Australian politics: Fight between Tanya Plibersek and Craig Kelly revealing for two reasons
Morrison’s triumphant personal standing in the polls is owed to his strong leadership during the pandemic and, as my colleague Peter Hartcher argued in his column last week, that leadership has been from the centre. Morrison the coal-fondler is sidling towards a de facto position of net zero emissions by 2050. Morrison the welfare-buster will probably announce an increase of the JobSeeker rate from its pitiful $40 a day. Morrison the right-winger told the National Press Club this week he would not engage in reform “for the sake of vanity”. All this centrism - integral to the Coalition w...