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Andrew Clark

A ScoMo dynasty? Not so fast

This Coalition government needs to cut through the culture wars and get to the nub of the energy regulation problem. Or it may go the way of its predecessors.

This Saturday, September 14, marks the fourth anniversary of Malcolm Turnbull mounting a successful party room putsch against then-Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Turnbull became prime minister the following day.

His successor, Scott Morrison, has been in office for one year and 21 days. Winners are grinners and since his May 18 electoral boil-over, a broadly grinning ScoMo has featured on, if not dominated, television news feeds, Instagram posts and newspaper front pages.

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Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au

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