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at 9:20 am on March 5, 2021 | 147 comments
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in deep, deep trouble. He thinks he’s fighting a culture war when things have moved far past that. Australia is now the in throes of a generational shift that is rendering the Morrison Government obsolete. It is under sustained attack, quite rightly, from an extraordinary alliance of alleged sexual assault victims and supporters, prominent women in the press, the legal profession, and all decent blokes as well. This is now a revolution not a political problem.
Let’s first reprise the latest news flow. Late yesterday, Morrison completely lost control of the rape narrative. At The Australian:
Mark McGowan misstep not the fly in the beer Liberals had hoped
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Premier Mark McGowan has declared in this penultimate week of campaigning that methamphetamine is one of the biggest threats to Western Australia â besides COVID-19, of course.
A 23 per cent drop in meth usage, because of WAâs controlled border and a shutout of international arrivals, seemed a pretty good opportunity for Mr McGowan to talk up measures being explored to continue this.
WA Premier Mark McGowan speaking at his campaign launch.
The Prime Minister's prima facie acceptance of the Attorney-General's denial sits uncomfortably with all the rhetoric about believing victims of sexual assault, writes Laura Tingle.
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