Politics

Games Politicians Play: Liberal, Labor, Insiders, Outsiders

After Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister last year the veteran commentator Laurie Oakes wrote of his predecessor: “The man is unpopular. Australians were glad to see him removed … he still does not understand why he lost the prime ministership in the first place … How deluded is that?” In April, as the issue of border protection sailed into the phony election campaign like an unwelcome people-smugglers’ boat, Oakes wrote: “The only saving grace for the opposition is that Turnbull is no Abbott.” It was a rare admission by a member of the press gallery that Tony Abbott is the…

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