The Liberal Party-News Corp Axis of Awful

They have just handed Labor a powerful weapon

I noted the other day, in criticising the prime minister’s softly softly approach to governance, that his hands-off approach has merely delayed the inevitable, that at some point “you have to have the fight”, and I suggested that the sooner Albanese realises this the better.

Lo and behold.

The Liberal Party-News Corp attacks on those in around the Brittany Higgins’ case, now including Labor’s Minister for Finance, Katy Gallagher, is providing Albanese with exactly the sort of incentive he needs to reignite his “I fight Tories” flame, and he seems to be rising to challenge.

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The whole episode points to a bigger problem with mainstream conservatism in Australia and it is that that I want to look at here.

If you haven’t bee…