距离上次澳大利亚联邦选举已过去三年，新一届大选即在四个月内开启。 在186个立法机构活跃的国家中，略超过一半的国家任期为五年，40％的国家的任期为四年。 Source: Getty / Yoann Cambefort/AFP 澳大利亚即将在未来四个月内迎来新一轮选举，两大主要政党已经开始积极展开竞选活动。 由于任期只有三年，这意味着每届政府来推动和落实其施政纲领的时间很短。 相比于美国和德国等国家 ...

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