It really didn’t take long for it to all be business as usua.
Sussan Ley has told the AFR there will be ‘no rubber stamp’ from the Coalition on any tax rise suggestions that emerge from the coming Productivity round table.
Can we say it louder for the people at the back – IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE COALITION SAYS.
Literally the only power it has is the power Labor gives it. If Labor pretends that it can only get legislation through the senate with the Coalition, than that is on Labor. There is another pathway it can take. There is also another pathway the Coalition can take – where it actually looks at policy on merit.
Bipartisanship is not watering down policy until it finally gets the approval of your sworn enemies. It is not approving something out of fear, or because you’ll ‘fix’ it when you’re in power next (which is how Labor passed most of the terrible national security laws we have)
It is winning the argument so comprehensively with the public that there is only one rational course of action – to join with it.
Parliament can pass laws in a day when motivated (does anyone remember the needles in strawberries affair? Or the NZYQ laws?). Pretending any of this is complicated, or indeed that the Coalition is still calling the shots is as big a fantasy as thinking Drake got those new abs organically.
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Well said Amy!
Thank you for the clarity. Surely it is lazy journalism and lazy politics to keep talking about politics as if the clapped out Libs or NP had any relevance.