Hewson's view: An uninspiring election campaign

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:09am, first published April 18 2019 - 7:00pm
I'd love to have a beer with ScoMo: Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets locals at Molly Malone's Irish Pub in Devonport, Tasmania on Wednesday, April 17. There's been lots of froth and bubble during the election campaign but not much of substance. Photo: AAP
I'd love to have a beer with ScoMo: Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets locals at Molly Malone's Irish Pub in Devonport, Tasmania on Wednesday, April 17. There's been lots of froth and bubble during the election campaign but not much of substance. Photo: AAP

To say that the election campaign is uninspiring is an understatement. Neither leader is popular, and voters don't really warm to the alternative. According to the polls, the Morrison government is sliding to a self-inflicted defeat, while the apparently more unified Shorten opposition is desperately trying to hold it all together long enough to regain government by default.

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