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The PM’s path to victory lies in NSW and Queensland. In one he faces a popular Labor premier; in the other a new, more conservative Liberal one.
Is Dominic Perrottet good or bad for Scott Morrison? Truth is, no one knows, despite the insider guff from press gallery drones about their mutual respect blah blah.
Perrottet is a strong contrast to Gladys Berejiklian, yet another white, socially reactionary male with a strong, almost cultish, religious background — just like Morrison. Something of a fail on the product differentiation score; the Liberal Party is a broad church — with the emphasis on church.
Perrottet also presided over a much bigger scandal than Berejiklian in terms of money and lives affected. The icare debacle saw billions of dollars lost and thousands of workers underpaid amid serious conflicts of interest.
Will these two work together for Morrison’s? Read on.
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Bernard Keane is Crikey’s political editor. Before that he was Crikey’s Canberra press gallery correspondent, covering politics, national security and economics.
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