Australia's Bulwark against Populism Is Cracking

Australia's Bulwark against Populism Is Cracking

Australia’s Bulwark against Populism Is Cracking by Rebekah Barnett at Brownstone Institute The right-wing populist wave that broke over much of the democratic world with Brexit and the first Trump presidency in 2016 barely lapped at Australia’s shores. The island nation’s compulsory, preferential voting system and homogeneous, middle-management style politics formed a bulwark against the global tide. Now, that bulwark is starting to crack. Over…