As the dust settles on the election, Neil takes a step back to review one of the quirks of this election: The minor party votes on either side of the political divide.

Anthony Albanese is to be sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister, and Labor is on track for majority government. What does this mean for policy, advocacy, campaigning and engagement for the year ahead?

With one of the first major opinion polls of the year showing a 56/44 two party preferred in Labor’s favour, and an 11% drop in satisfaction with the PM, what does this mean for you this election season?

An international bruising for Scotty from Marketing, Small Target affirmed from Albo, and The Greens and Palmer recycling old ambitions: the landscape for the next federal election is starting to be set.

Between the two major parties, managing your government engagement is already a large enough job. However, engaging with the crossbench is a next level, high wire act.

We can expect the federal government to pay a bit more attention to WA, but so too should social purpose organisations.

In short, yes. Neil says the insidious nature of US politics is already with us.

A government engagement version of the festive classic “The 12 days of Christmas”.