Published: May 01, 2019
The problem with the Liberals and Nationals lining up with ‘crackpots and cranks’ is it’s not a cost-free exercise
Scott Morrison once thought, and suggested, in 2016, that Clive Palmer was a flimflam merchant. Palmer, according to Morrison, promoted “simple answers to very complex problems” and ran a “very very shabby show”.
Yet in 2019, the Liberals have tied themselves to Palmer’s United Australia party with a preference deal. Why? Certainly not because Palmer has changed his modus operandi, because that Trumpesque-lite shtick is fixed, but because the government needs to boost its electoral position in Queensland.
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