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Why did Scott Morrison raise the ghost of the tragic 1930s?

The PM hoped his reference to the devil's decade might be a haunting warning. But he should be careful where others take such analogies.

James CurranInternational editor

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We now know a little more about Scott Morrison's fleeting but significant references to the 1930s in his speech launching the defence update last week.

But we still don’t know what "haunts" him.

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James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s International Editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.

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