Chapter 164 The Current Status of the Labor Party

Fortunately, the Senate is very strict in reviewing the application for the establishment of political parties, and basically does not approve these political parties that are mostly playful.

Before the Australian cabinet government election, Australia had established a total of seven legal political parties, including the Australian Labor Party, the oldest political party in Australia.

Yes, even the Australian Labor Party, which has been established for a long time, must be reviewed by the Senate and confirmed to be legal before it can openly recruit members.

Although such a review system has promoted the flourishing of political parties in Australia, it has actually greatly restricted the real rights of political parties, allowing the Australian government, especially Arthur, to actually grasp the political parties in their own hands.

Currently, the political parties in Australia are the Australian Labor Party, the National Party, the Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, the Independent Party, the Endeavor Party and the Country Party.

Among them, there are four parties with members of the House of Commons, namely the Australian Labor Party, which has a total of thirteen members of the House of Commons, accounting for less than seven percent of the total seats in the House of Commons.

The Australian National Party is slightly ahead of the Labor Party, with a total of fourteen members of the House of Commons, accounting for seven percent of the total seats in the House of Commons.

The Independence Party has 17 members of the House of Commons, accounting for less than 9% of the total seats in the House of Commons.

The party with the most seats in the House of Commons is the Country Party, whose name is not prominent. It is a party whose program and goal are to take into account the rural environment and help the rural population.

Because the Country Party mainly represents low-income people represented by the rural population, this is also the reason why the Country Party is popular in Australia.

At present, there are still many low-income people in Australia, which is also the goal that Arthur and the Australian government are fighting for.

The Country Party has a total of 23 members of the House of Commons, accounting for 12% of the members of the House of Commons.

Judging from the current situation, one-third of the members of the House of Commons have joined the party, and this proportion is still increasing.

This is also something that can be expected. After all, the party is a union of a group of politicians, which is much more advantageous than fighting alone in many aspects.

As the party has legal status in Australia, it can be foreseen that in the future, most of the members of the House of Commons will join various parties, forming party disputes in Australian politics.

The formation of political parties is inevitable, not to mention that major European countries already have a variety of political parties, and these parties have even gained considerable political advantages.

Needless to say, in a republic like France, the power of political parties and capitalists is unimaginable, and they can even control and promote a country.

Even in a monarchy like the British Empire, the power of political parties is very huge. A party that has an advantage in the election can form a government. In the constitutional monarchy of Britain, the power of the government is greater than the power of the monarch without the full prestige of the monarch.

Now Europe is the most dazzling pearl in the world, and various European systems and systems will be brought to the world by Europeans.

For Europeans swept by the trend of liberalism and democracy, they are more accepting of a more democratic system than the monarchy.

If Australia does not recognize the legitimacy of political parties and does not grant them certain political rights, it will inevitably make Europeans feel that Australia has a certain authoritarian color.

In order to enhance Australia's attractiveness to immigrants, the legitimacy of political parties is also inevitable.

However, Australia is different from European countries in that the core of the Australian monarchy has been fully established, and it is increasingly solidified by relying on military power and Arthur's prestige among the people.

At least during Arthur's reign, no domestic force could overthrow Arthur's rule in Australia. This is the strength of a monarch who controls military power and the hearts of the people.

Australian political parties may obtain most seats in the House of Commons, and may even rely on most seats in the House of Commons to allow some members to have the possibility of moving to the cabinet.

The special thing about the Australian system is that every position in the cabinet government, including the prime minister, must go through elections, rather than being appointed by the person who obtains the prime minister's position.

Although this will reduce the tacit understanding and unity of the cabinet government, it is completely unnecessary for an autocratic country.

This also determines that it becomes very difficult for a political party to completely control or even control most of the seats in the cabinet. Unless there are very suitable and capable candidates for each position, it is basically impossible to completely control the cabinet government like political parties in other countries.

This also means that Australian political parties will not gain great power, and there will be competitors even in the cabinet government.

This is also Arthur's means of checks and balances, turning the original possible contradiction between the government and the royal power into a contradiction between political parties.

If political parties want to gain greater advantages in the government and elections, they must rely on the stable royal power in Australia.

Arthur, who represents the royal power, can hide behind the scenes and remove himself from the power struggle, but he can also firmly control the political parties in the vortex of power.

For more than two months, news about the establishment of various political parties and news about members of the House of Commons joining a political party have been continuously published in the two most important newspapers in Australia, the Australian Daily and the Victoria Daily, which can also reflect the sudden and rapid development of Australian political parties at this stage.

As the longest-established party in Australia, the Australian Labor Party has not had much advantage in the two-month membership battle, and is even the party with the smallest share of the four parties that currently have members of the House of Commons.

In fact, this is not the fault of the Australian Labor Party. The original goal of the Labor Party was to promote the union among the six colonies of Australia, at least to establish a unified federal government to strengthen exchanges between the colonies, and also to safeguard the interests of trade unions.

But with the establishment of the unified Principality of Australia, this goal of the Australian Labor Party was automatically completed.

In addition, the Principality of Australia did not recognize the legitimacy of political parties, and the Duke of Australia Arthur and the Australian government were highly recognized by Australians, which also made Australians less enthusiastic about joining political parties.

During this period, the Australian Labor Party changed its platform to safeguard the interests of Australian workers and unite trade unions and workers.

But unexpectedly, the new Principality of Australia and the government also attached great importance to the interests of workers. Under the premise of developing industry, the interests of workers were also well protected, which made the Australian Labor Party seem so redundant.

If this was a chaotic country, and the interests of a large number of workers were not protected, perhaps the Australian Labor Party would be very popular.

But the order of the newly born Australian Principality is very stable. A lot of money has been invested to build major development projects such as industry, education, medical care, people's livelihood, economy, science and technology, and the interests of Australians participating in these projects are fully protected.

The interests of Australian workers have been well protected, and the ten-hour work system has been resolutely implemented. This is already a fantasy paradise for workers.

In addition to the current salary is not too high, the current treatment of Australian workers has exceeded that of European workers.

Under such a premise, Australian workers will naturally not be too enthusiastic about political parties. They are currently more keen to work hard and earn more wages to support their families.

With two programs and goals achieved by the Australian government, the Australian Labor Party lost its goal for a while.

This party, which was originally the largest political party in Australia in history, is now at a loss.

If it were not for some members of the House of Commons with higher political dreams who were optimistic about the name of the Labor Party, the earliest party established in Australia, I am afraid that the Labor Party would be even less popular in Australia.

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