Turnbull and the politics of Malcolm in the middle

By Richard Denniss
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:07pm, first published March 11 2016 - 7:55pm

When Malcolm Turnbull swept into the prime ministership, he promised us a fresh start. Gone were the days when governments would rule things in and rule them out. Instead we were going to have a nice big juicy debate about tax reform. Not only would everything be on the table, the big stuffed pig of the GST would be the centre piece. The media and the business community salivated at the thought if such a "grown up debate".

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