Morrison ticks the boxes but can't hide the dysfunction
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Scott Morrison is approaching a prime ministership that fell into his lap in the tactical manner you might expect from the NSW Liberal party director he once was. Take this week.
First, he seized the Howard barnacle scraper, dumping the plan to lift the pension eligibility age to 70. Not because it was bad policy, but because it could lose votes.
The...