Comment: Why the PM is shutting up about the culture wars in this campaign auspol
Election campaigns are deeply weird things, involving whirlwind travel, sausage sizzles, the wearing of chinos, and the mild traumatisation of any baby who finds herself in the path of a politician.
This election campaign, both Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten seem to be lunging for a daggy backyard-cricket dad persona – the kind of man who owns a dress set of cargo shorts for Sunday barbecues, and who refers to his wife as “the boss”.Wives are being deployed, occasionally children, and we are told a story about how each leader is, underneath all the politics, the best kind of man: a family man.The huge stretches of time politicians spend away from home go unmentioned.
Note how Morrison, a deeply religious social conservative, this week re-committed to passing laws protecting LGBTI schoolkids from discrimination if re-elected.
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