We enter a new phase where state and federal governments will live or die by the success or otherwise of their economic response to the Covid crisis
Election wins in the national capital and across the Tasman over the weekend are being celebrated as affirmations of the victors’ progressive political agendas. Without taking the zing off the parties, there’s a more a basic reading of the results: this is a moment for incumbents.
Through a time of global instability, leaders who deploy the resources of the state with even a modicum of competence to support their people through the duel health and economic crises have received strong endorsement.
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