Politicians are wary of Australia following the US into hyperpartisanship amid a growing trend of political violence, threats and mistrust of democratic institutions.

The ugly reality of that trend seen in many western democracies was shown with the assassination of American conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Thursday.

Labor’s Jerome Laxale warned that Australians don’t want to see their political process Americanised.

“This hyper-partisanship that seems to be tearing America apart is not what Australians want and not what our democracy needs,” he told The West .

He wants to use the parliamentary examination of the 2025 election he’s leading to understand what was behind the increase in aggressive conduct and intimidation during the campaign.

What he saw “didn’t fe

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