Last week, it was Greece’s Odyssey, equalled by Australia’s Iliad. As the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras celebrated his country’s end of a homeric journey out of the crisis, 15,000 km away, the Australian PM fell victim of a political battle of homeric proportions – but not before managing to send his own Trojan Horse, in the shape of Scott Morrison, giving a blow to his enemies in the conservative side of the Liberal Party, namely Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott.

This week, both countries woke up to new administrations, as both the Greek MP and his newly appointed counterpart presented their new cabinets to the world.

And the coincidences don’t stop here; both cabinets feature five women in top positions; more importantly, both cabinets were seemingly formed with the same goal in mind: to achieve the greatest level of consensus possible, in order to increase the repective parties’ dim chances to win elections.

Alexis Tsipras had to appease the public opinion that wants someone to take responsibility for the utter failure to respond to the devastating fires, replacing the Minister of Citizens’ protection, and making other strategic choices, with an eye to the FYROM name deal.

He also called members of former PASOK and ND governments to participate, sending a message to both parties’ leaderships and particularly, their voters.

Tsipras kept Euclides Tsakalotos as Minister of Finance, rewarding him for the way he steered the economy. Scott Morrison also kept Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, rewarding him for withdrawing his support to Malcolm Turnbull and backing the motion to change leadership. In fact, he even kept his opponent as Home Affairs super-minister, although he did take the immigration portfolio out of his hands, much to the relief of anyone with any sense of humanity.

But the new PM’s most cunning move was to appoint Barnaby Joyce as special envoy for drought assistance and recovery, and Tony Abbott will be the special envoy for Indigenous affairs. This will keep them occupied, but also keep them away from Canberra, and will mostly expose their shortcomings.

As for Peter Dutton, he may have to take the fall, after the revelations of the ‘au pair visa scandal’.

And this is where coincidences end. For the first time in ages, Australian politics may prove to be funnier – or most outrageous – than Greek politics.