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Recent UK and French elections highlight flaws of fixed-term Parliaments

12 July 2024

1:08 AM

12 July 2024

1:08 AM

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Business Council of Australia suggested Australia was out of step with the rest of the world in not having four-year fixed-terms for the federal Parliament and thus national government.

Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton, also joined in at the time in supporting four-year, fixed-term federal parliaments.

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