Just what is the point of Mr Morrison? There's more to governing than endless announcements with no delivery. The problems Australia face on issues like Covid-19 and climate change are too important to be just marketing opportunities for political advantage. A thread. 1/4
Here's some great work by my colleague @julianhillmp laying down the hard facts on just how damaging over 7 years of this do-nothing government has been for our living standards and welfare. 2/4
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/08/how-good-is-australia-labor-crunches-the-numbers-to-answer-morrisons-question?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/08/how-good-is-australia-labor-crunches-the-numbers-to-answer-morrisons-question?
Here’s @mrseankelly explaining why there’s something wrong when “the PM takes a small, almost meaningless step on climate, and gets applause from much of the media.” 3/4 https://www.smh.com.au/national/morrison-shows-again-he-s-master-of-spin-20210205-p5702c.html
And here is @dwabriz arguing, convincingly, that Mr Morrison’s “small horizon, small ambition speech” setting out his plans for the year “was the speech of someone who doesn’t think deeply and whose vision extends only to the bathroom mirror.” 4/4 https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2021/02/06/morrison-spin-election-2021/