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How will Turnbull get the money needed to govern if he calls a double dissolution?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Malcolm Turnbull is fond of saying that we need to be less risk averse. Now the question is whether he will follow his own advice.

He is waving around the possibility of a double dissolution in early July, a course that would carry both dangers and potential high gains for him, although how they’d balance out is unpredictable.

Turnbull has...

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Is political leadership today especially bad?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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It didn’t take long for the political honeymoon to end. Malcolm Turnbull may still be far more popular than the man he removed, but he is now being accused of Abbottesque failings. He can’t sell difficult policy choices, much less actually take them, it seems.

Whatever you may think of the merits of an increase in the GST,...

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