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Geoff Kitney

It’s time for Scott Morrison to govern, except he never will

Politics for Morrison’s Coalition is about scheming to stay in power, while Australia starts regressing into its old insular ways.

Geoff KitneyColumnist

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It’s time! Well, OK, not very original and not really capturing the national mood the way this memorable slogan did in 1972 when Labor offered its most commanding leader, Gough Whitlam, as the alternative prime minister to feeble Bill McMahon.

Anthony Albanese is no Gough Whitlam. Which might be Scott Morrison’s best hope of another election miracle because Morrison actually is beginning to challenge McMahon as one of the country’s least-convincing prime ministers.

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Geoff Kitney was a senior national affairs writer and columnist based in Canberra. Connect with Geoff on Twitter.

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