Voters deserve better than empty slugfests dressed up as debates
The closer we get to May 3, substance is being swiftly usurped by banal talking points and shrill attack lines whenever politicians step up to a microphone.
Anthony Albanese had an early dinner at Hemingway’s Brewery on the Cairns waterfront on Wednesday night. The prime minister finished his fish tacos in time to catch up on the debate between Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor in Sydney.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
