Labor is riding high as it prepares to deliver a budget surplus and a sizeable down payment on its priorities thanks to surging revenue, writes Jennifer Hewett.
, Anthony Albanese would be confident his political luck has soared even higher than his VIP jet.
But while an outright loss in Fadden seems unthinkable, even a sizeable dip in the Liberal vote will be seen as another damaging blow against the Coalition, in both leadership and direction.Labor will use budget spending as part of a strategy to make that happen. Robert’s previous roles as a minister for government services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme ensure this government will happily link him with scandals like robo-debt and an NDIS where spending is out of control.
But unlike his friend Robert or his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull, Morrison doesn’t have the financial security to quit politics without another decent job. His recent appointment to the advisory board of a Washington think tank, the Centre for a New American Security, is unpaid. Yet Labor’s luck is about far more than just having so much extra money flooding in to help counter all the money that will be flooding out to accommodate some of Labor’s promises and political instincts.
Middle Australia – including growing numbers of professional women, aspirational migrants and the ever increased heft of younger voters – are looking elsewhere for preferred examples of national ambition, household assistance and modern social values.They won’t necessarily adopt the Liberals’ remaining hope that rising economic costs and taxes due to Labor’s policies will give greater credence to Coalition claims of superior economic management, past or future.
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