Australia Votes for Stability: Labor Stays, Albanese Remains

In Australia, where even kangaroos sometimes jump both right and left at the same time, the electorate chose not to take risks and kept Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the helm. The Labor Party is celebrating victory, and Australians, it is said, simply want the government not to interfere with their enjoyment of coffee, the beach, and stability.

Albanese, known for his restrained charisma and ability to deliver long sentences without taking a breath, promised to continue the course of "moderate change." Translated from political into human language: "we’ll make changes, but in such a way that no one really notices." The competitors, of course, are disappointed: they didn’t even manage a "slight change of scenery."

The Australian electoral system, famous for its rules longer than the book list at the Canberra library, once again proved: democracy is when everyone already knows the result, but still goes to the polls. Fire hoses are at the ready, not to extinguish passions, but to put out the post-election barbecues.

As a result, Labor received carte blanche to continue on the proven path: caring for the environment, gradual reforms, and the eternal struggle with the climate, which expects from them slightly fewer emissions than from their neighbors.