Published: January 08, 2019
History repeats itself, and if the last year is anything to go by, the coming months will be interesting
The “haruspex” was the Roman religious official who divined the future from the spilled guts of sacrificed animals. To “look at entrails” in an exquisite metaphor on which to base predictions of today’s Australian politics.
In the wake of last year’s unpopular leadership spill, the government’s brutal byelection losses and a factionalised Coalition now rent in more pieces than Ikea plates at a Greek wedding, the Conversation drew a sensible conclusion; in an election year, the focus of Australian politics will be an election.
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