Australia is ready for a new government – but not a truly progressive agenda | Peter Lewis

The crucial voters are the disengaged centre for whom politics is more unwanted distraction than passion

Anyone who believes that a change of federal government this year is a mere procession will be sobered by the post-Christmas round of political polling showing a distinct tightening in the political race.

On its surface little has changed in the political contest over summer. The prime minister has been frothing at the jowls channelling his inner yobo while key members of team have been racing to desert the sinking ship. On his part, opposition leader Bill Shorten has been keeping out of the way of the train wreck and doing what he does best, covering large tracts of Australia, offering residents fun night outs to vent about the world at their local town hall. Good times all round.

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