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Jennifer Hewett

ScoMo passes the taxi driver test

Scott Morrison is gearing up for a lengthy hard scrabble election campaign that he hopes will replicate his seat by seat election victory of 2019.

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My Sydney taxi driver has obviously been listening intently to my (fortunately) discreet after-dinner phone conversation about the state of Australian politics. He has already bet $6000 at $1.97 on a Coalition victory, he tells me, hopeful of nearly doubling his money.

He’s keen to gamble another $4000 “as an investment” because none of his passengers seem ready to vote for Anthony Albanese.

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