Morrison is a leader in a hurry – but not to end the disgrace of Nauru | Katharine Murphy

With a mark to make and byelection to win, the PM is making haste, but that doesn’t extend to children in detention

Scott Morrison is a leader on the clock. Australia’s new prime minister has a very short window to make a positive connection with voters, and he knows it.

Apart from the divisions in the Liberal party, and the deep wounds they have inflicted, Morrison has an immediate practical problem: a byelection that could rob his government of its one-seat majority in the lower house. If Wentworth falls next month, the outlook is minority government or an election before the year is out.

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