUKUS, and weak anti-corruption laws be overcome to deliver true sovereignty and accountability?
Election night 2025
Anthony Albanese’s Labor secures a historic landslide – 86 seats (at this point), Peter Dutton loses his own (The Guardian).
Voters sent a clear message: ‘We want urgent change, not more excuses.”
Cost of living. Housing. Climate. Corruption.
Australia wants action – fast.
Yet, Labor’s talk of bipartisanship with the disgraced LNP raises serious questions.
Is this about unity – or shielding the political class?
“We voted for relief, not rhetoric.”
Australians face record housing costs, stagnant wages, and rising bills.
Labor now has the power. Australians expect it to use it – boldly.
Public hospitals and schools are stretched thin.
Australians want:
“It’s time to invest in people, not profits.”
The climate emergency is now.
Voters demand:
“Small steps are no longer enough.”
Labor’s love of bipartisanship risks undermining their mandate.
Past “cooperation” with the LNP led to:
“Bipartisanship is fine – unless it blocks progress.”
Australians voted for change – not political insiders protecting each other.
Australia, as a monetary sovereign nation, has vast capacity to invest in its people.
Labor can:
“Sovereignty means freedom to choose public good over private greed.”
While Australians struggle, billions are tied up in AUKUS nuclear submarines and US military bases.
Why?
“Are we a sovereign nation – or a US outpost?”
Labor now has the mandate to:
True sovereignty is more than money – it’s freedom from foreign domination.
Australians are fed up with corruption, pork-barrelling, and political misconduct.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) was meant to fix this.
But right now – it is a toothless tiger.
“Accountability without power is no accountability at all.”
Labor must act now to:
“If democracy is to mean anything, corruption must fear sunlight.”
Despite Labor’s 2025 victory, Labor risks:
“Australians voted for action, not more business as usual.”
Failing to deliver risks deepening public cynicism and opening the door to political instability.
Labor’s 2025 victory was more than political – it was personal for millions of struggling Australians.
Now, the government faces two paths:
“The people have spoken. They want sovereignty, not servitude.”
Labor has the mandate.
Labor has the monetary power.
What’s missing now… is courage.
Q1: What does Labor’s victory mean for Australia’s future?
A1: Australians demand bold action – on cost of living, public services, climate, foreign independence, and anti-corruption.
Q2: How does monetary sovereignty enable change?
A2: Australia can fund public priorities without taxing or borrowing first. Inflation control matters – but budget cuts are a choice, not a necessity.
Q3: Why abandon AUKUS and strengthen the NACC?
A3: To free billions for public needs, protect independence, and finally hold politicians accountable.
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