Commentary
The night of May 21 became a nightmare for the Coalition government that was decisively beaten by Labor and the teal independents at the election.
For once, the pollsters, who predicted a Labor win, were right in their predictions, except that the Coalition’s loss was worse than anticipated. Now, the time has come to evaluate the reasons for this spectacular loss.
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison made many mistakes when he was the leader of his government. His much-heralded final attempt at capturing the youth vote badly misfired. In his campaign launch, he promised that the Coalition, if returned, would allow younger voters to access their superannuation for the purpose of buying their first home….