After having their cosy consensus on the Voice disturbed, the political class and big business are starting to worry about what other issues the Indigenous senator might disrupt.
Such is politics. One potential prime minister departs, another potential PM arrives – and support for the Voice referendum continues to fall. The Yes vote is now just 33 per cent, according to the AFR/Freshwater Strategy poll and 36 per cent according to Newspoll.announcement last week that he wouldn’t stand for the once blue-ribbon Liberal seat he lost to teal Monique Ryan surprised few observers.
If this is indeed the end of Frydenberg’s political career, he will be a great loss to the public life and public policy of the nation. The way Morrison reciprocated Frydenberg’s loyalty was by Morrison not telling him he’d been secretly sworn into Frydenberg’s treasury portfolio.In some ways Frydenberg represents the old politics of the Liberal Party and Price the possible new politics of the Coalition.
For this she’s been called a “populist”. When politicians on the centre-right generate the enthusiasm of their followers they’re labelled “populist”. When the teals do exactly the same thing they’re praised for gathering the support of the community and the grassroots. In any case, surely there’s nothing wrong with making the plight of Indigenous children and women a “popular” cause.