For the middle-majority of Australians, who are weary of our political leaders and their squabbling, ‘their horizon is the end of the week’
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, with the opposition leader, Peter Dutton. ‘This rush to cooperate should not be mistaken for the start of some new era of bipartisanship.’The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, with the opposition leader, Peter Dutton. ‘This rush to cooperate should not be mistaken for the start of some new era of bipartisanship.
Sometimes it suits the opposition equally well to shut out the Greens and independents. On these recent bills though, the considerations were closer to home. Politically speaking, the risk analysis on blocking some bills in the Senate had shifted from benefit to relative – and possibly actual – political cost.took a bit longer to reach than the one about cracking down on the union. This is not out of any love for the current state of the NDIS but rather the opposite.
Overall, they’re undertaking careful calculations on each emerging bill about the opportunity cost of digging in v giving in. Will it hurt them more, politically, to block these bills, or to back them? The Coalition leadership knows there’s a point at which saying “no” could start to cause damage and saying “yes” – with caveats that allow them to claim some credit – becomes the least bad option.
Social research is showing that, aside from those on the activated outer edges of the political debate – on the left and right – the vast middle-majority of Australians is monumentally over politics. The cumulative effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and the cost-of-living crisis has taken its toll. People are exhausted, beaten, and lacking in a sense of control. On the whole, it seems they’re mostly not listening to political leaders and not interested.
For example, on the government’s two housing bills stuck in limbo, it seems the answer is still “no”.
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