2024 was a big year in politics, but 2025 may be even bigger.

All eyes will be on Queensland’s new Premier, David Crisafulli, there is a strong chance Australia could have a new Prime Minister, and Donald Trump will begin his second term on January 20.

Griffith University Associate Professor and Political Scientist Paul Williams told Shane Doherty on 4BC Summer Drive, “In the Australia situation, we have to go all the way back to 1931, to find a first-term government that was turfed out of office after one term.”

“And that was because they [voters] blamed the Great Depression on the Labor Government,” Professor Williams said.

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