The path to power: How the 2022 Australian election was won and lost | Four Corners

Australian voters have delivered their verdict on the Scott Morrison government. It wasn't merely a rejection of the Coalition, the dominance of the two main parties was shattered.
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Labor's Anthony Albanese is now Prime Minister, but the slump in first preference votes suggests the electorate is frustrated by the ALP too.

The campaign strategists may have had a plan but not everyone was interested in what they were selling. Where the parties pushed a message, the media focussed on something completely different, and the voters were left totally bamboozled.

Over the campaign, Four Corners travelled the country, talking to a group of undecided voters about what really matters to them. To their great frustration - the environment, desire for a federal anti-corruption commission - barely figured as campaign issues. Instead, they were presented with gaffes and grabs and gotchas and issues like transphobia.

The disconnect and discord helps explain the election result and the huge numbers of people who've abandoned the major parties and their messaging and voted for independents and Greens.

In this episode, those voters reflect on the campaign, talk about what really sways their votes, and offer a verdict on the way the political battle is fought, won and lost in Australia.

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