Published: September 27, 2018
Leading the country can’t just be an exercise in survival while leaving powerful interests alone
Shortly after his retirement in 2010, former Labor minister Lindsay Tanner set out a powerful critique of the world he’d devoted his life to. In his book Sideshow, he wrote that two rules directed Australian politics: “(1) look like you’re doing something; and (2) don’t offend anyone who matters”.
Eight years and five prime ministers on, Scott Morrison seems to be intent on following these rules. His first month in the prime ministership has been consumed by internal wrangling on the one hand, and efforts to be seen to be doing things – often to mitigate past offence – on the other.
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