Why Australia is heading to a khaki election
As the election nears, the Coalition is tidying up its pitch, tying together economics and national security, to a population ready to point the finger over the massive east coast floods and cost of living.
When the nation stops on March 30 to farewell Shane Warne at his beloved Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Morrison government is supposed to be making its major pitch for re-election – selling its make-or-break budget.
Under a strategy that has been in the planning for months, and which was employed before the past two elections, the budget has been brought forward from its usual spot in early May (to March 29), so it can be used as a springboard for a campaign to be called very soon afterwards.
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