In Australian election race, Trump 'chaos' is making a conservative vote risky (Reuters)
Just a reminder - Australia has an election May 3 (though early voting by mail and otherwise is ongoing). It looks as if TSF is having the same effect there as in Canada. If you read the linked article, please note that "liberal" and "conservative" and "labour" have different meanings in Oz vs. in the US.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-election-race-trump-chaos-is-making-conservative-vote-risky-2025-04-28/
" Summary
Trump's impact boosts Albanese's Labor Party prospects
Trump policies encourage voters to stick with status quo
Liberal Party leader Dutton distances himself from Trump after earlier references
SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) - In the well-heeled Sydney beachside suburb of Bondi Junction, early voters leaving a pre-poll centre said they had Donald Trump and the global economy on their mind.
Australia holds a national election on Saturday, and a campaign coinciding with the U.S. president's stop-start tariffs and volatile diplomacy is bolstering the prospects of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ruling centre-left Labor Party.
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"Trump is affecting everybody," said business owner Ian Atherton, 67, voting in Bondi Junction, among the 2.4 million Australians to have already cast a ballot by Monday. "What is happening externally is far more important than what is happening internally. I just want to keep the status quo," he added.
When Trump was inaugurated in January, Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton was ahead in the polls, as Australians expressed anger over the cost of living and housing affordability."
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And Voldemort, mainly because he bears an uncanny resemblance to both 
A few months ago I was resigned to him becoming PM, but now I'm feeling much better about it and hope Trump does something really great like endorse Dutton just to drive a final nail in the coffin of his prime ministerial aspirations
My daughter's mini dachshund has it and it's nasty. But unlike Dutton (or Duttplug as one of my friends in QLD calls him), that tiny dog has personality and charm.
I'm off to vote early, not that my vote will make any difference. But I do get to cast a vote for David Pocock and that does fill me with happiness 
A friend was handing out how-to-vote cards for the local (Monash) Teal candidate. They seem really big in this area (Sth Gippsland) and a lot of money has been spent on their campaigns, which makes me think there is some serious money supporting them. Either way, I reckon Albanese has it in the bag, thanks to trump and his malarkey.