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Australian government could use electoral mandate to revive dormant policy

By James Panichi ( May 8, 2025, 08:11 GMT | Comment) -- The center-left government of Australia has been returned to office with an enhanced electoral majority, handing it a mandate to push ahead with key policies outlined over the past three years. Prominent candidate on the to-do list is the incomplete overhaul of the Privacy Act, a proposal to create an ex ante regime to rein in Big Tech and an elusive trade deal with the European Union. But with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese known for his caution rather than his reformist zeal, it’s unclear how many of these proposals will be embraced by the government in its second term.If Australia’s center-left government had been looking for a mandate to implement bold new policies, it got one over the weekend. In one of the most convincing wins for the Australian Labor Party in recent history, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese left the conservative opposition for dead....

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