New Coalition ideas? Don’t bet the house on it |
After months of speculation, the Liberal Party has a new leader, and the Coalition has a new frontbench. So, does that mean we can expect some new ideas?
Don’t hold your breath.
Why am I pessimistic? Well, the problem with the Coalition isn’t just that they all want to be captain of the Titanic after it has struck the iceberg. The real problem is their policy solutions are rubbish.
Remember, there was no leadership speculation when Peter Dutton led the Coalition to last year’s historic election hammering.
The public didn’t reject the Liberals and Nationals because of internal fighting. They rejected them because they didn’t like their policies.
Dutton spent three years telling Australians that they were in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis (which was true). But when the election came around, the public could see how truly terrible the Coalition’s solutions were.
Does anyone remember the claims that nuclear, the most expensive form of electricity, was going to lower power bills?
On housing affordability, it was just as bad. Its big policy was to allow first-home buyers to drain their super accounts to buy a home. This would have been like a first-home buyers’ grant on steroids. The result would have been much higher house........