A Federal Election took place on 5 August 2045 to decide the members of the Australian Parliament for 2045-2048. The election saw the incumbent Australian Nationalists Party return to government, albeit with a larger majority in both the House of Representatives and Senate. The election saw a massive swing in popularity for the Nationalists following their successfully steered the nation away from economic collapse that many of the world's countries saw during the decade, as well as popular measures to stop illegal immigration.