What would happen if a party won every seat

[Admin]

Just out of interest what would happen here in Australia if one political party won every one of the 151 seats and also the senate at an election. I know that just wont happen but for example would there still be an opposition? What would happen at Question Time, would that still exist? Etc etc

[facthunter]

 Some group would have to be very Popular or the election  rigged. Putin gets in with about 98% of the vote and most of the people who disagree with that die in strange circumstances. Nev

[onetrack]

We've nearly got to that point now, with the Liberals and Nationals and other minor parties all just becoming "also-rans", and providing no viable opposition to the ruling Labor Party.

 

When I was a youngster, the Opposition was strong and constantly hammering the party in power over their gaffes and missteps and poor decisions.

 

Now, we get some feeble attempts by Opposition parties at trying to score a hit on Labor errors, while these minor parties spend a huge amount of time infighting, swapping members, having standing members depart at a whim, and generally being bloody useless. Bring back some political Statesmanship (or Stateswomanship). We have hundreds of useless politicians and hardly a Statesman or a Stateswoman amongst them.

 

What's the difference between a politician and a Statesman or a Stateswoman? The first makes decisions only on what's good for their Party, their Lobbyists, or their own personal gain - a Statesman or a Stateswoman makes decisions, and produces future plans, based on what is good for the Nation in the long-term.

[Jerry_Atrick]

While it's hypothetical that a party will win all seats in both houses, it isn't hypothetical that a party wins such a strong majoirity in both seats that they may as well have won all of them, especially at the moment.

 

The old saying, "power corrupts and aboslute power absolutely corrupts" generally holds true, whether it is for personal enrichment, seeking to entrench power of disproportionately pushing an ideology. 

 

So what will happen will depend on the strength of the constitution and the constitutional institutions in applying the guardrails. 

 

On one hand we want to limit their power; on the other hand in such a situation, the electorate has spoken that it wants them to use their power. 

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

Which ever party won all the seats, they would then naturally pass an "Enabling Act" bill and block any attempts to hold future elections.

[old man emu]

For one Party to legitimately win an election in which other Parties are anihilated , then the winning Party must have had a platform so popular, and so sensible that to choose otherwise would be so clearly wrong. A basic knowledge of human interpersonal, nay animal, interactions tells us that such a situation could never eventuate. The idea runs counter to the very idea of individual survival instincts.

[Marty_d]

Only an utter bastard like Trump would try that.

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

Albo said not long after the last election "Labor is the natural party in Parliament".

 

What do you think of that?

[Jerry_Atrick]

At the moment I would agree