Published: May 08, 2019
Bill Shorten was tranquil, Scott Morrison walked on eggshells – but a few telling moments penetrated the gloom
Given the campaign had already delivered such a cathartic moment on Wednesday, when the brain-dead belligerence of a tabloid newspaper prompted Bill Shorten to go for broke and express his vulnerability, the final leaders’ debate was always going to feel anticlimactic.
The spectre of what had occurred earlier in the day trailed the two leaders into the event at the National Press Club. Both were noticeably restrained. Shorten was drained of exuberance. Morrison, who can be punchy, was slightly on egg shells rather than encroaching on his opponent, which has been his style during their campaign head-to-heads.
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