
企业正在变得“多党派化”,因为保罗琳·汉森的团队表示希望被行业认真对待。
Firms are going ‘multipartisan’ as Pauline Hanson’s team signals it wants to be taken seriously by industry.
堪培拉 — — 澳大利亚的游说行业正在摆脱其几乎完全聚焦于主要政党的格局,因为一股势头正盛的“一国”正在冲击主导澳大利亚政治80年的两党制。
CANBERRA — Australia’s lobbying industry is diversifying away from its almost exclusively major party focus, as a surging One Nation disrupts the two-party system that has dominated Australian politics for 80 years.
本月早些时候,右翼民族主义政党领袖保罗琳·汉森首次向澳大利亚工商会年会上的商业领袖发表讲话。ACCI首席执行官安德鲁·麦克凯勒在广播中表示,该党“不能被忽视。”游说人士也持此观点,他们对《政治》杂志表示,行业对该党的兴趣已经持续数月,这源于民调数据以及该党在联邦选区法勒的五月份补选胜利。这些事件共同提升了人们的预期:成立30年的“一国”可能正在塑造一种三方政治格局。
Earlier this month, Pauline Hanson, the leader of the right-wing nationalist party, delivered her first address to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual summit for business leaders. ACCI CEO Andrew McKellar said on radio that the party “can’t be ignored.”Lobbyists agree, telling POLITICO that industry interest in the party has been building for months, driven by poll numbers and a May by-election win in the federal electorate of Farrer. Together these events have raised expectations that One Nation, 30 years after its founding, may be forging a three-way political system.
11月28日的维多利亚州选举将展示“一国”是否能够将有前景的民调数字 — — 根据不同州,初选票支持率在20%至36%之间 — — 转化为议会席位。该党也正在新南威尔士州做准备,该州的选举将于3月举行。
The Victoria state election on Nov. 28 will demonstrate whether One Nation can convert promising poll numbers — between 20% and 36% of the primary vote depending on the state — into parliamentary seats. The party is also gearing up in New South Wales, where an election will be held in March.