John Howard says Scott Morrison can still win election

Former PM urges ‘outbreak of common sense’ to resolve issues such as schools’ right to religious freedoms

The next federal election is still winnable for Scott Morrison, according to the former prime minister John Howard, but issues such as the debate on religious freedoms require an “outbreak of common sense” to resolve them.

Howard, the second-longest serving prime minister in Australia’s history, was at a briefing on the 1996 and 1997 cabinet papers in Canberra. The papers themselves are embargoed until 1 January but Howard’s remarks were not.

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